Healthy Food Education
My sister just sent me an email about an App I’d like to share with you. She says she’s been going crazy scanning everything in her cupboards. It’s called Fooducate. You can learn more at: http://www.fooducate.com/ Are you confused by ingredient lists, nutrition labels, health claims and marketing hype? Fooducate is here to help. We [...]
Halloween Help for Health and Fitness
With Halloween today, temptation to overload on sugary treats is everywhere. If you have children, it’s even harder to resist all the goodies from class parties, fall festivities and of course, trick-or-treating. Indulging in occasional treats in moderation will not wreck your health and fitness plans. However, when a one-day holiday turns into a month-long [...]
6 Steps for Sugar-holics to Gain Control
Here are the 6 Steps: 1. Eat supportive meals frequently combining fiber, protein, and modest servings of starch from the most natural sources possible. 2. Eat fruit, not by themselves, but as meal components along with proteins and fiber, and minimize or eliminate intake of high sugar fruit juices. 3. To fill in the spaces [...]
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The End of Food Temptation
You start each morning with the promise to be “good” today. You’ll refuse the baked goods at the office. You’ll speed past that fast food place at lunch. You’ll turn a blind eye to the vending machine in the mid-afternoon. And you’ll pass on the ice cream after dinner. But… you hadn’t counted on the [...]
Sugar, Sugar Everywhere
Sugar habits are simply obstacles to be overcome. Sugar is not an enemy and I’m not going to ask anyone to give it up. I’m simply going to ask you to recognize and acknowledge the impact too much sugar can have, and to take responsibility for managing your own intake. My intention in these newsletters [...]
No Excuses – Start Working Out St. Charles!
You’ve been doing it for a while now, probably longer than you realize. Again and again, you come up with a reason why you’re going to start TOMORROW. Before you know it, you wake up one morning and you’re 5 lbs, 10 lbs, or 15 lbs heavier than you were a few months ago! Enough [...]
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4 False Beliefs Regarding Exercise and Eating Right
Mindset is created when beliefs meet a situation that challenges our beliefs. In order to change your body, if you’ve stalled and fallen short of your goals, you must first change your mindset. The following is a sampling of the limiting false beliefs I often run into. With each I’ll provide enough information for you [...]
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5 No-brainer ways to motivate your metabolism
We received the article below from clients Cleo and Becky Ball. Always great when clients are researching for themselves! Losing weight isn’t about eating less, it’s about eating more—more nutrition-dense food, to crowd out the empty calories and keep you full all day. That’s important, because restricting food will kill your metabolism. It sends a [...]
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2 most important times of day for your nutrition
I just got off the phone with one of our Cottleville clients. She mentioned how awesome her workouts have been going and how her soreness has been greatly reduced. It didn’t surprise me. And I had a hunch as to why that was happening. I’ll tell you her secret in a minute. But first, do [...]
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Fitness Together Q & A
At Fitness Together Cottleville, we get a lot of nutrition related questions from our clients in St. Charles, St. Peters, Cottleville, and O’Fallon. So here are a few of those with our answers! Is soda okay for my kids in moderation? Q: I let my kids drink soda with special meals (no more than two [...]
