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Becoming a healthy eater isn’t something that happens overnight. You don’t decide one time that you are going to eat healthier now, and suddenly you are a super fan of fruits and veggies and on your way to weight loss success. Eating healthy happens one meal at a time. You don’t get to choose to […]

For the past ten years we’ve heard a lot about the incredibly high obesity rate in the United States. Two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese, and one in every three adults are actually obese. But these numbers are no longer valid. Unfortunately, the new numbers are even more disparaging than before. The CDC recently […]

What people who have reached their weight loss goals and who are never going back to living with obesity have to say about the weight loss journey. Sometimes it feels impossible. The struggle is a difficult one, and it is slow and arduous and feels like it is never going to get any better. Weight […]

The pink ribbon campaign is unanimously associated with breast cancer. The idea is immediately recognizable. When you see a pink ribbon, or a pink pair of cleats on a football player, or a group of actors donning bright pink t-shirts, you know right away that they are raising awareness about breast cancer. Breast cancer is […]

The classic 9 to 5 grind is one of the most often cited reasons as to why obesity is such a problem in the United States. Every morning tens of millions of Americans wake up and leave the house, only to find a seat in their office and to stay sedentary for eight to ten […]

You’ve had weight loss surgery—now what? After meeting with your weight loss surgeon and talking about the impact that weight loss surgery can have on your life and health goals, you probably are well aware that bariatric surgery is not the end-all-and-be-all of your weight loss program, but is instead one of the first steps […]

Once you start looking into weight loss advice, it is rare to come across something that actually sounds new. To lose weight you need to eat less and move more. Weight loss surgery enhances your weight loss potential by adjusting your appetite, helping you to make better dietary choices by interfering with constant feelings of […]

1. Salad Dressing: when the nutritional information for salads is listed online more often than not the calories from the salad dressing is not factored in. Most garden salads are listed as <200 calories; however, a lot of available dressings are 200+ calories, which means we turn our <200 calorie salad into a 400+ calorie […]

Planning ahead, whether it’s meal prep, grocery shopping, or quick meal ideas, is one of the best ways to ensure success with health and wellness goals. However, sometimes life gets in the way and we find ourselves hungry, in a time crunch, with seemingly no healthy options. Fast food restaurants are one of the most […]

Cutting fat to lose weight is one of the most popular dietary trends out there, but recently published research brings to doubt the effectiveness of this diet plan not merely for weight loss, but for long-term health outcomes. Specifically, the study that looked at the dietary trends and health outcomes of more than 135,000 adults […]