Have you ever turned on your cell phone’s camera accidentally and snapped an unflattering picture of the rolls under your chin? Most people have! The front-facing camera isn’t your friend when you have an excessive chin or submental fat. Most people, especially women, gain at least some chin fat as they age. Chin fat is...
Category: <span>Healthy Eating</span>
Winter Weight Loss: Healthy Holiday Meals
Weight gain around the holidays is quite common. Family time is often centered around delicious, indulgent meals. You shouldn’t need to compromise your enjoyment by calorie counting every single bite. You don’t need to skip every favorite holiday treat to keep your winter weight loss going. Try these healthy meals and tips to avoid looking...
What Happens to Your Body When You Shift Your Eating Habits
Nearly a third of all American adults are medically obese, and the numbers keep going up every year. The biggest contributing factor for this staggering number is diet. The American diet is laden with high-fat, high-sugar meal options. These genetically engineered, processed foods are what’s causing the obesity epidemic. Poor nutrition contributes to negative physical,...
Healthy Eating Schedule While Working From Home
The ‘Quarantine 15’ is a real affliction! Working from home presents many challenges, not the least of which is eating healthy. It’s too easy to devour an entire bag of potato chips when you’re stuck at home, at your desk, all day. Setting up a healthy eating schedule is one of the best ways to...
Weight Loss Tips: 4 Simple Fall Snacks
Weight loss is 90% diet, 10% exercise; a focus on performance over food won’t provide you the results you want. On the flip side, focusing too much on dietary restriction will lead to you feeling irritable, low energy, and hungry. The Snickers tagline is true: you’re not you when you’re hungry. You can avoid those...
Low-Calorie High-Protein Diet Tips from a Vegas Dietitian
One of the best tried and true ways to lose weight is with a low-calorie, high-protein diet. Weight gain results from consuming more calories than you burn. Lowering the caloric intake will result in weight loss. This formula is simple, but where it gets complicated is in what you choose to eat. Eating a single...
Weight Loss Tips: How to Lose the Quarantine 15
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected lives across the world. With your normal routine suspended it’s easy to slip on your weight loss plan. Don’t be ashamed! Many of us have fallen prey to what’s becoming known as the ‘Quarantine 15’. Losing those pesky stay-at-home pounds is no more difficult than any other weight loss challenge....
5 Ways to Maintain a Healthy Diet During the Quarantine
The stay at home order mandating Las Vegas residents to stay inside to avoid COVID-19 has turned our worlds upside down. Not going to work or the gym translates to very little personal day-to-day order. You may find yourself ‘boredom eating’ or turning to comfort food more often than usual during this confusing time. Try...
Vegas Weight Loss Expert: Keto vs. Paleo Diets
So many diets grace the cover of magazines that it’s hard to keep up with what’s en vogue in the weight loss world. Two of the most common diets in recent years are the paleo diet and keto diet. Each lean heavily on a meal plan featuring low carbohydrate foods, but they couldn’t be more...
Las Vegas Nutrition Expert Shares 4 Helpful Tips
When you’re dieting it may seem as though nutrition information is overwhelming you. In Las Vegas, there’s a supplement store on average every few blocks. Advertisements scream out ‘more fiber!’ or ‘you need protein!’ when checking out at the grocery store. Even your doctors may give conflicting advice. The truth is: nutrition is complicated. A...