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It’s The Most Honest Thoughts About Women In Bikinis

May 8, 2019 By Elizabeth Kramar Leave a Comment

When it comes to women in bikinis we as women tend to do anything but wear them. I mean we think they are adorable on other women but for sure not ourselves. Let’s get into why that is.

It’s The Most Honest Thoughts About Women In Bikinis: Judgement

Now think about this for a second will ya. When you put on a bikini and wear it out in public people think you look absolutely adorable. Some women will even tell you that you do. But as women in bikinis, we think that everyone is judging us. Do you know that every single women that wear a bikini feels the exact same way? Yup, even the one that you thinks looks adorable. Why is that? We judge ourselves. We look at ourselves in the mirror and think dang it look at the size of my legs. Golly look at my arms. Wanna stop feel judged? Great stop judging yourself. It really does start with your thoughts.

Fear

Of course, you would think fear won’t be a part of our thoughts on women in bikinis but it really is. We are afraid people will talk about us. We are afraid that people will think we are too fat, too thin, have odd rolls, have no curves, or have no figure. Do you know where fear comes from? First, it comes from the devil himself. He will continuously tell us how wrong we look in a bikini. Second, it comes from things we have heard about us over the years that we have let become who we think we are. Can I let you in on something? How you are is exactly how you are meant to look. Not the you with 20 less pounds. You are this age and this size right now. If you don’t learn to embrace it who will? Your husband can tell you how beautiful you are until her is blue in the face but it won’t matter until you love who you are and how you look. You are a strong capable women who can have a yummy snack and wear a swimsuit. Don’t let your mind or anyone else make you ever think any different.

Beauty

When we are being real honest we don’t feel beautiful enough to even be women in bikinis. That is because social media and just about anything else you have listened to or watch made you think you aren’t. I don’t have as small of legs as her, my midsection is bigger then hers or my chest is just too small. My hair isn’t blonde. I don’t know how to do my makeup. I can’t go on vacation and make my hair not look like a big hairball. Let me tell you what not one of those things takes away your beauty.

Different Lens

Here is my challenge for you. Next time you don’t want to be one of the women in bikinis try putting on different lens. Sure you can physically do that but to do it mentally too. You choose your thoughts and you can change them in a second if you want to. So no more of things parts of your body are this and that. Instead, tell yourself what you love about your body parts. Love will always go so much further than fear. Don’t fear the bikini put it on and have some fun this summer.

To sum this up: we don’t put on the bikini because we are afraid of judgment, fear of what people will think, don’t feel beautiful, and then how just putting on different lens can make us put on the bikini and get in the water.

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10 Ways To Benefit from Relaxing Music Quickly

April 27, 2019 By Elizabeth Kramar Leave a Comment

When it comes to relaxing music it does much to find some. Some days just having relaxing music on when you are driving can make the trip that much better. So below you will find 10 ways to benefit from relaxing music.

10 Ways To Benefit from Relaxing Music Quickly: Calm

Now, this can be a given but it can be so hard to calm down after a long day or even a long hour. So turn on relaxing music that speaks to your soul and lets your mind go at ease. Some people like coffee shop kinda music others like music with words that get them.

Smile

Have you noticed people that listen to relaxing music they like they smile more? Some could say they smile so much it makes others uncomfortable. It’s ok just send this article to the uncomfortable ones and they will be just fine.

Lowers Heart Rate

Now try this just take a 3-sec deep breath in? Ok now let it out slowly. How do you feel? Imagine what it would be like when you added relaxing music to that. The deep breaths in and the music would be so relaxing you might just sit there for a little while and that is ok.

Helps Bring Blood Pressure Down

No relaxing music won’t be the only thing to bring your blood pressure down. This would so along with a series of things just like anything else. But it really just relaxes everything so your blood pressure couldn’t help but come down with it.

Makes Food Go Down Better

So you can say that the more relaxed you are the better you enjoy food let alone the better your body processes it. So think about if you added relaxing music to your eating. Even if you had a snack while watching the sun go down while having relaxing music play would help you so much.

Balance Blood Sugar Levels

Unwinding like sitting in a coffee shop can be so beneficial I would suggest doing it once a week if not more. Think about what doing that so often would help with your blood sugar levels let alone everything else mentioned here and so much more. Probably getting just a plain black coffee would be best otherwise that would probably not help with your blood sugar levels.

Reduces Stress

Of course if none of the above makes you think that listening to this is helpful knowing it reduces stress has to. Stress is something we all deal with and want to help reduce. So try today or next time you are stressed out listening to relaxing music. Stations like the coffee house or K-Love really are relaxing and make you feel good.

