De-Stress for Health

By learning to manage your stress, you can better manage your weight.

As women, most of us are good about taking care of our outside appearance. But to stay mentally and physically healthy, it is important to spend as much effort on the inside as we do the outside. Stress, if we allow it, can lead to mindless or emotional eating. Managing your stress can significantly assist you in reaching your weight goals. In today’s world, stress is at an all-time high, so managing that stress to maintain our health must become a priority. Read more

Manage Your Mind to Manage Your Weight

How to reprogram your brain for weight loss.

“What you think about you bring about.” This adage is true for any goal—especially weight loss. If you believe weight loss is hard, you probably support this self-fulfilling prophecy with negative thinking, self-criticism and rationalizing bad choices. Making simple mental changes will positively impact weight loss by naturally boosting your motivation for healthy choices and improving your mood. Read more

Grocery Shopping Made Healthy

By now, you should be able to recognize some of the pitfalls of overdoing serving sizes and consuming low-quality foods. Food manufacturers and stores want you to purchase the foods that are the easiest and cheapest to produce, that are available in the greatest abundance, that have addictive properties, and that are the least perishable—basically, most of the foods you can find on the middle aisles of the supermarket. Some salad dressings don’t expire for five years. Is that something you want to put in your body? Read on to learn more about the foods to choose and avoid. Read more

Part 2
Grocery Shopping for a Lean Body

The first installment of our Summer Rapid Body Makeover focused on habits—bad habits that need to be broken and good habits that will help you live leaner and healthier. This week, Kelli Calabrese clears up some of the confusion about food labels so you can avoid the hype and shop smarter.

Do you walk around the grocery store, scratching your head about which salad dressing is best, wondering if you should choose butter or margarine, or which of the hundreds of yogurt choices are the right option for your body? If so, you are not alone. It’s confusing, and the choices keep expanding. But with a little insider information, you can be a savvy shopper and make the very best choices for your health, energy and well-being. Read more