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Trim Healthy Mama Quick Start Guide

September 16, 2013 By Gwen Brown 200 Comments

This free Trim Healthy Mama Quick Start Guide has been called the "Mac Daddy" of resources for starting THM.

*UPDATED 6/16/15* The Trim Healthy Mama Quick Start Guide that I shared at the bottom of the Book Review was in serious need of an update. And a makeover. I present to you the all NEW handy printable Trim Healthy Mama Quick Start Guide!  It’s the same short & sweet guide at heart, but now…

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Filed Under: THM Book Review & Resources, Trim & Healthy, Trim Healthy Mama Tips Tagged With: THM Tips, Trim Healthy Mama, Trim Healthy Tuesday, Weight Loss

Berry Breakfast Cake- Sugar Free

September 3, 2013 By Gwen Brown 27 Comments

Berry Breakfast Cake is a quick E breakfast treat, and I’m excited to share it with you this Trim Healthy Tuesday!  I love to mix this up for Friday’s breakfast, and then we eat the leftovers as a convenient and fast treat on Sunday morning. It’s delicious topped with lemon yogurt, or a little fat…

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Filed Under: Breakfast Recipes, Condiments, Spices, & Homemade Ingredients, Recipes, THM Breads, Crusts & Baked Goods, THM Breakfast Recipes, THM E Breads, Crusts & Baked Goods, THM E Breakfast Recipes, THM E Recipes, Trim & Healthy Tagged With: Awesome Sugar Free Recipes, coconut free, nut free, Trim Healthy Tuesday

Taco Salad 3 Ways

August 27, 2013 By Gwen Brown 20 Comments

Today is Taco Salad day here at Gwen’s Nest, on this fine Trim Healthy Tuesday.  I’ve been asked to blog about how I like to eat my taco salad, and my answer is–ANY way you make it! I love tacos and Mexi-fare so much that it pretty much has its own day on my weekly…

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Filed Under: Crossover Recipes, Main Dishes, Recipes, THM E Main Dish Recipes, THM E Recipes, THM FP Main Dish Recipes, THM Main Dish Recipes, THM Recipes by Meal, THM S Main Dish Recipes, Trim & Healthy, Veggies, Sides & Salads Tagged With: dollar tree

THM Tip: Stevia To GO!

August 6, 2013 By Gwen Brown 14 Comments

Today, on Trim Healthy Tuesday, I’m sharing a favorite THM tip…this is my purse sized stevia container that travels with me everywhere.  Where did I find it? The Dollar Tree!  It was in a 4 pack, and was filled with… GLITTER!!!  But I saw the potential!  So I bought a pack of the glitter shakers,…

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Filed Under: Kitchen Tips, Trim & Healthy Tagged With: dollar tree, made this, THM Tips, Trim Healthy Mama, Trim Healthy Tuesday

Weekly Menu Planning

July 23, 2013 By Gwen Brown 56 Comments

Weekly menu planning is the best and the worst part of my week.  On one hand, I love having that framework in place to make out a grocery list…a THOROUGH grocery list that ensures that I only make one trip to the grocery store per week.  That’s the goal.  And a girl can dream. I…

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Filed Under: Recipes, Trim & Healthy Tagged With: menus, THM Tips, Trim & Healthy, Trim Healthy Mama, Trim Healthy Tuesday

Trim Healthy Mama Q&A

July 16, 2013 By Gwen Brown 85 Comments

You know Trim Healthy Mama is my THANG if you’ve been around here at all.  I’ve reviewed the book, tracked my progress, written articles, and posted lots of recipes.  But today on Trim Healthy Tuesday, I’d just like to focus on your questions about the plan, the book, the food…anything you want to ask. I…

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Weight Loss Before & After Photos: 6 Months of THM Update

July 4, 2013 By Gwen Brown 56 Comments

I remembered to take these weight loss before and after photos on July 3rd…this marks 6 full months since starting the Trim Healthy Mama way of eating.  Let’s talk about some of the biggest changes for me on THM: my size, getting started, my health, and losing the cravings!  And I have a few goals…

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Filed Under: Trim & Healthy, Weight Loss Photos Tagged With: before and after, Trim Healthy Mama, Weight Loss

Goal Weight Day- with Trim Healthy Mama

June 4, 2013 By Gwen Brown

This morning my scale landed on the magic number…my goal weight!  Celebrate with me! The first thing you should know is that the November photo above is the *retouched* one that went on our cards this year.  That just wasn’t good enough for me…I asked the photographer for the raw files, and here they are…in…

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Filed Under: Trim & Healthy, Weight Loss Photos Tagged With: before and after, Trim Healthy Mama, Weight Loss

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