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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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8 Ways to Lose Weight to Get Ready for Summer

Kayla Sheely , 05/16/2016

Summer is just around the corner, and everyone is frantically working to get their body in tip top summer shape. Here are 8 (healthy) ways to lose weight, with results that will last longer than the summer sun rays...

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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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Celebrate Mother's Day with a Healthy Breakfast in Bed!

Celebrate Mother's Day with a Healthy Breakfast in Bed!

Kayla Sheely , 05/05/2016

Making your mom breakfast in bed is one way to celebrate her this Mother's Day! Instead of opting for a traditional breakfast filled with lots of sweets and refined grains, choose to make her a healthy breakfast instead.

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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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Mother's Day: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Mother's Day: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Kate Glover, 05/02/2016

Mother’s Day is just around the corner. We all love our moms and want them to live forever, but the fact is, the population just keeps getting sicker every year. Don’t let your mom become a statistic--help her get her health back on track.

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Dangerous Diabetes Dietary Misinformation

Coach Caroline, 04/26/2016

The goal of the American Diabetes Association is to help people live with diabetes—not to get over it all together. However, adult onset diabetes is far from incurable, even though the mainstream medical establishment would have you believe otherwise...

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RecipEASY: Chived Bean and Potato Salad

RecipEASY: Chived Bean and Potato Salad

Kayla Sheely , 04/22/2016

To help those of you who are new to plant-based diets or are just starting out, we have a weekly segment called RecipEASY where we'll give you modifications and tips for our recipes. This week we made a healthy potato salad!

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