This week’s Guest Post is from: Scott of Online Fitness Information Center (@scottgofit).  He’s a fitness enthusiast, husband and father of 2.  In this post he shares the eight benefits of drinking water.

One of the toughest things I’ve encountered as a parent is planning my kids’ birthday parties. Should I hire an entertainer? What should I serve? How do I keep the party healthy? Etc… With a backyard pool it doesn’t make sense for us to go anywhere for a party, so I host cooking/pool parties! Here [...]

Think back to the last time you were stressed out, upset or over-tired. What did you eat? Did you follow the Food Pyramid and eat all that healthy stuff? Or did you reach for donuts, muffins, chips etc? Don’t worry, I’m the same way. Trust me – it’s not uncommon for us to reach for [...]

People who keep a food journal eat healthier and consume less colories and people who eat healthier live LONGER too! Here’s a list of FREE online food journals.

Coffee, like most drugs, is addictive. Yes – it’s a drug. And up until this morning I NEEDED COFFEE!

In order to eat Healthy and to have 5 to 6 meals a day you need to Plan, Plan, Plan!

Ahhh – The violent contraction of a muscle cramp! What’s the best response to this is to stop the cramp and the pain?

This week’s Guest Post is from: Susan of http://susbarefoot.blogspot.com/ (@susbarefoot). She’s a mom of 3 kids who, like me, has a hubby who travels for work quite often. In this post she shares her secrets on how to eat healthy without a lot of cooking effort.

Yay! The holidays are here! Now we can enjoy our favorite seasonal dishes and desserts that we have been looking forward to all year. If you’re like me, feasting on delightful delicacies is a mainstay of any celebration, and it seems the bigger the celebration, the greater the feast. With Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s all occurring within a span of just 41 days, many of us end up at party after party, celebrating the holiday season and packing on the pounds.

It’s wonderful to know what you’re eating, but writing and recording all of the foods you’re eating doesn’t make you lose weight if the foods you’re eating have too many or too few calories.

When it comes to losing weight there’s a magic number of calories you need to consume. Eat too many and you gain weight, eat too few and you gain weight.

Many of the symptoms of depression can be directly linked to vitamin and mineral deficiencies in the average diet, which is largely comprised of empty carbs, caffeine and sugar. Depression, mood swings and fatigue often have a common cause: poor nutrition.

I eat my fruits & veggies, do you?

Two weeks ago I was struggling. Hubby was travelling, I injured my calf, I was PMS’ing, my weight loss was hitting a plateau… There were so many excuses and reasons to give up. At the encouragement of the Mamavation Sista’s, I kept on pushing through and this past week I stepped my intensity and as result have reached some incredible results!