Crudités is a fancy French word for a plate of various raw vegetables cut up and usually served with some sort of dip or sauce. Crudités have been my go-to dish to take to potlucks or to serve to guests before a dinner party for many years. It didn’t occur to me to eat crudités…
This week’s Ask Adrienne has to do with both weight loss and minimalism. Question: As you were losing weight, what did you do about clothes? Answer: This is such a great question and one I had planned to write about. Losing 90 pounds and going down 7 dress sizes, it’s no surprise I had to…
Having lost weight and given up alcohol at the same time, I have noticed some practices I use for one area also work well in another. I thought I’d share a few handy tips that apply to both weight loss and avoiding alcohol. But first, I want to note that these tips for alcohol may…
In my latest Every Day Habits post, I am talking about the Big Green Salad. It’s been a big part of my weight loss success. Here are 12 ways to liven up your green salad without blowing your calorie budget.
I’m answering questions about fitness this time for Ask Adrienne. So let’s get right to it! Question: When you started your weight loss journey, how did you start exercising? Answer I became a lover of exercise in my early 30s. When I moved to Sonoma County after my husband and I were engaged, he bought…
At the start of my weight loss journey, I weighed in for the first time in a long, long time and I took my body measurements. I wrote the information down in this journal for safekeeping. I didn’t look at the body measurement numbers again until I was certain I had made some progress, several…
Since I began talking openly about my experiences losing over 80 pounds, getting the fittest I’ve been in my entire life, breaking up with alcohol while living in wine country, and purging my home of unwanted, unused stuff – all during the pandemic – I’ve received quite a number of questions. So I started “Ask…
Part of being successful in any weight loss or fitness endeavor is being consistent with food choices and exercise. By being consistent, you develop habits that support your goals. Over the last year, I have developed some every day habits that I want to share with you. The first one I want to tell you…
In my post, How I Lost 80 Pounds, I talked about how I lost the bulk of my weight by using Noom. I have had some questions about how the Noom app works, since it’s difficult to find detailed information about it online. Noom doesn’t tell you much about how their program works and I…
I was looking through some family photos the other day, searching for something else, and stumbled upon this photo from a wedding in June, 2019. I remember feeling so awful about myself that day – and everyday back then. I had nothing to wear to the celebration so I ordered lots of dresses online weeks…
