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Mama's Weeds Patient Expert

Rochester, New York
I'm a former Computer Programmer turned stay at home mom of two.  I lost 35 lbs to reach my healthy weight in 2008 when I revamped my approach to healthy living.  My blog,  Mama's Weeds, captures my adventures in maintaining my healthy weight, healthy eating, running, parenting and... Full Bio
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Zak’s Juice Fast Update: Four Weeks by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Alternate Title: The Incredible Shrinking Man So here he is in all his glory (with his underwear strategically hidden behind red squares, for your viewing pleasure) – ... Read on »
Go Ahead and Cry Over Spilled Beet Juice by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating In my post about Zak’s juice fast , a couple of you asked about some of his favorite juice recipes.  Let’s just say that there has been a lot of experimenting on his part ... Read on »
Good News Bad News Chocolate Avocado Pudding by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Good news!  I’ve got an awesomely healthy delicious snack to share with you. Bad news.  I’m not actually sharing this with you.  I’m only sharing the recipe.  If you w ... Read on »
Zak’s Juice Fast Update: Two Weeks In by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating As I mentioned in my last post, Zak is on a 40 day juice fast .  To quickly recap, Zak watched Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead , a documentary film by Joe Cross about his 60 day ... Read on »
April Links to Love (Warm Lemon Water, A Juice Fast and WHOA Harper’s Bazaar!) by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I’ve been hoarding links and things to share all month – I better get down to it before the month is over! After I read that article (the comments in particular!) I d ... Read on »
2013 Flower City Half Marathon Race Recap by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating So it’s done!  The Flower City Half Marathon has been run.  By me.  And 2,364 other people too. Pre-Race My day started dark and early around 5 AM.  I spent the ea ... Read on »
The Day Before the Flower City Half Marathon by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Less than 12 hours until Flower City Half Marathon!  I felt more excited about the race today than I have all week – the day almost here! I ran Monday and Tuesday thi ... Read on »
How to Defeat Toe Pain While Running by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating The Flower City Half Marathon is one week from today.  Like most runners right now, I’m feeling pretty nostalgic about the sport of running in light of what’s happened in ... Read on »
Date Balls! Gluten Free, Nut Free and Dairy Free (But Not Sugar Free and Not Calorie Free) by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Did you know yesterday was Earth Day?  (Apparently it was also Crazy Man Hunt in Boston Day, but I don’t think that was printed on anybody’s wall calendars ahead of time.) ... Read on »
Choose Your Own Kale and Quinoa Adventure by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating This is quinoa and sauteed kale in a sauce made from red peppers, onions and tahini.  I initially made this to stuff into portobello mushroom caps, but this stuff was so s ... Read on »
Cuppow for Me, Cuppow For You by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Have you heard of Cuppow? It’s a drinkable lid that you can use with a canning jar. (I think I’ve made it obvious that we like to drink out of canning jars he ... Read on »
Coconut Oil Coffee by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Coffee pot, blender, coconut oil, cream… what are we making today? We’re making coconut oil coffee! No, I have not lost my mind. Yes, I realize coconut oil in ... Read on »
The Fountain of Juice by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Yesterday was my 34th birthday.  Thirty four.  What a perfectly ordinary age. Although I think I’m officially in my “mid-30′s” now.  How about “early in my mid-30′s”? ... Read on »
Build Your Own Chia Breakfast Bowl by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating This is one of the current meals in my breakfast rotation.  I call it a “Breakfast Bowl” because it’s not cereal or oats, it’s just a bowl full of stuff.  And it’s for bre ... Read on »
The End of March by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Well, we made it. It’s the last day of The Greener March Challenge . Whether you ate greens every day for the last 31 days or not, you endured my month long green stre ... Read on »
“More Greens” Doesn’t Have to Mean “More Salad” by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating We just said goodbye to the last of our friends from a good sized potluck dinner gathering here tonight.  Lots of good food with good friends – the only green leafy food i ... Read on »
How Much Does It Cost to Make Fresh (Mostly Organic) Juice at Home? by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Fresh juice!  It’s time to haul it all out of the fridge and run the numbers. Today I made green lemonade from: 1 bunch of dinosaur kale Beet greens from th ... Read on »
Intro to Collard Greens by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating These are collard greens. These collard greens have been in my refrigerator for more than a week. My hesitation stems from the fact that I tried collards at a pic ... Read on »
Do Daily Greens Really Make a Difference? by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating This smoothie looked really good and chocolate-y, until I added two handfuls of spinach to it. Then it looked a bit closer in color to a pair of combat fatigues than a del ... Read on »
Different Strokes by Mama's Weeds Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating This is quite possibly the greenest lunch I’ve eaten all month . It might even be the greenest lunch I’ve ever eaten.  Like, ever ever. My dad reads the blog and ... Read on »