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Becoming Nutritarian — Week 6

March 14, 2013 Kristen 4 Comments

Day 37: (Almost) Back to Normal I started the day making a big pot of my (new) favorite kind of oatmeal: steel cut. I make a big pot so I don’t have to slave over the stove every morning (cause steel cut oats take waaaay longer than their rolled oats cousins!). Dr. Fuhrman only allows

Becoming Nutritarian — Week 5

March 04, 2013 Kristen No comments

Day 33: Eating to Live While Traveling Breakfast: Banana, strawberries. Lunch: Whole Foods: Salad bar salad with mixed baby greens, mushrooms, shredded carrots, red cabbage, radish, grape tomatoes, celery, corn, tofu, raisins, and pepita seeds; dressed with Balsamic vinegar. Kale and white bean soup (no oil or salt added–score!). Fresh cantaloupe. Dinner: Whole Foods: Ginger

Becoming Nutritarian — Week 4

February 25, 2013 Kristen No comments

Day 22 — Feeling Good Although my weigh-in was less than stellar, I still feel lighter, tighter and glad that I have dedicated myself to finish this diet out! A warning to new nutritarians, just starting out on this road: the initial first week of weight loss is hard to duplicate in the following 3

Becoming Nutritarian — Week 3

February 18, 2013 Kristen 6 Comments

Day 16: Scale on the Move! Woke up this morning and got on the scale, it moved–lost another pound! I needed this good news to keep going strong with the 6 week plan; almost half way there! Breakfast: 3/4 cup steel cut oatmeal, 1 cup soy milk, 1/2 cup fresh blueberries I didn’t end up

Becoming Nutritarian — Week 2

February 11, 2013 Kristen 3 Comments

So, you’ve made it past the first week, congrats! You’ve lost a lot of weight in the first week (I lost 7!), now you’re invested in the program. Your tastes are changing and you are continuing to discover new ways to make the 6 week plan’s guidelines taste good to you. Here’s how I made

Becoming Nutritarian — Week 1

February 04, 2013 Kristen 6 Comments

DAY 2: Motivated & Garlic Breath After the hell of the first day, I woke up without the throbbing headache! Don’t get too excited, it was back again before I noshed on my breakfast of banana slices and raw almond butter (1 tbsp.). Honestly, it was a small price to pay for losing 2

Becoming Nutritarian: The “Eat to Live” 6 Week Plan

January 27, 2013 Kristen No comments

So, what is a “Nutritarian” anyway? A Nutritarian is a person who bases their dietary decisions on those foods that have the most micro-nutrients per calorie. Macro-nutrients are the things we all know (fat, protein and carbohydrates) that provide us with calories or the energy to live. Micro-nutrients, on the other hand, are the vitamins,

Momma’s Little Helper for Swimmer’s Ear!

August 01, 2012 Kristen 2 Comments

So, here we are in the midst of summertime! If you’re like my family, you’ve already hit up the pool quite a few times since Memorial Day. And if you’re like me your ears are starting to pay the price! I have sensitive ears to begin with and now being pregnant they have only gotten

What’s Really in Your Prenatal Vitamins?

June 01, 2012 Kristen 9 Comments

You know prenatals are important for a healthy pregnancy but do you know what undesireable ingredients are in those prenatals too?

No doubt about it: prenatal vitamins are essential for a healthy pregnancy. But not all ingredients in your prenatal vitamin are actually good for you, let alone your growing baby. Read below for a list of the potentially harmful ingredients found in popular prescription prenatal vitamin brands. If you find any of these ingredients in

Gaining Too Much Weight During Pregnancy

May 08, 2012 Kristen 12 Comments

The vision of the pregnant godess gets me down!

The good old days of “you’re eating for two” have been replaced by prenatal Pilates and magazines dubbed “Fit Pregnancy,” featuring articles like: “Jog into your 7-month!” As if it wasn’t enough that we have to compare ourselves to supermodels and celebrities when we’re not pregnant, now we have to compare ourselves to

Preparing Your Family for an Emergency

February 29, 2012 Kristen 4 Comments

Water is priority number one during an emergency.

Maybe it’s because I live in the Bay Area (a.k.a earthquake central), or maybe it’s because it’s 2012, the year of the Dragon (and some say the end of the world), or maybe it’s because I’ve been watching the new reality show “Doomsday Preppers” on National Geographic. Add in a sprinkle of pregnancy hormones and

Is Fruit from China Safe?

January 31, 2012 Kristen 14 Comments

Do you want to eat fruit grown under this blanket of chemical pollution? Me either.

I’ve been craving canned mandarin oranges–thanks pregnancy hormones! I usually get mine from Trader Joe’s and theirs are imported from Spain. Kysen has recently acquired a penchant for these tasty tangerines, so we often enjoy a can together when we don’t have the fresh variety on hand. Well, I tore through my stash too

Keep Your New Years Resolutions

January 02, 2012 Kristen 5 Comments

Have a broader long term resolution and fortify it with monthly specific resolutions!

Perhaps the most strategic New Years resolution you can make is: “I resolve to set 12 realistic monthly goals this year!” Sure, it’s not a very sexy or exciting resolution, but it will certainly get you farther along your track to success than the standard, “I want to lose 40 pounds this year!” resolution with

Can you choose the gender of your baby?

December 02, 2011 Kristen 21 Comments

Choosing to have a boy or a girl may be as easy as timing the time in your cycle that you have sex!

“When you are pregnant, the only thing you should care about is that your baby is born healthy.” Oh, how many times have you heard that pretentious line when venting about how you’d really love to have a boy! As if you’re the only mom-to-be that ever pined away for a specific sex baby! Certainly,

Vegan Caesar Salad Does Exist!

October 13, 2011 Kristen 2 Comments

Caesar salad is my ultimate comfort food and to find such a good vegan version was SO unexpected!

I’ve officially finished my third week of my 30-day Vegan Momma Challenge! There were some triumphs and some disappointments this week. Let me start off with the week’s highlight, and the reason for the title of this post: vegan Caesar salad! Yes, it does exist and YES it is delicious! I had to go down

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Becoming Nutritarian — Week 6

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Becoming Nutritarian — Week 4

Becoming Nutritarian — Week 3

Becoming Nutritarian — Week 2

Becoming Nutritarian — Week 1

Becoming Nutritarian: The “Eat to Live” 6 Week Plan

Momma’s Little Helper for Swimmer’s Ear!

What’s Really in Your Prenatal Vitamins?

Gaining Too Much Weight During Pregnancy

Preparing Your Family for an Emergency

Is Fruit from China Safe?

Keep Your New Years Resolutions

Can you choose the gender of your baby?

Vegan Caesar Salad Does Exist!

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