I don’t know about your family, but my family loves brunch! We love a slower morning where you have time to drink an extra cup of coffee (or two.) These Healthy Low Carb Biscuits and Sausage Gravy are the perfect way to enjoy your breakfast or brunch in a delicious and low carb way!
Angela of Grassfed Mama shares healthy tips for busy moms.
Can you make a healthy low carb sausage gravy?
Biscuits and Sausage Gravy are one mine and my husband’s favorite weekend treat.
These are not traditionally a healthy meal. Traditional biscuits are full of processed carbs and hydrogenated fats. These processed carbs are likely to send your blood sugar soaring. Sausage gravy is usually thickened with processed flour, mixing carbs and fats.read more
Being a stay-at-home mom is a full-time job in itself, but that doesn’t mean you have to neglect your own health and fitness. In fact, finding time for self-care and exercise can be the key to feeling fabulous and energized throughout the day. So, if you’re a busy mom looking to stay fit and healthy, look no further! In this blog, I’m going to share my top tips, low carb recipes, keto recipes, sugar detox ideas, and healthy tips specifically tailored for busy moms like you. Get ready to get fit and feel fabulous working out as a stay at home mom!read more
Last week we focused on awareness: Being mindful in what you are eating. Thinking about what you are feeding your body is the first step to changing your habits. Did you pick up on anything you need to change already???
To increase our water intake, this could include drinking more water, tea, or fruit infused waters. My favorite way to drink tea is in Trim Healthy Mama apple pie sips. These are amazing!! I love them so much during these cold winter months when drinking a cold glass of water isn’t as appealing.
My sister and her husband really like to drink sparkling water.
Another tip is adding a little lemon to water with some stevia – a very simple lemonade! Adding lemon to your water also increases your vitamin C intake, which is great in these winter months for keeping you well and helps detox your liver! I made some really good pomegranate tea over Thanksgiving and sweetened it with some stevia for a real treat. Fruit infused water is easy to make too!
Something I’ve been trying more recently is doing fruit infusions in my water, it adds great taste and is really simple if you use an Infusion Pitcher, here’s the one I prefer!
By drinking more water, you will help your body stay full. Sometimes when we feel the urge to eat, we really are just thirsty. Drinking Water is also good for constipation. Did you know that if you aren’t having a bowel movement at least ONCE a day (and 3x a day is the recommended amount) then you are constipated??? (cue music: The More you Knooooooooow!)
Summary: New You New Years Week 1: Increase your water!
What are you favorite ways to increase your water?read more
I’m a new contributing writing for Modern Alternative Mama. I have been reading Kate’s blog for years and have been learning so much information that has helped me with having a natural, whole foods lifestyle.
I’m so excited about this opportunity to write for her and I hope you go check her out!
New Years is next week! I know you are already thinking about what you are wanting for 2014. Some of you make the same resolutions every year and by February they are already a thing of the past.
This year will be different. This year you will make a change and stick to it!
How? You may ask. Because We are all going to be a part of New You New Years!!!
So lets talk about what New You New Years is going to look like. Every week, a new challenge will be presented to focus on the whole week. It may be to eat one vegetable at lunch and dinner. Or maybe it could be focusing on eliminating white sugar for the week. Maybe we could even focus on adding a 20 minute walk in or another exercise each day for a week.
Every week, we will focus on one single step… and take this one bite at a time (wink, wink).
This is YOUR time! This is THE time to choose to be the person you want to be in 2014. A healthier you, a better feeling you!
Our first week’s challenge will be simple… We are going to be aware.
Awareness is the key to change a habit.
In speech therapy, when we would work with people who stutter, most of the time they wouldn’t even realize they had just stuttered in conversation. We would replay their speech, and help them identify the problem areas, then they could back and restate the phrase or sentence and fix the stutter.
I want you to be aware about your food choices you are making each day. Read ingredients. Read nutrition labels. Figure out what you are actually putting in your mouth… You really ARE what you eat.
1) So look for the number of ingredients listed, and also can you pronounce or identify every item listed.
2) How many grams of carbs and sugar are you eating in packaged items?
3) How many items have something with soy, the word hydrolyzed or hydrogenated, or corn?
Now I want you to comment or write onmy facebook walland let me know how you are doing during the week.
What foods are you surprised to see sugar in or High Fructose Corn Syrup? How many carbs are in your favorite foods? Keep me posted!
If a mom pours a cup of coffee,
Then the toddler will ask for eggs.
You make her eggs and cheese, but then she decides she would rather have oatmeal and pineapple.
You decide to not fight about it because eggs sound good to you… With your coffee – that is cold now. So you put it in the microwave.
Just as you sit down with your eggs and coffee, the baby wakes up and needs to be changed and fed.
You run upstairs, change baby, come back downstairs and sit to nurse. Feeling hungry and thirsty now because nursing does that…
This is my favorite low carb brownie in a mug that is sure to curb all your chocolate cravings. It is packed with protein too! When I was pregnant, I had gestational diabetes. I found that eating low carb was the easiest way for me to control my blood sugar from spiking. But I had intense pregnancy cravings! This was the recipe that I made almost daily to give me extra protein and curb my cravings the low carb way.
Angela of Grassfed Mama shares healthy tips for busy moms.
What is a Low Carb Brownie in a Mug?
Basically, a low carb brownie in a mug is a quick and easy dessert that can be made in just a few minutes using a microwave. It’s a low carb single-serving brownie recipe that is mixed and cooked directly in a microwave-safe mug, eliminating the need for traditional baking methods (and easy clean up too!)read more
I am not perfect! I will be the first person to tell you that I am not a good house keeper. I hate cleaning, but I like having a clean house. This problem didn’t seem to matter before kids. Once we threw a few kids in the mix, keeping the house picked up became a bigger challenge.
Here is the evidence
Messy living room… toys thrown around. We got in last night and didn’t bother picking up before bed.
Our child has poop issues… So the lesson of the week: Everyone Poops!
Our messy kitchen counter… Dishes are clean because my hubby is awesome! But clutter is starting to take over!!! It was clean two days ago. read more
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