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15 New Year Healthy Resolutions You Can Stick To

It's that time of the year again, when we all rack our brains to come up with some amazing, bad-ass New Year resolutions that we can stick to, only to kick ourselves in the rear a few days later for failing miserably or worse yet, for never getting started in the first place. And when the year draws to a close, we can’t even so much as remember what-the-heck our New Year resolutions for the last 364 days were! I can bet that majority of you (and I) have at least one ‘healthy’ resolution in that long list of resolutions. We all want to lose weight (or inches), workout religiously and/or lead a healthy life, but that’s far from reality because they are not ‘SMART’ resolutions. Just as Rome was not built in a day, habitual changes don’t happen overnight or by writing your ... Read the Post

Healthy Start To The New Year Done Right, Sprouts Farmers Market Grand Opening

Thanks to Sprouts Farmers Market for sponsoring this post. As always, all opinions in the post are my own. Can I just start by saying that I am a little embarrassed as I write this post… Who has heard of Sprouts Farmers Market? And shops there regularly? I’d say yes to the former question and no to the latter. As someone who loves to lead a healthy lifestyle, who loves to find the best in everything, and who actually loves to go grocery shopping (aisle by aisle, as my hubby jokes. He calls me an ‘aisleoholic’, a term that he coined ;)) I have not once stepped inside a Sprouts Farmers Market. So yes, to me, it IS embarrassing! And honestly, it does hurt my ego a little! I mean, how could I not have tried and tested a store that is loved and raved ... Read the Post

Valentine’s Day | Vegan Neapolitan Cake | Heart Healthy Recipe

This 4 Layer Raw Vegan Neapolitan Cake is a perfect addition to make Valentine’s Day (or any occasion for that matter) even more special! I first made a full blown vegan Neapolitan cake last April and took it to Portland to celebrate our dear (vegan) friends’ birthdays! That was the first time I ever made a vegan cake and realized just how delicious and healthy a vegan dessert could be. Despite everyone enjoying every bite of the cake they ate, I knew there was something missing in my recipe and that I could have done a few things differently to make the cake taste even better. So as soon as we got back from that weekend’s shenanigans, I wasted no time in getting back to work and once again made this 4 layer raw vegan neapolitan cake with the changes I had in mind! And it turned out ... Read the Post

The 28 Day Food Challenge | Lose Weight The Healthy Way ft. Pro Sports Club

Thanks to PRO Sports Club for sponsoring this post. As always, all opinions in the post are my own. After birthing a baby 6 months ago, I knew I had a long way to go before I got back to my pre-pregnancy self, in terms of weight, eating habits and fitness regimen. In other words, I needed to hit the reset button! And signing up for the 28 Day Food Challenge with PRO Sports Club gave me just that, a chance to reset, and more... The 28 Day Food Challenge helped me better understand my eating habits and that’s a huge deal (as I am someone who already eats quite healthy, minus the occasional guilty pleasures of course!), it busted some of my myths about ‘dieting’, it helped me lose about 5-6 lbs of baby weight (the healthy way) and it helped me get back into a fitness routine. Generally, ... Read the Post

Spaghetti Squash Bowl | Heart Healthy Recipe

Let me start off by saying that I did NOT make this dish!!! I was only a bystander (whispering instructions) making faces and cringing at my (kitchen-illiterate or that’s what I call him :p) darling husband as he whipped up this delicacy! I say that because I am the one that does all the cooking at home, not that I am complaining since I love to cook (but who doesn’t want to be spoiled every once in a while ;)). Though that’s been slowly changing over the last month as the hubs is trying to make one dish every other weekend (he’s cooked 3 times in little over a month, beating his own record of cooking just as many times in the last 6 years! LOL! Alright alright, I am not supposed to make fun of him :p). At first he was the one who made faces at me when I suggested that he try using ... Read the Post

TOP 10 JUNE FAVORITE PRODUCT FINDS

Summer Edition - Top 10 June Favorite Product Finds to help you cope with the unusual summer days (& beyond) this year! If you have been following me on Instagram then you know that the past month has been extremely eventful in my life, nothing short of LIFE CHANGING! So I will skip the recap in this post but you can read all about it here and here. It is also why I hadn’t been publishing many blog posts last month. I wanted to be laser-focused and go all in to meet my own (high) standards and deadlines. Anything less than 99% is just NOT acceptable to me when I feel HIGHLY PASSIONATELY about something! In a way, this is also how I test the level of my passion and desire for something (the hubs keeps joking that I am always testing theories, technology, or people, and he bears the ... Read the Post