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Americans are eating and drinking too many added sugars, which can contribute to health problems such as weight gain and obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. The next time you go grocery shopping, read the nutrition labels on the items in your cart to see which ones have the most added sugars. You may be surprise ...
Found in: Food • Weight Management
Weight Loss Success Story: Jennifer size 14 to size 6
From Maria: Jennifer started my program in January 2011, weighing 167 pounds. She came to me frustrated about her previous lack of success in losing weight. Jennifer has followed my recommendations and when things got tough communicated with me so that I could help her. She has had many challenges as a busy stay at home ...
Found in: Fitness • Healthy Behavior Change • Success Stories • Weight Management
Are You Sabotaged by Your Expectations?
What are the biggest obstacles to successful weight and health management? Eating out, cooking and preparing healthy food, social situations, vacations, hectic schedules, stress, transitions, life crises, intense cravings, and on and on. The biggest obstacle to successful weight and health management likely lies within our ...
Found in: Mindset
Which of these statements applies to you? I’m motivated to make long-term lifestyle changes that are focused on eating healthy foods and exercising more. My life is fairly calm right now, so I can make this program a priority. I’m willing to lose weight slowly and safely for better health. I believe ...
Found in: Weight Management
Maintaining a Positive Attitude While Losing Weight
Maintaining a Positive Attitude While Losing WeightSometimes we embrace a challenge with enthusiasm. Other times, embarking on a task feels like scaling a 30-foot brick wall, with negative thoughts running through our mind constantly. Changing those little thoughts can be the key to changing your whole life.Changing Behavio ...
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Motivation Waning? One Possible Reason
One minute you feel motivated, the next not so much. You want to, you don't want to. Do you ever hear yourself say:• I want to be in good shape and I don't like to exercise.• I want to lose weight and I don't want to stop eating my favorite foods.If you can relate to these thoughts you ma ...
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Helping Your Child Be at a Healthy Weight
DEAR PARENTS…Kids come in many shapes and sizes. Their rapid growth and development take place at different ages and proceed at different rates.Pressuring kids to lose weight can be counterproductive and can lower their self-esteem, which can be very fragile at this time in their lives. Let your child know ...
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Everything Counts: Be Consistent Daily
Remember your piggy bank when you were a child?You filled it up with coins little by little and one day when it was full you broke the piggy bank and cashed out to get something that you REALLY wanted.Every coin didn't count for much but it did go towards"something."The same thing happens in your body...Every workout, ...
Found in: Active Healthy Aging • Fitness • Healthy Behavior Change • Mindset • Weight Management
The Paleo diet was recently criticized and ranked LAST by US News & World Report's evaluation of the top 25 diets that was done by twenty two national health experts.The Paleo diet advocates eating like a caveman from the Paleolithic period. This diet recommends animal protein and fruit and vegetables while eliminating ...
Found in: Weight Management
1. Be sure to have at least 3 regular meal/ day plus snacks. If you're eating regularly scheduled well-balanced meals, you're less likely to experience cravings due to stabilized blood sugar levels and brain chemicals. See list of healthier snacks- some of these healthy food award winners) 2. Plan ahead. Have healthy snacks ...
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Failing To Eat Can Suppress Metabolism
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) or the closely related BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) is the measurement of energy or caloric needs of the body at rest just to keep vital organs functionning.Did you know failure to eat when hungry can suppress resting metabolic rate (RMR) by up to 20% and thus preventing weight loss?The impact can ...
Found in: Weight Management
Burn This Many Calories For Successful Weight Loss
The goal that I recommend to my clients is an average of 2800 calories per week. The National Registry of Weight Loss study of people who have lost weight AND kept if off for long periods determined that successful weight losers and maintainers burn 2700-3500 calories a week. This kind of effort helps you lose weight--and k ...
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