December Daily Tip #31~Celebrate! All month long I've been sharing tips for your success. On this final day of 2017 take a moment to write a letter to yourself, then tuck it away with the ornaments and decorations for your next year. What went well this holiday season? What went, well, not so well? [...]
December Daily Tip #30~Eat the Rainbow! Plan your meals and snacks around your veggies instead of your protein. Serve multiple veggies with a wide variety of colors or feature a special veggie to encourage you to eat more vegetables~increasing your feelings of fullness and your nutrition without ridiculously upping your calories. If you'd like more [...]
December Daily Tip #29~Choose to Move You may feel like you're crazy busy and on the go, but unless you've got a fitness tracker or a trainer to prove it objectively, chances are you don't move enough. Almost all of us OVERESTIMATE our movement and UNDERESTIMATE our intake which EQUALS WEIGHT GAIN. Great example [...]
December Daily Tip #28--Nail Portion Cues Even if you've been choosing healthfully and continuing to move this month, you may still be noticing some creep in the scales. Frustrating, right? The reason may be as simple as small increases in portion sizes routinely entering your menus. Use your hands to help keep portion sizes [...]
December Daily Tip #27--Brush Your Teeth When your mouth feels fresh and clean it's easier to pass on unplanned eating, so brush your teeth after a meal to "signal" to yourself that you are done eating. If brushing is impractical, a sugar-free gum or mint (especially with a strong flavor) can provide the same [...]
December Daily Tip #26--Remember Those "Forgotten" Sugars! You're watching out for those hidden sugars and being mindful about natural sugars, but...what about those "forgotten" sugars? You know, the ones you consume every day without even thinking about them? From adding sweeteners to your coffee or tea to the soda you rely on to jumpstart [...]
December Daily Tip #25--Let Your Anchor Help Keep You Afloat! For many of us today, December 25th, is the food culmination of the holiday season. We've been learning about and incorporating healthy tips all month, and we want to enjoy today without undoing all of those small successes, right? One very important tool for many [...]
December Daily Tip #24 Be a Food Snob! Make the abundance of holiday foods surrounding you work FOR you instead of against you. Coach Sandy Smith discusses how your inner food critic can help you stay on plan in this video. Need even more healthy holiday eating tips? Grab your FREE guide to Healthy, [...]
December Daily Tip #23 Alternate with Alcohol. Limit alcohol by alternating glasses of water (or other non-caloric beverages) with alcoholic beverages. You'll save calories and stave off the snacking that often accompanies alcohol~and possibly even save yourself from a hangover! Alcohol consumption interferes with water balance in the body, leading to that sluggish hangover [...]
December Daily Tip #22--Move Awaaay From the Buffet! One of the biggest challenges we may face in the next few days is the fact that tempting foods are out ALL DAY, rather than just at meal times. The proximity and availability of these foods can make it difficult to be mindful about our choices [...]
