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While full-body detoxes have been around for centuries, there has been a recent movement around digital detoxes. The average person spends over four hours a day on their devices. With this in mind, people are taking actionable steps to break their addiction to their devices by powering down their smartphones and intentionally spending time away from staring at screens.
If you’re reading popular headlines, or even listening to your doctor’s advice, we should all be cutting back on carbs, especially anything colored white, including white rice, white potatoes, and bananas. Cauliflower seems to be the only safe white food we can eat these days.
I was preparing to run my first 5k. Being a competitive person I wouldn't be happy with just finishing the run. I had to do my best. I knew I wasn't going to win, as the winners of these local races had sub 5 minute miles and the most I ever ran was 2 miles at a time of about 16-17 minutes. Even though I was athletic and played lots of sports growing up, I was not in “running shape”. I lifted weights three days per week and did minimal cardio. Did I ease into running? Nope. That would have been the smart way to go about it but hey, I was in my early 20's I felt invincible.
Growing up, we were always taught to be nice to others and to treat others the way you would like to be treated. However, the message to be kind to yourself as you would to others somehow got lost along the way for some of us. On days when all is going smoothly, our self-esteem may stand tall, but it is the days when everything goes wrong that we tend to be the hardest on ourselves. Our mental self-image can become muddied with negative thoughts.
A few years ago, Amie Henderson of Chattanooga, Tennessee, wouldn’t recognize the woman she is today. Now 77 pounds lighter, Amie is the healthiest she’s ever been, but she would tell you that change did not occur overnight. In fact, her journey began eight years ago.
Every mom has this same dilemma, no matter how many years you have been parenting. What do I make for dinner?
For me on those days that my kids are going “Mad Max Thunderdome” on my beautiful pottery-barn furniture. I know we will need something hearty and comforting to refuel them, and help me feel more relaxed. For me that is my Ground Turkey Spaghetti.
