For years and years we were taught that fat is the enemy. Sugars could be ignored but anything high in fat will make you fat. Research is now starting to show that that is not necessarily the case. Fat is no longer the enemy. Sugar is. Sugar has been found to be almost as addictive as heroin. ANY TYPE OF SUGAR. Even fruit and vegetable sugars. If you don’t believe that, try going completely sugar free for a week. My favorite keto diet phrase that I always tell people who are curious or unfamiliar with what keto is: “Don’t blame...
I am sure that some of you have noticed that I am not posting as often as I was in the past. This was on purpose. For a while I felt that I was pushing out blog posts in order to be able to keep up with all of the other bloggers I was following. I needed to try and stay relevant. I needed to hustle more. As I was reading over and over again from all of my bloggers companions resolutions for the new year, I just kept seeing that they were to get their blog bigger and bigger,...
The idea of trying to stay organized can really be a daunting task for some. As a new years resolution, getting organized can be great to help with even more resolutions in the year. You can get organized and keep a food diary for weight loss. Start a budget for groceries in a planner. You can start planning out your blog posts throughout the months. There really are endless ways to get organized for the new year. I have a self-prescribed horrible short term memory. It is so bad that sometimes I can’t remember what channel I was watching...
The idea of contacting companies to work with can seem a bit daunting for new bloggers. The feeling that there is no way they would want to work with nobodies or that you don’t have any reach at this point. This is a totally normal feeling, but not necessarily true. Companies really do want to work with a variety of bloggers even if they are new or well established. New bloggers haven’t built those relationships with competing companies that well established blogs may have already done. The point I am trying to make is to not feel bad or...
Has Pinterest blocked your site as spam? This happened in the 2nd week of my blogging endeavor and I totally feel your pain. It can really put a hiccup in your motivation and it can definitely kill the momentum that you have worked really hard getting started. BUT, it was not the end of the world. Because I was no longer able to pin and NEW pins, I just made a sheet of all the posts that have not been pinned yet so that when I was released from Pinterest prison that I had something to start back with....
post contains affiliate links – Please turn off ad blocker to see the items suggested I don’t know about you but I love Amazon. Like I really love Amazon…I have been a member for 13 years and a Prime member for as long as I can remember. I think I started out Prime like everybody else did with a Free Trial during the holidays. Ooooh boy that sucked me right in. I have been addicted to Amazon ever since. Other than actual food and clothing (I am a giant and can’t buy normal clothes), I buy everything with Prime....
Not only has this first week of blogging been pretty overwhelming, I don’t even have a planner or binder to keep everything organized yet! GAH! I have joined quite a few Facebook groups for blogging as I have noticed that those amazing groups of folks are really helpful in getting your blog out there! The one thing I have noticed though is really how difficult it is to keep track of what pages are doing what for that day and which groups have I posted in yet. Not only that, but I need to make sure to share the love...
Only seriously blogging for about a week is not much but I have a sneaking suspicion that this is the point where a lot of people will quit when they realize how hard it is and that it will take time. I have tried blogging quite a few times in the past but I never wanted to take the plunge of actually getting a domain or signing up for anything. I had a bit of a rough start with Wix. I signed up with them and was really excited and bought a domain, and then realized later that they had...
I really should write a post that literally just gives a link and then mic drop and walk away. But I won’t do that because I really do love Ebates. I discovered it about a year ago and yeah…I pretty much try to buy everything I can online now. I think they recently came out with some cash back for in store as well. There are thousands of stores that you can possibly get cash back for doing nothing. So let me explain what Ebates is for some of those that have never used it. Do you buy things online?...