Healthy Tips

Recommended Blood Tests to understand Your Weight Loss Challenges

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

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…

Mindful Eating

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…

No Pain, No Gain?

No Pain, No Gain?

We’ve all heard the adage “no pain, no gain,” but is it really true?   Unfortunately the answer is YES and NO.   It just depends on the type of pain you are feeling. When you stretch and challenge your muscles by trying a new exercise class or doing something you haven’t done in a while, like…