stop making it so hard

(TWSS) You guys. I have to say something before I start screaming at random people.  Nobody likes that. Nobody.  (ok. I like yelling just a little bit) A training client and I were talking yesterday about FOOD.  She was having so much anxiety with regards to holiday eating.  It’s so common.  This anxiety.  Not only …

mini smokehouse cheese ball bites

It’s that time again. No, not Christmas.  Although yes, it IS that time too.  Gah, I have a billion things to do before now and the 25th. I’m talking FOOTBALL here. Sitting around during those cold winter months, yelling at your TV and eating snacks off your coffee table. (We don’t have one.  A coffee …

do i count calories? and should you?

Binge eaters know their trigger foods. Alcoholics know their drink of choice.  Adulterers know those people they should stay away from. And a recovered anorexic knows that she probably shouldn’t count calories. Now to clump all of those behaviors together might seem ridiculous to some.  Ruining a marriage isn’t the same as binging on a …

peanut butter & honey protein balls {+giveaway}

I vividly remember elementary school field trips. Not so much WHERE we went, but the FOOD that was packed. (Is that wrong?  To remember the food more than the experience?  Maybe.) At my elementary school, you could either pack your own lunch or have the lunch-ladies pack something for you on these trips.  My mom …

easy, breezy pb & chocolate protein pudding pops

As part of my ambassadorship with Blue Diamond, we were challenged to come up with a “Easy as Breeze”-5 ingredient recipe using BD’s Chocolate Almond Milk.  Two things I love –>  1) EASY and 2) CHOCOLATE.  I immediately thought of those yummy pudding pops that my mom used to buy for us in the 90’s.  …

peanut butter protein frozen yogurt

Hello folks! Today I’ve got a fun little recipe to share with you.  As I’ve raved on and on (and on) about, we bought Travis an ice cream maker for Father’s Day.  That little thing is plum wore out from all the frozen treats we’ve made.   Think cookies and cream, chocolate peanut butter cup, …