Nutritionally Fit Meal Plans: Low Cal
Not seeing the results despite all the time in the gym? Diet is a large part of weight loss. Following a customized meal plan helps eliminate the guess work. Here’s a sample 1 day meal plan by Wendy Crump, R.D. Want to learn more about meal plans? Contact Wendy!
4 Ways to Hit Your Goal Weight for Summer
The season for shedding layers and showing a little more skin is finally here. While you may think you’re doing all you can to drop a couple pounds (sticking to your diet, exercising excessively, and skipping out on dessert), there are probably other, less visible factors that you aren’t taking into account. Here’s a couple things to think about that may be…
10 Tips for a Healthy Holiday: 4th Of July
Summer is here! Don’t let the holiday or vacation get in the way of a healthy celebration! Here are 10 tips for a Healthy 4th of July! 1. Grill with Care: Remember that you can’t tell just by looking when meat is done. Invest in a quality food thermometer and make sure you follow the temperature guides provided by foodsafety.gov. 2….
Butter or Margarine, Which One is a Healthier Choice?
A question commonly asked by many of my patients is what should they use margarine or butter? Margarine is a vegetable oil based substitute for butter with added chemicals to make it tastier and easier to spread. Hydrogen has been added to the vegetable oil to make it a more spreadable product, producing an unhealthy product. The processing involved to harden the…
The More You Know: 100 Calorie Snacks
Are you on a diet and think that snacking packs on the pounds? It’s the type and size of your snacks that can keep you from shedding weight. Wendy offers some great 100 Calorie Snack ideas so you can stay healthy and lose those inches! (Reminder: ALWAYS read the nutrition label to make sure the calories are in line with those posted…
Eat to Control Your Blood Sugar
Eating to Control Your Blood Sugar Eating to control your blood sugar isn’t just for people with diabetes; it is an important way to reduce your risk of heart disease, diabetes and it promotes satiety, increased energy and weight loss. I’m a big fan of prevention, so I’m on board with the idea that we should all eat as though we have diabetes. Controlling blood sugar…
Beyond Breakfast: Countless Ways to Use Greek Yogurt
Greek yogurt a fantastic food that can be used in recipes to decrease calories, pump up the calcium, protein and reduce fat. Greek yogurt is high in protein and calcium with the added benefit of helping you feel full longer. A full tummy is a happy tummy and in turn lead to weight loss. Here are some great ways to add Greek…
How to Keep It Healthy: For Santa
The count down to Christmas is finally here and children around the world will be leaving Santa treats to fuel him for his ride. But don’t forget Santa needs good nutrition too! Just think about how many homes Santa stops at dropping off gifts and drinking a glass of whole milk and two cookies at every stop. Santa will most likely consume more than 7 billion calories…
How To: Scale Down Daily Weigh-Ins
I have a handful of clients who can’t stay away from the scale, weighing themselves daily, petrified of skipping a day. I suppose they experience that so called “love-hate relationship” with the scale: love knowing what they weigh, but hate when it registers heavier then the day before. So what is the real use of the scale if its purpose is not…