What Is a Healthy Meal Plan? What is a healthy meal plan, you ask? Quite simply, a healthy meal plan is one that you can actually achieve. There are many factors to consider when making a meal plan, which differ for each person. We have different health needs and chemical reactions to what we consume, and no one size fits all meal plan is healthy for everybody. The first step…
Keto Diet Plan Beginners Guide If you’ve been searching for guidelines to follow, look no further! Your Keto Diet Plan Beginners Guide is right here in this post. Changing your diet is hard. Especially while you’re trying to learn all of the details of the new diet and plan your shopping, your meals, etc. With the Ketogenic Diet being one of the most strict diets around, it can be a…
The Dreaded Diagnosis The bad news came as expected. As I mentioned in a few of my Sunday Stats posts, my lab tests for November showed that my glucose was at Pre-Diabetes level. Now, this wasn’t a big shocker for me…it was actually quite expected. There’s some history here. For one, diabetes runs in my family. It’s one of those things that the super long medical questionnaires ask when you…
Are Eggs Healthy Eating? When I posted my recipe for Scotch Eggs, one of the questions I received was how many eggs should we consume per day. The question is great because eggs are no longer the villains that we once thought they were. The great thing about science is that it’s ever changing! We’re pretty regularly learning new things and increasing the accuracy of the facts with which we…
Dear Beck, We need to talk, I have been your spirit animal for 40 years. I was here for your first steps, on your first day of school, when you graduated high school, when you got married, when you gave birth, when you got divorced. Even when you turned 40 and the world refused to end, I was here. I have been here through all your musing about what it…
Introducing Recipes Sure, I know recipes are nothing new. But they are new to this particular website. Baby steps, remember? From now on I’ll be sharing any new recipes I try and how they will help this weight loss journey of mine. I hope you find something that will inspire you to cook a health(ier) meal! So instead of making you wait for it, why don’t we start off with…
Why Is Water So Important Anyway? Water is considered a panacea (Sloth: That sounds like a heavy metal band.) for sustaining life as well as promoting health. You should drink at least eight glasses each day to replenish your body’s reserves and to prevent dehydration. (Sloth: Water! Okay listen. Just hear me out! There are too many kinds of water on the market. Spring water, distilled water, mineral water, too…
Different Types of Fat The United States is notorious for over-consuming fat which has been linked to various chronic diseases. The concern got so big that we started banishing fat from our diet completely. But this didn’t make us any healthier. The problem was that we were cutting back on the healthy fats as well. Not all fats are bad for you, according to the Seven Countries Study done in the…
Edible Flowers Good For Your Health Flowers are incredibly versatile plants, everybody knows this. They’re beautiful and can be used as ingredients in lotions and perfumes, they work well in various art projects, they can be used for colors and pigments, they can be used for so much more. Did you know they can also be eaten to improve your health? You read that right. There are many different flowers…
How To Become A Healthy Eater For Beginners How to become a healthy eater is a major challenge for those that have never learned to eat healthy in the first place. Starting a healthy lifestyle can be difficult and intimidating but it doesn’t have to be. While working through workout plans, obese women also have to evaluate their diet. No…I did not say go on a diet. We do not recommend…