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Healthy Bedtime Snacks
We all know the importance of sleep! Your body burns fat, regenerates your cells, and slows the effects of aging while you sleep! Sleep has been referred to as the hormonal reset button for your body. And what happens when you don’t get quality sleep? Your fat burning hormones become a disaster! Lack of sleep elevates…
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5 Tips for Holiday Portion Control
Holiday portion control–those can seem like a string of bad words if we aren’t careful. The holidays (aka the FEASTING SEASON) are filled with festive parties that often include large quantities of delicious food. And, of course, the holidays are a wonderful time to “eat, drink, and be merry,” but if you want to celebrate…
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Avoiding Holiday Weight Gain: Tips & Tricks
Avoiding holiday weight gain may seem like a Christmas miracle, but with just a few simple and smart strategies in place, you really CAN avoid packing on the extra pounds this holiday season! Don’t get me wrong, I believe the holidays should be celebrated. Everything–including holiday indulgences–can be enjoyed in moderation. But if you’re looking for…
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Ditch the Diet: Are You a Diet Perfectionist?
Are you a diet perfectionist? I work with women all the time who struggle with this area of perfectionism. As a “recovering” diet perfectionist, this struggle is near and dear to my heart. Generally, a diet perfectionist sees great results and feels completely in control for a few weeks or months. And then…the real…
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Ditch the Diet: 5 Simple Strategies for Reframing Your Food Mindset
In this post, we talked about distorted thinking patterns and signs you may need to think about reframing your food mindset. The challenge is to address negative or unhelpful thoughts by reframing them into positive and more realistic ways of thinking about food. But this often proves much easier said than done. Even if you recognize…