Carrie Willard

putting the "her" back in motherhood

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February 10, 2022 by Carrie

Why I Stopped Doing Trim Healthy Mama

More than a few readers find my blog by searching for keywords around the Trim Healthy Mama eating plan (hi!). I found THM after my 7th child was born. It helped me lose those final, stubborn pregnancy pounds. However, I’ve abandoned the plan for good. Here’s why I stopped doing Trim Healthy Mama. Diet Culture? […]

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August 28, 2018 by Carrie

Intermittent Fasting: my experience with 16:8 IF

Intermittent Fasting - my experience with 16:8 IF

Have you ever heard of intermittent fasting? There are a few ways to do it. I recently tried the 16:8 method of intermittent fasting and this was my experience. It surprised me! When I was a kid, my dad fasted periodically. He was really hard core about it! He would go 10 days without any […]

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July 31, 2017 by Carrie

Bodyweight exercises to do at home with your toddler

bodyweight exercises to do at home with your toddler

I love bodyweight exercises. They’re more effective than cardio at helping tone you up, take less time and also don’t require any equipment. You don’t need fancy shoes, special clothing or any equipment. And you can do them in a hotel room while you’re on vacation! I like the 7 minute workout app, but the […]

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April 25, 2017 by Carrie

Ways to Add More Movement to Your Day – without “exercising”

Ways to Add Movement To Your Day Without Exercising

If you’re interested in health and wellness, you’ve probably come across the studies popping up in recent years. This fact is clear: inactivity is killing us and we’re doing way too much sitting. It’s imperative to find ways to add more movement to your day. Why Should We Add More Movement to Our Day? Research […]

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June 8, 2016 by Carrie

How I Lost 20 Pounds Eating 6 Times a Day

How I Lost Weight Eating 6 Times a Day (spoiler: TrimHealthyMama) This morning, I got up at 5:30 and tried to get ready to get out to work as quietly as possible so as not to wake the various sleeping bodies in the bedroom. Realizing that I had not picked out a shirt the night […]

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May 29, 2015 by Carrie

When Gluten Free Isn’t a Fad

First there’s a backlash, then a backlash to the backlash. Once, wheat was considered the staff of life. But in recent years, research has been pointing out that more people nowadays actually do have bona fide Celiac disease than in years past, and among many others, a condition called non-celiac gluten sensitivity. Noone is quite sure […]

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April 30, 2015 by Carrie

Postpartum weight loss: low carb, month 2

(Update: after learning that low-carb diets that exclude moderate carbs are a bad idea for me, I began a diet called TrimHealthyMama and blog about it here. I absolutely love it and have been on it for over a year now. I don’t eat sugar and won’t ever go back.) About 7 weeks ago I […]

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April 12, 2015 by Carrie

Postpartum Weight Loss (After the 7th Baby)

Once again I find myself having to lose weight after a baby. I wrote about how I did it with the last one here, and for the most part, I’ll use the same strategy. In a nutshell: Move every day (take a walk, jump on my rebounder, lift weights) Eat on a small plate No […]

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January 7, 2015 by Carrie

Staying well (or not)

A couple of weeks ago I began feeling that tell-tale scratchy throat that usually signals an impending virus, so I started swallowing a half teaspoon of raw chopped garlic once a day, as well as upping my probiotics dose. It never developed into anything more. Then my kids started getting sick. I’ve been lax about […]

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July 30, 2014 by Carrie

I Heart My Squatty Potty

I love my DIY Squatty Potty. Are you there, blog? It’s me, Carrie.  I’ve missed you. And I thought I would re-enter the conversation by talking about a potentially TMI topic. Let’s talk poop, shall we? First, a bit of history. I spent most of the first 30 years of my life constipated. (A statement which […]

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