My 7 Simple Ways to Naturally Boost Your Digestion for Fat Loss (and just overall health) coming at ya!

Life is busy. It gets ahead of you and soon enough you’re sitting on the couch at the end of the day feeling sluggish and exhausted. Low energy is just ONE sign of poor digestion and it’s a chronic issue for many women who are trying to juggle all that life has to offer. Other symptoms like gas, bloating, abdominal discomfort, constipation, body aches and pains etc also stem from digestion. Does your digestive system need a reboot? Check out my tips below which you can incorporate into your lifestyle to help!

A healthy digestive system allows your body to get rid of waste, which can help you on becoming your best self.

1. JUST EAT REAL FOODS

It’s called JERF-ing and that’s what we focus on in my newest program Define and Sculpt Program. Real food means reducing the amount of processed foods that you consume. This includes foods with a long shelf life,...

The winter weather is hanging on it’s got me on a baking kick! It couldn’t be that I’m 32 weeks pregnant, could it?! Most of the time lots of baking means more sugar, and grains in your diet. So personally I believe there’s nothing better than finding SIMPLE recipes that are healthy and delicious. This paleo inspired bread will satisfy your sweet and salty needs guilt-free!  My Gluten-free Almond Blueberry Lemon Bread will have you obsessed with grain-free baking and will help keep you on track with all of your self-care goals!

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TIPS:

• Flours – Tapioca flour when using almond flour in the recipe helps bind the ingredients together a bit better than leaving it out of the recipe. I did not rest the recipe with out it and I haven’t tried it with wheat flours or other gluten-free flours. Substitute at your own risk!
• Depending on your oven you may need to bake this longer...

Do you find yourself constantly thinking about food? Maybe you feel like you have an overactive sweet tooth, or your stomach is a bottomless pit and you’re hungry ALL THE TIME. They’re thoughts that are common, but don’t need to be your story. Let’s dive into my How to Stop Obsessing Over Food tips.

There are so many reasons why this could be happening, I am going to cover a couple common ones. I feel confident talking and teaching on this because I, myself, struggled with it for YEARS prior to beginning my career! 

1. You are restricting yourself from the foods that you LOVE!

Food deprivation may cause you to crave these foods even more. This is the nature of the human brain! When you tell yourself, you can’t have something you suddenly want it more! These restrictions can lead to binges, overeating and even stronger cravings.

2. You are not eating enough!

Under eating can cause you to have nutrient deficiencies. If your calorie intake is...

There’re about a million different ways that are thought to be the BEST way to ‘get healthy’ and ‘achieve your ideal body’. Regardless of all the information out there that’s accessible to you, it can be insanely overwhelming to a person trying to find out what’s best for THEM. Today I want to help you figure out if Tracking Your Macros is Right For You. 

Because a great deal of the advice is conflicting and despite all the research out there, the attention-grabbing/non-factual information still somehow makes its way through it all. This sadly creates a more than ideal environment for companies to make empty promises that there is some magical weight-loss secret only they have the answer to. Fat loss pills, some tea that melts away all of your fat (cue the eye roll), wraps that magically make you skinny, the list goes on and on.

Knowledge is power!

And the diet industry thrives on misinformation.

So if...

Behold the good news – TACO TUESDAYS are totally acceptable and encouraged! Coming from a Mexican who will never turn down a good taco . . . I decided to throw together a couple of my favorite, uber simple “taco” recipes. You can thank me later for these Taco Tuesday Recipes (Crockpot Edition) after your entire family is begging you to make them again!

Garlic Lime Pork Fajitas

Ingredients

• 2-3 lb Boneless Porkloin Roast, rinsed with the fat trimmed off and then patted dry with paper towel
• 2 bell peppers, sliced
• 1 small onion, peeled and sliced
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• The juice from 1 lime
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 2 teaspoons cumin
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/4 cup organic chicken broth
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

1. Over medium heat place olive oil in a large pan and brown all sides of pork roast.
2. Combine all ingredients in your crockpot and cover with lid.
3. Cook on “low” setting for 4-6 hours or until...

Food is meant to be consumed with the intention of feeding your mind, body and spirit well. Yet very few people are actually eating a well balanced diet that isn’t attached to emotion, or unhealthy habits. This reality is why I want to help so many others learn How to Have a Healthy Relationship With Food. Here are my 5 tips to help you in changing that!

1. Start practicing intuitive eating

People who have a steady ongoing healthy relationship with food most likely have intuitive eating down by nature. They may not even know what it is because it’s now an innate behavior.

Intuitive eating means that when you’re hungry you eat, and you stop once you feel satisfied. It allows you to go about your day freely not having to fixate your entire life around food. When you have this relationship with eating you don’t allow outside influences to dictate what time you eat, or what types of food you eat. We are actually born with this built into us, yet as adults over...

These 3 Healthy Salad Recipes are perfect for anyone looking to clean up their diet, or add in a variety of flavors to their weekly healthy recipes.

Each of these salad recipes makes 4 meals. What I recommend doing is prepping one recipe per week on the weekend for four lunches the week ahead!

Cilantro Lime Quinoa Bowl

Ingredients

• Bowl:
• 1 Pound Ground Turkey
• 1 Bag Baby Spinach
• 1 Cup Red Quinoa
• 2 Orange Bell Peppers, chopped
• 1/2 Cup Crumbled Feta Cheese
• 1/4 Yellow Onion
• 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
• Salt to taste
• Dressing:
• 1 Cup Plain Greek Yogurt
• 1 Cup Packed Fresh Cilantro
• The juice from 1 Lime
• Salt to Taste

Instructions

1. Bowl:
2. Start by sautéing onion in olive oil in medium frying pan.
3. Add in ground turkey and cook over medium heat until brown.
4. Season ground turkey with cumin, chili powder and salt.
5. Set meat aside.
6. In a large bowl (or plate) combine 2 handfuls of spinach, 1/2 cup cooked red quinoa, 1/4 orange bell pepper, 2 tbsp feta cheese and 3/4 cup cooked ground turkey.
7. Dressing:
...

Here’s the truth about soy; soy in the past has been the bee’s knees for a hard core vegan. And for good reasons like it’s punch of protein and wonderful phytonutrients. And for years now people of put soy on a pedestal, nutritionally speaking, until now.

Is it all it’s cracked up to be. The answer may be no. Dangers of soy have been coming up more and more in products like soy protein powders, soy formulas, or plain old soy lecithin (commonly described as an emulsifier to prevent clumping). Turns out soy may be more harmful to our health than helpful.

This “super bean” has been linked to possibly increasing the risk of cancer, causing hormonal disturbance and stunting growth in our children. Need I say more? Well, I’m going to! Here’s a look at the hidden dangers of soy.

What is Soy?

Before we dive into what soy’s dangers are I’d like to explain what it is! Soy is derived from the soybean plant that is largely harvested...