Diet Tips and Tricks

Including High Fiber Foods in your Diet In our diets full of fast food and sugary snacks, it’s hard to find foods that are actually good for you. If you want to be healthier and feel better, then you should try adding fiber to your daily diet. Fiber is a material produced by plants that we can’t digest. So why would we want to … [Read more...] about Including High Fiber Foods in your Diet

Good Fats - Bad Fats What are the differences between good fats bad fats? My mother was told by her doctor that her cholesterol was a little on the high side. So we were discussing ways to cut cholesterol in her diet and the conversation wandered on to the different kinds of fat. So I went on a bit of a mission to find the good fats and the … [Read more...] about Good Fats – Bad Fats

Create an Exercise Plan You'll Stick To We all know the best way to lose weight and live healthy is to have a good diet and exercise regularly. Here are some helpful tips to help you develop an exercise plan you can stick with. Don't be drastic. Making an exercise plan is great, but let's be realistic. If you're not a runner and try to run 5 … [Read more...] about Create an Exercise Plan You’ll Stick To

How to Choose the Right Fish Oil Supplement A few years ago, if someone had suggested I take a fish oil supplement, I would have thought they were crazy. However, with the discovery of “good” fats, and Omega 3 fatty acids, fish oil supplements are becoming more and more popular. Oily fish, such as mackerel and salmon have been found to be one … [Read more...] about How to Choose the Right Fish Oil Supplement

What Does 200 Calories Look Like? Some foods have significantly more calories than others but what does the difference actually look like? When you consider that an entire plate of broccoli contains the same number of calories as a small spoonful of peanut butter, you might think twice the next time you decide what to … [Read more...] about What Does 200 Calories Look Like

Tips for Fitting Exercise into Your Busy Life If only there were more hours in a day! Life is busy and often times exercise seems to take a back seat to everything else we have going on in our lives. With all the benefits of regular exercise we all should really make time to fit in some physical activity into our daily routine…. Your body and … [Read more...] about Fitting Exercise into Your Busy Life

Green Tea for Weight Loss Green tea has been used for centuries and still remains one of the most popular teas in China and contains powerful antioxidants which may help fight against heart disease, cancers and other diseases. More recently studies have shown that green tea is also beneficial to weight loss. One of the most recent studies … [Read more...] about Green Tea for Weight Loss

1. A low fat grilled cheese sandwich can be made with whole grain bread, cheese of your choice and a George Foreman Grill. Just spray the bread with a non fat cooking spray and cook on the GF grill. For added taste spread a deli mustard on the inside of the bread before placing the cheese on it. 2. For lower fat grilled cheese, put one slice of … [Read more...] about Fat and Calorie Saving Tips