As I mentioned in my last post, Zak is on a 40 day juice fast.  To quickly recap, Zak watched Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, a documentary film by Joe Cross about his 60 day juice fast that lead to an 82 lb weight loss, freeing himself of his autoimmune disease and getting off all …
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Avocado Perks

February 24th, 2013 | Posted by Alison Spath in Healthy Habits - (5 Comments)

I’ve got too many ripe avocados right now. Although I think this is comparable to complaining that your pants are too loose or that you have too much money. I like avocado and egg salad sandwiches, so I decided to throw some of my abundant avocado onto my over easy eggs this morning.  This was an …
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Project Weight Loss: Week 9

November 23rd, 2012 | Posted by Alison Spath in Weight Loss - (5 Comments)

I can’t believe I’m writing about weight loss the day after Thanksgiving.  I am still full. If you’re just tuning in, I’m working on postpartum weight loss and share Project Weight Loss updates on Fridays. Last week, after hanging out in the upper 130′s for 4 days straight, I woke up on Saturday morning feeling very ready …
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Project Weight Loss: Week 6

November 2nd, 2012 | Posted by Alison Spath in Weight Loss - (5 Comments)

Week 6 of Project Weight Loss will go down in the Mama’s Weeds history books as The Week That Life Got in the Way. Birthdays, birthday celebrations, friends visiting from out of town, hurricanes, Halloween, plus the all usual the family and baby stuff. Let’s just say it’s been a full week. Last week I …
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Project Weight Loss: Week 5

October 26th, 2012 | Posted by Alison Spath in Weight Loss - (6 Comments)

I’m back with another update from Project Weight Loss, it’s now the end of Week 5. For a quick recap, I got started on September 21, 2012 at 149 pounds. Week 1: 146.0 Week 2: 144.8 Week 3: 143.8 Week 4: 143.6 Today, at the end of Week 5, I weighed in at 139.6 Oh …
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Project Weight Loss: Week 3

October 12th, 2012 | Posted by Alison Spath in Weight Loss - (11 Comments)

Project Weight Loss rolls on!  Today marks the end of Week 3. If you recall, last week I hooted and hollered when I saw I was down to 144.8 from 146.0 the week before. This week instead of shouting “Hooray!” I said “Really?!” because when the scale said 143.8 this morning, I had a hard …
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Project Weight Loss: Week 2

October 5th, 2012 | Posted by Alison Spath in Weight Loss - (18 Comments)

Well, it’s the end of Week 2 of my little Project Weight Loss here.  Last week at the end of Week 1 I weighed in at 146.0. Today? 144.8 (Did you hear me shouting HOORAY at 6:30 AM, EDT today!?) I was VERY happy to see 144 on the scale this morning, especially considering I haven’t …
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Project Weight Loss: Week 1

September 28th, 2012 | Posted by Alison Spath in Weight Loss - (8 Comments)

One week ago today was my “It’s Time to Get Serious About Weight Loss” start date. My Body Weight Time Line from 2011 and 2012 In the early summer of 2011, I weighed 133 on my home scale and was very content with that. October of 2011 I found out I was pregnant. I had …
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I have decided that it’s time to get serious about my postpartum weight loss. I’m going to blog about it because I love to write about losing weight and I love to see people get excited about losing weight too. I once heard someone say, “you talk about what you think about”, and weight loss …
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Eat Soup. Do It. Do It Now.

September 20th, 2012 | Posted by Alison Spath in Weight Loss - (5 Comments)

This video is the reason I made soup today. I loved this little weight loss clip from Lifehacker, especially the bit about soup leaving you feeling fuller longer, which can aid in your weight loss efforts if that’s something you’re after. Given that my pre-pregnancy weight still eludes me, I found this idea intriguing. I …
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