#weightloss
Christy's Story: "Approaching 45, I felt exhausted, unhealthy, was steadily gaining weight and had terrible sugar cravings. I was concerned by my high cholesterol, lack of energy and overall poor health. I decided it was time to find a professional dietitian to help me figure out where I was going wrong. As a lifet ...
Found in: Fitness • Food • Healthy Behavior Change • Success Stories • Weight Management
Is Salad Really the Best Choice When Dining Out?
One of the best choices you can make at a restaurant is to order plain grilled fish or chicken and vegetables. If the entree comes with potatoes ask if they can substitute more vegetables for the potatoes. In this example, grilled salmon and a double portion of asparagus would have 595 calories, 27.2 grams of fat mostly fro ...
Found in: Food • Weight Management
Weight Training during Caloric Restriction Enhances Lean Body Weight Maintenance
Weight training while restricting calories preserves muscle. In one study, dieting while weight training resulted in lean mass (muscle) gained, most fat lost and almost the most weight. Keep in mind that the "weight training and dieting" group put on muscle weight which is why they didn't los ...
Found in: Active Healthy Aging • Fitness • Weight Management
For the trainer or dietitian: Helping a Client Past A Plateau
This is from an article I wrote that was published in the magazine IDEA Fitness Journal. I am Registered Dietitian and a personal trainer who specializes in weight loss management incorporating lifestyle changes and behavior modification, nutrition and fitness. I'll share with you the process I go through when a ...
Found in: Healthy Behavior Change
Are you curious about what a dietitian eats when she is trying to lose 3-5 pounds of winter weight gain before a bikini vacation? I look at it this way, I'd rather focus on eating healthy and low-cal before my vacation with the motivation being that I will feel and look better in my bathing suit and I won't dread ...
Found in: Food
Erythritol May Be the Best and Safest Low-Cal Sweetener Ever
Finally, a sweetener that I can enthusiastically recommend! Erythritol, a polyol (sugar alcohol), is a natural, zero-calorie sweetener that is safe, doesn't cause side effects and tastes almost exactly like sugar without the calories. This is the product I order and use for me and my family. Whole Earth Sw ...
Found in: Food • Weight Management
No More Excuses It's easy to allow your excuses to stand in the way of your own success in your pursuit of a healthier body. In order to fight back against the excuses you make that might spoil your efforts, you need to come up with persuasive self-talk to counteract your most common justifications for not gett ...
Found in: Mindset • Weight Management
Notice What Makes You Successful As You Learn To Be a Healthier You
Have you noticed the things you do that make you successful in your path towards creating a healthier lifestyle? Pieced together, over time, these small things add up to big success. I've noticed that when I take a water bottle with me in the car I reach my daily water goal intake more easily. So now I make it a poin ...
Found in: Healthy Behavior Change • Mindset • Weight Management
Which Protein Powder to Choose?
Protein powders are a convenient way to help make sure that your body gets enough protein. People use them for a variety of reasons — to lose weight, to improve sports performance, build muscle mass and for overall wellness. The protein powder options are endless. And the terms used onpackage labeling can ...
Found in: Food • Supplements
Healthy Weighs of Thinking and Doing
HEALTHY WEIGHS OF THINKING Having a healthy lifestyle involves how we "think" and how we "do". Normalize eating patterns. Try to focus on healthy eating. Eating should be an enjoyable experience. The goal is to adopt a healthy attitude towards eating in addition to lowering fat and calorie inta ...
Found in: Healthy Behavior Change • Mindset • Weight Management
Phone Nutrition Consults Can Be Scheduled
Phone Nutrition Consults Nutritional counseling can help you develop and maintain healthy dietary habits to lose weight or prevent chronic illness. Knowing about nutrition isn't always enough: you have to learn how to apply it to your life and how to change your eating patterns. I can help you do just that. ...
How to Evaluate the Data from your Online Food Journal
A study conducted by the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research followed more than 2,000 dieters for six months and encouraged healthy eating and regular exercise. The results: they found that the single best indicator for dropping weight came down to keeping a food journal. Two-thirds of all participants who ...
Found in: Food • Weight Management
