Throwback laugh your buns off Halloween thursday!

October 29, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

OK, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to post today. But, I knew I wanted it to have a Halloween theme, as well as be health related. They say laughter is the best medicine, and you really will laugh. Maybe some people won’t, but I guarantee most of you will. Tell me in the comments […]

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Wellness Wednesday: Halloween exercise Fun!

October 28, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

I am sticking with the Halloween theme, as promised. Today, I am sharing 4 super fun Halloween walking, dancing videos. I was so excited to find workout videos with a Halloween theme. The one is super cute and definitely geared towards littles. Dress your kids up, and you, and have some exercise fun this Halloween. […]

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Halloween and Kidney Disease!

October 27, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

First let me state, for new readers, I have CKD stage 3. I do not have Diabetes or HTN. I have dedicated my Health Coaching to bringing awareness to Kidney Disease and the complications that come with it. If you would like to learn more about my Health Coaching service, use the contact form at […]

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portion distortion: Halloween candy!

October 26, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Ah Halloween week! All that candy your kiddos may collect. What is your favorite? Do you know what a portion size is, calories, carbs, fat etc per each serving? You may see affiliate links in this post, or any of my posts. All this week I will try to stick to Halloween themes. My favorite […]

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Holy Chicken!

October 23, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

I watched this video last night after researching some more food topics for my teen for her upcoming Nutrition course. Just to note, we eat meat in my house. I don’t eat much, my husband loves it, and my daughter loves chicken. Mostly chicken breast, or hamburger meat. Did you know hamburger meat is the […]

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how i cured my hot flashes without medications!

October 22, 2020.Reading time 12 minutes.

This post is a two for one, because the topics are related. I had posted some time ago about how hot flashes were driving me crazy at night. I was going to try Soy for the isoflavones to see if it helped. Not only did it not help I found I am extremely intolerant of […]

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$25 dollar save a lot food challenge! What did we buy?

October 21, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

I finally got my car back at 3 PM today. In the images below you can see everything we bought, plus the receipt. I crossed the two items that were not part of food, and the total came to 25.42. Now, if you didn’t need milk, or creamer, it would have added 5 more dollars […]

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food challenge menu!

October 20, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.

So, today was supposed to be the day we went to Save A Lot to do our shopping for the 25 dollar food challenge. But, today is a give me lemons kind of day. Every Tuesday we volunteer at an animal rescue. Today, on the way there, about 1.5 miles away, my tire blew out. […]

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health buddy updates!

October 19, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

I have a few updates for all of my awesome readers! 1- The food budget challenge will run from Tuesday to Monday, not Thursday to Wednesday. All other rules apply. Tomorrow will be the start of the first food budget challenge. Yesterday, my daughter and I did inventory of what we already had on hand […]

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super easy homemade marinara sauce

October 16, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

I had some beautiful organic tomatoes that were going to go bad if I didn’t eat them fast enough. So, I decided to make some homemade marinara sauce. I had thought of doing this before but assumed it was complicated. It was not complicated and was so delicious. Even my picky teenager liked it, and […]

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Family Cook Off #2 October 15, 2021
I totally forgot to share this on Tuesday, so I am sharing it today instead. There will be a few other tidbits in this post. On Tuesday, my husband, daughter, and myself held the second round of our Family Cook Off. This is meant to be fun, family time, and a little competition too. This [...]
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Holy Fructosenomics! October 13, 2021
OK, so I totally made that word up. But, I had already done a post last year titled What the Fructose! So, I had to come up with something. For the purposes of this post, because the topic is very complex, and there is a lot to it, I am going to make some key [...]
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Sugar and Obesity! October 12, 2021
Hello, and welcome to another Healthy Tips on Tuesday post. October is Obesity Awareness Month, or improve your Metabolic Syndrome Health Marker if you prefer. You will find two videos below. I urge you to watch them both. Remember not only fat people have Metabolic Syndrome, and not all Obese people do either. But, if [...]
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Going From Stage 3b CKD to Stage 2 CKD! October 11, 2021
Hello, and Happy Monday! The sun is shining and my spirits are lifted. I am so very excited for my Kidney appt. this Thursday! A little back story. If you are new here, and you don’t feel like reading 2 years worth of updates on my kidney journey, I will give a very short summary. [...]
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Homemade Pumpkin Protein Bars! October 8, 2021
Hello, and Happy Foodie Friday! You know October is pumpkin season, right? Well it is. I am funny about protein bars. I am a texture kind of girl so a a lot of them just have a strange texture to me. The only one I have found, and I have tried a lot, are these [...]
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Stop Calling It Obesity? October 7, 2021
Hello, and welcome back to another Thinking on Thursday topic. For the whole month of October I am discussing Obesity. But, as you can see in my title I posed the topic as a question. However, by the end of the post I think you will see why I think it should be a statement. [...]
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Why Your Step Count Might Be Deceiving You: Walk With Me In October! October 6, 2021
I have mentioned this special deal in a couple other posts, but today I finally am getting to talk about it in full. If you read here a lot, then you know I have CKD, am not especially fond of intense exercise, and I walk a lot. But, I might not be walking enough. What [...]
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Why Should You Care About Obesity? October 5, 2021
Hello, and welcome back to another Healthy Tips on Tuesday post. If you have been reading along then you know that for the month of October I am discussing Obesity. This is the third post on that topic, so please be sure to read the other two, as I don’t intend to repeat myself for [...]
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What Exactly Is A Buddha Bowl? October 4, 2021
Hello, and Happy Monday! I see videos and articles about Buddha Bowls all the time. I thought to myself what is a Buddha Bowl, and why is it called that? Keep reading, it is kind of neat. I really couldn’t find the original intent of the Buddha Bowl. But, according to Wikipedia, the Buddha Bowl [...]
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Memory Care Monday: How Memories are Made October 4, 2021
Originally posted on Health Buddy Melissa: Happy Memory Care Monday! I hope everyone had an amazing weekend. I worked all weekend, and I am still deciding if these 12 hour shifts are going to work well for me. The video below is very interesting, and explains how our brains make memories. It is not that…
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