Meal Options Ideas for meals are a struggle.  For those of you that are on a lunch and dinner plan or dinner only plan here are some ideas that you can prep at home or order from our online store.  I know that some of you already go to the store and "choose your own", but I would like to remind you that you can go in and order extra...

Individuals use Just Right Eating for several different reasons.  Not everyone uses it for weight loss, purposes include athletic performance, nutrition and convenience, managing and preventing disease, and other miscellaneous purposes. However, if used for weight loss there is one simple, scientific premise surrounding weight loss – energy balance, or in other words, consumption vs. expenditure. There are a millions of different diets out there, but it all boils down...

The “fat-burning zone” was once regaled as the go-to method of exercise.  Exercisers would jump on a stair climber and exercise for hours. Nowadays, we demand results in less time whereas research has deemed this actually more beneficial for our goals – short period of time with high intensity intervals.  We are burning more calories and creating and opportunity to burn fat long after the workout is over.  Resistance training...

Ladies, ever had a case of the munchies after drinking a cocktail or a glass of wine? This "apéritif effect" is well known, but now science can explain it.A new study measuring the brain's role in mediating caloric intake following alcohol consumption among women has found that alcohol exposure sensitizes the brain's response to food aromas. The research, led by William J. A. Eiler II, PhD, of the Indiana University...

While there’s likely no behavior more important to over-all health than exercise, in the real world exercise doesn’t drive weight loss.Have you ever eaten anything “because you exercised”? An extra portion? A higher-calorie choice? A reward for your hard work? Or have you ever been hungrier because you exercised? And once you start eating in response to your exercise, exercise’s weight benefits quickly disappear. Exercise has a tremendous impact on...