Have you celebrated the holidays if you haven’t enjoyed a festive cookie? I think not! Stay on track with your goals this year and satisfy your sweet tooth with these delicious healthy Christmas cookies. These soft, chewy oatmeal cookies are low calorie, low sugar, low fat, and incredibly easy to bake. Each bite is lightly sweet and spiced, with delightful ...
In honor of National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day on March 1st, I’ve put together a few of our all-time favorite peanut butter recipes. In this list, you’ll find a variety of nutritious ideas, along with a few sweet treats that may not be healthy but are ‘healthier’ alternatives to fill those sweet tooth cravings! 1. Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups ...
May 11th is National Eat What You Want Day, and this year I wanted to share some of my favorite recipes to help you indulge in an epic ‘cheat day’! If you’re on the fence about treating yourself to a ‘cheat day,’ I’ve been there. When you’re hyper focused on achieving specific fitness goals, it can feel counterintuitive to press ...
Your post-workout recovery snack can be much more than a reward for a hard effort; choose the right foods for that highly anticipated treat to aid recovery and build strength and fitness. Post-Workout Nutrition Goals After a hard workout, it is essential to refuel your body with the right foods to help you recover. Your post-workout nutrition goals should ...
I want to dive into how sugar affects your workouts, healthy lifestyle, and weight loss goals. I will give it to you straight – Sugar: The good, the bad, and the ugly. *Before starting any new diet and exercise program, please check with your doctor and clear any exercise and diet changes with them before beginning. What is Sugar? Sugar ...
Lunch is such an important meal of the day. A healthy lunch can fuel your body and provide energy for your brain to keep you working at your best throughout the afternoon. Skipping lunch can at best lead to feelings of hunger throughout the afternoon, and at worst, lead to energy crashes, irritability, distraction, fatigue, headaches, and stomach pains. Keep ...
The fitness industry is plagued with controversy about whether calorie counting is an effective way to get healthy, lose weight, or reach other fitness goals. Some will argue that counting calories can lead to the unhealthy restriction, an obsession with numbers, and even encourage disordered eating. Others believe counting calories is a necessary approach to weight loss. Which side are you ...
We all know eating a healthy diet is important. Filling your diet with fresh, nutritious, whole foods can fuel your workouts and your life to help you bring your best foot forward every day. However, the expensive bill that comes with eating healthy is one of the biggest barriers and excuses people use to put off eating healthier. The truth is, it is possible ...
Want a healthy and nutritious breakfast, but find yourself constantly running short on time to put something together in the morning? These delicious overnight recipes are so easy to make, and they are recipes the whole family will love. Simply prep the night before – and have breakfast made easy and ready to go for the whole week! 1. Chocolate ...
As somebody who regularly finds it exhausting to find time for train, excessive depth interval coaching or HIIT coaching helps examine all of the bins I am on the lookout for in a exercise in a brief period of time! After a heart-pumping, calorie-torching HIIT exercise, refuel with complete meals meals excessive in protein and balanced with wholesome fat and ...