I have a confession to make. Today for lunch I broke my diet. I had no reason to do so other than I saw a sandwich and it happened to look yummy. I caved in and bought one. I had a moment of weakness and didn’t even stop to ask myself, “Jen, what is the cost of cheating on your diet?” My unhealthy “treat” didn’t didn’t taste nearly as good as I expected and I have felt terrible ever since… Read More >

The Benefits Of Snacking If you aren’t keeping a mental list of healthy snack ideas, chances are that your diet is lacking in nutrition and that you are struggling with your eating habits in general. The benefits of snacking are numerous. Allow me to explain just how important a good snacking schedule is to your overall health. First and foremost, regular snacking helps prevent overeating at meal times. We’ve all been there. You had a slice of toast for breakfast… Read More >

From the economy to obesity, there are infinitely many subjects about which to worry for ourselves, to say nothing of what we worry about for our kids.  As a parent, worrying is a duty, a responsibility of being so. And there are too many worry-worthy subjects to enumerate. While the art of worrying is a skill at which every parent must become adept, the skill of being hopeful and optimistic about the future is also a noble pursuit; and while… Read More >

When you are working hard to improve your health, one of the best things you can do is to eliminate fake food from your diet. Think that all food is real? It’s not. Margarine is a great example. The photo on the right says it all. Even the ants don’t recognize it as actual food. It will help you to know the history. Margarine was created to add weight (yes, you read that correctly) to turkeys. It didn’t work though… Read More >

We live in a terribly hectic world these days. I don’t know about you, but for me time seems to vanish into thin air right before my eyes. Being so busy all the time has led most of us to form one of two bad habits that come from this type of hurried lifestyle. The first bad habit is: eating on the go. The second bad habit that we tend to develop is that we forget to eat altogether. So how do we… Read More >

Having a workout partner, a running buddy, a spouse or friend on the same diet with you or just someone to motivate you to get skinny and in shape is great, but you can never fully rely on someone else to get your body to the healthy state it should be. You have to be willing to fight for it all on your own. If you do not have this personal determination in your life it won’t matter if you… Read More >

Due to our work schedules my husband and I often find it difficult to squeeze in a workout before 7pm. Our favorite form of exercise happens to be taking long walks around our city. The issue with this plan is that we don’t get home until 8 or maybe even 9 at night depending on how far we decided to go, and we tend to come home hungry. While we know that eating past 7pm is not good for us,… Read More >

Just having the Medifast Diet alone isn’t enough for some people. They want more of an edge in their weight loss plans. You have heard all the tried and true weight loss ideas, and you continue to get frustrated.  We know that if we eat less and eat right we will lose weight, but sometimes it just doesn’t happen, and that’s because each person is unique and different. What works for one doesn’t work for all. You want so much… Read More >

We all want to teach our kids the best ways to eat healthily for life but how do we do that  when all of the food that they want is in nugget form or covered in ketchup?  Try these 3 activities to teach your kids about foods that are good for them. Ask for Cooking Assistants. Getting the kids involved in preparation of the food is a great way to teach them about eating healthy.  Let the kids chop vegetables,… Read More >

Cutting out fats completely is unhealthy and unintelligent. “Fat Free” diets will not necessarily cause you to lose weight and will usually just make you feel weak sick all the time. Good fats contribute to your body in the forms of energy, brain activity, and cell transportation as well as other things we need in order to function. Really the only problem with fat is that like almost everything else we do, we go overboard. The more you get involved in… Read More >