Greetings and Happy Advent Season! I hope you are doing well as we launch into this month of December and holiday gatherings. I’ve been off the grid for a bit – I was practicing my own self-care coaching in recovering from a bug. But I’m back! Today, let’s talk about something most of us look …
Greetings and I hope you are enjoying your spring so far. With spring often comes a renewed desire to change your life in some ways. Often it’s to change your eating habits or to lose weight before the summer. This might be especially after this past year, when we may have adopted some less than desirable habits with …
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This week I fell off the wagon. And by that I mean that I indulged in an unplanned gluten free cookie-making adventure with my granddaughter. I ate some of the dough and one of the cookies. Now that may not sound like a lot to you, but my body, I know for a fact, is …
It may seem like an odd question to ask, but think about it. Is the food you are putting in your mouth beneficial for you? I would venture to say maybe not. What are the foods that are not beneficial? Processed food. Added sugar in everything. Soda drinks. Starchy carb heavy food. Fast food. The …
Friday I broke my commitment to no sugar or flour. I’m being real here, y’all. Thursday I was rockin’ it. Over 12,000 steps. Did 14 flights of stairs. Made gluten-free chocolate chip cookies for a dinner board meeting and did not eat one. Ate healthy dinner. No dessert. Woke up Friday morning and weighed myself, …
Who, me??!! Prediabetes?? Well, that’s exactly what I thought to myself when I recently saw my A1C blood test results- 5.9 – clearly in the prediabetes blood test range of 5.7-6.4. Greater than or equal to 6.5 is considered diabetes. For those of you who do not know what the A1C test is, it is …
Yesterday my husband and I went out to dinner at a new restaurant for us near the FSU campus. As usual, I quickly scanned the menu for things I could make gluten free, dairy free, soy free and egg free and healthy. Not too many choices, but some possibilities. I decided on grilled snapper, which …
This is a tale about the chocolate chip cookie and my love affair with it. It all started when I was just a little girl and my mother made some Tollhouse chocolate chip cookies. Sublime doesn’t even cover how I felt about the experience. Love at first bite. Raise your hand if you are with …
About six years ago I was told I had a very high sensitivity to gluten. I immediately discontinued eating gluten. A couple years later I found out I have one of the genetic markers for Celiac disease. Needless to say, I am very careful about my eating. I read labels very carefully and eat mostly …
These past few days I have been suffering the aftereffects of making some dumb mistakes in my usually very careful gluten-free diet. My whole body has been crying “foul!” since I went away for a retreat in the Alabama countryside. As usual, I brought some items to eat myself, but I did rely on the …