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Chocolate Chip Pancakes Every Day! We've been pretty pancake crazy lately. It's hard not to be when you perfect the crispy and soft pancake texture using no white flour or sugar whatsoever! We purchased a new griddle and it cooks pancakes magically! Something about the even heat distribution and flatness of it produces some amazingly [...]
What is a Gluten-Free diet? A gluten-free diet excludes gluten, a protein composite found in wheat, barley, rye and other grains and has become one of the fastest growing dietary choices in the world. Most foods consumed on a gluten-free diet can promote healthy weight loss, with the right combinations of other foods and a [...]
Delicious, Low Carb Cookie Dough Snacks Who here loves eating raw cookie dough? My hand is raised high for sure! I am obsessed with cookie dough and I have definitely been known to eat my fair share of dough, never giving the cookies a chance to be baked. Of course, I know this isn’t the [...]
Easy Keto-Friendly Substitutes For High-Carb Foods If you're new to the ketogenic, or keto, diet, it might seem like an uphill battle to stick with your favorite recipes. It's no secret that this low-carb, high-fat diet requires some food adjustments, but don't fret! There are many keto-friendly swaps for common ingredients that can make your [...]
The good news for prospective keto dieters is that as the diet has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, so too has the amount of research being produced to back up the remarkably fast weight loss evident in keto success stories. That means that for every nutritional concern, every panicky moment you have about whether [...]
Wow. I made it. The Weight Loss I finished out the challenge with a net weight loss a few ounces shy of 25 pounds, although all but three pounds of that happened in the first eight weeks. I lost exactly 5% body fat. I’m very pleased with both of those numbers. (I’ve included first day/last [...]
Ten weeks down, three to go! Almost to the finish line! The Weight Loss This is going to be arguably the most boring update yet. Although that’s less entertaining for you, it’s good news for me. Everything has stabilized. Technically I weigh 0.4 pounds more than I did last week, but I vary more than [...]
It’s been a month! Time to check in on my progress. The Weight Loss Net weight loss is at 12 pounds, which means I’m averaging a loss of 3 pounds per week. This is a healthy, sustainable rate and means I’m on track to hit my weight loss goals. My body fat percentage has decreased [...]
A number of factors influence weight loss: caloric deficits, the quality of the calories you’re consuming, your mealtimes—and those are just related to what you’re eating! Hydration, sleep, and hormones play critical roles as well. Pre-existing health conditions can further complicate things. The single most important thing to take away from what I’m writing here is [...]
Shoppers who are frustrated with their local grocery center's lack of low-sugar snacks might have a new favorite coming to their shelves soon. After partnering with General Mills, low-carb and non-dairy protein bar production company No Cow is looking to move into the snack market around the country. Packed with protein without the added sugar, [...]
