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Get Back to a Routine
How to get back into a health and fitness routine, and quite frankly, a daily routine after some time away. After a vacation, or time away from your normal day to day routine, it can be difficult to decide what to do to get back into the swing of things. Decisions like, *Should I let my body…
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Intermittent Fasting: My Latest IBD Experiment
I recently started dabbling with Intermittent Fasting (IF) after seeing my sister and some others start doing it. I’ve done the research and heard a lot of good things about it so I figured I would try it out for a bit and share my experience with you! I have been experimenting with IF for about 2…
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How I Conquer Special Occasions
I have my sister in law’s wedding coming up (yay!) and I feel this is a good time to bring up dealing with your IBD for special occasions. I used to dread having to go to events or travel with my sports teams in college while I was badly flaring because of the amount of unknowns going…
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What They Didn’t Tell You About IBD…
So you or someone you know has some form of IBD and you think that everyone may experience the same thing. That couldn’t be further from the truth! I’ve now been a part of the IBD community for quite a while. I’ve learned a whole lot throughout this time, but there was one thing that actually…
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To be Active or Not to be Active
***This post references “The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook” and “Healthy Gut Healthy You” Being active is something I am super passionate about. I was an athlete for more than half my life so moving around is essential for me. It has been shown that being active can actually help to encourage healing rather than prevent it from…
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Let’s Talk about the “D” Word…DIET
This small four letter word –DIET–in my opinion gets a very bad connotation. Back in the day when I would think of the word diet I would think of restriction, starving, and a feeling of emptiness. It wasn’t until I broadened my thinking about that measly word and did a 180 degree change in my eating…
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Get to Know the Girl Behind the Blog
Hi all, I am so glad that I am able to share this experience with you. I am new to this blog thing but I feel like I have so much to share that I figured this outlet would be the best way to just get my feelings out there. I know I have an about…
