For 11 years, I had been on levothyroxine for hypothyroidism. My TSH level was never normal during that time though and every few years the dosage of my medication had to be adjusted. After I…
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How to Overcome Alcoholism & Other Addictions
Food addiction (including binge/emotional eating and other eating disorders), alcoholism, drug addiction, sex addiction, love addiction, shopping addiction, gambling addiction, etc…… what do they all have in common?! No matter the addiction, there are many…
SIBO: A Functional Medicine Perspective
If you are currently taking a PPI drug (such as Pepcid, Nexium, Prilosec, etc) and/or frequently take antibiotics, please watch the below video! I wish I knew then what I know now. After I had…
How to Succeed When You Have a Lot of Weight to Lose
When you have a lot of weight to lose and/or a lot of changes to make to create a healthy sustainable lifestyle, it can be daunting. Oftentimes we focus so much on how far we…
How to Make 2018 the Year You Reach Your Goals
Most of us make New Year’s resolutions and never stick to them. We may make some changes at the beginning of January but always fall back into our old habits. Why? There could be a…
How to Survive the Holidays Without Deprivation
Most of us tend to gain weight during the holiday season because we over-indulge. It’s hard not too! Pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, turkey, cookies, chocolates, cakes, cocktails and much more. We splurge from Thanksgiving dinner all…
Detox Is Not As Scary As You Think!
You know how nice it feels to drive your car home after getting a tune up? The oil is squeaky clean, the fluids have been topped off, windshield wipers have been changed, tire pressure is…
How to Get Started
Getting started is one of the hardest things for us to do. Why? Because it is much easier to stay stuck where we are. Change can be overwhelming. It pushes us out of our comfort…
How to Believe in Yourself Again
Many people tell me that they know how to eat healthy and exercise, but they just don’t believe in themselves anymore. They don’t believe that they can lose the weight and keep it off for…
How to Manage Emotional & Binge Eating
When we turn to food to numb our emotions, this is referred to as emotional eating. When you are stressed, do you open a big bag of chips and eat the whole thing before you’ve…
The Two Biggest Secrets For Permanent Weight Loss
Do you know the two biggest secrets for permanent weight loss? Exercise? Nope. Deprivation? Nope. Fasting? Nope. Juicing? Nope. Nutrition and Mindset! 1) Nutrition: When you make smarter and healthier choices, you will be able…
Healthy Snack Ideas
Cravings happen even to the healthiest of us. Often, when a craving hits in the afternoon or the evening after dinner, we get the urge to snack. Snacking can be a bad habit to get…
Stop Sabotaging Yourself
Have you ever done something “wrong” and automatically were negative with yourself? Maybe you told yourself you would not eat out this week but gave into temptation. After the meal, you automatically told yourself that…
Three Ways to Avoid Overeating At Meals
Sometimes it is way too easy (and common) to indulge. Maybe we are at a family get together, a work outing, or are just stressed out by life and our responsibilities. But it doesn’t always…
Most Important Key For Losing the Weight For Good
Do you know what the most important key for losing the weight for good is? Calorie counting? Starvation? Deprivation? 4 hour workouts? Nope. Not at all. None of the above will lead to healthy habits or sustained…
How to Avoid Fast Food When on the Go and Hungry
At one time or another, we have all found ourselves on the drive thru line, starving, and craving some food that will provide a solution to that crazy grumbling sound in our bellies. So we…
Eating Clean on a Budget
The biggest hurdle most people have to clean eating isn’t the food. Fresh, homemade, organic food is delicious! It isn’t giving up those ‘unclean’ foods. There may be that one food you just can’t let…
Why Diets Don’t Work
Does this sound familiar? You hear about this wonderful diet that will guarantee weight-loss, so you try it, only to gain even more weight back once you’ve lost it? And during the entire diet, you are starving, feeling…
How to Commit to Yourself
Do you struggle to maintain healthy habits or commit to yourself? Do you start making healthy changes but always end up going back to your bad habits? You’re not alone! There are many reasons why…
How Much Fat Should I Be Eating Daily?
Back in the 1980’s, nutrition experts told us that if we wanted to lose weight, we should not eat much fat in our diets. Shortly thereafter, fat free and reduced fat products bombarded the marketplace. By reducing…
How to Improve Your Nutrition by Crowding Out Foods
Have you ever tried to make healthy changes to your nutrition but you couldn’t stick with it? Maybe you had a few good days but then an intense craving came out of nowhere. The craving…