Gratitude Experiment

 

 

I'm conducting a simple experiment.  Care to join me?

 

As studies show that the simple act of writing down the things for which you are grateful for can help lower stress levels, promote a better night’s sleep and improve your general happiness levels - I've decided to see for myself. . . .

 

 

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IQS + Florentine Biscuits

 

Florentines.  As a child, no other biscuit made me feel more like a gown up than this one did.  Typically stuffed full of glace cherries, nuts, sugar and chocolate, they were my biscuit of choice when I wanted to impress (and I got to scoff all the leftovers).  Win/win.

 

When I said goodbye to the white stuff a few years ago, I also tearfully said au revoir to the super sweet florentine.

 

And then the angels sang. As inside the pages of the I Quit Sugar Chocolate Cookbook Volume II, this little Superfood Florentine recipe jumped out and waved it's little muscly arms at me.  Oh sweet Lord.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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Fatigue | 4 Things I'm Doing

 

Struggling with fatigue?  

 

I hear you.  

 

Since coming back from France, fatigue has hit me in the face with a big baseball bat.   

 

Whether it was the long flight, jetlag (still?!) or the extra gluten, dairy and sugar that was added into my diet whilst away, I’m now paying the price.  So I wanted to share with you a couple of the simple, everyday things I’m “trying out” to help recalibrate my body and boost my energy levels.  

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