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How to respond to the 5 worst comments your family makes about your eating habits
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: That delightful season full of gift giving, family, friends—and all of their opinions about your eating habits. You know, when your mom announces your new dietary restrictions to the family, your Uncle Steve makes jokes about...
8 Awesome (+ Healthy!) Gift Ideas
December, you sneaky rascal, you’re back! And we know what that means...that little voice in the back of our mind is saying, “Hurry! Hurry! You only have a handful of shopping days left and a long list of gifts to give!” And you don’t want to give just any 'ol...
The Ultimate Breakfast Smoothie
In all my years of coaching clients, one of the most common things I hear is: “But, I don’t have time to make a balanced breakfast every morning!” And since breakfast IS the most important meal of the day (for your metabolism, your brain power, and your energy...
3 Steps to Conquering Your Sugar Cravings
Are you constantly thinking about where you’ll get your next sugar fix, your next “guilty pleasure” or “cheat?” Ever swore you were only going to “just have one,” and before you know it the entire box is gone? Or—and I know this was one of my big problems—have you...
The Gospel (aka: The Good News!) About Exercise
What if I told you that you could lose weight by eating more, sleeping more and exercising less? Would you believe me? Or does that sound too good to be true? I get it. It can be hard to comprehend—even for me!—the fact that I’m in the best shape of my life while...
4 Hormones That Sabotage Weight Loss (& How to Control Them)
You’ve tried everything to lose weight. Not just exercising, but every kind of exercise—running, lifting, yoga, Pilates, CrossFit. Not just dieting, but every kind of diet—Weight Watchers, Atkins, vegetarian/vegan, Paleo, low carb, SlimFast, Beachbody. Not just...
5 Lessons from 10 Days in the Desert
I just returned from spending 10 days in the desert for an event called Burning Man. Burning Man is a temporary city of 80,000 people living in the desert, and is based on self-reliance (because you need to be prepared in the middle of the desert), self-expression (in...
Is Coconut Oil bad for my heart!? (Re: That USA Today Coconut Oil Article)
I got all of your concerned and confused messages about that article from USA Today on how the American Heart Association released a report saying that coconut oil isn’t healthy and never has been....UGH! This is the world we live in, and I’m so glad so many of you...
3 Reasons You’re Eating Perfectly & STILL Not Losing Weight
Time and time again, my team of Dietitians and I see clients who are seemingly doing everything “right” and aren’t seeing the weight loss they want. I know how frustrating it is to work so hard and not see results on the scale or in the mirror! That’s why we always...
Calories Aren’t All That Count
On one of my first days working as a hospital dietitian, I had a patient come in with a feeding tube. A feeding tube is a device used to provide nutrition to people who cannot eat orally. This patient was receiving all of his nutrition through the tube, which means I...