Mix up your breakfast routine this New Year with simple, affordable and balanced recipes! Here are 5 breakfast recipes that are super easy making it easy to start off 2018 with your health and wellness in mind. Since breakfast is breaking the fast from your hopefully long and restful night of sleep, it’s an incredibly […]
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Ditch Dieting in 2018!
This New Year vow to skip the dieting and focus on you and your beautiful self! Don’t conform to a diet plan. If you’re interested in changing your diet you should try to practice positive habits that will make you feel good. You will soon see that you are able to learn and grow […]
Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail
Have you stopped making New Year’s Resolution because you feel like “they always fail”? Or do you make one knowing deep down that you likely won’t accomplish it, or are you recycling the same resolution year after year? We enter the New Year with good intentions, but once we realize change takes sustained effort, we give up […]
Tips for Preventing Stress-Induced Eating
Top 5 Tips for Preventing Emotional or Stress-Induced Eating 1. Try to eat several times a day. It is recommended to eating every 3 to 4 hours, which generally means having 3 meals and 2 or 3 snacks per day. Following a regular eating schedule provides your body and brain with a steady supply of […]
Stress-Induced Eating: The Facts
Do you find yourself wondering how your daily stress affects your health? Stress can definitely play a major role in weight gain. It affects the food choices we make, how hungry we are, how often we eat and even where on our bodies we gain weight. It’s not only about what you eat, but also […]
Tricks for Managing Halloween Treats
For those who are watching their weight or trying to follow a diet plan, the holiday season can be a very difficult time of year. Halloween is the official beginning of the holiday season and Halloween treats and weight gain can go hand-in-hand. Here are my five tricks to help you manage your Halloween treats:
What is Normal Eating?
Does normal eating mean “dieting”, “restricting”, “willpower”, or “elimination”? Is normal eating abiding by “food rules”? Or is normal eating filled with “shoulds”? “I should eat this”. “I should not eat dessert”. “I should count calories”. “I should stay away from that”. This does not sound like a very satisfying or healthy way of eating. […]
Thanksgiving Feast Health Benefits
Most of the reason people tend to gain weight around the holidays has more to do with eating outrageous portion sizes, rather than the food itself. Common Thanksgiving foods actually have significant nutritional value and health benefits!
8 Steps to Mindful Eating
Do you: Eat your food in a rush, barely chewing Mindlessly munch on snacks while zoned out in front of the TV or computer Eat because you are in a social setting where everyone else is eating Eat until the food in front of you is gone Eat because your are upset or bored Eat until […]