Emotional Eating: How to Improve Your Relationship with Food
It can make you happy, sad, or angry. Sometimes it makes you moody. It can be stressful (even though it shouldn’t be), it can be exciting, and even challenging. Sound like a relationship? It is. It’s a relationship with food. Studies show about 75 percent of...
Making Fast Food Choices You Can Live With: It Only Seems Impossible
A last-minute emergency comes up at work. Your daughter’s dance practice ends late. Your commute is derailed by snarls of traffic. We don’t plan to eat at fast-food restaurants, but sometimes it’s tough to avoid. Despite your best intentions, you might find yourself...
Dining Out: Decoding the Menu
This week, we're talking about the inevitable- dining out. It happens to us all, especially during the summer. Life is busy and sometimes, someone else needs to make dinner. The problem is that restaurant menus are filled with pitfalls for anyone, but especially for...
6 Ways to Exercise Without a Gym
So you want to get moving to burn more calories and fat and help to increase the effectiveness of your medical weight loss program. But you don’t belong to a gym and aren’t interested in joining one, whether because of the cost, the inconvenience (there’s no gym...
Can Organic Foods Help You Lose Weight?
Drinking water, exercising, and eating organic foods — three sure-fire ways to good health and, hopefully, your weight loss goal. Right? Well, kind of. If you’ve switched to organically grown foods in the hopes of feeling better and weighing less, you might want to...
Recipe of the Week: Fried Chicken with Garlic Potato Fries
If you love the taste of fried chicken, you’ll love this pan fried version, paired perfectly with delicious garlic “fries.” Recipe Nutritional Information: Calories per Serving: 531 Servings: 6 Estimated Total Preparation Time: 25 minutes Recipe Ingredients: Nonstick...
3 Ways to Beat the Weight Loss Blahs
What do you do when boredom strikes, weight loss slows, or you just feel some diet fatigue? It's not easy to beat the weight-loss blahs, but know that you're not alone: Most people trying to lose weight experience a loss of focus or motivation at some point. The key...
Recipe of the Week: Chicken Avocado Mushroom Sandwich
When you’re looking for an easy dinner with lots of nutritional value, try this tasty sandwich. Recipe Nutritional Information: Calories per Serving: 547 Servings: 4 Estimated Total Preparation Time: 20 minutes Recipe Ingredients: 4, 5-ounce boneless,...
Finding Ways to Lose Weight: Your Patriotic Duty?
July 4th is this week, and probably most of us will hit a picnic and watch the fireworks with family and friends. It’s a great day to relax and enjoy the summer weather. But, hopefully, most of you also see it as a day to celebrate why we love America, and the...
How Will You Survive This Years’ Neighborhood Picnic?
Two things that go hand-in-hand? Picnics and (usually not-so-healthy) food. This summer, you’re likely fielding invites from pals on your street to get together for potlucks and picnics. Here are some tips to make those events fun without getting off track: Bring a...