Yes, you can stay healthy while traveling for business, but it takes careful planning and hard work!

Lifestyle, GeneralLisa LewtanJune 6, 2017eating healthy, healthy snacks, travel tipsComment

12 Tips for Surviving the 12 Days of Christmas Without Adding Extra Pounds

Here it comes — that stretch of holiday festivities that bring endless opportunities to overindulge. While it ’tis the season to be jolly, everywhere you turn you come face-to-face with all those tempting holiday foods. Are you worried that the constant exposure to goodies will start to weigh on your willpower like so many choruses of “The 12 Days of Christmas?”

Healthy foodLisa LewtanDecember 16, 2015Holidays, healthy snacks, healthy holidays, stress eating, mindfulness, eat mindfullyComment

Is Your Holiday Overeating Linked to Nostalgia?

The holidays bring with them an abundance of festivities centered around eating and drinking. And, not to play Scrooge, but much of our favorite holiday fare sits atop the list of those opiate-like "trigger foods." These foods fall in the "naughty" category because they set off chemicals in the brain that make us want to gorge ourselves -- like sugar, alcohol, cheese and refined carbohydrates (think breads and cookies). They trigger an eat-fest in your brain that can pack on unwanted pounds.