Food and Recipe Substitutes

How Much Can You Save? $50 or more per month . . . Making It Work: These food substitutes will save you time and money. You can switch out recipe ingredients with less expensive items and prevent extra trips to the store. You can also swap out items that are high in carbohydrates and often […]

Portion Control

Portion control is the practice of managing how much food you eat at each meal. It’s important for maintaining a healthy weight and digesting food more easily. Research has shown that people almost always eat more food when offered larger portions. Portion control is key to losing weight without feeling deprived. You can eat chocolate […]

Curb Emotional Eating and Regain Control

Emotional eating is damaging to your self-esteem and your health. It can even get expensive. Sure, it feels good at the time, but then we end up beating ourselves up over it the next few days and even more if we step on the scale. “It’s only 1 cookie”, you tell yourself. That though leads […]

It’s That Time of Year! Note How Many “Fun Size Bites” You Eat!

Original Post: 10 Things You Don’t Know About Sugar (And What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You) By Kristin Kirkpatrick, M.S., R.D., L.D. Excessive sugar in the diet is not the best idea when it comes to healthy living. Nonetheless, few of us are consuming sugar in recommended moderate amounts and most of us are eating tons […]