Don’t be tricked by Halloween treats.

Don’t be tricked by Halloween treats.

For many of us, Halloween is the unofficial start of the holiday season – two months of bite-size candy, homemade treats, rich desserts, and family dinners. Here are our top-ten strategies to avoid tasty temptations. Buy candy you don’t love. If your kids enjoy...
Make a New YOU resolution.

Make a New YOU resolution.

In a recent survey of 1,500 moms, participants said Fall is their ideal season to jump start – or recommit to – a weight loss or fitness plan. The moms told surveyors that the regular hours and routines of back-to-school made planning meals and exercise...
Don’t Blow it at Brunch

Don’t Blow it at Brunch

We’ll Make it Easy to Make Good Decisions Baked Goods and Pastries At many restaurants, servers will practically trip over themselves to get a basket of muffins, scones or croissants onto your table as soon as you sit down. Don’t feel like you have to...
Fat or Fiction? Debunking Five Weight Loss Myths

Fat or Fiction? Debunking Five Weight Loss Myths

Breathe one word to anyone about wanting to lose weight and advice comes flying at you from all directions. You probably listen and nod. After all, they are your friends and family. And they are all surely well-intentioned. But are they well-informed? Many of the...
How to Act like a Total Loser

How to Act like a Total Loser

Less calories. More exercise. Those words sure are easy to say. But putting those words into practice to lose weight and live healthy can be intimidating, difficult and downright overwhelming. While each one of us is unique and our weight loss strategies must reflect...
Red Bull is for the Birds – Our Top 5 Energy Boosters!

Red Bull is for the Birds – Our Top 5 Energy Boosters!

Need an energy boost? There are healthier and more effective ways to do it than guzzling down 16 ounces of some mystery beverage. 1. Exercise More specifically – take a walk. In experiments conducted by Robert Thayer, PhD, at California State University, a brisk...