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7 Mindful Eating Techniques to Holiday Proof Your Metabolic Weight Loss

Posted by Sterling McKinley

Oct 15, 2015

A couple months of holiday weight gain can set back your metabolic weight loss for the rest of your life. That’s because most people never shed those extra pounds, and so they build up year after year. Eating mindfully will help you to have your cake and lose weight too. These are a few techniques to take with you to Grandma’s house or the office Christmas party.

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Topics: Weight Loss, eating habits, eating, eating techniques

Healthy Lifestyle: Having Your Cake and Eating it Too!

Posted by Sterling McKinley

Oct 15, 2015

You might have heard people say that life is too short and this is why they like to eat dessert first!  From the standpoint of a healthy lifestyle, eating dessert first may not be the best thing.  Not only are you consuming a lot of fats and sugars, you’re doing so on an empty stomach, which means you’re sure to get a sugar rush.  And although a sugar rush might feel good in the moment, it recedes quickly and makes you crave sugar again a couple of hours later.  Does this mean that you have to cut out desserts entirely from your diet?  Of course not.  You can have your cake and eat it too but you need to do so in a controlled manner.  Here are a few tips to help you do so:

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Topics: food, healthy lifestyle, healthy diet, eating

Eat More, Weigh Less?

Posted by Heather Blake

Sep 12, 2012

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Topics: calorie intake, Fitness Tips, weigh less, food nutrition diet, diet for weight loss, weight loss healthy, nutrition, eating