Confidence or Weight Loss: Which Comes First?

If there’s one thing people want as a result of weight loss it’s confidence.  In fact, it’s the reason they want to lose weight in the first place!  To look good, feel good and feel confident. But can you be confident anyways?  And what happens when you lose weight – and you’re still not confident? […]

4 Reasons Why You Will Never Have Any Energy If You Keep Eating Sugar

Sugar has gotten a bad rap over the years, and rightfully so.  Otherwise known as the bad boy of the food industry, you’ll be hard pressed to find food made without it, which makes sense considering the drive for food manufacturers is profit versus health. Initially used to sweeten breakfast porridge in 1689, the first […]

4th of July Smart-Eating Pocket Guide

It’s the 4th!  And, quite possibly my most favorite time all summer.  I love everything about summer in general, but I’ve always had a particular fondness for the 4th.  From BBQ’s to picnics to fireworks, nothing screams all-American better than Independence Day!  Yet there’s the inevitable crash and burn factor when you blow your diet […]

Mid-Year Resolutions Checklist

Can you believe it?  It's already June!  But do you remember those resolutions you made way back when, say January?  FACT:  Resolutions have an incredibly high failure rate, which by my own estimation is because they involve little to no strategy.  And I’m not just talking gyms and diets. Anyone can buy a gym membership […]