Check this out!

Here’s a great website devoted to real, good food. I LOVE IT! You should check it out:
Food Renegade- Here’s what they have to say about real food, fermented foods and the benefits of coconut oil.

Thanks for coming!

Thanks everybody for coming out to the Nutrition Talk/ HEB Shopping trip. I hope you guys learned a lot of info you can put into practice.
Remember- Less is More (Healthy) when it comes to ingredients in your meals. More on that later in the blog.
Quote of the night:
“Yea but that’s just gross!”
Said by Richie when [...]

BFC Bootcamp Field Trip!

In our quest to Be Fit For Life food plays a key role. The best way to control what goes in your mouth is by planning what goes in your cart!
Quick hit nutrition talk at the office tonight at 7PM. Then we’re off to HEB to become better shoppers!
Don’t forget to wear your BFC t-shirt! [...]

What are you building your temple with?

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore, glorify God in your body. 1 Cor. 6:19-20
You are what you eat. Did your mom ever tell you [...]

Cardboard For Breakfast?

In her book Nourishing Traditions, Sally Fallon from the Weston Price Foundation details one study that is shocking to say the least.

Another unpublished experiment was carried out in the 1960s. Researchers at University of Michigan were given 18 laboratory rats. They were divided [...]

You can't out-exercise bad nutrition!

Photo from Insanewiches
OK guys! It’s time to get as serious about your eating as you’ve been about your bootcamp effort. One of the best, easiest, at-your-finger-tips, free, no cost guides to weight loss I’ve seen is Jordan Rubin’s Perfect Weight America. You can easily sign up for free and after filling out a few questions, [...]

Watch what you eat & don't worry about your waist…

I’ve been getting a lot of great nutrition questions lately so I thought it would be a good time to focus on foods again. Many health experts will tell you that up to 80% of your body composition can be attributed to your diet. You really are what you eat! The easy answer is- go [...]

What's On Our Plate?

Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

From Martha Stewart’s website.
My friend Paula and I teamed up this year and made Emeril Lagasse’s Crazy Nachos for our Home Group Super Bowl party. I made the slow cooker pulled pork and she did all the rest. It was a big hit! Seriously the best nachos I’ve had in my life. Since [...]

This just in- exercise is good for the heart!

I think most of us knew that but this report is acutally about patients who have had heart failure. In 99% of the case they are told not to exercise, lift heavy objects, run, or anything else that might increase heart rate. Well, according to this study that may be just the opposite of what [...]

Eat doughnuts, cake, ice cream & never gain weight!

Mice with disabled gene stay lean despite feasting on high-carb diet.
Fat Mouse by deletem3 Fri Mar 20, 3:09 am ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. researchers have found a gene responsible for turning a plate of pasta into fat, offering new clues about how the body metabolizes carbohydrates and how they contribute to obesity.
The gene, called DNA-PK, [...]