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Diet & Nutrition

• Lo Carb Stupidity vs. Lo Carb Intelligence - Making The Most of Your Lo Carb Food Plan

•  Navigating The Food Label - Here are a few tips to help you dissect the food label before your next visit to the supermarket - Dianne Villano, CPFI

• 15 Tips For More Positive Eating Habits Considering the Bulging Waist Lines of 66% of The Population it is obvious that sticking to a healthy eating plan is  a challenge for many people .  If your are having problems sticking with that resolution that you set in January, here are some simple tips to help you  start to create new and healthy eating patterns

Children

•  15 Tips For Raising A Healthy Child

•  USDA Food Pyramid For Children - Teaching your kids healthy habits NOW is VITAL - It's NOT genetics that determine your weight into adulthood, It's HABITS - Children should be calorie and portion aware NOT obsessed - Most kids would eat the same food all the time if their parents allowed them. To get all of the Nutrients they need like zinc, iron calcium and Magnesium children must eat a variety of all the foods mentioned in the Guidelines of this Food Pyramid - Source: USADA

Exercise & Fitness

•  NEW !!! Summer Slim down Secrets  – Get Your Best Summer Body Ever For many people, New Years Resolutions have long since been forgotten as we happily went through the cold months  in our many layers of clothes. If you were motivated and focused enough to stick with your New Year’s resolution to get into shape this year – congratulations!! As the rest of you  start to shed your winter wardrobes and notice  lumps, bumps and jiggles in places that you would rather not mention,  thoughts start to wander to summer and it’s skin revealing styles. Don’t fear, there is hope

• Body Not Quite Beach Ready? Myths & Tips for A Flat, Toned Stomach - When discussing fitness goals with clients (particularly during this time of year) , one of the most requested objectives is "a 6 - pack or flat toned stomach like ...(underwear model, athlete...take your pick) Here is a start towards getting your stomach summer ready - Dianne Villano, CPFI

• Guarantee Results From Your Fitness Program -Time to start the diet that will finally work. Diets don't work, however,  we all know that, right? Why then, does the American population spend 33 billion dollars per year on dieting aids, programs, equipment and such? After 15 years in this business, I have come to the conclusion that failure to achieve your health and fitness goals is due to a fundamental lack of information about health, exercise and nutrition. Several recently released studies show that many people beginning a fitness program will quit within 6 weeks, 1/2 will quit within 6 months and less than 1/3 will still be exercising by the end of their first year. Make this the year that you join the ranks of the lifelong exercisers. 

• If You want to Do anything Better, Build A Strong Core -

Fit Facts

• Fear Fat No More (In Your Food That Is) -

Mind & Body

•  Beating The Drop Odds - 7 Common Mistakes to Avoid - By knowing what to expect and developing strategies to overcome the stumbling blocks you can beat these dropout odds. lf you can make it through these four transitional phases to the end of one year your chances of becoming a lifetime exerciser and non dieter are virtually 100% and the lifelong health benefits of exercise will be forever yours.

• 10 Tips to help you stay committed & Consistent - If you are like most Americans, you are embarking on a new fitness program about now. Within 6 weeks, many people will drop out, half will quit within 6 months and less than one third of those who begin a fitness program will still be exercising by the end of their first year.  The following are 10 simple tips to get you started in making the transition from fitness drop - out to a person who will get fit, feel fabulous, never have to diet again - By: Dianne Villano. CPFI ....more
   

Weight Loss

• 6 Simple Steps For Lifelong Weight loss -If You are sick of losing the same  weight over and over, and feeling like a failure because your last "diet" didn't work, try these tips to not only lose weight, but lose it for good. I have watched hundreds of  clients over the  years and almost without exception, those that lose their weight once and for all have these six basic habits as a part of their lives

• 10 Ways to Cut the Sugar - Americans typically consume 20 percent of their daily calories as sugar, about double the generally accepted amount. Most people are not aware of most of the sources from which they get their sugar and their are many myths associated with carbohydrates (ie sugars.) Here is the scoop and some simple ways to eliminate the nutritionally  (but not caloricly ) void  sugars from your diet and the extra pounds from your waste line. - 

• Take the "Die" Out of Dieting - Tips For Stress Free Weight Loss - If You are sick of losing the same  weight over and over, tired of counting "carbs" and worrying about what you "can't eat"  or feeling like a failure because your last "diet" didn't work, try these "stress free"  tips. You will not only lose weight, but LOSE IT FOR LIFE!! 

Weight Management

• Designer Coffees - Adding To Your bottom Line? Plain coffee has virtually no calories and is often used for that morning  or pre workout energy boost. Most experts agree that a cup or two of coffee is safe for most people. Here are a few shockers that may be keeping you from reaching your weight loss goals. Depending on the type of milk and other ingredients a large latte can range from 250 to over 500 calories

• 8 ways to cut 250 calories

• 5 ways to stop the binge - Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years, not to mention the countless parties and social events, it's no wonder the average American gains  7-12  pounds between  Halloween and New Years.  Most people find it pretty challenging to stick to a healthy eating plan during this time of the year. These tips will serve you well over the holidays to keep your diet in tact. (They are pretty useful for the rest of the year as well)

• Beware-The Food Court -Many people think that a trip to the mall means abandoning any thought  of healthy eating.  There are actually quite a few  healthy  food choices that won't leave you cringing underneath the florescent lighting in the dressing rooms

• So You Say You Want To Lose Weight? Just Say No To These Breakfast Myths - A recent study of 3000 dieters by the University of Colorado’s Center for Human Nutrition found that of those that lost weight, 78 % ate breakfast every day, another 10% ate it at least five times a week and only four per cent never ate breakfast.

• Eat, Drink and.. Stay on Your Food Plan ? Yes, It is Possible. Make Sure that the Turkey is the only Thing Getting Stuffed This Year -

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