Summer is fading as fast as your tan and that means one thing: The kiddos are heading back to school! With food allergies on the rise, many schools have peanut and tree nut-free classrooms and buildings. And as a food allergy parent, I know how hard it is to come up with tasty (and healthy!) snacks your kids actually WANT…
Metro Detroit Mommy Blogger Theresa Walker- Beach Body Coach I don’t know about you, but there are a lot of practical knowledge things I wish I had learned earlier in life. One of these said things, is how to read a food label. Honestly folks, it wasn’t until I was approaching 30 that I decided I was tired of feeling,…
Metro Detroit Mommy Blogger Theresa Walker- Beach Body Coach As a mom of two boys ages 9 & 6, summer time is easily one of the hardest times of the year for me to fit in fitness and manage my healthy eating. Between the ability to sleep-in each morning, the planned activities during the day with friends, the need to…
Metro Detroit Mommy Blogger Theresa Walker- Beach Body Coach Finding the motivation to workout is one of the biggest reasons I hear from people as to why they aren’t able to make their health a priority. I’ve thought about my excuses and what helped *me* find my motivation and wanted to share in hopes it may work for you as…
Truth Be Told: Ten Common Breastfeeding Myths Debunked! As a Breastfeeding Counselor I am sometimes baffled by the misinformation about breastfeeding. When I lead support groups and work with moms I hear about the advice and suggestions given to them. Some of it is completely laughable, other times the advice seems helpful, but the reality is it’s not. There are…
Metro Detroit Mommy Blogger: Theresa Walker – BeachBody Coach I am always looking for a great, yet healthy option for my mid-afternoon snack. It’s about 3pm and a couple hours till dinner so I need something to tide me over. Many days I am on the run or don’t have the time to put together a snack, which means it is easy…
Metro Detroit Mommy Blogger Theresa Walker – BeachBody Coach One of the biggest hurdles when you are making a lifestyle change is eating out. As they say, you can’t exercise your way out of a bad diet! Even though going out to dinner is a great opportunity to make it your cheat day, sometimes there are weeks we have several meals planned that…
Metro Detroit Mommy Blogger Theresa Walker – BeachBody Coach If you are a busy mom who wants to eat healthy, fresh foods, then you, like myself might find this a stretch some days. It’s hard enough to find time to get the kids off to school, run all the errands, keep up on housework, help with homework, attend all the kids events…the list…
Metro Detroit Mommy Blogger Theresa Walker- Beach Body Coach BBQ season is upon us once again! Yay! I love this time of year; I enjoy getting together with friends and family to relax and soak up the beautiful sun and fresh air. My only pitfall, is that typically summer is the most difficult season for me to maintain my weight. …
People often ask me, what is it that got you motivated to get healthy? What was it that time that was different from all the other times? What did I DO? How did I do it? How did the changes stick? How can you help me? I could go on and on about all of the big & small changes…
On my health & fitness page, Inspired Health & Fitness I posted 30 Days of Health & Fitness tips last month. These are things I incorporated into my life that help keep me healthy, fit and accountable. I often get asked for advice, recipes, tips etc., so I thought this may be helpful for others. This is the complete compiled…
It’s been a month since I started working out at StartingLine Health and Fitness in Rochester Hills. They are giving me three months of LYFT workouts in exchange for me sharing my experience with Metro Detroit Mommy! I wish I could tell you how many pounds I have lost but…I stopped weighing myself. It was frustrating and distracting me from…
I had a seat check appointment a few days ago that left me wondering what I can do as a child safety advocate to get through to more parents. Then I realized: “Yo, you have an audience of parents through Metro Detroit Mommy. Maybe you could use that?” So here I am. You see, the appointment went really well. The…
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Disclosure: My husband works for Ascension Health Ministries which is the parent company to St. John Providence Hospitals. Additionally, Studio 11.11 Photography provided the images used in this post free of charge for use in this post. It’s been a really long road to the birth of my fourth child. It’s been tough, really tough, so tough that I told everyone…
