Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be all about candy conversation hearts and chocolate in heart-shaped boxes.  This year share some healthy gifts with your loved ones.  Here’s some ideas to get you started: 1).  Prepare a Healthy Breakfast….  Cut up a quart of strawberries (they naturally make a heart shape) and arrange on a plate. [...]

A SMART goal is one that is Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-conscious. S = Strategic and Specific    The goal should identify a specific action or event that will take place. It should answer  the question: Who and What? M = Measurable  The goal needs to include  the measurements which will be used in determine [...]

Jill Gregory, our local nutritionist, recently shared some great tips to help you stay on track until the Halloween candy is gone. You can read all about it here: http://www.venicenutrition.com/blog/2011/10/31/AvoidTheHalloweenHangover.aspx

This post has nothing to do with Pilates or Fitness or Nutrition, but everything to do with you. You see, about a week ago I received an email from one of my fitness mentors, Sean Greely.  He told me about an experiment that consisted of talking to eggs and how this could dramatically effect their [...]

Have you every had one of those days? You start out eating a healthy, balanced, nutritious breakfast. But you skip lunch. And around 3:00 pm you are so hungry you could eat the first thing you see in your kitchen. I never seem to see the apples in these situations. Instead, all I can see [...]

So strayed off your healthy eating program, indulged in some fatty, no-nutrition food and you’re feeling like a slug. What do you do now to get back on track? Eat a meal of just protein and fat 4 hours after the “Off Plan” Meal East Cobb Venice Nutrition Consultant Jill Gregory shares this secret from [...]

So You are going on spring break and you know you’ll be tempted by dining out, being off your routine, or visiting a relative to whom food is love. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? Venice Nutrition Consultant Jill Gregory shared this treasure of a tidbit with me today. It was written by Mark McDonald, creator of [...]