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The Hidden Hazards of Liquid Calories and Their Health Impact
Liquid calories refer to the calories that come from beverages rather than solid food. Many beverages, including sodas, fruit juices, energy drinks, and alcoholic beverages, contain the majority of their calories from sugars and fats. These calories contribute to your...
Want a Convenient and Effective Fitness Program?
One-on-one personal training is an effective, personalized approach to fitness that will teach you techniques proven to maximize results while preventing injury. You will gain the confidence needed to tone up and strengthen your body so that you are efficiently and...
What Can we Learn From our Pets?
Those of you who know me, know that I'm a huge animal lover! Our 2 dogs, Scrappy and Milo, are a big part of my life. I spend a lot of time with them, and have learned quite a bit from them. We can all learn from our pets when we take the time to pay attention to...
What’s the Best Way to Break a Bad Habit?
I've talked a lot about strategies to build up your good habits, but what if you have a bad habit that you want to curb? What's the best way to break a bad habit? With the calorie-laden patio season in full swing, now is a great time to discuss this topic. Here are 2...
3 Ways to Get Moving More ALL Day Long
Moving all day long is the most important thing you can do for yourself. Humans are born to move…all throughout the day! Our ancestors used to walk, climb, run, crawl, swim, haul, dig, squat, throw, and carry things all day long, in order to survive. This is quite the...
Should you use a Food Tracker Forever?
I've talked about the benefits of using a food tracker in the past. I believe so much in food tracking, I've been doing it for one year now. However, food tracking is often the first healthy eating habit to go after a person has reached his or her goal weight. And...
You’ve Lost Weight, Now How do you Keep it Off?
You've spent one solid year building and following your healthy habits consistently. You finally exercise for 3-4 intense workout sessions a week. You're eating vegetables with every meal, ones that you didn't even know existed a year ago! Animal and plant based...
Can You Be Overweight and Still Be Healthy?
Let me begin this blog by declarying the obvious…I do not have a size 4 body shape and I never will. Most days I'm a proud size 6-8 (depending on the brand) with some…ready for it…cellulite on my thighs!! I do go through my own challenges with this sometimes, because...
What’s Better Than Dieting?
I've shared with you, why I don't think dieting is the best way to lose weight. In fact, I think weight gain almost always results after a true diet is over. Dieting is a never-ending cycle that often causes real harm to your metabolism, hormones, muscles, skin and...
Is it OK to be on a Diet Forever?
Do you ever wonder why, despite how gung-ho you are at the start of the process, you can't seem to stick to any diet you've tried, for long? Dieting is challenging because it incorporates either some type of food restriction, undereating requirement or sacrifice....