Tylers Coffee – A new unique way of coffee

I’m a coffee addict. But did you know that I didn’t actually start drinking coffee until I was 25? I know, it’s crazy! But even though I loved the smell of coffee, I despised the taste of it. Until one of my friends bought me a “cafe mocha with a shot of caramel”, I never [...]

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Pot Roast – Slow Cooker Recipe

Ingredients: – 2-4 pound beef chuck pot roast – 1/2 cup flour – salt and pepper – 3 onions, sliced – 2 stalks of celery, sliced – 1 cup of mushroom, sliced – 1 cup of beef broth Coat roast with flour, salt, and pepper. Place celery into the slow cooker. Add roast on top. [...]

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2 quick and easy Father’s Day Crafts for Kids

Sure you could get that special dad in your life another tie. It’s the norm’ right? I’m a firm believer that nothing compares to the love that is put into homemade items from your children. It doesn’t matter how cheesy it is – it will put a smile on Dad’s face! Here’s a couple easy [...]

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DON’T DRINK YOUR CALORIES

manage Most caloric drinks—like sodas and juices—are loaded with sugar and send your insulin levels skyrocketing. Plus, they don’t have fiber to help you feel full, so you’ve just drunk 100-plus calories of liquid sugar, yet, adding insult to injury, you’re still going to feel hungry. Juice too has a ton of sugar and calories—almost as much as soda. You’re much better off eating the fruit.

If you think you’re going to consume the sugar-free version of these drinks to get around the calorie and sugar problem, remember my earlier tip about why we don’t consume chemicals. They make us fat.

Here are some simple beverage suggestions that will quench your thirst without sinking the scale

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MANAGE YOUR MEALS

weightDon’t skip any meals, especially breakfast. When you skip meals, it throws off your blood sugar and triggers insulin instability, which then causes you to overeat when you finally do eat. Studies have shown that food tastes up to 25 percent better when we are overly hungry, which naturally leads to overeating. In addition, being superhungry depletes your willpower. How many times have you grabbed a scoop of the M&M’s out of your coworker’s candy

bowl because you skipped breakfast or lunch and were “starving” (as well as cranky and shaky—symptoms that your blood sugar has dropped)?

Skipping meals may wreak havoc on your health as well. Researchers compared subjects who ate three meals per day versus those who had one large evening meal. They found that meal skippers showed elevated fasting glucose levels and a delayed insulin response, both possible precursors to diabetes if the habit is maintained over the long term. Skipping meals affects your ability to focus, concentrate, make decisions, and even exercise effectively. Deprive your brain too long of nutrition, and it may undergo glucose deprivation. Some sure signs that you need to eat right now: dizziness, confusion, sleepiness, weakness, or anxiety.

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How to lifelong control over your weight

calorreThe purpose of this chapter is to lay your foundation for lifelong control over your weight, and that starts with what you eat. You’ll see that this and the exercise chapter are some of the longest ones in the book—that’s on purpose. These two subject matters are the cornerstones of successful weight loss. And it’s my goal to teach you how to master and implement them in the easiest and most effective ways possible.
I’ve always hated the word easy, because I truly believe that nothing in life worth having is easy, but my goal here is to make your relationship with food and eating healthy easier—as easy as possible. In other words, there might be some sacrifice, but I’ve done my best to make it as effortless and painless as can be.

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What’s up with all of the cookie cutter blogs

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I’m sure you already know this about me, but I love entering sweepstakes and giveaways.

Recently, I ventured across a bunch of blogs giving away $100 gift cards sponsored by different companies. I’d say roughly 40 blogs I checked out, to see what was going on.

They were great giveaways. But they were crappy blogs.

CRAPPY.

I didn’t have to wonder why – I already knew.

When I first began to look for different blogging opportunities – giveaway related – I stumbled on a lot of different sites. Sites that act as a middle man between the blogger and the company.

One in particular bothered me and I absolutely refused to join… for courtesy’s sake, it will remain unnamed. The thing that got me was their list of requirements to join. There were over 20 ‘guidelines’ basically stating what you can and can’t do on YOUR OWN blog.

Sorry? Did I read that correctly? You’re telling me that if I ‘partner’ with you, that there are things I CAN’T DO ON MY OWN BLOG?

No thanks!!!

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6 reasons to let your kids stay up late in the summer

summer holiIt’s a subject that many parents disagree on; Letting your kids stay up late in the summer.Personally, I let my daughter stay up late. And I have no gripes about it.

 I’ve even let her stay up until 11. It doesn’t effect her sleeping pattern in the least bit. She still wakes up 11-12 hours after she goes to sleep, and doesn’t give me any problems when it comes to bedtime.

So what is all the fuss about?

I understand where the parents are coming from that keep the same bedtime. They want it to stay consistant. Understandably so. I guess my reasonis are just a tad bit different.

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