Update Dec 2015: Congratulations to Angela for being chosen as one of the featured stories for People Magazine’s Half Their Size Issue. She is the 5th BWLW Sista to be featured. Here is the video of her on Good Morning America this week. May 2015 – Weight Loss Transformation of the Day: Angela lost 120 pounds. […]
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The Number One Drinking Mistake Affecting Your Weight
What is the number one mistake? Not Drinking Enough Water! Water – it’s all around us. We see it in rivers and oceans, it flows freely from our faucets, it purges into our basements during violent storms. We’ve always heard how pivotal it is to our overall health and yet somehow most of us fail […]
7 Reasons to Give Up Soda, Juice and Sugary Drinks
Every year rolls people make resolutions and promises to themselves about what they are going to give up in pursuit of better health. Soda is usually on the top of people’s list because we all know soda doesn’t do your body any good in terms of health. Did you know that most commercial juice and other […]
Weight Loss on a Budget Tip #7: Cut down on alcohol and cocktails
Here is today’s Weight Loss on a Budget Tip for our October Challenge: #7 – Cut down on alcohol and cocktails. There are a lot of reasons why alcohol and weight loss are not the best pair. – Alcohol is full of empty calories and sugars which we know contribute to weight gain. – Although […]
Liver Health: Benefits of Milk Thistle
I recently posted an article all about how the liver is related to weight loss and a healthy metabolism. Knowing whether you have a healthy liver is important to your weight loss efforts because of it’s role in breaking down fats and processing toxins. One of the things I’ve always heard was good for liver […]
Your Liver, Your Metabolism and Weight Loss
Fat is primarily broken down and processed in the stomach and throughout the intestinal tract, but other organs play an important role as well including the liver. An unhealthy liver cannot digest and process fats and other toxins, causing the body to store fat cells instead of using them for energy. And we all know […]
Why Quick Fix Detox Diets Don’t Work
I just wanted to take some time out to address the concept of quick fix detox diets vs. using foods, herbs, fiber (psyllium husk) and natural things, like apple cider vinegar, to help the body detox. Let me say from the start that I’m not anti-detox. I do juice fasts and smoothie fasts to detox. […]
Day 4 – BWLW September Smoothie Challenge – Dealing with Detox
It’s Day 4! You’re doing it, Lady!!! I’m so proud of everyone! I’m going to share some info about detoxing symptoms today, but first let me give you our new recipes. Today’s Recipes: Today’s recipes come from LifeWithNature.com Flat Tummy “Rich in digestion supporting ingredients, this smoothie will help prevent bloating and digestive stress that […]