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Understanding Your Blood Pressure

Understanding Your Blood Pressure

On Sunday after dinner while my family was hanging around playing games my dad busted out his most recent purchase…a portable blood pressure cuff. We spent the next thirty minutes testing our blood pressure levels and talking about health and such. Things get crazy with 

Freedom, Food, Family, Friends, and Fruit Ka-bobs

Freedom, Food, Family, Friends, and Fruit Ka-bobs

I hope everyone had an AWESOME 4th of July weekend. I most certainly did. I really loved every second of it.I managed to… eat lots of family dinners/meals/bbq’s…  spend a night on the town with my besties…(Yes, that is a golf cart. My friends bought 

10 Weight Loss Tips that Work and 10 that just won’t

10 Weight Loss Tips that Work and 10 that just won’t

For those who are looking to lose weight, wasting your time with ideas, behaviors, and diets that don’t work can make the process even more frustrating. I deal with individuals trying to lose weight and become more healthy and in doing so, I have experienced 

I love these links…and you might too

I love these links…and you might too

One of my favorite things to do is find new recipes online. I love to find ones that are healthy already, and I enjoy finding ones that aren’t and dreaming up new ways to make them healthy. Sometimes I like to just experiment with new 

C is for Cookie and It’s Good Enough For Me…

C is for Cookie and It’s Good Enough For Me…

Did anyone have the pleasure of singing that song in elementary school like I did? I believe we sang it for a Christmas program. We had giant paper “C’s” taped to our Christmas attire. Aren’t we sweet. Good times in the third grade. Because the 

Get yourself ready for the 4th of July!

Get yourself ready for the 4th of July!

The 4th of July is a holiday that my family takes very seriously. Provo, UT happens to have one of the greatest Freedom Festival celebrations in the nation. It’s pretty awesome. Firesides, fireworks, The Stadium of Fire, a 10k, a baby contest, a huge parade, 

Rest Day and Healthier Banana Bread Chocolate Chip Cookies

Rest Day and Healthier Banana Bread Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sunday mornings usually involve some sort of baking for me. Sundays are my rest day and my day off, so I have time to do it. I love rolling out of bed and spending the morning baking in my pj’s. It’s divine. Sundays = Rest 

Exercise of the Week: How to not do a crappy lunge.

Exercise of the Week: How to not do a crappy lunge.

I’m a form girl. Having good form while you are working out makes ALL. THE. DIFFERENCE. Period. The end. There is no way around it. When people ask me what I think the importance of having a trainer is I would say ensuring proper form 

Berry Delicious

Berry Delicious

I can’t seem to get myself away from my lunch of the week. I tell myself I’m going to mix things up and eat something else, but this healthy chicken salad has me completely hooked this week. Today I mixed it up a litttle by 

Easiest Tasty Chicken Lunch EVER

Easiest Tasty Chicken Lunch EVER

As I promised yesterday, here is what my fave lunch as of late looks like. It seriously is soooo tasty. I realize there is a lack of color. I ate it with a huge old serving of cherub grape tomatoes, but those got devoured while