You are More than Just a Number on the Scale
Chunky. Plump. Curly head. Loner. A little big for her age. In elementary school, these were all names and phrases that I heard … in my direction. These names were uttered behind my back by peers or worse, by adults to my grandparents or parents. As an elementary school-aged kiddo, I was fully aware that…
Real Beauty
Amidst the push for the nation to essentially get skinnier and healthier, sometimes things may get taken a tad too far … or become defeating, if efforts aren’t instantly visible. However, in my humble opinion, health relies on more than just your physical appearance. True health and real beauty require that you not only treat…
Crossing the Healthy Line
GGB is all about healthifying–becoming even more of a lean, mean, green, disease-fighting machine–and MOST importantly, just feeling better! Yet, there is a line that can be crossed in people’s healthifying efforts. That line is crossed once eating healthfully—or purely—becomes an obsession. Once one enters this realm of healthy eating obsession, orthorexia nervosa may be…
Healthy Inside & Out
This weekend I received the November issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association (ADA), allowing me to keep in the know on the latest and greatest nutrition info. This month’s featured study was, “Does a Health-At-Every-Size Approach Work?” I tweeted a link to this press release earlier in the week, so I was…







I say goodbye to fad diets, bogus "fat-burning" pills, and processed, non-food food. And, I smile hello to a healthifying lifestyle full of fruits, veggies, and whole grains, sweaty workouts, the occasional "chocolate fix," sleep, family and friend time, and quality "me time" with a focus on health. I look forward to your comments and thoughts as the posts healthify on by!