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Exercise plays a very important role in weight loss and weight maintenance. Nowadays many exercise machines calculate total calories burned while exercising. However, it’s important to note that the number of calories listed on your machine at the end of your workout is an estimate, it does not take into account your age, gender, muscle […]

Smoothies CAN be healthy options if made with proper ingredients in proper portions; however it’s easy to continue adding ingredients to smoothies that can make the calories jump through the roof. When adding things like: peanut butter, fruit juice, oats, nuts and more to smoothies it’s easy for the calories to add up, when properly […]

Sometimes we crave certain types of foods because our body is missing nutrients from other types of foods. If you want to avoid rather than fight food cravings try incorporating these various foods into your diet depending on what types of cravings you experience. Instead of… Chocolate: nuts, seeds, fruits and legumes – all high […]

What are trigger foods, and why are they so hard to avoid? Most people would define trigger foods as foods that are so tempting that they lose control around and often have trouble eating a reasonable portion of. Most common types of trigger foods are sweets, salty snacks, breads, and cheese- but trigger foods are […]

Ingredients: ½ cup cool whip 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon 2 large ripe peaches, cut in half (pit removed) 2 tablespoons honey Directions: Combine Cool Whip and cinnamon Grill the peaches, covered on low heat until soft (2-4 minutes on each side) Drizzle with honey and serve each with 2 tablespoon of cool whip mixture

We don’t always have control of our eating environment, tempting foods can be found at work, school, on our route home, at family gatherings, social events and many more places; however, we do have control over the eating environment at home. Make sure to have healthy foods on hand so if hunger strikes you’re prepared to […]

As spring is in full swing many fruits and vegetables are in season so make sure to look for a variety of in season produce to add to your daily diet to help build a nutritious and colorful plate. Below is a list of in season fruits and vegetables: Apricots Artichokes Asparagus Broccoli Collard Greens […]

Ingredients: For the fruit salad: 1 ½ cups strawberries 1 cup pineapple 1 cup mango 1 ½ cups honeydew 2 tablespoons slivered almonds 2 tablespoons fresh mint, minced For the Honey Greek Yogurt Dip: 2 cups non-fat plain or vanilla Greek Yogurt ½ cup honey ½ teaspoon cinnamon Instructions: Combine sliced fruit and mix well, […]

Every past attempt at losing weight and every future attempt at losing weight hold one factor in common: you. Weight loss surgery can be a life changing experience. Working with a weight loss surgeon can give you the opportunity to make fundamental changes to your lifestyle, from the way you spend your free time to […]

March is National Nutrition Month and the theme for 2016 is ‘Savor the Flavor of Eating Right”. Food is the fuel our body needs to function properly, but we eat for so many other reasons as well: comfort, enjoyment, culture, social and so on. To ‘savor the flavor of eating right’ we have to practice […]