Gets Your Blood Flowing

Now if you are anything like me thinking about blood makes me want to pass out. So we wouldn’t be but just know that listening to this gets you so relaxed that your blood will just naturally flow easier and get to all the areas in your body better than when we are stressed out and trying to do all the things.

Reduces Pain

Long walks or even hiking if you are into that can be hard on our bodies specifically if you don’t normally move our bodies every day. So next time you are in pain have this be a part of what you do to make the pain go away.

Improves Sleep

So when is the last time you got some good quality sleep? Ya I know it’s been awhile. As part of your night time routine even for the whole house have music playing. Even just a sound machine in the living room while you guys are unwinding for like an hour before you go to sleep have a sound machine on low and drink some night night tea and just talk about your day and how you can improve. Keep it all upbeat and funny and that will help your sleep so much.

To sum this up key benefits to music is you are calmer, smile more, have a lower heart rate, helps with blood pressure, helps with processing food, helps with blood sugar levels, helps with stress, gets your blood flowing, reduces pain, and helps improve sleep.

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Here Is How To Have A Healthy Easter

April 19, 2019 By Elizabeth Kramar Leave a Comment

Health and Easter don’t seem to go in the same sentence. For a few reasons really. For one we eat candy and have brunch. Neither of which have any sort of health to them. Second somewhere along the way we lost the true meaning. So we are all out celebrating the Easter bunny and Easter baskets without for a second thinking about what really happened here. So let’s break down how to have a healthy Easter mind, body, and spirit.

Here Is How To Have A Healthy Easter: Mindset

So there is a book I read last Easter that is called Sacred Holidays: Less Chaos, More Jesus by Becky Kiser. It’s about the best book I have ever read when it comes to shifting our mindset for any holiday. She talks about how as kids we used to get excited about every holiday. Then as we got older we learn what made those holidays magically weren’t really there so we lost the magic of it all. So she gives super amazing tips & ideas on how to bring magic and whimsical into the holidays as well as the true meaning of why we celebrate them in the first place.

Candy

Of course, I think we should be celebrating Jesus on Easter and not the Easter bunny but if candy is around you better bet I want to eat some. I mean Jesus doesn’t want us to not celebrate him so let’s have some candy. The first brand I enjoy is the black earth organic brand. They have sweet & sour bunnies that are amazing. Wholesome organic is another great brand. They have bunny lollipops that are a crowd favorite. Surf sweets they have organic jelly beans that are pretty darn amazing. No these are the cleanest options ever actually there is no clean candy out there. These are just the cleanest ones. Your best bet for the cleanest ones ever is the eat organic fruit but that can be boring on such an amazing day. Yum earth is a really great brand as well. Target carries this brand and all the others. The closer to the holidays the more of a discount the candy gets so do your last minute shopping there.

Fun

These might be one of those duh paragraphs but I’m going to say it anyways have fun! I mean go to all the people’s houses that invited you to. Share the love of Jesus. Say the prayer before you walk into each get-together and ask for guidance on how you can do your best to glorify god there. Play games eat way too much food and just lose yourself in the moments. If we choose to just sit home on Easter and miss out on all these memories we may miss out on one of the best parts of the week.

Make Something

Now baking is stress relieving to me. So if someone has an amazing baking recipe I most likely will drop what I’m doing and bake it. So since going Paleo for eating, I found an AMAZING food blogger Danielle Walker that has the best cookbooks I’ve ever used. She has one just for the holidays called celebrations. If you follow her on her facebook page she is always showing in more fun ways to bake for the next holiday coming up. For Easter, she made a Paleo Reese’s Easter Eggs and they are so darn good. She also has a recipe for cinnamon rolls that are so good you will have more than one. Both of those are from her celebrations cookbook. All her cookbooks are amazing and we haven’t tried a recipe of hers that the whole family didn’t like. Keep these bake goodies at your house to snack on or bring a dish to pass at your gatherings.

To sum this up have your mindset off of the Easter bunny and on Christ, since we are celebrating Jesus rising from the dead just for us we have to celebrate and candy is a great way to do that, don’t forget to have some fun, and make something even if it’s just for your house.

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How To Plan A Week Of Actually Healthy Food

April 15, 2019 By Elizabeth Kramar Leave a Comment

When it comes to planning a week worth of eating healthy food there are a million different ways to go about it. You could cook it all at once and have it ready to warm up and eat. You can cut up produce and have it ready to go. You can just write on a calendar what you will have and plan at night when you will eat the next day. Just know there is no wrong way to do this. It’s whatever works for your family and for your schedule that makes the most sense. Just sit down on Saturday morning before going grocery shopping and see what you are going to eat for the week. Let’s get into a simple way to make this happen.

