I had to pause after deciding to choose “breakfast diner” as today’s Restaurant Survival. Usually it’s pretty easy for me to turn any bad meal into a do-able one.  Breakfast Diner….not so easy.  Just like the other menus it is riddled with carbohydrates, good, bad, but in general just far to many. The only good [...]

Dining out is a part of life. . . so is dieting.     How the hell do we do both? We just need to know the right things to choose on the menu and more importantly the right substitutions to make. Today’s Restaurant Survival–Mexican! American-Mexican food is basically 5 or 6 combinations of the same ingredients. However, [...]

Dining out is a part of life. . . so is dieting. How the hell do we do both? We just need to know the right things to choose on the menu and more importantly the right substitutions to make. Today’s Restaurant Survival–Italian! Chances are you’re getting pasta: avoid butter or cream based sauces and [...]

There are a few ways to tell if you’re metabolism is humming along at a blistering pace or crawling like a toddler. These signs can be caused by other conditions but in general these signs are consistent with those with slow metabolisms. 1. Cool body temperature, especially in the morning. Calories are burned by thermogenics of [...]

Since we burn the majority of our calories when we do nothing due to our basal resting metabolism, it would be smart to make it as efficient as possible. That’s correct, we burn the majority of our calories (60-75%) while we rest! Here are the 3 most important steps to boost your resting metabolism: 1.Eat [...]

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I want to introduce a friend, personal trainer, nutrition blogger and vixen (pictured above) Crystal Klataske and her blog Living a Full Life through Whole Foods. Crystal is newer to the blog world but her passion for whole food and its nutritional and healing power is apparent in her articles. If you are on a [...]

Men’s Health-  Drop Pounds-With Her Help Dieting loves company: Couples who diet together are more likely to succeed. In a recent Israeli Study, researchers taught couples about healthy eating but assigned only the men to various kinds of eating plans. After 6 months, the women had also shed weight. Study author Rachel Golan, R.D., M.P.H., [...]

Do not confuse grams and calories. Consuming more food does not necessarily mean you consumed more calories. Grams are a unit of mass. Calories (kilo-calories) are a unit of energy. A gram of fat, carbohydrate, and protein are all the same size = 1 gram But, they do not all contain the same amount of [...]