Pros and Cons of the Teaspoon Diet

There’s a new diet circulating: the Teaspoon Diet. Have you heard? No, it has nothing to do with me or Teaspoon Living, and no I am not promoting it. I actually found out about it completely on accident. All because this website of mine got a lot of (pleasantly) unexpected traffic last week! I assumed […]
Eating Dessert Without Guilt

{smore brownies} Some of you loyal readers already know this, but this blog started out as a baking blog. I baked my little heart out, decorated all the cakes and cookies I could get my hands on, and had a lot of fun doing it. It was the perfect creative escape from my day job […]
How I Lost 20 Pounds After I Quit Dieting

Forewarning: this post is lengthy! But if you are anything like I was; constantly dieting without the long-term weight loss results desired and a strained relationship with food, I urge you to read on! Not you? Send to a friend who may need this, or wait till next week for a new recipe post. I […]
On Choosing Real Food First

{asparagus pea soup} Today, the Real Food First program is open for registration. Sign up before midnight PST, April 7th, and have a friend join you for free! Read below for full details on how I learned to choose real food first and how you can learn to, too. I don’t like dieting and I […]
Why I Gave Up Diet Soda

My mom always had beautiful gold cans of caffeine free Diet Coke tucked away in the pantry growing up, and she usually drank one a day in the afternoon. From a young age, I became a big fan of the stuff, and I even preferred it to regular coke. When I started calorie counting, […]
Why I Keep Dark Chocolate in the Pantry

Whenever I used to start a new diet, I would get rid of all the sweets in the house so there would be no temptations. Usually “getting rid of the sweets” meant indulging in all of them all on Sunday night since Monday was going to be a new day, where all of a sudden […]
