Thanksgiving Day is also game day and I want to help you with a winning tailgate feast! After all, this holiday is all about being thankful with family, food, and football!  However, it should not be a stressful event. Many people spend so much time preparing their feast, they barely partake in the fun. So,… Read More 5 Thanksgiving Tailgate Tips

When thinking about the holidays, most people imagine their grandma’s homemade pie, their mom’s scrumptious casserole, and their aunt’s candied sweet potatoes. Umm mm! Should you enjoy these foods over the holidays? YES! However, all of these foods have one common denominator: lots of calories, which means maybe not eating them every day for two… Read More 5 Cooking and Baking Tips to Keep Your Tight End in Place

Lots of families end up in the drive-thru because they didn’t plan ahead. While planning meals and snacks amidst a busy schedule can be a chore, there are a few tips that help make it easier! Plan the week out: Fall is full of events and games to watch so plan your meals and snacks… Read More Create a Game Plan for Mealtime Success!

Let’s face it, most houses are haunted with the remnants of piles of Halloween Candy the days and weeks following the festive eve. Most moms go crazy because their kids want to fill up on the sugary goodness instead of eating fruits and vegetables. And some parents (women specifically and single women who bought candy… Read More 5 Things To Do With Left-over Halloween Candy

“Trick-or-Treat!  Give me something good to eat!” is a familiar song to many of us and our childhood days of dressing up in costumes and searching for our favorite candy and goodies! But watch out as some of these candies and bite-size treats can add up to extra calories quickly if we fall into some… Read More 5 Scary Halloween Pitfalls

Let’s face it, we all love cookies! And to prove the point, October is actually National Cookie Month! A whole month designed to celebrate the good ole cookie! And, while we all want to make our sweet treats better for us, we still want them to taste good. Afterall, a treat isn’t really a treat… Read More National Cookie Month: Trick or Treat?

With fall in full swing, there is one thing everyone gets excited about — pumpkin spice season. Back in the day, pumpkins only came out around the holidays for pie or for decorating your front porch. Now, it has turned into a movement from the ever-popular pumpkin-spice latte to pumpkin-flavored confections, and even room scents… Read More Pump Up Your Meal Routine with Pumpkin this Fall!

October may be known for Halloween, but did you know that it also has a fun fall food holiday? It’s National Apple Month! So, is it a coincidence that apple bobbing, a popular Halloween activity, falls on the same day? Apples are regularly one of the most popular fruits on the market, and for a… Read More 5 Applicious Fall Treats

Every good football team needs a bye-week to recover and recharge. Truth be told we all need bye-weeks whether it be from work, workouts, or our clean eating regimen. If you go all the time and never rest, or eat chocolate cake, you will be tempted to just quit it all. The 80/20 Rule is… Read More Fitting in a Bye-Week – 5 Tips to Fit in Splurges

For a football team to win, they meticulously plan in advance for schemes, run games, and trick plays. Just as the players plan for what could happen in the game, we too must plan for what trick plays we could face in the game of life to throw off our good eating efforts. Here are… Read More Wanna Win This Season? Get a Game Plan!