Weight Loss Transformation of the Day: Frances lost 151 pounds. An embarrassing visit to the doctor’s office led her to start her journey 5 years ago by cutting out meat and sweets for a fast with her church. She changed the way she thought about food and started walk/jogging. Now, she is clocking 100 miles […]
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September 2014 Challenge: Modified Daniel Fast
Our September 2014 Challenge will be a Modified Daniel Fast. I believe that this fast can really help with food addictions and emotional eating. I encourage you to do some internal work during this fast. That could be traditionally religious practice or whatever is spiritual to you. That could be writing in your journal, prayer, meeting […]
January 2014 Green Smoothie Cleanse
It’s monthly challenge time! We will start off 2014 with a 14 day Green Smoothie Cleanse. What are green smoothies? A green smoothie is a smoothie that has fresh leafy greens in it, such as collard greens, kale, swiss chard or spinach. This is in addition to the most common smoothie ingredient: fruit of all kinds! […]
Pros and Cons of The Fast Diet
One of the newest diet trends is the Fast Diet, as described by Dr. Michael Mosley and Mimi Spencer in their book, The Fast Diet: Lose weight, stay healthy and live longer with the secret of intermittent fasting (Atria Books, February 2013); is gaining a lot of notice for its promises, criticisms and anecdotal evidence […]
Juice Fasting: 4 Basic Steps
By Carla Douglin, Author of Juice 28: 28-Day Juice Detox Plan Through the ages, many cultures have used fasting for many different reasons, including religion and health. Today, people use fasting for similar reasons, and now also do things like juice fasts. With a juice fast, one drinks nothing but a wide variety of fresh, nutritious juices […]
