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Healthy Thanksgiving Tips- Happy, Healthy Holiday Series
Welcome back friends and Happy Thanksgiving (week)! In my last post of the Healthy Holidays series, I discussed staying healthy, both physically and emotionally, during the somewhat taxing sojourn to your holiday headquarters. I’m assuming many of you are gearing up for that travel as I write. To you, friend: Good luck. I promise, at the end of the road, there’s a destination filled with love and gratitude. It may take 8+ hours to arrive, but you will survive. Once there, all of the travel stress will dissipate. Then comes the “how am I supposed to stay on track with my #health goals when I’m surrounded by all this delicious…
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Healthy Holiday Travel Tips
Can you believe we’re actually talking about the holidays right now? Personally, I love the holiday season. I love the family time; I love the gift-buying; I love all the feelings associated with the holiday season:. Who can argue with a solid dose of nostalgia, love, joy, charity, and a sense of “home?” At the risk of sounding really cheesy, I 100% get warm fuzzies. However, I’m also not ignorant to the stressors that surround the holidays. From diet insecurities to travel stress to financial pressure, the holidays can really weigh us down. In my current health coaching practice, and in my past experience in weight-loss counseling, I’ve witnessed how…
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Gestational Diabetes: Our First Scare & The Facts
Hi friends, so this is a bit of an impromptu blog post, and not something I initially planned on chronicling. However, I just had my first “scare” and wanted to share it with my blog community. This also feeds well into a blog I will plan on writing concerning health before pregnancy and what you can do to set yourself up for a healthy pregnancy. So, here we go. Last week, I went in for my gestational diabetes screening… My Gestational Diabetes Testing Experience The first screening, or the Glucose Challenge Test, is a non-fasted blood test. It tests to see if you’re “at risk” of having gestational diabetes. So prior…
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Second Trimester Recap, Must-Haves and Baby Name!
Well, folks, we are officially in the HOME STRETCH. Peace out, second trimester. Hello, third trimester. Instead of doing an update this week, this blog will be more of a reflection on the second trimester. But before we get into that, one big news moment: Matt and I finally agreed on Pistachio’s real name! This is big. Want to know what it is? Sorry…can’t tell you that. But I will be including one baby name hint at the end of each pregnancy blog post (including this post) moving forward. I won’t confirm or deny, of course, until his birth announcement. If you guess the full name (first and middle), you’ll…
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Essential Oils 101: The Essentials with an Expert
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past five years, I’m sure you’ve heard the term “Essential Oils.” Long used for aromatherapy and in eastern medicine practices, essential oils have been well accepted and utilized in holistic wellness practices, massage therapy institutions, and within a niche group of natural wellness constituents. However, as we’ve all begun to embrace more holistic practices, engage in proactive health initiatives, and reduce the amount of chemicals/toxins we expose ourselves too, mainstream society has really started to embrace these oils. Even the western medical community has become more accepting of the benefits of these oils. Many studies at prominent institutions like Johns Hopkins,…
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Baby Registry Advice and Bumpdate: 26 Weeks Pregnant
Hello friends and happy fall! Can you believe it’s fall already? I’ve always deemed myself a “summer” girl. I enjoy the hot weather, outdoor dining, and social nature of summer. But man, at 26 weeks pregnant, this lady has never been MORE ready for sweater weather and legging season. For all you mamas out there that endure the 3rd trimester in the heat of the summer, I bow down to you. Speaking of which SIX MONTHS. That means only three months (god-willing) left until we get to meet the Pistachio. I mentioned this in a recent post, but for the past month or so, I feel like the “preggo-planning” has…
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Prenatal Exercise & my 23 Week Pregnancy Update
We are just cruising along now friends! I’m in the middle of my 23rd week of pregnancy and overall, I’m feeling pretty good. I’m starting to adjust to my new exercise/work/commute schedule, my new house, and my science experiment of a body. We have an ultrasound on Friday to make sure that Pistachio’s offset umbilical cord isn’t causing any complications, but when I asked the OB-GYN about this, she reassured me that it’s nothing to worry about. So, fingers crossed, all is well with little ‘Stash. If my belly size is any indication, his growth rate is just fine. Speaking of the above changes, I recently had quite a few…
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Labor Day Weekend: A Healthier Approach
Hi friends! Happy Labor Day Weekend! Personally, I love Labor Day weekend. Yes, to some it may signify the theoretical end of summer. Everyone knows that it isn’t ACTUALLY the end of summer, right? For those of us still living in a 90 degree heat wave, summer is far from over. So, I’ll take the three-day, long weekend in September to usher in some #basic essentials like football season, dreams of leggings and flannels, apple scented candles and my favorite…pumpkin everything (dairy-free, of course). Fall is one of the most beautiful seasons (if not the most beautiful), and I’m excited to spend my first autumn in the country. Now, back…
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Human Connection this Holiday Season
It’s been a hot second. Can you believe it’s 12/1! So, I know that I mentioned November was one of my FAVORITE months in my Newvember blog…but, in all reality, December may be my numero uno. I mean, who can deny the glory of 24/7 Christmas music on every adult contemporary station? Or 25 Days of Christmas? I get the warm fuzzies thinking about it. Not to mention, I start the month off with my anniversary and I end it with my birthday! Throw in some Christmas shenanigans with the family, dressing Charlie the dog up as Santa Clause, and the official return of oversized sweaters, leggings and boots…and well,…
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Adventures in Baking with Coconut Flour (2 Stellar Recipes)
Over a year ago, I bought coconut flour for one paleo recipe I was testing out. ICYDK replacement flours are a little pricier than regular flours. But, I really wanted to try this recipe and it called for coconut flour. So on a whim, I bought it. Recipe turned out great…problem is, after I made that ONE dessert item, I never used the coconut flour again. It sat on the shelf in my cabinet, taking up much needed real estate. This particularly annoys my husband, as his two biggest pet peeves are clutter and spending money on things we never use. Cue the eye roll. So, as I’ve started to…
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