Amy VanLiew
Be Healthy…Enough this Thanksgiving
I love Thanksgiving! We get up early and put the turkey in the oven and by about 10 the entire house smells like heaven. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. Family and friends come over and we spend the day cooking, catching up, eating, drinking and relaxing. When the dishes are done and…
Recommended Blood Tests to understand Your Weight Loss Challenges
Are you trying to lose weight and just can’t? It could be something besides your nutrition and exercise. My first recommendation to clients that just can’t seem to lose weight is to talk with their doctor. It isn’t all about calories in vs calories out any more. Especially for women, if your hormones are out…
Ditch those Sugary Drinks
This week I challenge you to ditch those sugary drinks! Not only are they empty calories they are loaded with sugar. Just one drink and you’re over your daily sugar limit. Reminder; Men you should try to only get 9 teaspoons (36 grams) and women only 6 teaspoons (24 grams) per day. You do the math on sugary drinks; one…
Celebrate March with a Healthy Green Drink
It’s March in Hidden Meadows and thanks to all of the rain we’ve had the hills are a cheerful shade of green! This month green also appears to us in the form of shamrocks and Leprechauns to commemorate St. Patrick’s Day. For some of us, we see green in McDonald’s Shamrock Shakes, Girl Scout cookies…
6 Tips for Healthy Thanksgiving Grocery Shopping
Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Do you have your menu planned and your shopping list prepared? (Check out my RECIPES if you don’t I have some great options for Healthier Thanksgiving dishes) Smart choices at the grocery store are a key part of your healthy eating plans. Here are a few tips to make…
Look Better for the Holidays Instantly!
Holiday parties are just around the corner. What will people who see you once a year think when you enter the room? How about: “Wow, she looks amazing”? Of course they will. Never mind those few pounds you might have put on. You’re going to look terrific because I am going to teach you a…
10 Healthy Ways to Use Lemons – NO Sugar Added!
We have a lemon tree and this time of year we often have way too many lemons (I know poor me, right?). I’m also very much against using white sugar so I came up with the 10 ways to use lemons without adding any white sugar. Enjoy! 1. EVERY morning Drink 8oz of warm…
Meet Hidden Meadows Personal Trainer Amy Van Liew
By Debra Lee Baldwin, August 2015 Five weeks ago, as I drove the roller coaster that is Lotus Pond Lane (arguably Hidden Meadows’ most up-and-down road), I hoped that finding a competent and affordable personal trainer a mere five minutes from home wasn’t too much to hope for. I recalled the humiliation of going to…
Mindful Eating
It’s about 11:30 AM and I am sitting in front of the computer, getting a lot accomplished on a project that I am working on, when I am stirred from my computer induced trance by the grumbling of my stomach. Oh shoot, I am hungry. If I don’t eat soon I will get tired and…
Why do my muscles cramp during exercise (or at other times)?
Several of my clients and students have complained about muscle cramps during certain exercise, at night while sleeping or while doing day to day activities. I am lucky in that I rarely get them but it sent me digging into how I might be able to help. What causes a muscle cramp? The best description…