Benefits of Exercise Beyond Calorie Burn

active in winter

During this festive season you may be thinking to exercise or not to exercise.   You might be pondering whether the benefit of a bit of exercise will allow you less guilt less guilt as you bite into your favorite holiday treats or whether you can save that time and get more done. In weighing … [Read more...]

90 Day Challenge Week 8: Why We Eat What We Eat

Rosemary Malowany 90-day challenge update

Hi my name is Rosemary Mallowany, I've been doing a 90 day challenge with Revive's fitness partner- Blitz Conditioning and having recently attended Revive's EBT workshop, wanted to share with you some of my journey! When you have the knowledge, but lack the power to use it It was suggested … [Read more...]

Tips to create lasting change

How are you doing with consistently meeting your goals? Do you feel closer than you did last year, even last month? I find personally that I my commitment ebbs and flows with time if I don’t stay diligent.  Just yesterday, I found myself feeling frustrated with my lack of success in … [Read more...]

Nix the Night Eating

snacking at night

After the kitchen is cleaned up for the night, do you find yourself passing through for a handful of this or a nibble of that? For many, late night snacking is the crux of their weight struggles. What can you do about it?   1. Identify the trigger (i.e. find out why you’re … [Read more...]

Falling into routine

In some ways, I hate to utter the word fall as it is a reminder of shorter, cooler days to come however I do enjoy the return to routine and structure that fall brings. After being a student and then having my own kids in the school system for so long, fall in many ways seems like the ‘new … [Read more...]

Mindless eating: little bites

The evenings are filled with making supper, eating supper, cleaning up from supper, doing homework, getting the kids to bed, and by the time you are making lunches at the end of the night your exhausted! The more tired we are, the more likely we are to mindlessly eat. Have you ever notice … [Read more...]

Skipping meals and cravings

carbs

Recently I came across interesting study conducted at the Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University that puts some science to a behavior  I have seen play out in my clients repeatedly.   They studied how our hunger responds when we skip meals, and even more interestingly how hunger influences our … [Read more...]

Too busy for self care? You could be sabotaging your weight.

If you are too busy to look after your basic self-care you are more likely to struggle with your weight.   Why?     First, managing our appetite requires us to be attuned to our body and its messages.  If we are not taking care of our basic self care needs, we lose that … [Read more...]

Attunement: a key to a healthy weight

Do you struggle with overeating, or problem eating behaviors that impact your weight?  If you want to end the dieting roller coaster and develop a healthy relationship with food then research shows that attunement is key to your success. The definition of attunement according to Webster’s … [Read more...]

Fat is not a feeling

Did you find yourself labeling your food choices differently after last week’s post?  I hope you started seeing food more neutrally, or found yourself catching when you attached judgment to what/when/why you were eating. In keeping with the same train of thought, let’s now focus on what … [Read more...]