Enjoying the summer while hitting your weight loss goals!

It’s that time of the year again! The flowers have bloomed, the sun Is blazing…….and your favorite pair of summer shorts no longer fit. We quickly come to the harsh reality that our festive eating habits during the holiday season have come back to bite us. Literally. Many of us, unsurprisingly, feel that we’ve missed […]
How to handle social pressures while losing weight

Let’s face it, losing weight isn’t easy to begin with. What can make it even more difficult is when family, friends, associates, and peers attempt to pressure you into indulging. This can not only become frustrating for the person trying to better themselves, but can also become mentally draining feeling like your goals are constantly […]
Three Tips for a Healthy Weight Loss Journey

6 “Healthy” Foods That Can Slow your Weight Loss

There is so much information about nutrition out there that it’s hard to know what to listen to! We hear conflicting information each day, from news sources, friends and family, and your personal trainer. What do we listen to? Who is right?
5 Reasons Why Water Should be Your Go-To Drink

In this new era of food competition each beverage company is suiting up their best players to move forward and compete for our consumption. In recent years, there has been an increasing amount of options available to us: sodas, fruit juices, vitamin waters, milks, teas, energy drinks, alcohols, coffees. With such a vast array of […]
5 Ways to Lose Weight with Less Exercise

Our whole lives we’ve been taught that weight maintenance comes from managing calories in and calories out. Just eat less and exercise more. Deny yourself anything that tastes good, and spend 2 hours each day at the gym. Sure, this sounds simple. But don’t you think there could be a better way? Don’t you deserve […]
Put Your Own Oxygen Mask On Before Helping Others

Your Scale Does Not Define You

How to Prevent Cravings and Manage your Hunger

Most of us have experienced intense hungers and sugar cravings that we just can’t overcome. We’ve all heard people tell us to “have some self-control” or “just don’t eat it”. We all know the feeling when the cravings take over. We eat that extra cookie despite knowing we shouldn’t. You have been told it’s your […]