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Which Dieting Style Is Sabotaging Your Weight Loss After 50?

2/6/2025

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Navigating the world of dieting can feel like walking through a maze—especially for women over 50, who face unique challenges during and after menopause.

With an endless stream of trendy diets promising rapid results, it’s all too easy to fall into common pitfalls that ultimately derail your progress. 

It’s not really your fault though.

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Alcohol and Weight Loss: What You Need to Know

6/3/2024

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Drinking alcohol is part of life for many adults. It's often seen as a way to unwind or as something fun to do socially with friends. That being said, it also has its drawbacks when it comes to weight management.

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3 healthy Valentine's day treats

2/5/2021

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It’s time for Valentine’s Day, and whether you’re single, married, or anywhere in between, that means you’re going to be tempted to eat desserts, chocolate and other treats you might regret later.

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Inflammation: Which Foods Should You Be Eating?

8/13/2020

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All inflammation isn’t bad… but chronic inflammation can get dangerous to your health.

When your body recognizes anything foreign it triggers the process of inflammation. This could be plant pollen, a chemical, or a virus. Acute inflammation is completely normal, but when it lasts?

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Why You Crave junk food and How to Stop

1/8/2020

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It’s no secret that the New Year, birthdays or any new chapter brings on new inspiration and desire for health. Did you know that less than 10% will still be pursuing their resolution within just a few months.

It's common to give into temptations of your go-to unhealthy snacks, whether it's out of hunger, boredom or just because you love them. This pattern repeats itself over and over again when you're trying to lose weight or just be healthier. Why is that though? Well, have you ever made the choice to start working on a goal and said something along the lines of this: "This is it! I'm gonna be really strict until I get in shape." or "I'm going to diet and go to the gym 6 times a week starting today!" Maybe you haven't said these things specifically, but this all or nothing mindset is really common and will always end up working against you.

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Poison In Your Food

10/13/2019

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​When I first got into the health and fitness industry I was SHOCKED by the fact that our food today contains poisons and chemicals of all kinds.

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How You Profit By Eliminating Toxins

9/26/2019

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Cheryl Meyer’s message is simple, “Eliminate toxins, and heal your chronic pain.  Own your own health. I got sick and didn't want a life of pain and pills. “
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Thus, began an odyssey that culminated in Cheryl Meyer’s writing the manual she wishes she’d had when she got sick.  In her award winning book It Feels Good to Feel Good: Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reverse Inflammation and Feel Great Again, she explains how she discovered she was suffering from inflammation and autoimmune disease, how she actively searched out, purged, and replaced toxins in her life, how she found the right doctor (a Functional MD), and how she finally returned to wellness.

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5 Simple Ways To Improve Your Diet Today

9/23/2019

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​Many of us have good intentions when it comes to eating better. However, we just don't know where to start. Changing how we eat seems like it is so much work. In this article, I’m going to look at five simple ways you can improve your diet today. The best part is that these five things are so simple to do it's not even going to seem like work.

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6 Strategies for Healthy, Quick & Convenient Dinners

9/11/2019

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The biggest obstacle I hear from the people I coach is that they “just don’t have time.”  People are SO busy today with work, families, managing a house, and the million other things that come up.

So it’s too often that they find themselves grabbing food for convenience – food that not only doesn’t serve their bodies but that also ends up negatively impacting the family and their waistlines.  This leads to further guilt and a vicious cycle begins.
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It breaks my heart to see these ​smart, hard-working, and deserving people go down the rabbit hole of convenience because they just don’t know another way.  So, I’m here to help! 🙂

Check out my strategies for ​healthy, fast, and convenient ​dinners (or whichever meal you choose!)

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Why Counting Calories Does Not Work

9/9/2019

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If you've ever tried to lose weight, you've probably counted calories. And if you're a woman, you've probably fixated yourself on consuming 1,200 calories per day. (Weird fact: the majority of women I've spoken to about how many calories she thinks she should eat per day says 1,200 for no apparent reason). It seems like women have just "heard" over the years this is the goal number, but I digress....

So, what's wrong with counting calories? Read on.

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    Lisa Swanson is an ACE Certified Health Coach, Personal Trainer and Orthopedic Exercise Specialist as well as a certified AASDN and PN level 1 nutritionist. With over 35 years experience helping people turn their lives around, she is on a mission to provide relevant and useful knowledge to help women in midlife reach their goals.

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