Tips & Tricks for your healthy lifestyle!
Remember January 1? You decided to trade in your pumpkin pie for chicken salad and your party dress for your sports bra. New Year’s resolution mode was engaged. Research says 41 percent of us make New Year’s resolutions, but only nine percent of those make it to their goals. The fact is most people bite […]
Do you treat wellness as a focused, short-term, all-out effort? One you follow with an even longer period of reverting to old habits and behaviors? That doesn’t contribute to your overall health – but you already knew that. Compare your efforts towards your healthiest self to growing a flower. First, you get the right materials like […]
This is the time of year we all resolve to “be the best me” in the New Year. After weeks (ok, let’s be honest, it’s been months) of over-indulging in all the holiday cheer, we’re vowing to live a clean life in 2019! Unfortunately, change is hard, so many people try to find a quick fix. Lose […]
March is National Nutrition Month and this year’s theme is Go Further with Food. On the national level, the campaign is focusing on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. But here at Summerfield Custom Wellness, we have a different idea of what it means to […]
Thanksgiving has come and gone, and we are now entering the thick of the holiday travel season. Hopefully our November article, The Ghosts of Unhealthy Holidays Past, helped you feel prepared with strategies for a healthy holiday. There is still plenty of time to enjoy our Happy & Healthy Holiday Guide, full of recipes and […]
Traveling can derail some of our best plans for healthy eating. Here are some ideas for packable snacks and restaurant options for when you are on the go. Think about keeping some of these snacks in bags, coolers, and in the fridge at your final destinations. Nutritious Travel Snacks Aim for combining protein + […]
All Dietitians Are Not Created Equal A lot of people aren’t completely sure about what a dietitian does. Some people think we are the food police. Some people think we are going to take away all of their cupcakes. Some people think that just because they had a bad experience with one dietitian, they will […]
Four Elements of a Sustainable Wellness Program Wellness programs are useless if they are unsustainable. People are well-equipped to yo-yo diet without the help of their employer. Your best hope for success in creating effective programs is to plan with longevity and sustainability in mind. If the program you create is not sustainable on […]
As with anything worth doing, analysis of success and failure is important. When it comes to improving your health, refining the process is key to landing on an approach that works for each individual. Even with a strategy and following a plan, you learn things along the way that help you get to a better […]