When a new client and I are discussing their goals for the first week of the program, I’ll inevitably get asked, “should I have a cheat day?” This is a reasonable question, and they’re often surprised to hear me say a resounding and clear “NO!” In saying this, I’m...
How to Eat Healthily Even when Eating at Restaurants or Ordering In
What are restaurants paid to do? Serious question. I think they’re paid to create a pleasurable experience, both through the environment they create physically and through the food they serve. Their goal is to make you enjoy the food, and to come back for more. ...
7 Ways to Revitalize Your Fitness Routine
September is a great month to get recommitted to your health goals and fitness routine. For some, it feels like the end of a “free for all” summer; for others, the kids are back in school, leaving slightly more time to focus on themselves; for others, looming yearly...
How to Renew Your Commitment to Meal Planning and Food Prep
Last week, we talked all about how to get back on track with your health goals overall (check out that post here). Today, it’s time to narrow our focus and talk about renewing our commitment to meal planning and food prep. If you’ve seen my Instagram or Facebook, you...
How to Get Back on Track with your Health Goals
December 31st, 2019 … you were full of anticipation, hope, ambition, courage. The clock struck midnight, and whether you were out partying or already asleep (I feel certain I was the latter!), a shiver of excitement ran through you … “2020 is my year. This is the...
How to Stop Drinking Every Night (and 7 Healthy Mocktail Recipes!)
If you’ve found yourself reaching for an extra cocktail or two over the past few months, you’re certainly not alone. Summer + pandemic + fear, anxiety, and boredom = a recipe for more alcohol cravings than ever. Newsweek reported that hard liquor sales spiked 75% in...
Why We Emotionally Eat (and a program to help!)
If you emotionally eat, you are not alone. It can feel shameful, like you’re the only one who secretly turns to food to deal with stress, or loses control of her appetite when celebrating with friends. But trust me, I’ve been there, too, and there are millions of...
Top 3 Wellness Game Changers
So often, I get asked, “if I could only do ONE thing for my health, what should it be?” The answer, as is the case with almost any health question, is “it depends,” but I think there are three that apply to almost everyone. When I think about my health journey, the...
Should you weigh yourself? (and how to measure progress without the scale)
Should you weigh yourself along your health journey? It’s one of the most frequent questions I get asked, and it’s one of those where the answer is a giant “it depends.” It depends on SO much … your starting place, your goals, your emotional relationship with this...
Taking Mini-Breaks for Productivity (Yes, The Pomodoro Technique Actually Works!)
With the increase of working from home, more and more of my clients are asking for productivity tips. Productivity while working from home is even one of the major sections in the Virtual Wellness presentations I’ve been giving to dozens of companies over the past...