When you’re trying to lose weight and eat healthy, sometimes your friends (even your closest bestie's) and family are your greatest obstacles. Does any of this sound familiar? "But you’re doing so great, just have one little bite." "Oh come on, you don’t need to lose weight, you’re already beautiful." "I like you just the way you are, don’t change!" Eating out with friends can be especially difficult! Other things that might happen: Leave food around. They put food or candy o

I’ve been telling people about the “peanut butter machine” for well over 20 years. How can this be if I’ve only been a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist for 16+ years? Well, I grew up going to the health food store and getting oh so good FRESH peanut butter from the machine behind the counter. I loved it when we had a fresh, warm batch!!! The Big Bright Red Peanut Butter Machine. Image from Thrift at Home blog spot. What you ask: Peanut butter right out of a machine, ground f

The Biggest Loser “study” is circulating! Have you heard what happened to the contestants in the years following their weight loss? You might be surprised! It’s not really a surprise that such fast excessive weight loss made leptin levels plummet (which help us regulate satiety), along with one’s resting metabolic rate (which is how many calories we burn at rest). The “slightly” surprising finding was that their metabolism didn’t adjust back up - even years later. I say “slig

What’s your exercise excuse? We’ve all had them from time to time, but if your excuses outweigh the actual exercise, it’s time to make a change! Here are the top 5 exercise excuses I hear from clients and my professional advice + solutions on how to beat them. 1. “I don’t have time.” We all need more hours in the day; society has us on fast forward! But, if you can’t make time for exercise, eventually you WILL have to make time for health problems. Now, do you really want to