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Refrigeration Renovation: How to Organize your Refrigerator
How to Organize your Refrigerator and Maximize Kitchen Efficiency Right before the holiday season hits is a great time to get your kitchen in order. It only makes sense that since you cleaned out your pantry (see my recent blog on pantry makeover), it’s now time to...
Eat Healthy Fats, Love Life!
Enemy #1 Do you remember all the fat-free/low-fat hype from the 1980s and ‘90s? I sure do!! I vividly remember it because it impacted me tremendously! I was a teenager in the ‘90s, and I distinctly remember beginning to have questions about my transforming body and...
How I Survived Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: My Story I was at the peak of my swimming career when I got a terrible virus that lasted 2 weeks long. It was awful…I was congested, had migraine headaches, body aches and lots of pain for over a week. It was so bad that the doctor was...
How to Organize your Pantry: Your Pantry Makeover Guide
One of my many strategies for an optimal food plan in a fast-paced world is ORGANIZATION. There are many places in the kitchen, that when organized, can enhance your productivity and speed in the kitchen OR they can deter your focus and slow you down. One example is...
Healthy Grocery List: The Ultimate Grocery Guide (Trader Joe’s)
I must admit that I am a grocery store junkie. I know it’s a little weird, and maybe a bit rare…but I love going to the grocery store. Call me a food nerd, but I have some very specific dietary needs and love the thrill of finding new products that work for my family...
The Champion’s Guide to Healthy Beef Jerky
Why is Healthy Beef Jerky the new thing? It’s not. It’s actually a very old thing. While beef jerky is a well-established go-to snack for road trips and in our always on-the-go lives, did you know that beef jerky has a long history in the U.S. and around the world? It...
5 Myths About Milk & Strong Bones
But, wait… don’t you need milk to grow and have strong bones? This is a common question I get when people find out that, not only do I avoid milk like the plague, but have never fed it to my children either. I have two strong, healthy children—a 14-year-old son who is...
3 Strategies for Sustained Success
First year of tackle football and 5 touchdowns in two games with two wins later! Ok, so call me a bragging mom but I am so proud of our son and his commitment to his goals and his nutrition. He’s just 14 years old and 6’1” so far with 155 pounds of solid muscle. I...
What’s your High-Performer Type?
Are you a High-Performer? Are you a highly motivated, action oriented person that likes to get stuff done? Do you generate your personal success and growth at work? Are you looking to be the best in your sport or in whatever it is that you are passionate about? Do you...
Not My Jam!
Work out so you can pig out. I meet a lot of people who live by this motto and I'm here to tell you...you don't have to do it this way!! Ok, working out is great for your body and all, but working out so you can pig out isn't going to get you the level of health you...
Quick & Easy Foods
Our family is on the go all the time. While I do cook frequently, I am constantly looking for food products that are not only quick & easy, but fit in with my Champion Powered Food Plan as well. When I first began my journey with food in 1998,...
My New Favorite Drink!
I created my new favorite drink ever today that I just had to tell everyone about! It's next to no sugar yet tastes like a coffee shop drink without all the chemicals and calories. Ok, so, it's a chai tea coffee concoction that goes like this: 1 Chai Tea...