In high school and college I was addicted to all the processed junk food and sweets. Since then I’ve swapped out the mini snack cakes for real food options that are much healthier and way more delicious! These brownie batter bites are the latest creation to come out of my…
How to Start Your First Meal
Does the idea of spending your entire Sunday meal prepping make you want to crawl back into bed? We get it. After a busy week, cooking can feel like the last thing you want to do and no pep talk is going to change that. That’s why we’re introducing a…
Winter Release 2026
This season’s updates are all about making nutrition tracking fit your real life: Flexible when it needs to be, grounded in experience, and built to help you feel confident every step of the way. Winter has a way of slowing things down a bit. The days are shorter, the couch…
We’re Making Progress Simpler—Starting with Today
Going for your goals is something to be proud of. It takes effort, consistency, and patience—and your tools should support that energy, not get in the way. We’re excited to share some major updates coming to your MyFitnessPal experience. We’ve heard feedback from our members, wishing it were a bit…
How to Support Your Liver (Without Extreme Detoxes)
One of the questions I get all the time is how to do a liver detox. When to do it, how to do it, and what liver cleanse is best. It’s become almost expected in wellness circles that at some point we’ll need to “detox” our liver. Over time, though,…
Oil Pulling With Coconut Oil Chews
I’m a big fan of oil pulling. I’ve shared before how I started this age-old practice and why I started oil pulling with coconut oil instead. I decided to give my oral routine an upgrade with these coconut oil pulling chews with essential oils! Coconut Oil Pulling Benefits Not familiar…
4 Fast Breakfast Alternatives to Dry Cereal
There are those people who breeze into work in the morning and casually mention how they read the paper over a long and leisurely breakfast after a morning jog. Then there are those who would gladly hit the snooze button and skip breakfast completely if it means they can get…
The 3-Ingredient Rule for Easy, Balanced Meals
With only 24 hours in a day, it’s no surprise how fast they disappear into work, kids, workouts, and trying to maintain some kind of social life. By the time you wander into the kitchen, exhausted and hungry, the idea of cooking feels overwhelming. You open that Instagram recipe you…
5 Health Benefits of Citrus Beyond Vitamin C
Citrus, that delightful family of sweet-tart fruits in a rainbow of jewel-like tones, has long been touted for its Citrus, that delightful family of sweet-tart fruits in a rainbow of jewel-like tones, has long been touted for its abundance of vitamin C (1). While vitamin C has been linked to…
Homemade Healthy Hot Chocolate
We don’t get much snow since we moved (or any!), but back in the day the kids loved playing outside for hours when it snowed. There’s something almost sacred about coming in from the cold to a mug of steaming cocoa topped with whipped cream. However, I wanted to find…