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Healthy Eating: 4 Steps for Getting Started

Kayla Sheely , 07/11/2016

When you make the decision to start eating healthier, it can be overwhelming. What foods do you cut out? What do you eat more of? There’s no magic bullet when it comes to your health, but here are some tips to get you started...

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Therapy is not Necessary to Overcome Bad Eating Habits

Coach Caroline, 06/22/2016

Millions of years of successful evolution has given us the desire to take advantage of calories when they’re available. Having struggled with compulsive eating for literally decades, I've finally found a way to stick with my healthy eating goals...

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3 Reasons Why Vegetarians Should Consider a Health Coach

Kayla Sheely , 06/13/2016

Do you have concerns about your diet and whether it is actually healthy, even without meat? Just being a vegetarian doesn’t make you healthy. It’s important to fuel your body as best as possible! Here's how...

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Healthy Eating is Much Easier When You Master Your Thoughts

Coach Caroline, 05/25/2016

We have all kinds of thoughts throughout the week that try to convince us to abandon our healthy eating plans. It's useful to come up with competing responses so you can stay on track! Here's how...

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How to Stick with Your Healthy Diet this Memorial Day

Kate Glover, 05/23/2016

Memorial Day is coming up! However you celebrate, there will probably be many tempting treats that could derail your healthy diet. Here are some tips for how you can stay healthy in social situations...

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Maintaining Weight Loss Takes Work

Coach Caroline, 05/18/2016

Even I, health coach and nutrition consultant, periodically let my guard down and begin falling into old eating patterns. Losing weight is a grand undertaking, but maintaining that weight loss is, in some ways, even harder...

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Is Your Salad Hijacking Your Healthy Eating Plan?

Kayla Sheely , 05/13/2016

Up to 75% of the sodium in the average American diet comes from processed foods. Is your salad dressing adding unnecessary salt and extra calories to your diet?

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Use Commitment Devices to Stay on Track

Coach Caroline, 05/11/2016

The purpose of a commitment device is to help you achieve your long term goals--it sort of picks up the slack in willpower when you most need it. Here are some commitment devices I use to stay on track with my healthy eating.

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8 Ways to Decrease the Salt in Your Diet

8 Ways to Decrease the Salt in Your Diet

Kate Glover, 05/09/2016

High blood pressure doesn’t have any noticeable symptoms, but it could be wreaking havoc on your arteries, heart, and other organs. You can reduce your risk of developing high blood pressure by decreasing your salt intake...

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Learn to Savor Your Success

Coach Caroline, 05/04/2016

Learning to consistently make healthy food choices is not easy. Long-lasting behavior change only comes to those who persist in the face of repeated failure. One way to accomplish this is by savoring your success.

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