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Big things are coming!

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Whoa, it’s been a big year! It’s that time again when all bloggers take a look back over the year that was and post the hell out of it but firstly I wanted to start by saying an enormous THANK YOU to you for taking the time to be part of the Foxy and Fabulous community! It wouldn’t be appropriate to write this without a celebratory drink in my hand as I type, so cheers to all of you! Highlights In March of this year I took the plunge and nervously moved my blog to a self-hosted environment and all the anxiety about not being able to manage the technology and back-end of it was just bullshit in my own mind. I can’t recommend it enough! To have full control over the look, feel and functionality has been amazing! I only deleted the whole fucking look and feel of it just once. But I blogged that, in case I ever do it again! I have to give a big shout OUT to BlueHost as their 24/7 live chat help and ridiculously well priced hosting plans have gone a huge way to alleviate any teething anxiety I may have had. Check
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Chocolate Raspberry Ripe

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No shit, this is the BEST thing I make and eat a tonne of. AND it’s helping me lose weight and keep sweet cravings under control thanks mostly to the shittonne of coconut butter it contains. If you are serious about trying or maintaining an IQS lifestyle then don’t questions it, just make this. A lot. And shove it in your face! It has cacao powder and raspberries for extra goodness and I make it every week, keeping it cut up in the freezer and popping a piece in my mouth whenever I make an excuse to detour via the kitchen. I have been known to have some at breakfast, as soon as I get home from work and while preparing dinner BECAUSE THAT’S HOW I ROLL! It’s partly the reason I go through so much coconut butter and get to upcycle these great storage jars cum vases it’s packaged in. I know I’m eating enough ie. a shittonne of coconut butter if I’m going through one of these babies every two weeks (I only cook in it too). If you’re keen to know more about IQS grab the guide and cook book double deal on the sidebar over there.
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I’m dreaming of a White Christmas…

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I have no clue where I first learned of this recipe, but it’s one I’ve adapted into my little book of tricks that my extended family beg me to bring during the festive season! While I follow and IQS lifestyle 85% of the time, many of the people I entertain with don’t. So this is something for those people in your life. I also make it if I’ve been invited over somewhere or want to make a small gift for a friend as opposed to buying something. It’s dead easy, only a few ingredients and as someone who doesn’t ever eat or like white chocolate I have been known to shove a few pieces into my mouth while cutting it up! Ingredients 500gm white chocolate – must have as close to 30gm fat as possible, higher the better. I’ve used all of these, use a  mix and defo include the Green & Blacks because it has vanilla pod seeds in it. Mmmmmm big handful of pistachios (the hulled, cooking variety) big handful of dried cranberries a shit tonne/ approx 1 Cup shredded coconut A slice pan Plastic wrap 1x oven bag or clear cello to wrap + favourite ribbon How to:
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My Dogs Have Quit Sugar Too

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If the acronym for I quit sugar is IQS, then when your dogs’ quit sugar I guess you would call it DQS? A few months back I had to radically change the food my dogs were eating for health reasons ie. little doggie was inexplicably throwing up, mostly at 2am, usually on my bed. It wasn’t a fun time. So my darling {hot} vet suggested  that we go right back to basics with their food and treats. I also was under instruction to shift some weight from big doggie’s frame so that her joints wouldn’t be under undue stress in the long run. Not a lot of weight, maybe just 2kgs to bring her back under 10kg. So began our non-processed food journey. Without realising it I have introduced a lot of the food principles that I follow into their diet. I feed them lean, grass-fed beef mince or turkey mince (it’s not posh, it costs no more than $6 for 500gm, the beef from Aldi and the turkey from Woolworths) pan fried in coconut oil and mix in some frozen mixed veg for fibre and extra nutrients. In the morning they get a little organic high protein dry food
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My sweeter life – an IQS update

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If you’ve been following my IQS journey, you’ll recall that I gave up sugar on New Year’s Day 2012. I’ve lost count how long ago that was, but an update is overdue. Well, overdue. Let me be up front and disclose that around the middle of May I completely lost my shit and fell off the wagon for about 8 weeks, but now I’m back baby! Over those two months, while I shoved in sweet cakes, takeaway and beer I realised that while I’d achieved a lot in my initial IQS journey, I hadn’t dealt with the biggest underlying problem I had. Yup, I’m an emotional eater. Stressed? Cake. Tired? Chocolate. Angry? Cake. Overwhelmed? Beer. Followed by takeaway. With a cake chaser. All of this, not surprisingly, brought me back to square one and I was, again, being strangled by my underwear. Coupled with the fact that Spring was approaching and my hayfever was off the charts I knew I had to clean up what I ate and get back on the wagon. Stat. Because back when I was eating very clean I had no hayfever problems at, all. Zero. This was the FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE this had
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My journey back to good health – an IQS update

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My first update on my ‘I Quit Sugar‘ progress  was written on my iPad, in an underground carpark, en route to buy groceries while I waited for some heavy traffic to die down after a long day.  In other words, I didn’t dilly dally about the words and I just got them down on ‘paper’ and hit publish.  That post was one of my busiest thanks to some fab sharing and really hit home to some people it seems.  I do hope that if nothing else it inspired some people to go ahead and quit sugar for themselves and begin to take charge of their own well being. Cut to today and we are into the 13 week mark of what was initially an 8 week experiment.  Like many travellers along this path I have felt so much better that I want to maintain the bulk of my new habits and keep going for as long as it feels right.  Sure I still find it hard to pass up a well made cupcake and have indulged in the odd beer and hot chips at the pub, big deal.  The truth is that these moments have become an infrequent exception rather
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Marc Jacobs and the sexualisation of girls; Fashion, Art, Offensive or both?

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I wasn’t going to write a rant today. I was going to behave. Honest. And then I saw this again…

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