Happy Registered Dietitian Day to all of my fellow RDs!
Joe’s birthday falls on Easter this year, and he is thrilled. “I am going to have SO MUCH FUN with that day!” Here’s hoping BirthdayEaster 2014 lives up to his expectations. As a prelude to ALL THE FUN, we will first be dying some eggs. This is something we like to do each year, making it an experiment with different food ingredients. Feel free to use this as a guide,…
One of my most popular posts of all time is my real and raw story of how frustrating celiac disease can be. Because that post resonated with so many of you, I decided to start a series featuring YOU and your stories. To submit your celiac story, click here. *** Hi, my name is Adrienne. I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease in January of 2013. When I got my diagnosis,…
I’m pretty new to the whole idea of Lent. Growing up I remember hearing my catholic friends talk about it a little, but I didn’t understand it. The first time I saw someone with ashes on their forehead in college, I politely told them they had dirt on their face and might want to wash it off. (“You’ve got a little something righhhhhht there…”) Coming to faith in an evangelical…
Home workouts are perfect for moms! Contributor Wendy Powell is here to tell you why (and give you some tips to get started). Before you were a mom, the opportunities to exercise in any way you chose were yours for the taking. Group exercise, solo challenges, running, biking, extreme sports… the streets were yours to roam, the gym was a second home and thrill-seeking was a top priority. I’m not…
I wrote a passionate post about celiac disease last year that continues to get tons of traffic, comments, and emails. Mostly I think because people are happy not to feel alone. And while I usually stick to the topic of how celiac disease affects me, I want to take a minute and acknowledge the ways it affects my kids. I was thinking about this today as I was lying in…
I awoke this morning to a gentle whisper. Not an audible one, but a quiet nudging of the spirit. My body was asking me, in the nicest way possible, to get moving. See, I haven’t been exercising lately. As a health professional, that is a bit hard to admit, but there it is. I have plenty of good reasons (read: excuses) for my recent inactivity. My schedule is crazy. …