My top 3 gluten-free beers

I’m not much of a beer drinker. But every once in a while, at a baseball game or like this 4th of July, I’ll want an ice-cold beer. But my digestion is super sensitive and my body can’t handle a lot of gluten without paying a price ;-P Now I have to be honest… a…

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Why You Gain Weight Without Eating Extra Food

Do you feel like you gain weight just by looking at food? Like just walking down the ice cream aisle at the grocery store packs on 10 pounds without even putting a spoon to your mouth!? Or have you noticed, during really stressful overwhelming times in your life, you blow up like a puffer fish…

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How to Enjoy Your Favorite Foods Guilt Free!

I used to think, in order to have a body I loved, I’d have to swear off my favorite foods FOREVER. No cookies. No cake. No chocolate. I gave this a valiant effort for some time (about 2 weeks was all I could stand) before feeling like I was going insane in food jail. Did…

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How To Manage Emotional Overwhelm

There’s one thing I do every single morning no.matter.what. I’m not talking about brushing your teeth or eating breakfast or putting on your favorite lip gloss, even though I do those things too because they’re part of my self-care and set me up for a successful day. I know a lot of people won’t do…

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How to Curb Your Sugar Cravings

I hope you had a fantastic and relaxing Memorial Day Weekend! Zach and I spent this one down the shore with my family in Ocean City, NJ. But one thing that always used to plague me after a weekend, holiday or not, were sugar cravings. For years it seemed like I couldn’t exercise or eat…

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Could Fear Be Keeping You Fat?

Hi! When I was eating healthy and doubling up on workouts to only see the number on the scale go UP, I knew there had to be more to slimming down. Turns out, I was right. The latest research shows that our metabolism and our natural healthy weight is influenced by a ton of factors.…

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How to Put Yourself First (Without Feeling Guilty)

Bonjour from Paris! I want to tell you all about my trip but I don’t want to get sidetracked because I sense that this week’s episode of J-ciniTV will really support you! When it comes to making a commitment to put yourself first, like eating healthier or staying consistent with exercise, it’s common to run…

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How to feel safe in your skin

Many exciting things are happening here! Last week Zach asked me to marry him… And tonight I’m jumping on a plane to Paris for a girls trip! I’m so excited! But, in light of the Paris terror attacks, when I confirmed my trip, my father was not thrilled. He has always worried about my safety.…

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Does Being Thin Really Matter?

If you had the opportunity to crawl inside my brain a few years ago, you would have seen I was constantly worrying about myself… Worried about what I was going to eat for my next meal… Worried about how far my stomach was sticking out… Worried that I was never going to feel comfortable or…

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How to Finally Feel Full

I used to have this thing with granola. Where I could eat bowl after bowl after bowl and never feel full. I would often tell myself it was no big deal because it was granola. Not French fries. But then the same thing started happening with peanut butter, chocolate and eventually…entire meals. Where I could…

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