Healthy Eating

Think you’re eating healthier by buying 100 calorie packs?

One thing that I’ve struggled with for some time is controlling my portion sizes when I eat. I tend to eat Goliath sized portions, fit for a giant. One thing we’ve done at times in our house is to buy foods packaged in smaller portions. We buy the 100 calorie packs, smaller versions of candy [...]

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Roadblocks to fitness

Everyone has roadblocks on their road to fitness.  For some, it is motivation. They just can’t get up the energy to go out and exercise.  For others their roadblock might be health issues or an injury.  Still others may not have the knowledge needed to overcome and make healthy choices. I feel like I have [...]

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What is your biggest health & fitness vice?

I was tagged by the great deflabbifier over at Deflabbify yesterday in a new health fitness meme that asks: What is your biggest health or fitness vice? That’s an easy question to answer.  I love pastries!  Donuts, cheese danish, cinnamon rolls, bagels, cookies, toaster strudels, you name it. If it has a flaky crust and [...]

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So, how’s that dietary part of your weight loss plan going?

FAIL! It’s been a rough few days on the dietary front of my weight loss plan. I had planned on eating healthy, eating smaller portions, and eating six times a day instead of three mega-sized meals. Over the 4th of July weekened I managed to eat unhealthy, eat mondo-sized portions and eat 2-3 huge meals [...]

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Are you a pig if you eat more than 3 meals a day? Or smart?

I apologize if the title for this post is a bit crass, but the question I think is a valid one.  How many times should you eat every day if you’re trying to lose weight? photo credit: jessicafm One thing I’ve done since embarking on my weight loss journey is changing the way that I [...]

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