Weight Loss and Exercise Stories from the front lines

Super Bowl Sunday calls for delicious food almost by definition. But it doesn’t all have to be fatty and non-nutritious (i.e chips, dip, beer, fried foods, pizza, etc.) Try a healthy meal that you can serve, like vegetarian chili. This will warm up you and your guests up, and fill everyone up as well!
What you’ll [...]

This tuna fish recipe goes great with pita bread or a sourdough roll, or on a bed of lettuce for a super low cal meal.
What you’ll need:
chunk light tuna, drained — 2 cans
cannellini or great northern white beans–about a 12 oz. can. rinse the beans well under cold water.
about a dozen cherry tomatoes, cut in [...]

If you have a goal to lose some weight this New Year, skip the idea of going on a “diet” and instead restructure your everyday eating habits. Basically what we need to do to lose weight slowly and stay healthy is make healthy food choices and eating patterns. There are some fairly easy tips to [...]

This delicious salad recipe has the best of everything when it comes to your health–it is low in fat grams and is packed with omega-3s making it good for your heart, your brains and even your abs!
You will need:
2 Salmon Fillets
1 tbsp. Dijon Mustard
1 tbsp. real maple syrup
3/4 cup quinoa grain (or rice may be [...]

According to recent research, drinking too much diet soda everyday is not so good for your diet, or your health in general. But many people may think that drinking the diet version of their favorite soft drink is fine because of the zero calories. However, the sweetness factor of the sodas can lead your body [...]

A healthy filling breakfast is a key to losing weight, some doctors say. A study showed that when obese people ate a 600 calorie breakfast of healthy protein and carbs, they lost more weight than dieters who ate half that amount of calories. The reason is speculated to be that eating a large healthy breakfast [...]

Green Tea is so full of health benefits everyone should be sipping a cup or two a day. But if you need another reason to brew yourself some of the tea, try this one: the caffeine and catechins (plant nutrients), may just help turn up your metabolisim. 32 ounces of green tea may up your [...]

Many smoothies come with lots of calories from the sugar in them. Here is a quick easy recipe for a delicious smoothie without the extra calories and sugar your body doesn’t need.
Blend a frozen banana, skim milk, fat-free yogurt, peanut butter and a few berries. The ice crystals on the frozen banana will make [...]

French fries…so yummy but not exactly healthy for you, right? Try this easy delicious alternative (really–try it!) that I found one day cruising around the Internet.
All you need is a 1/2 butternut squash and kosher salt.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
Peel and seed the squash.
Slice the butternut squash in half and then cut into french [...]

Planning a barbecue this Father’s Day?  Don’t just grill up meat and chicken for everyone…add a healthy easy veggie as well.  Asparagus is top of the list when it comes to health benefits, and with this easy grilling recipe, you will have a delicious side dish to add to the main course that dad will [...]