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A few weeks ago, when I was almost 8 week, we had our last ultrasound at Heartland. We got to see our tiny little bean who had grown SO M...

  Most, if not everyone who reads this blog is also friends with me on Facebook, so this is probably old news. BUT, I wa...

There has been much discussion in our home lately about doing the Whole60. Eric was not on board, and I wanted to press on. He was willing ...

This past weekend/week, Alyssa and I went on an impromtu trip to Vegas for a photography expo (WPPI). We had 4 really solid days there...

On our drive down to San Francisco, we stopped in Gold Beach, Oregon for lunch on the beach. I am SO glad we did. It was perfection.

Before we had Tallet, I was quite open about our fertility treatments. As we were trying for Baby #2, we wanted to keep it on the DL for mo...

Is garbage. Or feels like garbage rather. As soon as you let those questionable ingredients creep back into your life, so does the upset st...

This morning, I was terrified to step on the scale. I was so used to life without it, and I was terrified of being disappointed. But I to...

Amidst my panic that I was not dropping enough weight fast enough, my fellow Whole30ers reminded me that weight loss is not what this is ab...

Three more days. I am excited.  I want it to be over. I am nervous. I am scared for it to be over. The last few days cravings have come bac...

I was planning on writing every week about my Whole30 journey but I kinda fell behind. The newness wore off, and I got into a groove. The h...

Ah! Day 7. It feels great. I am done with most of my sugar withdrawals now and the cravings have lessened. It has been a fun journey so far...

I am going to stop short of saying I have found the holy grail of healthy eating. I have said that before and life has showed me different....

This has gone on long enough, months and months. I have read a few other books but I am going to quickly recap them because I am SUPER exci...

After reading THM, Wheat Belly and Grain Brain. I wanted to read more about this low carb, high fat diet/lifestyle. I wanted to read about ...

Grain Brain is quite similar to Wheat Belly, except it's focus is more on what grains do to your mind. It's actually quite an eye o...

My step-dad had a copy of Wheat Belly laying around for quite some time, slowly reading through it. And then I heard a few other people tal...

Tallet turned 2. It was time to start thinking about potty training. I remember hearing about a 3 day method when my bro was a toddler, but...

Lately I have really been missing the blogging world. Sometime in the last few years the shift from blogs to Facebook has happened. I miss ...