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Healthy Alternatives to Deep Fried Foods

Lauren Stewart Diets, Heart Health, Nutrition

One of the best choices you can make for your health is to stop eating deep fried foods.

If you’re going to follow just one tip about living healthier and getting in shape, this is the one to follow. Not only are fried foods devoid of nutrition, they are basically little calorie and fat bombs.

And here’s the problem: they’ve become accepted as a normal part of the American diet. For example, chips or fries are typically served alongside any traditional American meal. Plus, when you eat deep fried foods often, you really begin to crave them above all else due to the high fat, salt, and refined carb with content the food contains. More

3 Easy Food Replacements for Belly Fat Loss

Lauren Stewart Nutrition, Overall Health

Optimal belly fat loss comes from eating a healthy diet above all else. Sure, you can workout hard and do crunches each day—and those are great exercises for your health. But to really see results, it’s important to remember that abs are dependent on what you make in the kitchen.

So, make sure your focus is on eating healthy!

And with some healthy tweaks, you’ll be surprised how fast changes happen in your body. The three simple substitutions in this post allow you to still eat the dishes you love but with healthier alternatives… and that’s what truly helps you boost that belly fat loss! More

5 Ways to Eat Less Sugar

Lauren Stewart Diets, Nutrition, Overall Health

Excess refined sugar can easily lead to extra weight loss… so finding ways to eat less sugar is a great choice for your health.

The average person eats way too much sugar these days—20 times more than we were eating 200 years ago. And it doesn’t help that it seems to be found in EVERYTHING! So, what can you do? More

Don’t Fall for Healthy Junk Food Lies

Lauren Stewart Diets, Nutrition, Overall Health

Amidst everyone trying to lose weight and eat better, food companies continue to spread the confusion through what I call “healthy junk food.”

Not sure what I’m talking about? Just read on and I’ll explain. More

4 Legitimate Reasons for Weight Gain

Lauren Stewart Diets, Overall Health, Rapid Weight Loss, Stress

Frustrated about the numbers on the scale and baffled by your reasons for weight gain in recent years? You aren’t alone, and the answer to that question isn’t always simple. However, weight loss advice is rarely applicable to every single person, so it’s more effective to look at the reasons someone has started putting on weight and how to address them. More

The Best Core Muscle Exercises Using an Exercise Ball

Lauren Stewart Exercise

Out of all the body areas you can target when working out, core muscle exercises tend to be one of the least popular. That’s mostly because endless sit ups and crunches usually come to mind, but the good news is that there are much better ways to workout your ab muscles without doing a million crunches.

If you want to work your core efficiently without getting bored or frustrated with your efforts, try using an exercise ball (also known as a stability ball). Exercise balls add an extra challenge to your workout, and because you have to focus on keeping the ball steady, you work not only your abs but also the core muscles of your back and pelvis. Depending on the exercise, you can give yourself a full-body workout with an exercise ball.

You’ll also build up your stability—which is really important for everyday function and injury prevention. That’s why the best core exercises are ones that incorporate other muscle groups at the same time. Functional fitness—the type that helps you continue to do fun things and prevent injury as you age—is always working the core at the same time as other muscle groups More

5 Ways to Make Guilt Free Desserts

Lauren Stewart Nutrition, Overall Health

The term “guilt free desserts” may seem like an oxymoron to some people. It’s easy to think of dessert as a rich food that you can’t have when you’re dieting or trying to eat healthy. Cookies, cakes, candy, etc become the enemy and a big source of blame for those struggling to lose weight.

But the truth is: you CAN enjoy dessert without feeling guilty about it—you just have to know the right tips and tweaks to use to make guilt free desserts. Completely cutting any desserts from your diet is usually not a helpful rule, as it can eventually lead to binge or closet eating when you “give in.” More

How to Supercharge Your Workout Results

Lauren Stewart Exercise, Overall Health

Are you feeling frustrated with the quality of your workout results? Are things not changing as quickly as you’d like? If so, you’re definitely not alone. Even athletes that have been doing their sport for years will experience plateaus in their workout results.

It can be a really annoying situation—putting in so much effort each day without much to show for it, or getting bored with what you’re currently doing so your workout isn’t as exciting anymore. If this sounds like you, it’s likely you’ve hit a workout plateau. But don’t worry! There are some awesome tactics for breaking free of the stagnation and taking your workout results to the next level. More

3 Reasons for Over Eating (and How to Stop)

Lauren Stewart Diets, Nutrition, Overall Health

If you’re carrying around some extra pounds, it likely means you’re over eating. And with that, the real questions become:

Why are you over eating? and how do you stop?

Let’s start with the first one. Why are you over eating at all? There are a few common reasons: More

3 Life-Changing Benefits of Aerobic Exercise

Lauren Stewart Exercise, Overall Health

When most people think about the benefits of aerobic exercise, the first thought is weight loss and looking better. And while that is a great benefit of moving your body each day, the more immediate benefits of exercise shouldn’t be overlooked.

When you do cardio, also known as aerobic exercise, it changes how you feel too—and quickly. More

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