Tag Archives: health
(The dreaded) Nut Allergy and PTPA Winner I.M. Healthy SoyNut Butter
Deborah in Been Around the Blog, For the love of food, For the love of parenting, Just Between Us, New Mommy Blogaholics, Product Reviews - 5 comments - posted on Apr 7th, 2011So unfortunately we’ve joined the “KEEP PEANUTS AWAY FROM MY CHILD!” club. We made this discovery a few weeks after Leah turned 1 year old. I knew that the books recommended waiting until after the age of 1 to introduce peanuts so a few weeks after Leah’s first birthday, I thought it would be okay to let her taste my peanut butter toast when she showed interest in it one morning. She touched the peanut butter and tasted it, but didn’t seem to particularly like it. Before I could wash her hands, she got some on her face and started … Continue reading
“12 Links” to Heart Health
Dara (Belly Bootcamp) in Fitness Blogaholic, Get Inspired: Making a Difference, Holiday Blogaholics - 0 comments - posted on Feb 10th, 2011Heart disease and stroke kill more men and women each year than all cancers combined. Here are a list of links to help you get heart-healthy (you might even lose a few pounds in the process)… Continue reading
Reality Check, Holy Crap!
Amanda DeGrace in Fitness Blogaholic, Just Between Us, New Mommy Blogaholics - 2 comments - posted on Feb 10th, 2011Yep, baby boy will be 9 months on Valentines Day. I had this notion that I would be back in the swing of my fitness routine, training all my clients again with a busy schedule and still fitting in my own workouts when I was 3 months postpartum. The idea of taking on a lot of clients again and working out daily was thrown out the window as I walked around my house like a zombie each day from not sleeping the night before. I thought I would be back in to my pre-pregnancy clothes already. I am SOOOO not … Continue reading
Breathe, Reflect, Live Fully
Amanda DeGrace in Just Between Us - 1 comment - posted on Jan 11th, 2011I took a bit of a blogging sabbatical. Yes, it was unplanned and it was apparently needed for my mind, body and spirit. Like most of you the holidays overtook my life with family member after family member visiting, places to go, things to do, and messes to clean up. But you may wonder where I was the weeks before that. As some of you know we had a tragedy strike our family the end of September. My 21 year old brother passed away from a car accident and he has left a hole in all of our hearts. I … Continue reading
Find Your Yoga Style
Amanda DeGrace in Fitness Blogaholic, Uncategorized - 1 comment - posted on Oct 25th, 2010As yoga has hit the main stream the variety of classes continue to increase. Even recreation facilities have started to offer the large variety of classes that you would have only found at a yoga studio in the years before. You may be looking to start yoga but hesitant as you don’t know what class to register for. Or, you may be a yoga enthusiast but would like to try something new. I have outlined here for you various yoga styles that you will now find at most places that offer yoga. Keep in mind this is just what I … Continue reading
Stretch & Relieve Tension Bonding with Babe
Amanda DeGrace in Fitness Blogaholic, New Mommy Blogaholics - 0 comments - posted on Oct 16th, 2010As a busy mother you spend your days working, taking care of the children, doing endless loads of laundry, grocery shopping and trying to take a time out for your mind, body and spirit. By the time you have finished enough of your daily to-do list that you feel okay with taking a moment to sit down and breathe the baby is already wake from his/her nap. Back up you get from the chair you just sat down in and think if only you had a moment to refresh, revitalize and re-energize. The solution? Take time out with a few … Continue reading
Prenatal Yoga Part 2
Amanda DeGrace in Fitness Blogaholic, New Mommy Blogaholics - 0 comments - posted on Aug 27th, 2010This is a continuation from Part 1 and is a 3-Part post….. Wide Angle Seated Forward Bend (Upavistha Konasana) With your sit bones grounded into the earth and spine and neck lengthened, chest open, open your legs to a comfortable position as you feel a light stretching and opening of the inner thights. You may wish to place your hands behind your body or in front to assist in supporting the spine and maintaining its length. If this feels comfortable begin to forward fold from the hips, leading with your heart first. Only forward fold as far as you … Continue reading
Prenatal Yoga Part #1
Amanda DeGrace in Fitness Blogaholic, New Mommy Blogaholics - 0 comments - posted on Aug 20th, 2010Bringing another life into the world is a miracle and a life long connection of love, nurturing and a bond stronger than anything else in this world. Creating a foundation of a healthy mind, body and spirit will pay forward to your little one as they continue to grow and thrive within your uterus. Practicing yoga throughout your pregnancy enables the mother to focus on their pregnancy, turning their senses internally and becoming more aware of what is happening within their own body…the miracle of life. The pregnant mother becomes more aware of how she is feeling mentally, physically, emotionally … Continue reading