Are Toxins Blocking your Weight Loss Progress

Are Toxins Blocking your Weight Loss Progress

Are toxins blocking your weight loss progress? We’ve all been there.  You’re following your healthy eating plan, staying active and moving every day, yet the scales refuse to budge. If you’ve hit a weight loss plateau and can’t figure out why, toxins might be the culprit. It’s impossible to know ..Continue Reading

Weight Loss Plateau: Shifting Your Body’s Set Point

Weight Loss Plateau: Shifting Your Body’s Set Point

If you’ve ever embarked on a weight loss journey and hit a weight loss plateau, it could be a set point issue. Scenario:  you’ve been losing weight consistently, and then, for no obvious reason, it all stalls.   The scales stubbornly refuse to budge.  You’re doing all the right things, but ..Continue Reading

Understanding Peri-Menopause:  It’s More Than Just Hormones

Understanding Peri-Menopause: It’s More Than Just Hormones

Hormones are often blamed for the changes we see in peri-menopause, for everything from fatigue, weight gain, sleep disturbances, mood changes and brain fog, plus a whole lot more annoying and challenging symptoms.  And, yes, they do play a significant role in those changes. But are hormones entirely to blame? ..Continue Reading

Homemade 100% Rye Bread

Homemade 100% Rye Bread

You don’t see many homemade 100% rye bread loafs around, mostly because rye bread is denser and heavier than bread we’re used to enjoying. Rye bread has a distinct flavour.  It has an earthy and nutty taste, and is quite dense giving it a satisfying chewiness so you don’t overeat. ..Continue Reading

Quinoa, Spiced Sweet Potato and Broccolini Salad

Quinoa, Spiced Sweet Potato and Broccolini Salad

If you’re going to make a salad, this quinoa, spiced sweet potato and broccolini salad makes a complete meal-in-one.  Enjoy as a stand alone dish or you can pair it with your favourite protein for added nutrition. We’re Mediterranean food fans ourselves.  Did you know that the Mediterranean Diet has ..Continue Reading

5 Tips to Lose Weight and Keep It Off

5 Tips to Lose Weight and Keep It Off

A common scenario = you lose weight and it gradually creeps back on. You’re not alone because it’s a common problem with so many women. That’s happened to me. And it seems to be harder to maintain a healthy weight as I’ve aged.  So much harder than when I was ..Continue Reading