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    4 Ways to Incorporate Healthy Proteins into Your Daily Meals

    February 21, 2022

    Incorporating healthy proteins into your daily meals is a great way to boost your energy and improve overall health. Protein plays an important role in many of the body’s functions, including muscle growth and repair, hormone production, and cell regeneration. Unfortunately, many different protein sources are available, so it can be tough to figure out which ones are best for you. In this blog post, we’ll discuss four healthy protein sources that you can add to your daily meals! Lean Meat Do you know what a healthy protein source is? A lean meat like chicken breast or turkey breast contains less fat than other meats and is also high in…

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    HAPPY NEW YEAR! Everyone knows the most popular new year resolutions are… …lose weight …eat more healthy …exercise more. My 2019 resolutions?  ALL OF THE ABOVE! Today, I made my bi-annual trip to my internal medicine physician and my cholesterol numbers were slightly elevated; however, my HDL, or good cholesterol had also increased!  My doctor strongly advocates starting cholesterol medicine, or statins. I know several people who are currently taking statins and they are suffering from the horrible side effects.  Also, statins can destroy your liver, especially those under 60 years old.  Therefore, I will continue my attempts at lowering my LDL cholesterol numbers through nutrition and exercise.   Incorporating…

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    Step 5: Powerful Weight Loss Boosters

    November 28, 2018

    Continuing in our weight loss series, many of you, like me, might have reached a plateau?   I have found several ways to spark our weight loss journey and start shedding pounds again. It has been awhile since I last posted a weight loss journey article, so let’s recap… Step 1: Kicking Off a Weight Loss Plan Determining our motivation and strategy for our weight loss journey; while taking steps to prevent relapses. Step 2: Setting a Caloric Threshold Setting a caloric goal; defining our eating schedule; discover a method of tracking. Step 3: Learning Portion Control  Discovered necessary nutrients and using a portion control plate.   Step 4: Incorporating Probiotics…

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    Week four of my weight loss journey and I actually gained two pounds.  But, I am not distraught over it, because I understand it is a process.  I KNOW what I am doing is working – so I just need to stick to it. Belly fat is a problem I have and research has made me think that maybe – I am not getting enough probiotics? Prebiotics and Probiotics can be very confusing weight loss terms.  Working in conjunction, these bacteria can make for a very healthy gut and assist in your weight loss journey. Probiotics Probiotics are food products containing good bacteria, similar to the bacteria already existing in your…

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    Step 3: Perfect Portions for Weight Loss

    October 3, 2018

    Portion control is personally, my most frustrating issue with weight loss.  Usually, when I taste something really good, I eat as I will never have the opportunity to eat it again.  Of course, that is the wrong mentality.  Eating at home, I can always repeat a delicious meal or eat leftovers. However, what about when you are putting the food on the plate?  From step 1, we learned to keep the food in the kitchen, don’t bring it to the table; so you can avoid those disastrous second helpings. In step 3, I am learning how to “guesstimate” portions, so I can eat meals and snacks with the right amount…

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