7 Simple Ways to Eat Better Today

It’s so much easier than you think to eat healthier!

We are creatures of habit whether those habits are healthy or unhealthy. When you record your food in an effort to eat better, you’ll find that you basically eat the same things every week. These are the foods that are ingrained in our heads as “food.”

When you decide to eat healthier, the trick is to start slowly. No one can wake up one day with no training and then suddenly run a marathon! The same thing applies here. Make small changes gradually over time to improve your eating habits. Read more “7 Simple Ways to Eat Better Today” →

What to Know About Nutrition Labels

Every manufactured food in North America has to have a nutrition label on it: it’s mandatory by law. This is great news for consumers because it allows us to make smart choices when it comes to food, but what information is most valuable on the nutrition label?

Don’t judge a food solely by the front label – it can be wildly misleading. Just because the name brand has the word “organic” in it doesn’t mean the food inside is organic! You still have to read the labels closely to get the right information. Lean Cuisine is not always lean. Healthy Choice isn’t always healthy. Smart Ones can be dumb…. Read more “What to Know About Nutrition Labels” →

Dining Out? How to Do It Without Blowing Your…

You’re on a roll with your healthy eating and you’re watching the fat loss steadily happen, but tonight… your husband wants to eat out.  When you get to the restaurant you see there are a few options that almost match your plan but you need to make a few modifications…

I’d like the chef salad please, with the oil and vinegar on the side and the apple pie a la mode.  Bus I’d like the pie heated and I don’t want ice cream on top. I want it on the side and I’d like strawberry instead of vanilla if you have it. If not, no ice cream, just whipped cream but only if it’s…

– Sally, from When Harry Met Sally.

Does this sound familiar? Read more “Dining Out? How to Do It Without Blowing Your Plan…” →

Nourish Your Body with Chocolate

Fat loss doesn’t have to mean deprivation and crankiness! And to me, life without chocolate would be pure torture. Thankfully, you can nourish your body with chocolate and lose fat at the same time.

The Top 3 Benefits of Cacao:

Three great reasons to nibble on chocolate:

1. Raw cacao is the most antioxidant-rich food in the world. Its flavonoids prevent free radical damage and prevent premature ageing.
2. Cacao increases blood flow to the brain which has been shown to improve brain function and memory. Woohoo! I don’t know about you, but this is key for me. I have the memory of a goldfish.
3. Cacao stimulates the productions of endorphins, the feel-good chemicals in your brain that are known to elevate your mood. Dark chocolate for the win!

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Eat THIS not THAT: Simple Suggestions to Improve Your…

How many times have you told yourself that you’re going to eat better?  That’s it! You’re not going to eat any carbs, fats or treats.  In fact, this time… for real… You going to just eat kale and drink water.

And how successful have you been at doing that?

My guess is it wasn’t successful and you were miserable while doing it.  I make that assumption because it never worked for me.  The fact is, when you make sweeping proclamations denying yourself whole food groups, you increase your weight loss failure exponentially. Read more “Eat THIS not THAT: Simple Suggestions to Improve Your Diet” →

Cookies, Cakes & Bread Make You Stupid

For realsies though!

Look, we all love our sugar cookies, cupcakes and soft white breads every once and a while. I rave about the Nanaimo Bars and cheesecake I occasionally enjoy and I’m no stranger to a big juicy burger made on a delicious brioche bun.

When you plan for it, sugary foods can be a nice treat that HELP YOU stick to your nutrition plan.  Read more “Cookies, Cakes & Bread Make You Stupid” →

EWG’s Dirty Dozen & Clean Fifteen Lists

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Clean Eating for Faster Fat Loss & Better Health

Clean eating: Athletes are doing it. Celebs are doing it.  Dogs are doing it. Even the cavemen did it!

The term, ‘clean eating’ is the biggest, greatest buzzword in health these days but the truth be told the concept is as old as dirt.

So, what is clean eating anyway?

At the end of the day all it really means is to eat foods as close to the way nature delivered them as possible.  For me that means it grew, flew, swam or ran, and that if left unattended to on the counter – it will eventually rot.  Clean eating is a lifestyle philosophy and not a diet.  It’s really a very simple concept because it’s all about eating foods in their purest form.  We eat foods, not Franken-foods – or those food products that don’t resemble anything made in nature at all.

In the truest sense of the words, it’s about eliminating all conventionally processed foods.  Now for most of us that’s highly impractical and totally undesirable.  With my clients, we focus on eliminating as many highly-processed foods as possible while giving a stamp of approval to the minimally processed ones. Read more “Clean Eating for Faster Fat Loss & Better Health” →