30 Days to Help Yourself: A Dietitian, Chef, and Trainer Team Up

Everyone wants to know the best way to lose weight. In a word, it’s support. Support is so important because it fuels your mindset and determination to accomplish any goal. Support comes from family, friends, and if you really want to be successful health and wellness professionals. Not only can dietitians, trainers, and “healthy eating” [...]

You Can Count on Nutrition At Your Fingertips for Food Advice

Everybody eats. But not everybody is a food and nutrition expert. Good advice can sometimes be as hard to find as an H1N1 vaccine! But don’t fear, registered dietitian and author Elisa Zied has you covered in her latest book “Nutrition At Your Fingertips” (NAYF). I scored an interview with the MSNBC contributor. Read on [...]

Affordable Nutrition in Canned and Frozen Foods

Now that fall is on its way, the fresh summer bounty is dwindling down; but the truth is your diet doesn’t have to hibernate for the winter. You can get lots of great foods in the canned and frozen food aisles that are full of nutrition at a price that will have you dancing to [...]

Soda and Your Bones, Friends or Foes?

By: Jolene, Penn State University, Guest Blogger and Rebecca
Times have changed over the last decade.  Super size meals have come on board at fast food restaurants.  The large beverages became the new small drinks and portion sizes of pretty much everything have more than doubled.
I’ve always wondered, which could be worse, the large sodas or [...]

Paying for Protein: Salmon is Cheaper Than Hot Dogs

Still think you can’t afford to eat healthy? Think again! Hands down one of my greatest pet peeves is when people say they can’t afford to eat healthy. Whether it’s choosing a $1 candy bar in lieu of a 17 cent banana or buying a $3 coffee instead of a 50 cent low fat yogurt, [...]

Biggest Loser at Home: Changing Behaviors That Matter

I am dedicating my blogs this week to tips for how you can get The Biggest Loser experience at home. As the experts behind the show explain, one of the reasons the people lose so much weight consistently is because of their new environment. But you can change your environment at home, too. Biggest Loser [...]

Biggest Loser Diet at Home

One of the things I think makes this show unique is that more people watch it for inspiration rather than entertainment. As a nutrition and fitness expert who tunes in religiously, I get tons of questions about my impressions of the show. My favorite is the epiphanies and “a-ha” moments people experience on camera. You [...]

Be Social Without Blowing Your Diet

Whether it’s a late summer BBQ, wedding, or other life milestone, you’re bound to have your calendar booked with a celebration sometime soon. For people working hard to lose weight, it can be stressful and even cause anxiety that can make you want to skip the event altogether. If this sounds like you, you should [...]

How to Healthfully Handle Food Cravings

Ever want to eat something so badly you felt overpowered by it? If so, you’ve experienced a food craving. Wanting something is natural, but our “inner voices” sure know how to get in our way of having it. Instead of actually enjoying the taste of a food – be it fresh, cold watermelon or a [...]

Pretty Tough Podcasts

Know teen athletes? Listen to my latest podcast on meals and meal timing with @PrettyTough http://ping.fm/qMetv and while you’re at it, listen to my first one: http://ping.fm/Wk6wh
Episode 3: meal planning
I’m recording dozens of podcasts with Pretty Tough on sports nutrition. This is so important because female athletes have unique nutrition needs and an overwhelming societal [...]