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B12 for Energy and Weight Loss

You may have heard about B12 shots and how they: Improve circulation Increase metabolism Provide energy, particularly in people who are B12 deficient. Well, I am here to tell you that it is all true.  I have been consistently taking Vitamin B12 for the last 2 weeks.  Adding that in immediately gave me more energy.  more


Easy Sugar-free Matcha Ice Cream: Recipe

Matcha Ice Cream can be a treat quite difficult to come by. If you’re someone who’s mindful of what they eat and what goes into their food, the search can be twice as daunting, especially when the craving hits you hard. Being surrounded by store-bought smoothies, cupcakes, and other sugar-filled treats can make you succumb more


The Importance of Weight Loss to Type 2 Diabetes

Guest Blog Article By William Richards There are numerous health benefits to losing weight. Eating a nutritious diet and exercising regularly can prevent and reduce a number of health problems, including symptoms of type 2 diabetes, brought on by excess pounds. Shedding pounds can lower your blood sugar, help you use insulin more efficiently and more


Kate Middleton’s Diet Doctor to Lose License

Around this time last year, I slammed Kate Middleton’s diet as nothing more than the old dieting and weight loss tips repackaged as the Princess’s Royal Wedding Diet plan conjured up to sell magazines to desperate women. I actually got some hate mail because of it as well.  No, seriously.  I did. I’m not even more


Could Weight Loss be as Easy as 80 Bites a Day?

I’ve heard a lot of theories on weight loss: counting calories; avoiding grains and complex carbohydrates; calculating fat content, sugar content, and measuring carbs against fiber. However, counting the number of bites you take per day was a new weight loss idea to me.  Furthermore, the idea of quantity,  no matter what you’re eating, definitely more


Healthy New Years Resolution Ideas

I know, I know… It’s already the 12th.  Is there anyone out there still thinking about New Years Resolutions? Or have we all given up on them already? Even if you backslid a bit, it’s okay. Don’t give up! You can do it! Healthy New Years Resolution Ideas Most people have one or more health more


Getting Healthier in 2011 – October Health Goal Wrap-up

Getting Healthier is my goal, and the goal of this site.  I don’t want to be the Always Sick Chick, but the Rarely Sick Chick.  That, however, takes some work and discipline, and it’s not always easy. In fact, it’s rarely easy. My health goals for October were basically met with one exception:  I didn’t more


My McDonald’s Eating Children are Too Skinny?

I keep hearing about an obesity epidemic among people who eat fast food.  I keep reading about kids who are obese because they eat macaroni and cheese, chicken nuggets, french fries and McDonald’s cheeseburgers. Yet my kids eat that stuff, and the doctor says they are too skinny! Our oldest has a BMI (Body Mass more


Are women’s clothing sizes getting smaller? – A Trip to TJMaxx

Shopping for clothes is a constant reminder that my body isn’t what it used to be:  small, capable of wearing anything and looking fabulous, flat stomach, no stretch marks, fewer wobbly bits… I have resigned myself to a size large, and it fits me comfortably.  I don’t like that big “L” on my clothes. I more


Getting Healthier in 2011 – July Health Goal Wrap-up

The point of this blog – Always Sick & Tired – is all about getting healthier.  Part of it is about losing weight, which goes together with getting healthier (unless you’re too skinny, which isn’t a problem that I have), but mostly it’s about feeling better, boosting mood and energy, feeling well rested and building more


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