Today’s Weight Loss on a Budget Tip – #20: Learn How to Save Money on Fruits and Veggies. Consider this… “Researchers at the University of Arizona recently spent a year tracking families’ food-use habits. Working with the United States Department of Agriculture, they interviewed the families about their eating habits, collected their grocery receipts, watched […]
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Weight Loss on a Budget Tip #1: Frozen is your Friend
It’s day 1 of our October 2013 Challenge. Each day I will share a tip for weight loss on a budget! My first tip, frozen food is your friend. If you are budget conscious, the frozen isle holds a lot of possibility for you. Here are some reasons why. Foods that are out of season – Frozen […]
Free Vegetarian Meal Plan – Week 4
Here is the plan for Week 4 of our free 4 week vegetarian meal. If you are going pescatarian, lacto-ovo-tarian or vegan, you can modify these plans for your needs. Here is a list of tips to help you use this meal plan. You will find the shopping list for his week below. Vegetarian Meal Plan Week […]
Free Vegetarian Meal Plan – Week 1
I’m happy to bring you are free 4 week vegetarian meal plan to help you on your weight loss journey. I feel that there are a lot of benefits to eating vegetarian and I want to make sure that I provide a vegetarian plan along with clean eating plan I’ve posted. I’ve also created a […]
5 Benefits of Eating Dark, Leafy Greens
I love green smoothies and they wouldn’t truly be green without dark leafy greens. Boasting numerous health benefits, vitamins, minerals, and weight-loss properties, dark, leafy greens are among the healthiest foods you can eat. In fact, if you eat them regularly, you will improve your overall health and have less chance of developing certain diseases. […]
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 […]
Why Should You Choose Seasonal Produce?
It’s Day 21 of our June Clean Eating Challenge! Today I want to give you 5 reasons why you should consider buying more in-season produce vs. out of season. Not only do fresh fruits and vegetables contain more nutrition than their canned or frozen counterparts, they taste better, you can cook a larger variety of […]
What Are Negative Calorie Foods?
One topic that you will find all over the net when you look at weight loss topics is the concept of negative calorie foods. In essence, a negative calorie food is presumed to be one that requires more energy to digest than calories it provides to the body for fuel. Thus, the body uses more […]
What Is A Raw Food Diet or Being Raw Vegan?
The Raw Food diet is exactly what it’s name implies. A raw food lifestyle is also known as raw veganism. Raw foodists eat uncooked fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds, etc. Let’s go a bit deeper… Technically, the food can be heated, although not over 115-118 degrees Fahrenheit (recently I’ve read as much as 120 degrees but […]
Stacey lost 72 pounds
Today’s featured weight loss success story: Stacey lost 72 pounds. Here is what she wrote to us about her weight loss: “I have lost a total of 67lbs in this pic but now i am down 5lbs more at this current time for a total of 72 pounds. I exercise two hours a day, doing […]
