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Why You Should Still Count Calories on a Low Carb Diet

If you are in the midst of a weight loss journey, you may have started with counting your calories. Perhaps you’ve looked into a few types of diets. Maybe you’ve even decided to try a low-carb diet. That’s great! Don’t give up your calorie counting just yet though. Here’s why you should still count calories on a low carb diet. And if you’re looking for more encouragement and support on your weight loss journey, be sure to check out my health and wellness tips for moms. When people think of calorie counting, they cringe, and while all of us wish we could eat whatever we want without gaining weight, for most of us this is simply not reality and not how it works. While there…

Health and Wellness for Moms

5 Ways to Cut 100 (or More) Calories Per Day

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When many of us are looking for ways to lose weight, we often start with cutting calories. Here are 5 ways to cut 100 or more calories per day. Just keep in mind, depending on your weight loss goals (and your overall fitness and wellness goals), your calorie intake will vary. Sometimes you may need more calories per day and sometimes you will need less. Be sure to check out my health and wellness tips for moms for more advice. How do calories affect your weight? When dieting there are several things to keep in mind, from how often you’re eating down to the distribution of macronutrients in your food. The bottom line is that when you’re trying to lose weight it all comes down…

Kids Activities and Crafts

You Are My Sunshine Paper Plate Mother’s Day Craft Idea

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I don’t have high expectations for Mother’s Day gifts. I feel, in some ways, that it’s becoming over commercialized and honestly? I don’t need the gifts. Is the acknowledgement nice? Of course it is. When I’m acknowledged by Kyle’s boys (with my unofficial role as the other mother in their lives), that made my day. Beyond that, I expect nothing and ask for nothing. I’ve still held on to all of the crafts and homemade gifts that Sweet B has brought home and will cherish anything that Squeaker brings home from school. In the meantime, we make our own crafts together and while we were making paper plate suns, I had the bright idea to turn it into a Mother’s Day craft. This post contains…

Family Friendly Recipes

Low Carb Breakfast Scramble

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While a low carb diet isn’t exactly our intention, on occasion we’ll have low carb dishes. This usually results in a low carb breakfast option like this delicious low carb breakfast scramble. During the week we don’t make a big to-do about breakfast but over the weekends, we do put more effort into it. Sunday is always pancake day and Saturday, we get a little more creative. Kyle’s boys, T & J, have cereal usually but I’ll make something for myself, Kyle, and Squeaker. Easy Low Carb Breakfast Scramble This breakfast scramble can be completely vegetarian if you’d like and you can also add in other vegetables. Next time, I think I’ll use spinach as well. It cooked relatively quickly and was incredibly filling. The…

Mom Life

5 Tips for Dealing with Stress

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Stress is a natural part of life, and there is both good and bad stress. Normally, when we think of stress, we think of the bad type of stress. Which is to be expected. Whether we are dealing with stress that comes along with parenting or because of finances or any other reason; stress happens. That’s why I want to offer 5 tips for dealing with stress. Stress is a part of everyone’s life and as with work, family, health, and social obligations people often lose track of order and become overwhelmed. Defined as a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances, people can suffer from stress in varying degrees. People deal with stress in numerous ways-…

Money Matters

10 No Nonsense Ways to Save Money on Your Utility Bills

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If you’re looking for every day ways to save money, because who isn’t looking to save money, one area of life to examine is your utility bills. Things like electricity, heat, and water can add up quickly if you’re not mindful of how you’re using them. And it’s more than likely that you’re already doing one or more of the things listed. And if not, you can make these changes easily. We know that recent changes with the pandemic have made utilities and all sorts of bills shoot up. There are so many ways that you can reduce your costs in the home but what you pay to electric companies can come down if you know how to reduce your electricity usage at…