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Summertime usually means lots of vacations, parties, cookouts and generally all kinds of events that tend to tempt us into overdoing it on the food front. I think this whole summer I have 2-3 weekends to spend at home cooking healthy meals and will spend all the other weekends traveling and dining out. Having just [...]

“Oh my gosh, you’re simply glowing!” I always hear people saying this to pregnant women. And from what I’d heard pre-pregnancy (which turned out to be nowhere near the tip of the gestational iceberg) my nails would get stronger, my hair would get shinier, and my skin would radiate with mom-to-be-ness.
Thanks to the prenatal vitamins, [...]

It is important to track the intensity of your workouts to make sure you are working out hard enough to see results, and in some cases, not so hard that you set yourself up for injury or over training.  Being mindful of your intensity cuts down on wasted time and effort, and makes sure you [...]

Almost every Friday night Hubby and I have pizza. I love it,  because it’s the one time during the week where we both get to unwind and play together in the kitchen. We used to order take out until I realized how cheap and easy pizza is to make at home, not to mention tastes way [...]

 Yesterday was hot, Africa Hot as we say in our family. And of course it was the day that we decided to have an energy audit of our home. Now, if you haven’t had an energy audit, I highly recommend the process but that is a topic for another blog. Today, I want to talk [...]

I hate using paper excessively. There’s nothing like the feel of a flipping through a magazine (I prefer to start at the back and flip through to the front… don’t ask why), but in my workspace I like to keep the post-its and scraps to a minimum. I don’t print out emails, and I try [...]

Why’s it so hard to eat right? Why is it so hard to exercise consistently? Why is it so hard to lose weight? It’s simple: because people want results without actually having to work for them. People want instant gratification. They want to see the fruits of their labor immediately. They want to be able [...]

It seems like an easy enough question to ask yourself, but many of us don’t know what hunger is. There was probably a time when you were a child when you knew exactly when you were hungry. Your stomach would growl, and you’d go into the kitchen to ask when dinner would be ready. You [...]

We can’t expect you to wait ’til the next issue comes out to get more Breathe! So starting this summer, we’ve added some Breathe bloggers into the mix to provide fresh insights and updates related to topics you care about like nutrition, green living, fitness and overall  healthy living. Here’s a rundown of our newest [...]

We all have 24 hours in a day, but do we utilize every minute? We all know what it means to plan but how do we do it? It is not easy to live a healthy, well-balanced life, but I promise it can get easier. We all have the tools and resources to help us [...]

Every thing we do in life, we do for a reason. Sometimes the reasons are very obvious, like going to work so you can make money to pay the bills, or taking a shower so you don’t stink.  Other times, the reason is a little more muddy, like why do we stress ourselves out, or why do we procrastinate when [...]

The folks from Funky Monkey were kind enough to send us samples of their freeze-dried fruit snacks. I’m always looking for healthy snack options and a chance to get in a serving of fruit (there’s three servings of fruit in every bag).
I try to keep fresh fruit in the house but it’s always a race [...]

By now, anyone who is paying even a little attention to the world of green, has heard the message to carry your own bags into the store. But, if you’re anything like me, there are times that I forget to either bring them into the store or put them back into my vehicle. When that [...]

This week, Souls4Soles celebrates Barefoot Week to raise awareness and funds for their cause. They asked members of the media to go barfeoot for four consecutive hours in public during the week and report its effects to you. Because I work from home, I’m not often in public for four consecutive hours (and honestly, I did [...]

I saw it fitting for my first Fitness Friday post to be about the most basic, important part of exercise.  It’s the “core” of exercise, if you will, and most people have absolutely no idea what it is and how to use it properly.
Just like with anything, going through the motions of exercise is not gonna cut it.  Performing [...]