How To Plan A Week Of Actually Healthy Food – Schedule

So the first thing you do is get together right before you go grocery shopping and see what you plan on eating for each meal this week. You can have a dry erase calendar boards that you write the date on and what you will have each day. Example: Monday – Spaghetti and meatballs. Tuesday – Breakfast, Wednesday – Leftover Spaghetti and meatballs. Thursday – Waffles, Friday – Pizza. Saturday – Burgers and Fries, Sunday – Leftover Pizza.

Make A List

Find some recipes you like. Danielle walker has amazing recipes. Now you make your list. This can be a physical one or one on your phone. Go through your fridge, freezer, and pantry to see what you already have. Then add each ingredient you do still need to your list. Add to your list snacks you are gonna each so like fresh fruit and veggies. Also what you need for breakfast so if you eat a lot of eggs remember to put how much you need of each on your list. Head to the store.

Prep your produce

Of course, once you get home from the store and put everything away it’s time to clean and cut up everything. It’s much easier to make things at night if everything is all ready to go for you. Clean things like cucumbers, celery, peppers, apples, carrots, and potatoes, etc. Buying frozen fruits and veggies is much cheaper and is great for your smoothies. Try to have all these stored is a glass container and stored in the same drawer so snack time is easier. Plus you are more likely to eat it if is right there. Added on filtered water to your celery will make it taste better when you go to eat it and last you longer throughout the week.

Night Check

Once you have everything laid out for the week every night plan to check and see what you need to get out for the next day. During busy seasons plan on crockpot meals. Those are easy to make the night before and just turn on the next morning. Let’s say you are going to make chicken and vegetables tomorrow night. Put the chicken in the fridge to thaw out from being frozen. If need be you can prep your veggies.

Give Yourself Grace

With everything, you must give yourself grace. We can plan out all the healthy food but life happens. Like you can plan to eat chicken and vegetables tomorrow night then your mom calls and needs help at her house so you will be eating over there. No problem just pop everything back in the freeze and try again another day. Your life and your happiness are the most important. Don’t get hung up on what you had planned to go with it.

Breakfast & Lunch

Since we have only talked about dinner let’s talk about what to do for Breakfast and lunch. Breakfast keep it simple. You can bake amazing muffin cups find a ton of recipes on Pinterest for those. We like to premake things for the mornings so it’s just grabbing and go. We do things like Simple Mills Banana muffins with chocolate chips in them. Really the best go to is 2 eggs over easy with half an avocado with spinach. Lunches are normally a smoothie. I get all my smoothies from one of my favorite cookbooks body love.

To sum it up find a weeks worth of recipes. Make one recipe last a few days if you can. Schedule out what you are going to eat when. Make a grocery list. Prep your produce and cut what needs to be done for the week when you get home. Every night make an alarm in your phone to check and see what you can get out for tomorrow nights dinner. Give yourself grace through the whole process. Keep breakfast and lunch easy like grab and go kinda food.

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It’s A Official Healthy Guide for Milwaukee Wisconsin

April 1, 2019 By Elizabeth Kramar Leave a Comment

Finding really healthy places can be tough. Below are places I have ate at each place probably more than once each and literally can’t get enough. So when you find yourself heading to Milwaukee, Wisconsin next give one of these a try and let me know how it goes.

It’s A Official Healthy Guide for Milwaukee Wisconsin: Urban Beets

If you are looking for a good smoothie bowl and juice place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Urban Beets is it. They do have so much more to offer but these are the two things that I can’t get enough of. Really like if money was no problem I would go there once a week and get enough smoothie bowls for the week. Healthy order option is the Nutty Nib Smoothie Bowl with a Clean & Green juice to drink. When you go there people order just about everything on the menu so if it sounds good chances are you will love it. It’s all organic, gluten free, Nut free, and soy free so it’s hard to beat. Looks like they also have door dash deliver so if you are staying anywhere around them you can have it delivered.

Shake Shack

Shake Shack in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the cleanest (the term is used super loosely hear) fast food joint around. That term is used loosely because well eating at home where you know what exactly is going in your food is your best option but we are human and want to eat out once in a blue moon. A healthy order option is a ShackBurger double, lettuce wrap, no sauce at all, at pickle, well done, remove cheese, remove shack sauce. Add primal’s BBQ sauce that to the burger plus fries on the side. They do have door dash as well you can get it delivered.

