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Try the month to month resolutions challenge, to achieve a healthier weight and lifestyle for 2011! Here are some ideas that will help rev up your metabolism one month at a time! Once you have mastered the monthly resolution, you must continue with it and then add the next month’s lifestyle improvement to maximize your […]
New Year’s Resolutions, Not Just For January Anymore Read More »
We’ve said it year after year “starting January 1st, I will lose weight”. More times than not, it does not play out this way. We often fall off the wagon due to frustration, being side tracked, or loss of our motivation somewhere between January 7th and 21st. But why does this happen to us when
Setting Attainable Resolutions Read More »
Santa Claus is at the mall? Check! Christmas music on the radio, in the stores? Check! Check! Holiday parties galore? Check, check, check! That’s right, the holiday season is here and it’s time to celebrate! Parties at work, parties at school, parties with friends, and oh yes, parties with the family! One thing we know
Fight the Urge to Splurge-How to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain Read More »
What’s on your Christmas list this year? What if I told you, you can choose between sugar plum fairies or a lump of coal? Seems like an obvious answer, but somehow, the decision is not that easy. Let me explain my thinking. So…day in and day out, as a health care provider, I have the
Lumps of Coal vs Sugar Plum Fairies- The Reason For Making Healthy Changes this Season Read More »
Have you ever had a friend that successfully lost weight, and asked them “so, how did you do it?” Many Skinny Gene members who have been successful in weight loss for better health and diabetes prevention have been presented with the same question from their family and friends. How did you lose it and keep
How Did You Do It? Read More »
It’s not too sweet the way we are sabotaged at the stores, bombarded with new foods with labels claiming “low sugar”, “reduced calorie”, “no added sugar”, and the best of all “healthy”. The label claims have become so out of hand that the USDA actually had to designate what each of these claims mean. Let’s
Sweets & Sabotages-Sugar Aliases part 2 Read More »
Sugar, cane juice, corn syrup, dextrose, confectioners sugar, fructose, brown sugar, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, lactose, molasses, maltose, sucrose, and syrup….the list goes on and on! Sugar has so many names, which causes so much confusion. How are we supposed to make healthy choices when sugar has multiple aliases out to lead us astray
Halloween is approaching and boy do I have a scary word for you….TEMPTATON. The clowns, witches, cowboys, and super-heroes are bringing home pillow cases full of sweet and chocolaty treats that will soon be calling your name! So the question is… how are you going to handle the situation? Here are some common techniques to
Halloween Temptations Read More »
Things can get hectic trying to get your children up in the morning, not to mention the feat of getting them out the door (dressed), with their school bag on time. But what about lunch? Are you guilty of reaching for the quickest things you can find and throwing them into your child’s brown
High Five to Healthy Lunches Read More »
In our previous post, Getting Rid of the Jiggle Around Your Middle, Emily Barr (our wonderful Skinny Gene Registered Dietitian), talked about the importance of incorporating low-fat dairy into your diet. We recently saw this article The Truth About Belly Fat on Web MD and wanted to share it with you! If you
The Truth About Belly Fat Read More »