Health & Fitness Tip: Healthy Food Habits #2

Balanced Eating

What you eat is as important as wehn you eat. At each meal and snack you should consume a combination of carbohydrates and protein. Carbohydrates give you a quick source of energy while protein maintains blood sugar for a longer duration.

Adding protein to meals and snacks reduces sugar cravings, promotes energy and reduces the desire to binge eat.

Health & Fitness Tip: Healthy Food Habits #1

Most people who lose weight on a diet usually gain it back within a couple of weeks or months. The more you diet, the more your body tends to hold on to weight, preparing for the next period of deprivation. This is the "yo-yo effect" you may have heard of.

So what is the secret about permanent weight loss? People who loose weight and keep if off are successful in changing their habits around food. For the next three weeks we will bring you tips to change your food habits. Read your Health & Fitness Tip below to get started on your way to healthy eating!

Eat Small, Frequent Meals & Snacks

Dieters often try to save calories by cutting out meals. This leads to a feeling of deprivation and leads to overeating and binging later on.

Small, frequent meals will help keep your blood sugar levels constant. This will enhance your energy: you will beat fatigue, headaches and food cravings.

Eat every 3-4 hours; focus on a mid-morning and mid-afternoon snack. You will feel less hungry around lunch and dinner and find it easier to balance your calories.

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BodyByGeoff is pleased to announce a key service partner: Total Health Concepts. We feel confident that a coordinated combination of personal training, cardio, monitored diet and nutrition and rest will help get you to your desired weight and maintain it for the long term.

A dietitian or nutritionist can help you analyze your patterns around food, address your barriers to change, and help you come up with a longtime success plan.

Virginia Inglese, MA, RD, LCSW; Sabine Boots, MS, MA; and Carly Blackstone, PsyD are registered dietitians and certified nutritionists who also hold advanced degrees in psychotherapy. For the last 20 years the staff at Total Health has helped clients achieve balance in their lives and make peace with their weight and food habits.