THE DAMY BLOG
HOLISTIC WEIGHT LOSS & OPTIMAL WELLNESS
How to Stay Centered in Daily Chaos – A Natural Health Guide
I travel on Vancouver transit every single day and live in an industrial neighborhood. Our closest woodsy area is a 15 min drive away. Living in the "mental and electric chatter" of a city can make a person miserable. This effect is multiplied by our modern culture of...
Caramel Apple Quinoa Breakfast Bowl
I am all about making living a healthy lifestyle as easy as possible. This Caramel Apple Quinoa Breakfast Bowl is a super easy, delicious breakfast option. One thing I do every week to make my life easier (and my husband's) is make large batches of certain foods to...
Healthy Chocolate Fudge Oat Bars
The weather this week has been dark and drizzly here in Vancouver so I took full advantage and started with creating some Fall recipes. First up - my Healthy Chocolate Fudge Oat Bars. I'm really sad to see Summer go this year but at the same time Fall always brings a...
Low Energy? This Could Be Why.
Stuck on the couch? We've all been there. When motivation runs low it can be worrisome. Motivation may not be the issue here. If you are suffering from low energy to the point that it is having a significant negative effect on your daily life this article is meant to...
Blueberry Beet Booster – Energy Smoothie
If you may have noticed the last couple weeks I have been heavy on the smoothies. This is due to me tightening up my summer habits and focusing on my Fall goals. I am firmly on the Bikini Body Program all the time as a way of life but in the summer I find that more...
Beet Root Juice – The New Pre-Workout Natural Booster
Are you drinking Beet Root Juice? Athletes are and it is improving their performance. How is it that one glass of beet root juice can improve endurance times by 1-3% and increase "time-to-exhaustion" by 16-25%? Freshly juiced beet roots are high in molecules called...
Super C Smoothie
I was feeling under the weather last week and made a really yummy vitamin C smoothie that made me feel so much better. I wanted to share this Super C Smoothie with you! You can use this smoothie for healing, energy, a snack or for the wonderful benefits vitamin C has...
Blueberry Banana Cream Pie Smoothie
I made a wonderful dessert last week the was truly divine! The recipe was my Dulce de Leche Banana Cream Pie (found here). Often when I am making a recipe I will make more of a certain layer to use later for other recipes. With this recipe I made some extra of the...
7 Ridiculously Easy Things All Healthy People Do
In long term health and wellness it's the simple things. It really is. Minor changes can literally transform your health over time. Amy taught me this in 2008 when we decided to give up all animal protein/products (except fish and eggs for me) for good. I immediately...
Strawberry Coconut Dream Bars
These Strawberry Coconut Dream Bars are light, creamy and fresh. This recipe is super simple to toss together and is a delicious dessert or treat. They are great to have pre-cut in the freezer to have on hand. The bottom layer is a coconut nut crust and the top layer...