Blooming Lotus Bakery

Blooming Lotus bakery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is changing the clean baking game. EVERYTHING they make tastes amazing and doesn’t make you miss anything you used to eat. Our wedding cake was made here and a year later when we ate the top layer it was still amazing. On Saturday only they made donuts and we order them early in the morning otherwise they are way before they close at 2 pm. They have cinnamon rolls that are so good you will want to eat more than one. Might want to call ahead just to see what they have available for the day plus as what time they close. We may have gotten there really late and they were closed more then once lol.

Sweet Diner

Sweet Diner in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a new fav we can not get enough of. They have a ton of gluten-free options also things are organic so I mean what’s not to love. The place is so adorable and the people are amazing. A healthy option is a guiltless omelet with gluten-free toast and fruit. They also have gluten-free pancakes and waffles that both look amazing. I wanted to order it all just to have a bit of each lol.

To sum it up give urban beets, shake shack, blooming lotus bakery, or sweet diner a try. You won’t be disappointed.

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Exclusive Real life as a Gluten Free Eater

March 26, 2019 By Elizabeth Kramar Leave a Comment

Chances are if you are reading this you are thinking about going gluten free, know someone who has or are feeling super alone in this journey. Being gluten free is like trying to exercise. You have good intentions but then go out to eat see there is nothing on the menu you can have so you tell yourself life is too short and have a piece of bread. Then you get home and your stomach hurts and you can’t stop going to the bathroom you remember why you eat the way you do. So here is what it’s really like to be gluten free in a gluten world.

Exclusive Real life as a Gluten Free Eater: Get Togethers

So you got invited to a get-together. You used to think you will have a good time and enjoy yourself by now all you think about is what you can’t have. The food and snacks that will be available you can’t touch. So then you make plans to eat before. You arrive with your yeti full of water. Everything is going smoothly until you hear the words foods ready. Everyone gets up and you get on your phone. If I don’t make eye contact maybe no one will notice I’m not eating. Then someone in the room asks “So you aren’t gonna eat?” Then you see others looks. In your head, you say you do want to eat because it all looks and smells AMAZING but you just say no thank you. It’s so hard to even want to leave the house.

Kimberly Burke says “I’m gluten free as well. I’m allergic to wheat, rye, barley, and all eggs. I’m not Celiac. My answer is usually -I prefer not to feel sick, look 9 months pregnant or have severe migraines or something similar. I always leave the house with snacks and/or a packed meal. When I eat my snack/meal I get a variety of comments, dirty looks, etc. There are some places that I refuse to eat/snack because of previous experience or the situation.”

Going Out To Eat

Your family wants to go out to eat. They choose a place that you can’t eat at. So you eat before and only stay a little while. You have things to eat in your purse and food ready to be made when you get home. Sure the food smells amazing and you want to eat just like everyone else. But you know right when you decided to your body would react in a way that you can not handle. No one wants to have to opt out of eating with friends and loved one. No one wants to not have to make there own food. But when you do you know what’s going in it and that your body will be filled with nourishment. When you see people eating away at a restaurant and you just want to join them you know it’s time to go.

Rebekah Svensson says “Celiac over here too. I usually tell people ‘it’s ok, it just means I’m better than you’ when I get the pity. I’m all about the humor.”

Having People Over

Now, this is one that is the easiest because you are in charge. Nope cleaning your house before and after is no fun at all. You choose the menu and can make your own food. I always just make my own food and eat it before people come over. I’ve eaten it in front of people before but that felt weird and people wondered why they couldn’t have any. I will always have a treat or two that I can have so I can at least enjoy that with others. Those are normally the ones people don’t try either so you have more for yourself later as well.

Devin Zarda says “I feel your pain! I’m also sick of announcing it 14 times at a restaurant, but yet again, don’t want to go to the bathroom in my pants.P.S. people always ask if I’m pregnant when I turn down a beer. Nope, I just don’t want to go to the bathroom in my pants”

Going To Parties

Of course, parties are the hardest. It’s the same as the others you can’t eat or drink anything there. But this time there is cake and cake is HARD to pass up. Anyone that has to pass up food is hard but passing up cake takes will power I didn’t even know I have. So I eat before I go. Have a snack or 10 in my purse, coat, or pocket. Then I’ll have a piece of cake I can have at home or in the car ready for me when I’m done. It still isn’t very easy to do because everyone is enjoying the cake and talking about it. We have had to skip a party or two on the days I know I wouldn’t be able to say no to cake or food.

To sum this up eating Gluten Free in a gluten world is tough. I’m learning though that you are tough too. Also that our treats are a lot better than all that anyways probably just because we can eat something without our body going into shock over it afterward. Don’t stop going out of the house because you have nothing to eat out there. Eat before, bring a dish to pass or have something in your purse, have something you enjoy eating ready for you when you get home as a job well done. Being gluten free is tough but you got this!

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