“A new study, published in the journal Appetite illustrates how “moderation” means different things to different people. The researchers hypothesized that people’s own food preferences would have a huge influence on what they consider “moderation”. When considering their own food intake, people like to “favor themselves” and are notoriously poor judges of how much they’ve just consumed, both in volume …

This week is the 7th anniversary of my first paleo challenge.  In those 7 years, I have done many smaller challenges – Whole 30, 21 Day Sugar Detox, eating a certain amount of macronutrients to gain muscle as well as eating a certain amount of macronutrients to lose fat.   Through all of that, no matter what I was doing at any particular …

“Chocolate, especially milk chocolate, is a multiple threat among the foods that cause heartburn, because it contains at least four substances (caffeine, theobromine, theophylline and fat) that can loosen the tight grip of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), letting burning stomach acid escape up into the oesophagus, …” Wow this sounds like me right now!   Dark chocolate is pretty much …

“I am so torn between fun and health!”  What comes to your mind when you think of fun and health?  Can you not have one without the other? Simple definition of fun:  someone or something that is amusing or enjoyable; an enjoyable experience or person;  an enjoyable or amusing time;  the feeling of being amused or entertained. Simple definition of …

Meeting with a client over the weekend, she mentioned she was looking at my MyFitnessPal log for ideas and made the comment “you eat very simple”.   She noticed the same thing about Cindy’s food log. There is a notion out there that eating paleo or eating clean has to be elaborate and difficult. That is far from the truth. All you need is …

We often neglect the cheapest and easiest ways to improve our health:  movement and exercise.  Movement is essential to life in so many ways; think of it as medicine with no side effects! Did you know that exercise… cures chronic conditions lowers blood pressure and controls blood sugar relieves pain and reduces stress controls weight and benefits the heart enhances the …

Last year at this time was the beginning of our summer FFP challenge with 39 participants. Seems like it was just yesterday. Think back to last July. Have you made any progress? Are you stronger? Leaner? Feeling better? Are you where you want to be? I saw a quote recently that really resonated with me: “Short term pleasure = long term pain.   Short term …