Health & Wellness
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4 ways to dress up dinner with mango salsa
by Sarah on Monday, May 20th, 2013 | No Comments
I'll admit it, I'm a tad obsessed. I've got it bad for mango salsa. Ever since I made it with my own two hands for the first time last summer, I simply have to have it at least once a month. I love how easy it is to whip together. I love how the juicy sweet-yet-tart ... [read more] -
New printable: interactive diet & fitness tracker
by Sarah on Monday, May 20th, 2013 | No Comments
Keep track of calories in & out with this interactive daily diet & fitness tracker. Research shows that people who keep track of what they eat and how often they exercise lose more weight in the long run than people who don't. With this interactive form, you can type in your calories in and calories ... [read more] -
A special offer for Buttoned Up readers from MyTrainerFitness.com
by Sarah on Sunday, April 21st, 2013 | No Comments
POST UPDATE: This coupon is now expired. As we launch the Healthy Living mini boot camp this week, our minds are very much on fitting in exercise - and exercising smarter. So we're thrilled to be able to offer our readers an exclusive deal on a product that organizes great workouts for you, and (more ... [read more] -
“Do I have A.D.D.?” Tips on organizing to increase your focus
by GuestBlogger on Tuesday, July 10th, 2012 | 7 comments
We’ve all been there. We start an activity—any activity—folding clothes, washing the car, writing a paper, preparing tax information, and then, out of nowhere, our focus simply abandons us. But why? Are some of us just predispositioned to distraction? Is it a chemical problem, like ADHD? Or can we simply organize our lives to focus ... [read more] -
Part III: from frozen dinner queen to healthy weeknight cook
by Sarah on Monday, February 27th, 2012 | 4 comments
This is the third installment of a four-part series on how I transformed myself from frozen food queen to healthy weeknight chef. Yes, it is possible to go from almost never cooking anything from scratch to cooking virtually everything from scratch. Even if you work full-time like I do. It may take awhile (I took ... [read more] -
4 Things You Must Organize to Protect Your Heart Health
by Sarah on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 | 1 comment
Your heart is pretty, darn incredible. Weighing in at a mere 10 ounces, this fist-sized organ can pump blood through about 100,000 miles of branching blood vessels to every, single cell in your adult body in under a minute. Literally, in the time it takes you to read this paragraph your heart will have pumped ... [read more] -
How I went from frozen dinner queen to healthy weeknight cook
by Sarah on Thursday, February 16th, 2012 | 3 comments
At the beginning of 2011, I decided to switch up my typical approach to making New Year's resolutions. Rather than chasing five or ten different goals (and accomplishing maybe two-thirds of one of those), I decided to switch gears and make one big resolution -- one that honored my mom and enabled me to ... [read more]

















