Eating Healthy

Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Bites

By Kara / July 3, 2014 / 0 Comments

I make these often and haven’t made them the same twice yet. We’ve tried different varieties and each of us have our own personal preferences as far as: cinnamon or salt, garlic or pepper, etc. Use this recipe as your basic format then tweak to meet your personal preferences. Here’s an easy place to start: […]

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Pork Tenderloin with Pan Gravy and Oven Baked Rice

By Kara / July 2, 2014 / 1 Comment

I’ve made this recipe a few times now and think I’ve finally got it right. The last couple times it was a little too salty for us. This time, I think it was just right. I got so excited to get it all plated up that I never took final pictures, unfortunately, but trust me, […]

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Beach Trip 2014

By Kara / June 24, 2014 / 0 Comments

Hello, friends!!! Sorry for my long absence. We have been out of town on our annual beach vacation for the last week or so. We had the BEST time! Each year things get a bit easier when traveling with our kids and this year was the best yet. We: Celebrated Fathers Day with breakfast on […]

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59 hours…

By Kara / May 30, 2014 / 1 Comment

This morning after dropping off my kids at school, I turned the radio station to listen to my favorite morning talk show. They were discussing dieting and shared a recent statistic: The average person who starts a diet will last for an AVERAGE OF 59 HOURS. That means if you start off on Monday morning […]

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It Works (for me) Wednesday Week #2

By Kara / May 14, 2014 / 0 Comments

Today’s “It Works (for me) Wednesday item: KIND bars! Not all KIND bars are super fat-loss friendly, but these DO meet my criteria for packaged food and they are delicious! If you remember from yesterday’s post, I use the Metabolic Effect for determining the overall effect of the product on fat loss by taking the […]

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~*8 tips for Getting Lean for Summer*~

By Kara / May 12, 2014 / 0 Comments

I subscribe to a lot of fitness/health related newsletters and email lists. One of my favorites is Jill Jacobs. Jill is the founder of this company, is certified in Metabolic Effect Nutrition principles (my favorite!) and she gives away amazing free content! She also has an online coaching club that I’m sure is wonderful. She […]

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