When I started breastfeeding my first daughter, I had no idea what I should be eating. I had read that I needed something like 300-500 extra calories per day, but calorie counting was the last thing I felt like doing as an overwhelmed new mom. Am I doing this right? I was so worried that…
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I remember trying on clothes about two months after the birth of my second daughter and feeling frustrated that nothing fit. I had been walking and was even doing short cardio workouts. I was trying to eat healthy foods. Yet, unlike the new celebrity mothers shown on magazine covers and TV shows and basically everywhere in the…
We hear so much about antioxidants these days. But what are they? Is this just another health fad that’s promoted by TV doctors to boost supplement sales? Well, actually no. Antioxidants are amazing molecules that have the power to neutralize free radicals. Wait…what?! OK. So free radicals are unstable molecules, which are missing an electron….
After the birth of my first daughter I had no clue about the postpartum period. I mean, I had heard some things from friends, like the fact that I might bleed…down there….! Also, I heard that I would need breast pads, but other than that I really had no idea what it would be like….
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Foods to Forget About! In my previous article (Series Article #1) in this series about weight-loss, I discussed the importance of high quality Carbohydrate, Proteins, Fats, Water, and Oxygen in our diets. This week, I want to discuss some of the foods we should be avoiding in order to lose fat, feel fantastic and look…
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This week: Macronutrients…the elements of nutrition Did you ever look jealously at the woman who gave birth three weeks ago and somehow is able to fit back into her skinny jeans, and wonder, “why not me?!” Yeah. I’ve totally been there too. Losing weight after having a baby can be really difficult, but not impossible!…
