1. Glass of milk. ( 3/4 cup skim milk, 1/4 cup chocolate milk) 2. Celery with 1 tablespoon natural peanut butter 3. 1 ounce 2% milk fat cheese or a cheese string 4. Cut up carrots, celery, cucumber and sugar snap peas 5. 1 cup non fat plain yogurt 6. Bowl of broth based soup 7. 3/4 [...]

Last week I posted about how to lose a pound. Check it out by clicking HERE! In order to know how to subtract calories from your daily total, you kinda need to know what your daily total is! There are medical tests that can be done to supply you with your precise number. But because we don’t all [...]

Alright people- I’m going to give it to you straight! There is no secret trick to losing weight. You just have to find a way of losing weight that you can live with. Every diet, be it The Five Factor, Weight Watchers or The Zone is based on the same principle- lowering your calorie intake to [...]

I think even if you have not written it down, everyone has a wish list for themselves on day to day basis. This is a list of my top five things I try to do everyday for my general well being. 1. Drink 3 liters of water. 2. Reach 10,000 Steps. 3. Have at least one low [...]

It’s tough to post about eating healthy in Italian restaurants because every menu will vary a great deal. What I can do is offer you some tips and tricks that I hope will apply to the majority of Italian restaurants you may find yourself in. Stay at the top: 1. You can make an entire meal out [...]

Pardon the pun, but if your trying to lose weight or trying to maintain a healthy weight then the saying “You can’t always get what you want” applies to you on a daily basis really. I always find it funny when someone offers me a piece of cake or a chocolate iced brownie ? ”Do you want some ?” YES! [...]

You get home from work, you’re exhausted. You just want to grab some food a sit in front of the TV and chill out. And you do! So you sit and watch, and watch and eat. And then, when you’re done, for some strange reason you’re still hungry! So, you pause the TV and  grab [...]

Now that spring is in the air and summer is around the corner, it’s a great time to get into a walking routine. I have been trying to remember to wear my pedometer every day so that I can post how many steps I have taken. I try everyday to get to 10,000. 10,000 steps is generally the [...]

When I find myself at a party with lots of yummy treats or staring a bread basket in the face I like to  ask myself the worst-case scenario question. What is the worst thing that will happen if I don’t have the basket of bread? Will I enjoy dinner any less? What is the worst [...]

Eating late at night is a controversial subject. Many health experts will tell you that if your body needs calories, it does not matter what time you get them at. However, I think that if your body does not need calories, then eating at night can be detrimental if your trying to lose weight. Especially because night time eating tends to [...]