Intro
Low Carb Paleo Recipes
Ultra-Low Carb Spinach Pizza
2-Ingredient Paleo Crackers!
Mini Sausage Hamburgers (Tortas)
Amazing LOW CARB Pizza (and Breadsticks) using Carrots?!
The Quick, the Easy, the Portable Paleo Snack: The Torta!
SUPER-ULTRA-LOW-CARB Mashed Potatoes!!! (faux recipe)
Recent Posts
Want Lean Sexy Abs – It Ain’t in the Workout!
Building Core Strength Will NOT Reveal Your Abs I would like to dispel the misconception that getting cut-up lean abs is related to doing tons of ab exercises. Many workout videos on Youtube seem to conflate “core strength” and getting “sexy lean abs” as being results that are one in the same.…
Weight Training for Women – The Key to Building a Bombshell Body
Should I Be Lifting Weights? The Basic 101 on Weight Training For Women Many people, women in particular, get confused when it comes to resistance training. Contrary to popular belief: weight lifting will not make women bulky, but a crappy diet will. It takes a lot of work, a…
Facebook Body Inspectors – Sorry You’re Too Fit
While creating an ad post for my site, I wanted to use a photo taken recently by one of my good friends at Tamarindo Family Photo. We used the post, Get Ripped By Training Less and the picture from the post was this one below: Facebook immediately disapproved and sent this message…
Mini Sausage Hamburgers (Tortas)
Mini Sausage Hamburgers (Tortas) Delicious sausage hamburgers are always a hit anywhere we go. We did one of our favorite tortas post not too long ago. These tortas, in particular, however are my husband’s favorite and yet they are so simple to make that even my little boys help me…
10 Foods to Take Out of the Fridge
Don’t Put These Foods in the Fridge Sometimes we do things out of tradition, habit, or logic. For many, putting items in the fridge may seem like the most logical thing to do for preservation; however, for certain items it causes the opposite to happen. The following are 10 foods…
SQUATS – You’re Doing Them Wrong!
Squats! Ah, every woman (and man) knows that in order to get that great booty, she or he needs to incorporate squats! But how do you do them? Is there one way that is better than another? Can you be doing them wrong? Can you make some adjustments in your…
What School and Gym Owners Have in Common
*Let me forewarn you, this is a rant. It is a topic near and dear to my heart and I am, indeed, venting. After a decade of teaching (high school, middle school, and some elementary), owning and operating my own preschool through high school, and running a personal training business,…
Paleo Vanilla Cupcakes with Creamy Chocolate Frosting
This is always my easy cupcake go-to. Today we celebrated my youngest son’s 4th birthday and at his request we made vanilla cupcakes with creamy chocolate frosting. There is only one bowl to clean and it’s quick and easy. I prepare the complete batter in the food processor and bake them…
Staying Fit Through Pregnancy, Part (6) : Staying Fit after Birth
Healthy Active Moms Have Healthy Active Kids (who apparently like to smile)! My kids do smile a lot, for we are always exposing them to new adventures….but it doesn’t take a lot of effort to get kiddos to smile, especially when you are physically capable of doing things with…
Staying Fit Through Pregnancy, Part (5) Five: DIET – What to Eat!
I’m Not Fat, I’m Pregnant! Unfortunately, more and more pregnant women are having to say this since nearly half of women of childbearing age are overweight or obese…thus making it more difficult to spot the baby bump. However, as I have discussed in my prior posts here and here, a great workout…