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Oct 17, 2020
4 min

Are You As Healthy As You Think?

One thing that 2020 has taught me is that taking the time to eat healthy and exercise does not always mean you are healthy. Let me...

Apr 1, 2020
3 min

Reflection on Life During Coronavirus

It is a strange time right now. The coronavirus has really made us look at our lives and our health in a different way.

Jan 7, 2020
6 min

How to Achieve New Year Goals

Just like the start of every New Year everyone sets out to make new goals which for most start to dwindle away within a couple months.

Aug 13, 2019
5 min

Vegan, Vegetarian, Meat Based? Which is Healthier?

With all the diet trends out there, there are a few diets that are not just a trend, but a way of eating for life people enjoy sticking to.

Apr 23, 2019
3 min

HOW TO GET RID OF FOOD GUILT

Food guilt and an unhealthy relationship with food (looking at food as good and bad) is a big reason behind unwanted weight gain.

Nov 28, 2017
1 min

Are You Choosing The Right Weights For Your Workouts?

Anyone can go in the gym and pick up weights, but if you are not choosing the right amount of weight

Mar 7, 2017
4 min

Spring Clean Your Mind And Body

Spring is officially here. The days are longer and warmer and for those of us with allergies we definitely feel it.

Feb 1, 2017
2 min

Is Snacking Good for Weight Loss?

I love snacking. I eat every 2-3 hours and not because I am just kind of hungry, I am starving!

Jan 3, 2017
2 min

New Year Resolutions

The New Year is here and that brings out all of the people who make resolutions for losing weight, being more organized or whatever

Nov 22, 2016
2 min

HORMONES AND YOUR WEIGHT: TESTOSTERONE

When you hear the word testosterone you may visualize a big muscular man in the gym lifting weights

Nov 22, 2016
3 min

8 Ways to keep off the Holiday Weight

The holiday season is upon us and this is the time of year people start to over indulge more often, workout less, and sit inside more

Nov 8, 2016
3 min

HORMONES AND YOUR WEIGHT: ESTROGEN

Most woman know that time of the month: you can’t fit in your pants, you want to eat everything in sight

Oct 18, 2016
4 min

Hormones and Your Weight: How Leptin and Ghrelin Sabotage You

Most people who lose weight gain it back with in a year - it’s sad but true.

Oct 4, 2016
3 min

Hormones and Your Weight: Cortisol

People like to assume that losing weight can be as easy as eat less and exercise more, but this isn’t true for everyone. Why is that?

Sep 6, 2016
2 min

5 Tips to Get Rid of that Bloat

Here we are again, the end of another holiday weekend and this is when a lot people are feeling guilty about over indulging.

Jul 12, 2016
3 min

Why Too Many Options are a Bad Thing

When there are too many options it is natural for a person to give up because they are overwhelmed and it is easier to walk away

Jun 28, 2016
3 min

The Pitfalls of Dieting

If you are like a lot of people (myself included) you have tried a few, or a lot of different diets

Jun 7, 2016
2 min

Love Your Body

No matter where you look it seems like there is an expectation for women to be skinny –if we aren’t skinny we are unattractive and unhealthy

May 31, 2016
2 min

How To Recover from a Holiday Weekend in a Healthy Way

Holiday weekends are usually filled with a lot of unhealthy habits, overindulging and not fitting in exercise.

May 2, 2016
2 min

Kind Bars Are Healthy Now; Even Though They Always Have Been

For years the USDA and the FDA have told Americans that eating a low fat, high carb diet was healthy and would help with weight loss.

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