March 11th, 2010
Even yours truly, The Clean Eating Coach, can get tempted into late night, not so clean snacking and feel the urge to eat right before bed. Sometimes it has do to with eating a light meal and eating early, so that by 9 pm I’m itching to eat something.
Perfect example: last night I was working on
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February 18th, 2010
When I heard my husband recently say, “were doing a great job of clean eating, aren’t we?” I knew that I’d struck pay dirt.
Even though we’ve been practicing clean eating for quite some time, his realization about our lifestyle really solidified that not only is he doing it (and liking it) but that his awareness
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November 10th, 2009
Take it from me, Wendy Battles, the Clean Eating Coach, that cleaning up your diet by eating more whole, unprocessed foods and cleaning up your home, by throwing away old things that no longer serve you, both contribute to better health.
Although I’ve been practicing clean eating for quite some time, and find it easy to
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October 6th, 2009
When it comes to clean eating, I’m a big fan of making everything from scratch. To that end, I’m a believer in the power of meal planning to support my clean eating efforts. Every weekend, I spend quality time planning, shopping and prepping meals. The result is that we practice clean eating throughout the week
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September 4th, 2009
As a big advocate of clean eating, especially locally grown foods, I’ve been spending ample amounts of time this summer picking my own food. From weekly trips to the farmers’ market to growing some of my own food (this year Red Russian kale, collards and herbs) to picking locally grown fruit.
You’ve probably seen some of my
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July 28th, 2009
Anyone can benefit from a diet rich in anti-inflammatory foods that focuses on the healthiest of eating. Anti-inflammatory foods tend to focus on fresh produce and whole grains and can also help us lose weight.
I’ve been a big proponent of eating less congesting foods — meat, dairy products, sugar, fried foods, anything refined — and
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Filed under: Antioxidants, Fruit, Healthy Meals, Healthy lifestyle, Locally Grown Food, Meal Planning, Vegetables | 1 Comment
July 14th, 2009
These days I don’t go very far without bringing my Vitamixblender with me. It’s such a handy tool for whipping up healthy treats when you’re away from home and when you’re traveling by car, it’s so easy to put it in the trunk and away you go! If you don’t know about the Vitamix, it’s
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July 10th, 2009
Even though I’m not exactly an angel when it comes to eating when I’m on vacation (I mean honestly, who really is?), there’s still a part of me that maintains some semblance of healthy eating so all is not lost when I get back home.
And that’s exactly how things unfolded this week when we were
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