A blog dedicated to optimizing your life through nutrition, circadian rhythm, fitness, health tips, recipes, and research from the latest studies on nutrition and wellness.  No nutrition topic left behind here.

Reasons You Aren't Losing Fat

Diet and exercise not cutting it? Here’s what you might be missing…. What’s in your hand, your pocket, on your bedside table while you sleep, an essentially everywhere you are? The little rectangle we all carry around. More…

30 Day Total Body Reset

Ready to hit the reset button on your body? Ready to lose the weight?Gain more energy than every before?Improve digestion and gut health?Enhance your sleep?Jumstart your metabolism!? Sign up for the 30 Day Total Body Reset where you…

Final Week to Sign up!

Do you love SUP as much as I do? I would love to show you my love for SUP and I invite you to come get certified to teach what you love along with me! This Saturday, May 30th is my on the water PaddleFit Core Certification. Sign up by clicking…

Prevention, Protection, and Staying Calm - COVID-19

Staying healthy at home is on the mind's of all of us currently, but we also need each other and we need answers, to learn how to prevent, protect, and keep ourselves calm during this pandemic. That's what this one hour video class is designed…

My Thoughts on The Current Public Health Concern...

“A machine that runs on a wide variety of fuels, emits on recyclable or biodegradable materials, accepts a wide range of informational inputs, performs amazing feats of data processing, and produces a wide variety of output functions may…

Puffiness & Weight Gain

You may have heard that conditions like diabetes and heart disease are on the rise, but what you may not have heard is that it’s really not about how much sugar one is consuming, but rather how much PUFA one…

12 Minute "Hot Mama" Tabata Workout

No excuses, moms.  I've put together a HIIT workout for you (High Intensity Interval Training, that is) of which you can do anytime, anywhere, at any level. Why HIIT? Intensity doesn't mean IMPACT.  You can still be low impact, but high…

A High Quality Quick Fix...

I hear it over and over.  "Can you recommend a good fat burner?" "I want something that will help me see results fast!" "Is there a quick fix I can do, without diet and exercise?" While I cringe at quick fixes, I think I still might…

Sleep Awareness Week Re-cap!

April 23-29th was National Sleep Awareness Week and if you missed the 7 Day Sleep improvement program that I posted daily on my Facebook, then don't lose sleep over it! I've re-capped it all for you here! #7daystobettersleep  #sleeponabear…

Coffee Talk with Jodelle

It’s time for coffee talk! Is it actually good for you?  How much is good for you? What kind is good for you? What about creamers, sweeteners, coffee for fat loss?  I’ve gathered the research and did my homework just for you, and even…

Award-winning Free Pizza Recipe!

This pizza has won me several awards, such as being listed in 417 Magazine, and also Cathe.com and so I felt the urge to share it with all my beloved readers as a token of my thanks for trusting me to help you reach your health and fitness goals....enjoy... Gluten-free…

Trust Your Gut...

Trust Your Gut --Did you know 5 lbs of your total weight is gut bacteria? --Did you know that sugar cravings can be caused by harmful yeasty overgrowth in the colon? --Did you also know that your uncontrollable urges around food may not…

WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT CELLULITE?

Most everyone has some.  Celebrities have it.  (Yep, Tara Reid too.) Even babies can have it.  But that's about the only time it's cute.  This article is designed to help you understand cellulite, and more importantly, help you take…

New Year, Same You....You 2.0

Every drop of the New Year’s ball seems to mark an occasion for newness, or change.  “NEW YEAR, NEW YOU!” Blasting all through health magazines and online media.  Let me be the first to say: THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH WHO YOU ARE, WHERE…

Discipline is guidance...

Two year olds.  Wow.  This is a whole new world for me. Independence, stubborn-ness, curiosity, defiance, approval, responsibility. This is stuff two-year-olds are made of.  And as a parent, I am challenged to the core. Yet, I embrace…

My 10 Best Strategies to Surviving the  "Season's Eatings"!

It's beginning to look a lot like "stress-mas" ....where all the office parties, holiday happenings, family events, and winter comfort foods seem to be on the worried minds of those trying to stay committed to healthy eating.  Even with the best…