Week 6 – DAOFitlife Meal and Exercise Plan
On a weekly basis I update my meal and exercise plan google sheets so you can see real time what I eat, drink, and how I move. You can download…
Trader Joe’s Shopping List
In order to survive a professional career and be domestic, I have become a “Trader Joe’s chef”. Which means, I buy stuff at Trader Joe’s that I can throw together in rando combinations and somehow make it delish. It’s a skill I developed after years of shopping at the Trader Joe’s in my neighborhood (the West End, in Washington, DC) on Friday nights when I was single. I’d leave work around 7 or 8pm (#consulting life) and take advantage of the fact that the Trader Joe’s would be empty so that I could do my shopping and explore the aisles with no lines. Week after week spent poring over ingredients and chatting with the staff who knew me on a first name basis resulted in building up a repertoie of Trader Joe’s meals to put on my menu.
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A core principle of the food combining diet is eating fruit before noon. Photo by Cecilia Par
I tried the food combining diet for a week, here is what happened
You may have noticed in my meal plan for last week I had a lot of fruit on the menu for breakfast. Well the reason why is that I decided to try the “food combining diet.” In this post I will cover what that is and what my experience was.
In my post overviewing different diets, ,I didn’t cover every diet under the sun. There is always something new to discover, and I did that just last week when I ran into the “food combining” diet. I tried it for a week, and I am writing about what happened.
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Hot sauce is one of the best condiments to speed up your metabolism and add zero=calorie taste. Photo by DiChatz
The Fitprofessional Top 10: Calorie-friendly Condiments
Earlier we explored what kinds of foods you can eat a lot of without gaining weight. Now let’s turn to the stuff that makes the food GOOD – the condiments. Sauces, dressings, and syrups can make or break a meal. Especially if the food you are eating is low on fat, oil, or sugar, something extra to enhance the flavor will help you derive better satisfaction and get less hungry later.
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Top 5 fake health foods
First, let me qualify that the purpose of this post is NOT to rain on your parade and tell you that any of these foods are off limits. As you…
@Pure Barre LA. Side planks are the move of the week.
Week 5 – DaoFitlife Meal and Exercise Plan
On a weekly basis I update my meal and exercise plan google sheets so you can see real time what I eat, drink, and how I move. You can download…
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Best Salad Dressings for 30 calories or less
We are getting warmer weather, and you know what that means - BIG SALADS! We can't talk about salads without talking about salad dressing. If you want a healthy salad…
Persian food is on the menu this week. Saffron is a huge patt of Persian cuisine, which is a natural domaine reuptake inhibtor.
Week 4 – The DAOfitlife meal and exercise plan
On a weekly basis I update my meal and exercise plan google sheets so you can see real time what I eat, drink, and how I move. You can download…
One common denominator to naturally thin people: Being active. Photo by Denys Nevozhai
The secrets of being “naturally thin”
First of all, I am not talking about myself. I wish. I will be the first to admit I have to work hard to be fit. After a while, it…
Banana and coconut are a great energizing combo, especially when you need a little pick me up during daylight savings week. Photo by Louis Hansel @shotsoflouis
Week 3 – The DAOFitlife Meal and Exercise Plan
On a weekly basis I update my meal and exercise plan google sheets so you can see real time what I eat, drink, and how I move. You can download the templates and customize them for your own meals and workouts. And I have a rolling update of my fast and simple recipes HERE. This week, I feature my Salad Cream and Banana Bread Bowl Recipes.
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The Bride Guide to Getting Fit
If your wedding is coming up, or if you just got engaged and want to look amazing on your wedding day, you are in the right place. I have been through the trenches of training and adjusting diet for the big day. Especially losing the weight you inevitably gain when you fall in love. Why is that? Decadent dinners, wine, ordering pizza with your boo while Netflixing. And then the rude awakening – a looming wedding and all the baggage it comes with.
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Week 2 – The DAOFitlife Meal and Exercise Plan
On a weekly basis I update my meal and exercise plan google sheets so you can see real time what I eat, drink, and how I move. You can download…
Pick it up but don't put it in the cart until you've read that label. Photo by Phuong Tran
The DAO of reading nutrition labels
Failing to read or properly interpret nutrition labels can be a handicap for your goals. And it’s not your fault. I will arm you with knowledge to screen out when a “healthy” food is actually healthy or whether you are being gaslighted.
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Week 1 – The DAOFitlife Meal and Exercise Plan
As part of this series, in the interest of full transparency AND possibly giving you some great ideas, I will provide a tracker of all my meals and workouts for…
The world is now your gym. Photo by Big Dodzy
How to stay fit in a COVID world
The “new normal”. Our worlds, once so big, have gotten very small. It’s almost the one year anniversary – the worst.anniversary.ever.
Gyms and workout studios are closed (or closed, reopened, closed and kind of reopened). Peloton sales have gone UP. App sales have gone through the roof – the fitness industry, besides the toilet paper industry, is a real winner in these “uncertain times”.
There also have been winners and losers in the fitness sphere on the consumer side. I hear binary feedback from my audience – either they got in the best shape of their lives, or suffered from the “COVID 19” weight gain.
There is still time to change your fate.
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Executive summary of Whole30 diet
The Whole30 is a popular diet to start in the first quarter of the year, so you may be thinking of doing it right NOW. It is a reset, a new chance, a way to “cleanse” the system and purify your approach to food. The question is, is the Whole30 a “challenge” or a “fad” diet? Let’s break down the basics.
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Executive summary of the Paleo diet
The Paleo diet is the “sexy diet.” Definitely would be Samantha, if it were a Sex and the City character. The Paleo diet evokes images of ravenously devouring meat – sexy, right? I have been to Paleo-land and will definitely visit again. Here is what you need to know.
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Avocados are your BFF on the keto diet. Photo by Jonathan Beckman
Executive summary of the Keto diet
Unless you have been living under a rock, you have heard of the "Keto" (short for ketogenic) diet. Just what is it, and does it work? What are the upsides,…
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The DAO of pimping your salad
We all associate salads with diet food or a boring meal. It doesn’t have to be that way. With the right ingredients, your salad will go from boring to badass. But you do have to watch out – attempts to make salads less boring can detonate unintended calorie bombs.
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The DAO of ordering in like a boss
You know how it is. You are just coming back from a long trip, ending an insanely hard day, out of groceries, or just not. in. the. mood. All you want to do is flop on the couch and Netflix with your boo (chill optional).
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