The Warrior Chic Lifestyle!!!

                                     Credit: Bing Image A tip I received from one of my favorite nutrition experts that I suggest to my clients today is from the Registered Dietician at Vita Nutrition Dina Garcia.  Dina suggest to make small changes to your diet is by switching from high refined sugar fruit juices to fresh fruit juice. I agree with this suggestion because I live by the juicing concept myself. During my own Nutritionist course study I also learned the benefits of juicing versus purchasing processed juice from the supermarket. Make this 1 small permanent change to your diet and reap HUGE benefits: Switch from fruit juice to fresh fruit. There really is no reason to drink fruit juice if you can just eat the real thing.  Eating the whole fruit provides for significantly less calories and more nutrition.  Take a look at the chart below. ...

There is no passion to be found playing small– in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. Nelson Mandela Many of you know that my lifestyle is very unconventional “Living Life as a Trucker Wife- you have to be very creative when trying to manage and balance your dreams with family life.” Traditionally you begin your life the beginning of the year in January. Well, as for me I don’t. My year starts in August. I live and plan my life goals by the “school model.” During my time of trying to cope with the trucking lifestyle I had to learn how to create my schedule and life around my kids and husband over the road commercial truck driver schedule in order to hold down the fort on my own. We live in Atlanta  and all our family lives in Florida. Therefore we have no support system here, everything is up to us. After reading Barbara Sheri book Scanner which is defiantly me. I begin to recreate my life so that it worked for my family untraditional life...

A lack of healthy options coupled with busy driving schedules attribute to the overall poor eating habits of many truck drivers. Learn how you as a wife can help your driver make better, healthier food choices without sacrificing taste while on the road. When you are on the computer, search the area your truck driver is headed too, and look for a truck stops and restaurants that offer salad bars that offer an assortment of fresh fruit, vegetables, pasta salad, and more. If his only option is fast food, explain to him how to choose better foods for his health, let him know how important it is to eat right and stay healthy while he is over the road. It’s easier for him to do when he is home because you are cooking the food for him, and he will eat whatever you eat; however over the road he will grab what ever is convenient without even thinking about the health benefit. Encourage him to opt for healthier items from the menu. These days, most fast food restaurants offer healthier s...