Category: Health and Fitness

Salad Dressing Swaps for Weight Loss

What could be more beautiful than a mountain of fresh and colorful salad piled high on a plate? Salads have always been associated with healthy living; however, all salads are not created equally. A salad is just a salad, simple and full of nutritious bounty until it is spoiled with high-fat, sugar-laden dressing, then it becomes something different, something much less healthy. Many people find…

Forming Long-Term Healthy Habits

Bad habits, we all have them, we all hate them, and we all wish that we could change them. Good habits, we all have a few and wish we had more.  Especially when it comes to our health. The good news is that bad habits can be broken and better yet, they can be overridden with good habits. Unfortunately, for many bad habits around eating and exercise can lead to serious, if not life threatening…

How to Stop Emotional Eating

Do you find yourself snacking when you are feeling blue, or heading for the ice cream aisle when you are mad at someone? If so, you may be a comfort eater. Emotional eaters let their feelings determine when they eat rather than their body. Sometimes we can be emotional eaters and not even realize it. While everyone comfort eats from time to time, chronic emotional eating can lead to serious…