TB Fessenden Health and Wellness, Social Issues

It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s… Untreated ADHD!

It's been a long time since I've published a post on here, but I felt compelled to start again after seeing funny-but-true post from an amazing meme account called @JennHasADHD: Meme Credit: Jenn has ADHD (Facebook) My last post was about coping with social media addiction and depression. That's a battle I'm slowly overcoming thanks … Continue reading It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s… Untreated ADHD!

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Setting Up Your Plate for Healthy Eating (Healthy Eating Guide, Part 2)

If it exists as a fad diet, there's a high likelihood I've tried it, between my own obsession with "leaning out" over the last 10 years and my mother's own dieting history. Between the grapefruit diet, the cabbage soup diet, juice cleanses, Atkins, South Beach, Paleo, Zone, Keto, Whole30, Intermittent Fasting, and even vegetarian for … Continue reading Setting Up Your Plate for Healthy Eating (Healthy Eating Guide, Part 2)

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Healthy Eating Guide Part 1: Metabolism and Calories

The problem with most diets and weight loss plans is that people set unrealistic expectations of themselves and their body's performance. So, before you go chasing waterfalls *cue trumpet sound from the TLC song* and setting yourself up for a goal that's unobtainable, you need to have a solid foundation in how the body gains and loses weight. In part 1 of this series, we will talk about how metabolism works.