Strength training

Basics of Strength Training: Lose Weight and Get Stronger

By: Amanda A. Kostro Miller, RD, LDN

Want to really up your weight loss game? You may know that diet and exercise are the main components of a weight loss program, however, the type of exercise that you do matters too.

In this post, we will talk about the importance of including strength training in your routine. If you’ve never done strength training, then no worries! We will give you a basic guide of how to start strength training, the types of resistance training available and how to create a strength workout based on your particular goals!

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Healthy Eating

Expert Tips to Eat Healthier and Eat Better

By: Amanda A. Kostro Miller, RD, LDN

Want the inside scoop on how to eat healthier? Eating better doesn’t have to be hard (and honestly, it shouldn’t be!). You can eat healthier with simple life changes that you can sustain for the rest of your life. Let’s take a look at some of the top dietitian-approved healthy eating tips that can help you reach your health, weight and fitness goals!

Here’s Expert Tip 1 – Use smaller plates! So simple!

Click here to read more about this tip and 6 more –> Expert Tips to Eat Healthier and Eat Better

Sleep

The Benefits of Sleep (and How to Sleep Better)

By: Amanda A. Kostro Miller, RD, LDN

You may have heard about the benefits of sleep, but you shrug them off and continue on with your busy day. Many people have a “I’ll sleep when I die mentality,” but getting proper sleep can actually make you healthier and improve your quality of life.

Keep reading to learn about why we should all get enough sleep as well as how you can start sleeping better tonight. After reading this article, we hope that you view adequate sleep as a necessity rather than a luxury.

Keep reading to learn more about sleep –> The Benefits of Sleep (and How to Sleep Better)

Eat less

Weight Loss Hacks: 7 Quick Tips to Eat Less Calories

By: Amanda A. Kostro Miller, RD, LDN

Struggling to eat less calories for weight loss? We’ve put together a list of 7 tips so that you can reduce your calorie intake right now! Along with the tips, we’ve also included the reasons behind why these methods work for weight loss.

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Using Nutritionix

Tips and Tricks for using Nutritionix

By: Amanda A. Kostro Miller, RD, LDN

If you use Nutritionix for tracking your food and calorie intake, then you’re not alone! Thousands of others do so as well. Nutritionix is used by hundreds of health apps, health professionals and dieters – and rightfully so because Nutritionix has a large database of foods to log. It is a key aspect of using PrescribeWell so you can share your data with your doctor.

In this post, we will give you several tips and tricks that you can use when logging in Nutritionix. Since logging can be a pain, hopefully these tips will save you time and make your weight loss regimen a little easier. Click here to become a Nutritionix expert!

Get moving!

Physical Activity: Lose Weight and Live Better

By: Amanda A. Kostro Miller, RD, LDN

Trying to lose weight? If you’ve asked around about how to lose weight, then you may hear things like “weight loss is all about diet” but in fact, weight loss is “all about” a good balance between diet and getting more active. Physical activity is an essential component for general health and for meeting your weight loss goals.

If you think that working out each week is just way too hard, we’re here to tell you that physical activity can actually make weight loss easier. Keep reading for physical activity recommendations, how they make weight loss easier and some tips on how to burn calories when you’re not at the gym.

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Calorie counting

The Essential Guide to Calorie Counting

By: Amanda A. Kostro Miller, RD, LDN

You may have never thought about the calories in food until you wanted to lose weight. Not only is eating less for weight loss hard to do, but calorie counting is tedious, time-consuming and eye-opening (is there really 285 calories in one slice of pizza?!). That’s why we created this essential guide to calorie counting. By using this guide, you can better understand how calories affect your weight loss, how to manipulate them to your advantage and what shortcuts you can take.

Using the NutritionIx app will greatly assist you in this effort!

Read on for the essentials –> The Essential Guide to Calorie Counting

Weight loss

5 Common Weight Loss Mistakes

By: Amanda A. Kostro Miller, RD, LDN

Weight loss can be a challenge for anyone, but sometimes we make things harder than they have to be! If weight loss was easy, everyone would already be at their goal weight. Weight loss is a process to grow and learn from your mistakes.

For those who are just starting their weight loss program, glance over this list of common weight loss mistakes so that you know how to avoid making them. If you are already well underway towards your weight loss goal, then make sure you are not making these mistakes right now. They could be holding you back!

Continue reading to understand common weight loss mistakes and how to fix them –> 5 Common Weight Loss Mistakes