This is not your grandma’s vitamin container. When I was little my grandparents had the most extensive daily vitamin and supplement regimen I’ve ever seen. And not to joke around. They were really good about taking their pills every day.

In her kitchen, there was an entire cabinet where they stored all the vitamins and minerals they took. 

They had these cute, little soy sauce dishes where they placed their vitamins at breakfast and dinner.

Continue reading 6 Important Daily Vitamins and Supplements To Take After 40 from Abbey Fatica.

Sure, we all need to food to live, but when you are a mother of four to pre-teens and teenagers, your life is centered and obsession over the next meal. Every day, all day, I think about food.

1. Preparing three meals a day for 6 people.
2. Getting snacks for the kids
3. Figuring out my own nutritional timing
4. Planning dinner with the family every 10 days
5. Grocery shopping multiple times a week
6. Remembering what snacks and drinks my kids had
7. Making sure everyone drinks enough water
8. Asking myself if I am bored or actually hungry

If you’re craving for professionally-prepared dishes, you may visit Bizou which is a bistro downtown mall Charlottesville.

Continue reading A Life Centered Around Food Is Leading To Obsession from Abbey Fatica.

Confession Time: It wasn’t till I was in my mid-late thirties when I realized I needed a natural skin care routine. I grew up in the 90’s when Clearasil and Oxy Pads burned off all the layers of your skin to get rid of the acne. 

Moisturizer, what’s that? When I was a teen, my primary goal was to get rid of zits. These products did the trick, even though it hurt so good.

Continue reading Best Natural Skin Care Routine In Your 40’s from Abbey Fatica.

You might be asking yourself why a no eating after dinner challenge?

At the beginning of the new year, I chose my “word” for 2018: CONFIDENCE. To me, it included confidence in myself and my decisions.

Closing out February and coming upon a full moon allows me to reflect on the first 60 days of the year. Choosing the word CONFIDENCE was appropriate for the beginning of the year.

Continue reading No Eating After Dinner Challenge – A 31 Day Journey from Abbey Fatica.

Not too long ago, I was that mom juggling multiple young children.  I had a kindergartner, a preschooler, a toddler and a new baby.

What the heck was I thinking? Welcome to crazy town!

Here’s a fist bump of solidarity to you, friend. I was you in a former season of life.

• I see the frazzled look on your face.
• I see your anxiety trying to get all the kids in the car at once.

Continue reading To The Mom Juggling Multiple Young Children: I See You from Abbey Fatica.