Tip

Eat less from a box and more from the earth.

Clean Eating with Claudia from HASfit

Need to begin the process of changing the way you eat...check out these short Clean Eating clips by Claudia from HASfit.

How Much Should You Eat?

To find out how many calories you should consume, check out this handy calculator. You may be pleasantly surprised. Eat. More. Food!

Account Records

"You can look at your calorie count in the same way you might look at a bank account. Every mouthful of food is a deposit and every activity that requires energy is a withdrawal. If we deposit more than we withdrawal, our surplus grows larger and larger. " -John Maxwell

Weight Loss Tip

Get calories from foods you chew, not beverages. Have fresh fruit instead of fruit juice.

Holiday Tip

As obvious as it sounds, don’t stand near the food at parties. Make the effort, and you’ll find you eat less.

Weight Loss Tip

Make eating purposeful, not mindless. Whenever you put food in your mouth, peel it, unwrap it, plate it, and sit. Engage all of the senses in the pleasure of nourishing your body.

Weight Loss Tip

Resolve never to supersize your food portions—unless you want to supersize your clothes.

Drug of Choice

‎"Someone had to learn the discipline of giving up some things and that someone was me. And those 'things' were poor food choices that were sabotaging my body, my mental energy, and even my spirit.

Food had become like a drug. And honestly, it's a good drug of choice for a Christian woman. Every church event I attended readily provided my drug out in the open with no hesitation or judgment."

~ Lysa TerKeurst (Made To Crave)

HALT

"There is a popular acronym known in the land of the lean as HALT. It means that when you feel like reaching for food, ask yourself first if you are hungry, angry, lonely, or tired. If you're hungry, then proceed, but if you are reaching for food in response to emotion, then halt your behavior immediately and deal with the problem at hand. There's nothing inherently wrong with putting food to your mouth, but if you're doing it to fill a void that should be handled another way." ~ Candace Cameron Bure (Reshaping It All pp. 60-61)

What Would Your Great-Great Grandmother Eat?

“Don’t eat anything your great-great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food. There are a great many food-like items in the supermarket your ancestors wouldn't recognize as food.. stay away from these” ~ Michael Pollan

Temptation of Eating

"Placed then amid these temptations, I strive daily against sin in eating and drinking. For it is not of such nature that I can settle on cutting it off once for all, and never touching it afterward."

~ Augustine

Craving Control

Three magic words: ask yourself, "Am I hungry?" before eating anything. It is a quick way to be more connected to what is causing you to reach mindlessly for food.

~ Dawn Jackson Blatner, The Flexitarian Diet, p. 82

Eat This Not That! For Kids by David Zinczenko

I found this great book for parents at my library by David Zinczenko with Matt Goulding. This book is full of common sense eating advice and many surprises. I was shocked to learn that some things I considered good for me are not the best choices. The authors list good and bad or okay and better choices for many restaurants that kids frequent. They also give lots of helpful advice for parental nutrition as well. There also tips on grocery shopping and surviving the school cafeteria. The last chapter lists activities the whole family can do to shed unwanted weight and develop a healthy lifestyle.

Find a copy of this book and help your kids on their way to becoming fit for life.

How Good Is Your Food?

Find out about the nutritional value of your favorite food or recipes here. Each food is analyzed and given calorie count, nutritional information, and a letter grade.

This site has many other helpful tools for diet and exercise. A tool that helps you determine how many calories you need daily to go from your current weight to your desired weight by a certain date in the future. It takes into account your age, activity level, and gender.