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 […]
Tag: weight management
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 […]
Your Guide to Healthy Cooking Techniques
A smart and simple way to prepare your food in a healthier way is to use basic cooking techniques such as baking, braising, grilling, roasting, broiling, poaching, sautéing, stir-frying and steaming. Some of these terms might seem daunting, but they are all fairly simple to use once you learn more about the cooking method. Healthy […]
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 […]
Tips for a Healthier Barbecue
Summer barbecues do not need to be synonymous with overeating. To survive the season without gaining weight here are some tips for a healthier barbecue.
Halloween Candy Nutrition Breakdown
Halloween is festive and fun, but the ingredient lists of Halloween candy is actually scary! Trans fats, corn syrup, food coloring and artificial flavors galore. In addition to artificial and harmful ingredients, candy intake tends to put most people over the recommended daily limit for sugar. The American Heart Association recommends that women get no […]
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:
18 Cholesterol Lowering Foods!
In honor of National Cholesterol Education Month my last blog post, Cholesterol: The Facts, was dedicated to cholesterol. Now I want to talk about cholesterol lowering foods. The best way to improve your cholesterol levels and reduce your risk of heart disease is to change your diet and lifestyle. Eat a whole foods, plant-based diet and […]