Healthy Tips

Making Healthier Choices when you don’t have time to cook

In my ideal world I have all day Sunday to cook and prepare meals for the week.   Every day I would have whole food lunches that I could just grab and go. For dinner there would be easy delicious, ready to go meals that would take minutes to prepare. Well, that RARELY happens.  Life just…

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My Experiment with Ketosis

Just coming off my experiment with reducing foods that might cause me inflammation and gaining a few pounds on vacation, I set out to try something I have been hearing about since I took my course in Integrative Nutrition – Ketosis.  Your body is in a normal state of Ketosis when it does not have…

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Can Exercise Cause Weight Gain?

You are motivated to lose weight and jump right into an amazing exercise program that leaves you feeling GREAT.  After a few days or weeks you notice that the scale is heading in the wrong direction?  YIKES.  What now?   I see it all time and it happens to me too.  Please don’t let that pesky…

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Could this be the Cause of My Weight Gain?

My weight would NOT budge even though I was eating healthy foods; whole grains, lots of veggies, real dairy, NO white sugar.  On top of that my knees were achy and I was struggling with a low back issue that would not go away.  I am blessed that I have not been diagnosed with an…

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Paleo, DASH, Vegan…Oh My!

Have you been overwhelmed by all the crazy diets out there….Low Fat, Low Carb, Atkins, DASH, South Beach, Paleo, Raw, Vegan, Ketogenic, Gluten Free…it can make any persons head spin in an attempt to meet their health goals. In my effort to maintain my weight and to help my clients I have tried many of…

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What is YOUR definition of Health?

Merriam-Webster’s definition of health is – “the condition of being well or free from disease” The World Health Organization (WHO) expands this definition to “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” This is one of my favorites in that it’s not about being free…

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Give the Gift of Good Posture!

Stop right now and notice your posture.  I bet you are slouched over reading this article.   Now look over at your loved one or friend – see the same thing? We are becoming a nation of SLOUCHERS. I see it in my husband when he is working on his computer, I notice it in my…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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