Hi Everyone! “The scale isn’t budging but my clothes are fitting looser and looser everyday, what’s going on?!?!?”. Does this sound familiar? Let me help makes sense of this so if you are one who can relate with discouraging numbers on the scale but more room in your clothes, you won’t really have to feel discouraged 🙂 It’s actually very simple. Muscle weighs more than fat, as you can see above. When you start an exercise regimen your body starts…
Hi All! It’s Halloween!! Here comes the candy…and lots of it. Most of you might be expecting me to say “Ditch the candy at the end of the night and rid yourself of the temptation”. Even though I think that would be the best thing to do, it’s not realistic. Here are some ways you can avoid eating all of the Halloween Candy: Option 1: Allow yourself and your kids ONE piece of candy daily for the next 7-10 days…
Hi Everyone! With Halloween right around the corner I thought it might be fitting to talk about sugar…again. You’ll find posts on the Grapevine with a host of reasons for why you should avoid refined sugars. For this email, I want to focus on the connection sugar has with high cholesterol levels. James A. Surrell, M.D. wrote the book “S.O.S. Diet (Stop Only Sugar)”. http://www.sosdietbook.com/index.php?page=Sugar_Cholesterol_Connection He describes the connection between sugar and cholesterol like so: “You eat excess sugar –…
McKinley Family, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and I wanted to take a moment to go over some ways you can reduce your risk of getting breast cancer. Gentlemen, you may be thinking this doesn’t apply to you. However, there have been male breast cancer cases reported even though the chances of getting breast cancer are MUCH less in males. Please read on and share this with the women in your life. While there are risk factors we have…
Hi Everyone! The weekend is approaching and soon it will be time to make your grocery list. I have a “Superfood” to add to your list this weekend. Hemp Seeds! Check out the many nutritional benefits: 1. Contains all 20 amino acids (building blocks for your muscles) 2. Complete source of protein 3. Easy to digest 4. Excellent source of EFA’s Omega 3, 6, 9, and contains more omega 3 than any fish 5. 3 tbsp provides: ~ 14g fat…