Many people think that a healthy diet to lose weight is to reduce the portion and type of food. Though the right diet is not just a matter of how much to eat.

So, how are healthy diet tips to help you lose weight?

How to eat healthy to lose weight

A healthy diet is actually not as easy as it sounds. One diet strategy can actually backfire for people who want to lose weight.

Diet to reduce weight needs to be done in the right way.

Calculating calorie needs

Before designing a food menu, the most appropriate way to start a healthy diet is to identify your daily calorie needs.

Everyone has different calorie needs based on various factors, such as age to health conditions.

For example, obese people will have different caloric needs than healthy people who want to lose weight.

According to the Mayo Clinic website, by …

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Hi hi friends! How are you? How was the weekend? Ours was a good one. The weather was a dream – it felt like San Diego, plus it rained every day – and P had a soccer game. We smoked chicken for dinner, met up with friends, caught up on chores, and enjoyed relaxing as a fam. We sat on the back of the Pilot’s SUV and watched the girls run around in the rain for almost an hour.

Today’s post is a little all over the place. I didn’t take a ton of pics, but I have some random thoughts to share with ya and would love to hear what’s going on in your world, too.

Random thoughts for a Monday morning:

– We replanted for fall, and I’m so pumped for some new veggies in the garden. Usually I plant too much and certain plants crowd others,

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Do a search for “full-body workout” on the interwebs and you will get A LOT of suggestions.

Many of them require equipment … or complicated rep schemes … or lots of time.

And, I don’t know about you, but the one thing I don’t need in my life is another cumbersome thing to do or figure out. I just want to pop on some fun tunes (which, here are some good workout playlists suggestions if you need ’em!), move my body, and happily get my sweat on.

Who feels me?

So, in times like these, I follow a very simple formula for the perfect full-body workout. And, I’m sharing it with you today!

woman doing crunches

There are a few reasons why this formula is one of my go-tos:

  • It’s simple and easy to remember
  • You can use whatever equipment you have (or don’t have)
  • You can do it at home or at
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In the olden days, PC (Pre-Covid), a group of occupational health and safety (OHS) professionals, advocates, and the curious, would meet on the second Tuesday of each month in-person in various locations in and around the City of Melbourne to connect, chat, complain, sympathise and learn about OHS. The Central Safety Group also held annual visits to infrastructure projects under construction, tea factories, TV stations (pictured above), Arts Centres (pictured below), brothels (no pictures taken) and other workplaces to better understand the complexity of managing people’s safety and health.

In the middle of Work Health and Safety Month, CSG is holding a special celebratory lunch in the Victorian Parliament House Dining Room on October 14. (Book HERE) This event is open to anyone interested in all facets of OHS and will have special guest speakers, including:

The Central Safety Group has been operating continuously for 60 years, making friends,

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Matcha green tea has been around for about a thousand years. And if you haven’t tried it yet, it’s time. That might have you wondering: what is matcha, anyway? Is it different from plain old green tea? If so, is it better?

If you’ve ever wondered about any of those things, you’ve come to the right place. Since matcha is a key ingredient in Pep Rally, our new energy boost, I wanted to do a deep dive. Ready? Let’s go!

Matcha 101

First, let’s talk about the common confusion between green tea and matcha. To clear it up, let’s start with the basics. Matcha is a specific type of green tea. That means that all matcha is green tea, but not all green tea is matcha.

Because matcha is specially grown and processed, the nutrients in the tea leaves are more potent and you get more of that leaf in

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