What’s your dietary downfall? Is it snacking? Need to plan better but never get around to it? Or maybe you can’t say “no” when someone brings treats to work. There’s always something that will challenge our ability to make good choices about food. In this...
What Is Reverse Dieting? Reverse dieting is the opposite of a diet. With reverse dieting you slowly increase the amount of calories you are able to eat while maintaining your new weight. It’s a way to rebuild your metabolism after dieting. Why reverse diet?...
How Many Calories Do You Need? There is so much information out there about how many calories you need – it can be really confusing. Don’t worry – I’ve got you on this one! Based on my experience as a nutrition coach and working...
Let’s play Real or Not Real inspired by the Hunger Games. (If you haven’t watched the last Hunger Games movie Peeta was brainwashed by the Capitol and Katniss and comrades use a game of Real or Not Real to help him figure out which memories are true). So...
Why is it so hard to lose weight and keep it off? Why do you plateau or worse yet, rebound? It’s because your body defends itself against weight loss. That’s right – your body actually works against your efforts to lose weight. But there’s...
CAN’T LOSE WEIGHT NO MATTER WHAT? You try to eat well but you just can’t lose weight. You don’t skip breakfast – usually choosing a healthier brand of muesli or bread for toast. You only have one coffee a day – it’s your treat. Otherwise you...
Here’s what you need to know: 1. The problem with carbohydrates may not be the carbohydrates themselves but it may be that you don’t eat enough protein or that the carbohydrates you eat are nutritionally inferior and high in sugar. 2. If you are lean,...
I get absolutely slammed by cramps every month. I have since I was a teenager. In the past few years, I’ve done a lot of self-experimentation to figure out what does and doesn’t work for cramps. What you eat can powerfully impact your monthly cycle and whether you get...