Losing weight is as much about making sure you put the right things into your mouth as it is having the right frame of mind to make healthy changes. You want to mentally be in the right head space to succeed. Sometimes, you have to take an honest look in the mirror and ask, is [...]

Ingredients are listed in descending order of weight, from most to least. The first few ingredients are generally a tell-tale sign of how nutritionally sound the item is. So, if the first ingredient is glucose or high fructose corn syrup you’re in trouble. Other things to consider: The purer the product, the fewer ingredients. Look for [...]

Start at the top! Look to see how much a serving is and how many servings are in the package. A lot of the time one muffin or one bag of nuts contains 2 or 3 servings. Looking at the serving size and comparing it to how many servings are in the package will help [...]

If you have kids at home I’m pretty sure you’ve fallen victim to this one! You make Kraft Dinner, a grilled cheese sandwich or chicken fingers for the little ones. Almost 99% of the time no one finishes what’s on their plate, so you do! Either the crust from their sandwich or the last chicken [...]

Sometimes I write things that are not the easiest to hear, but I want to continue you to steer you in the right direction and help you reach (or maintain) your goals. Here is the truth about weight loss – Weight loss is 80% about what you put into your body. You have to eat [...]

I write about emotional eating because I’m guilty of it. It’s seems so easy after a stressful day or during a stressful moment to open a bag of chips or sit down to a meal and shut your brain off. Ignoring completely what the food tastes like and the texture of it! I don’t know [...]

1. Lean Protein If you want to tighten and tone, it’s not just about what you do on the outside. Your results depend a GREAT deal on what you put inside your body too. You have to feed your body the right things in order to see results. Your body uses protein to help restore [...]

Whether your goals are to loose weight or to improve your health by making an effort to add exercise and activity into your life – you have to learn to be your own best friend if you want to succeed. We are so hard on ourselves; no wonder we set ourselves up for failure. If [...]

I meet so many people who talk about the ‘chicken wings” that hang from their arms, the muffin tops that hang over their jeans and their thighs that rub together when they walk. (Gosh, just writing that down- we are so mean to ourselves!!!- this calls for a post next week on giving yourself a little love.) [...]

I recently read a quote by Tosca Reno and thought that it was so cool, I wanted to share it with you. A bunch of fitness celebrities were asked how they maintain a six-pack. Most of them listed the exercises they did or the way they ate. Tosca answered honestly and I so appreciated her [...]