Category: Food
The 40-Day Shape Up! A weight loss and exercise program for those who want change.
Registration for The 40-Day Shape Up beginning on 5/1 is now closed. We’ve reached our capacity of 200 registrants. If you would like to be put on the wait lists for any upcoming sessions, please fill out the registration form. Do you have a diet or fitness goal, but can’t seem to reach it? Now’s your [...]
4 No-Fail Morning Workout Routine Tips
We all have those days when the alarm goes off and we just don’t want to get out of bed. Ask anyone who is a regular morning exerciser, and they’ll likely tell you the hardest thing about working out is pushing the sheet back and getting their feet on the ground. Here [...]
Weight Loss Pills and Fad Diets are On the Way Out…What’s In?
A recent study published in the most recent American Journal of Preventive Medicine suggests that obese individuals can lose weight by following weight loss programs and eating less fat. A not-so-surprising result also showed that participants really didn’t lose any significant amount of weight using weight loss, fad diets, liquids or diet foods. Of the 4000+ people [...]
Fast Food’s Great Link to Depression
If you’re feeling blue, you may want to lay off the chicken nuggets, fries and croissants. A recent study published in the Public Health Nutrition journal showed a strong correlation between fast food consumption and depression. In fact, those who ate fast foods like hot dogs and burgers, as well as baked goods, including doughnuts and croissants, [...]
Belly-Lovin’ Homemade Yogurt
Everyone in my family likes yogurt. I usually buy plain organic – and we all spice it up in our own way. For instance, I usually add cinnamon and blueberries to mine. My husband eats his yogurt as a dessert after dinner, then adds chocolate while referencing some childhood memory of how his concoction tastes [...]
If You’re Going to Splurge…Rules for a Proper Pig-Out
Boundaries. They’re important for a lot of things in life – even splurges. For some reason, though, drawing the line when it comes to certain foods seems to problem for many of us, even the most disciplined person. I’m don’t want to come across as righteous. I’ve been guilty of a good splurge! That said, I [...]
Spring Clean Your Body with These Detoxifiers
It’s the first day of spring. Here are a few foods that are amazing detoxers. Incorporate these into your daily diet once a day to push out some of the gunk from the cold months of winter. Sugar, alcohol, environmental toxins that we breathe in, and residual toxins, like pesticides and herbicides, all need a [...]
The Best Pre-Workout Meal
I’m often asked, “What’s the best thing to eat before I workout?” I typically answer this question with a few questions for the person who asks. What you eat really depends on what your goals are. That said, for most of us who just want to head in to the gym for a good workout [...]
The Cereal Bowl Diet Challenge
Sometimes the easiest ways to manage your weight are the simplest. Buying into all sorts of crazy diets supported by expensively packaged products, or cutting back on calories far too much do nothing but shock our wallets and our bodies – often in damaging ways. If people suddenly experience weight loss as the result of a [...]
Diet Disaster Diversions
We all eat – sometimes not so healthy. Here area some alternatives to a few all-too-common diet disasters. BREAKFAST No Fat = No Good: It’s time to start your engines! If breakfast is ever a problem, it’s due to one of two (or possibly both) reasons: 1) there is a fixation on eating very little [...]
