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The Grocery Store Gauntlet: How Food Labels Deceive You
I will preface this blog by saying... FOOD COMPANIES NEED ADDICTED COMSUMERS TO ENSURE FUTURE REVENUE! The simple task we all have... You walk into the grocery store with the best intentions. You’re looking for "healthy," "natural," and "heart-healthy" options to fuel your workouts and manage your hormones. What should be EASY and effortless, like buying food, now is complex and time consuming. Most folks try to eat health but get confused while shopping. Lets be real... the
ckhappyholistic
May 213 min read


Fueling the Machine: Why Nutrition is 70% of Your Progress
You’ve probably heard the saying, " You can’t out-train a bad diet ." It sounds like a cliché until you try to hit a deadlift PR on a lunch of black coffee and a handful of crackers. How about eating too little for too long (leading to sever fatigue and thrown off sleep) or eating too much but you can't seem to understand why your abs haven't come in yet? I personally know this concept all too well! I spent up to 3 hours training everyday, all the while trying to " outwor
ckhappyholistic
Feb 224 min read


Healthier Habits = Losing Friends?
It’s the side effect of self-improvement that nobody puts on the vision board: As you get healthier, your social circle often gets smaller. Are you getting in shape? Stopped drinking? Trying to quit an addiction? You may ' feel ' this post a bit. We’re told that leveling up our lives will bring nothing but sunshine and high-fives. But the reality is that personal growth can sometimes be a painful process. There are ups and downs, you may not ever see coming. My once very
ckhappyholistic
Feb 203 min read


Emotional Eating
What a slippery slope... Having emotional eating is like trying to run uphill while an invisible monster is chasing you in the night. You can hear his deep growl right behind you and no matter how fast you run, he's right at your heels. Maybe it's more like a needy ex that you broke up with and they simply can't get the hint and won't stop texting you. What can I say other than, "Trust me...I get it"? It may have been a bad day or something that happened years ago. Whateve
ckhappyholistic
Feb 33 min read


Against the grain...
Healing holistically seems to be against the grain for most.
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Aug 21, 20243 min read
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