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a nutritionist's view on eating for balance, wellness and happiness

Archive for March, 2011

cooking &cooking vegetables &healthy recipes franziska | 31 Mar 2011

New Recipe! Spring Vegetable and Quinoa Pilaf

Sorry I am have been M.I.A. this week so far . Work has been crazy busy and with staying active I have not been getting home until 8:30 or so and crash around 9:30 – so not much free hours in my day . I am feeling great though and have a wonderful, healthy spring-inspired [...]

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Pregnancy franziska | 24 Mar 2011

A Bit Tired Today . . . I am pregnant after all ;)

I dragged myself out of bed at 6 am to go to a spin-yoga class at Qi which was hard & wonderful at the same time. I am definitely feeling a little less energized in classes these days and still have to accept that I don’t have to be sweating buckets to get in a [...]

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Uncategorized franziska | 23 Mar 2011

Get Motivated!

We all need to find ways to motivate us to exercise and lead healthy lives. I love magazines as an easy, fun and enjoyable way to stay motivated. If I have only 5 minutes to spare I can flip through a mag before bed or after dinner and get ideas, motivation, and even inspiration to [...]

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Pregnancy franziska | 16 Mar 2011

Pregnacy & Fitness

I have been keeping up with my fitness routine for the most part (yoga, spin-yoga, running, hiking). I listen to my body before and during runs and sometimes run the full 30-40 minutes and other times walk/run or just walk. I also take it easier on the spin bike as my heart rate quickly becomes elevated in [...]

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health tips &healthy recipes franziska | 15 Mar 2011

Keeping Fueled . . .

Well hello! How is daylight savings treating everyone? I for one have had a hard time going to bed and waking up in the pitch-black . Since being pregnant I find myself needing a lot more sleep so I try to get in bed by 9/9:30 and last night I did not fall asleep until [...]

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Pregnancy franziska | 10 Mar 2011

Sinus Pain – feeling stuffed up but not sick? (pregnancy-related blog)

Most pregnant women feel a bit stuffy and extra sniffly during pregnancy. Many even suffer from sinus pressure related headaches and so far I am one of them .Why is do you feel extra stuffy and what can you do about it? Early on in my pregnancy around week 7 I got a horrible headache that [...]

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health tips franziska | 09 Mar 2011

No time!

Its already Wednesday and I have had no time to blog . I honestly do not have time now either but I could not leave you hangin any longer. Real quick while I munch on leftovers – I wanted to talk about sneaking in veggies to your diet. We all need to eat more veggies [...]

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health tips franziska | 04 Mar 2011

Focusing on Wellness – lots of pieces in the puzzle!

 I was speaking with my brother-in-law’s girlfriend last weekend and then again with my husband last night about eating well, staying active, challenges, concerns etc. and it made me think about how we all need to really focus on wellness – not a # of the scale, a pant size, an image we see in [...]

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Uncategorized franziska | 02 Mar 2011

New Pregnancy Page UP!

http://www.justalittlechocolate.com/pregnancy/ – check it out! (can also click on tab above – farthest right) “Here is my first pregnancy-related post. My goal of this page is to create a place with easy to understand information for the 1st time pregnancy momma-to-be to the more experienced mommies who want tips, support and information on being your healthiest [...]

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