#healthyhabits
Pre-prepping ingredients before dinner helps ease the rush and stress of mealtime. I work from home, so when I had some time mid-afternoon, I washed and cut the veggies, gathered the rice pilaf ingredients, and prepared the salmon in its baking dish. An hour before dinner, I put the green beans in a pot with the ...
Found in: Food • Healthy Behavior Change • Weight Management
Written by: Intern Callie Parry and Gene Purdum Maria has a vast group of past and current clients. They range in age, location and life experiences. To give you a better sense of the people Maria is helping through her business and expertise, we will be doing regular client spotlights. To start, we wou ...
Found in: Active Healthy Aging • Success Stories • Weight Management
Follow my Healthy Boat Living Instagram and Facebook accounts and YouTube. Join me a fitness and nutrition expert, my husband George and boat dog Emmie aboard our Tollycraft Little Bear as we navigate the tides of nutrition and exercise while embracing the unique challenges and opportunities that come with liv ...
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Gym in a Bag Travel Workout with Bands
For each exercise, 8-12 repetitions improves strength and power, 10-15 repetitions improve strength in middle-age and older persons starting exercise, and 15-20 repetitions improve muscular endurance. I suggest trying this at home first before your trip so that you are familiar with how to do the exercises. Then you ...
Found in: Active Healthy Aging • Fitness • Healthy Boat Living • Weight Management
Body Composition and Weight Loss: What's the Real Goal?
Strength Training + Calorie Reduction = Fat Loss + Muscle Gain A Real Life Example Here is an example of the power of an excellent workout and healthy eating plan. These are the stats of one of my female clients that I have been working with for one year. When we started training and nutrition counseling in Ja ...
Found in: Weight Management
MAKE EXERCISE A TRICK: Instead of driving your kids around the neighborhood, walk them from house to house. You could burn 324 calories in an hour. ENTERTAIN WELL: If you're hosting a spooky bash, dunk for apples--and feel free to eat your prize. Serve fresh roasted pumpkin seeds instead of oily mixed nuts. BUY LA ...
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Client Success Story: Caroline
Taken 8-3-17 12.4 pounds lost Taken 8-3-17 12.4 pounds lost Caroline is a busy professional and mother of three girls under the age of 9 who was discouraged because she felt she ate "so little" but was not seeing the pounds decrease. And, she wanted to be as strong and healthy as p ...
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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 ...
Found in: Food • Healthy Behavior Change • Healthy Boat Living • Nutrition • Weight Management
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 ...
Found in: Fitness • Healthy Behavior Change • Nutrition
Fatty Food Facts You Might Not Want To Know
One 15-ounce bag of potato chips = 1 cup of oil Most bags of chips contain an average of 150 grams of fat. Instead of munching on traditional chips, seek out baked varieties, make some popcorn with canola oil and popcorn kernels or grab some pretzels or peanuts. And of course, be aware of how much you're eating. M ...
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Health Dangers of Alcohol Consumption
Researchers have linked alcohol consumption to more than 60 diseases, even in those who are moderate drinkers. Moderate drinking is up to 1 drink per day for women and up to 2 drinks per day for men. What constitutes a drink can be found here. For more detailed information on Alcohol Drinking Levels Defined Cancer lin ...
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Lack of sleep is most likely the main culprit behind low energy. Adults need 7-9 hours per night, seniors 7-8 hours, and teens 14 to 17 years old 8-10 hours. PMID: 30568521 While it's common to sometimes have problems getting to sleep or staying asleep, this can also be a sign of insomnia or anot ...
Found in: Health Conditions
