Healthy Behavior Change
Sustaining healthy behaviors is one of the most important things people can do to live long healthy lives. When you learn skills and practice healthy behaviors regularly, you can transform your body, habits and life in significant ways.
Busy Executive's Weight Loss Success Story
I'm a Dietitian and Master Personal Trainer who educates and inspires people LIKE YOU to shape their eating, exercise and lifestyle habits through my specialized programs. If you're ready to take that step towards a happier, healthier you, contact me to apply for one of my programs. I'm eager ...
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Decreased body fat: 8.2% Decreased weight: 22.2 pounds Decreased inches: 18.5 inches Strength increased! Pushups from 16 to 35. An increase of 54%. ...
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Healthiest Packaged Snack Options
Exploring nutritious snack choices is a cornerstone of maintaining a balanced and health-conscious lifestyle. From wholesome nuts and seeds to protein-packed Greek yogurt cups, this curated list of healthy packaged snacks offers a diverse range of options that cater to varying tastes and dietary preferences. Dive into ...
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How do you get clients through their training plateaus?
Article by: Maria Faires, RD Published: March 2014, IDEA Fitness Journal Owner, Active Nutrition Fitness and Nutrition Consulting, Sammamish, WA IDEA is the world's leading organization of fitness professionals. IDEA's publication IDEA Fitness Journal contacted me and asked me to describe how ...
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Lowering Your Diet's Caloric Density: Eat More + Weigh Less
Bell EA, Castellanos VH, Pelkman CL, Thorwart ML, Rolls BJ. Energy density of foods affects energy intake in normal-weight women. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1998;67:412-420. [PubMed] Bell EA, Rolls BJ. Energy density of foods affects energy intake across multiple levels of fat content in lean and obese women. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. ...
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Healthy Eating Can Be Delicious AND Easy
This is my lunch of leftovers from last night's dinner. It was so easy to make! I made simple fajitas with an envelope of fajita seasoning, boiled water and added rice, steamed asparagus, and opened a can of black beans and tossed some frozen corn in the microwaved. Fajitas (no tortilla) made with 3 ...
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Build your meals around nutrient-rich foods to make Mediterranean style meals focusing on: Mostly plant foods, lean protein such as seafood or occasionally lean poultry, beans, whole grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, mono fat. Why? 1. Vegetables, fruits, seafood, lean poultry and whole grains have a ...
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Lynn's Fitness Progress Report At 49 years old, Lynn began training with me with a history of little to no exercise and she was quick to tell me that she didn't enjoy working out. Her goals were to tighten her body, increase her strength and lose inches. After 4 months of workouts with me three days ...
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History: Sonia is a moderately fit, 35 year old, mom with a husband and two boys. At month one, Sonia has done very well with her program which leads me to predict her continued success. I wanted to spotlight Sonia because she is an excellent example of someone who has quickly implemented the program components and has r ...
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History: Nicole is a moderately fit, 36 year old, busy working mom with husband and two young girls. In the past 5 years, she has gained weight after having children and working full time. She works at a job where she is surrounded by temptation. She reports a history of getting bored and losing motivation with past pr ...
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Stella's Fitness Progress Report Stella's results illustrate the importance of incorporating a well designed strength training program. Notice that Stella "only" lost 3.4 pounds but her efforts resulted in an astounding loss of 9 inches and 1.7% body fat in ten weeks. Her lean muscle mass incr ...
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TV Watching Linked to Heart Disease
Each hour spent watching TV may lead to an 18% greater risk of dying from heart disease if you are of healthy weight and no history of heart disease. Sedentary people who spend more than 4 hours a day watching TV may have a whopping 80% greater risk of death from heart disease. (1) In a study published in BMC ...
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