Six Weeks to a Healthy Diet | Week 5 | Whole Grains
This six week course will guide you to making the small changes in your lifestyle that you can stick with a lifetime. Each week will focus on a lesson, quiz and assignment to put it into action.
Six Weeks to a Healthy Diet | Week 4 | Choosing Fats
This six week course will guide you to making the small changes in your lifestyle that you can stick with a lifetime. Each week will focus on a lesson, quiz and assignment to put it into action.
Six Weeks to a Healthy Diet | Week 3 | Fruits and Veggies
This six week course will guide you to making the small changes in your lifestyle that you can stick with a lifetime. Each week will focus on a lesson, quiz and assignment to put it into action. This is a great way to get started on your weight management plan or if you have gone off track and need a good foundation to start from again.
Six Weeks to a Healthy Diet | Week 2 | Slash the Sugar
This six week course will guide you to making the small changes in your lifestyle that you can stick with a lifetime. Each week will focus on a lesson, quiz and assignment to put it into action. This is a great way to get started on your weight management plan or if you have gone off track and need a good foundation to start from again.
Six Weeks to a Healthy Diet Course | Week 1
This six week course will guide you to making the small changes in your lifestyle that you can stick with a lifetime. Each week will focus on a lesson, quiz and assignment to put it into action. This is a great way to get started on your weight management plan or if you have gone off track and need a good foundation to start from again
Sugar Has Many Disguises
Here is a list of some of the possible code words for “sugar” which may appear on a food label.
Shop ‘Til You Drop (Pounds, That Is)
We visit the grocery store an average of 2.2 times a week, which gives us plenty of opportunities to pick up items that can pack on pounds. Try these tips when you go shopping, they can help you pass up the pastries and other diet-busting goodies the next time you head down those aisles.
Fend Off Food Cravings
It happens every time you start a diet to lose weight — you start craving foods like chocolate, cookies, or other high-calorie, high-fat foods. “Food cravings can be both physiological and psychological. But you can beat both kinds. Here are some simple ways to fend off food cravings.
What does diet soda do to your Lap Band and other questions answered
I love it when patients ask "why" good for you Debra. Debra asks about why drinking soda (carbonated beverages) is a no no for banded patients. Check it out!
Water, Water everywhere but to boring to drink? how to put the pizzazz in your H2O
We hear ya, water isn’t the most exciting drink in the world — but it’s probably the healthiest. Drinking water regulates body temperature, flushes out toxins, aids in digestion, and balances blood sugar, to name a few of its benefits. And water is especially healthy when consumed in lieu of sugary drinks.
Coping with Head Hunger and Emotional Eating
Do you sometimes confuse “head hunger” with physical hunger? Sometimes I want a brownie really means I want pleasure, I need comfort, I deserve a reward, or I wish I could tell you how I really feel.
Should fast weight loss be your goal?
It’s only natural to want quick weight loss results once you make the commitment to shed a few pounds or more. But this is one area in which slow and steady is the way to go. Fast weight loss may not be the best goal to set. Everyone wants to be at goal yesterday. But ask yourself this question... What have you learned?









