What Should Your Plate Look Like?

Today’s contribution is from Good Measure Meals’ registered dietitian, Joy Goetz, MS, RD, LD, CHES  “What am I going to eat?”  Have you heard this before? Maybe you’ve been on the receiving end of similar questions from your kids or significant other. Whether you’re cooking for one or twenty-one, there are some super simple meal planning tools…

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Culinary Tips to Make Healthy Food Actually Taste Good

Today’s contribution is from Good Measure Meals’ registered dietitian, Jamie Hamblin, MS, RD, LD.  The journey toward our goals is paved with great intentions. No processed foods, exercise every day, sleep 8 hrs each night. But before long, life happens. Great intentions give way to the busyness of life, and very soon we find that we’ve strayed from our…

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5 Small Changes that Make a Big Difference

Today’s contribution is from Good Measure Meals’ registered dietitian, Rachel Baer, RD, LD. Originally published in Wingfoot magazine.  The journey toward our goals is paved with great intentions.  No processed foods, exercise every day, sleep 8 hrs each night.  But before long, life happens.  Great intentions give way to the busyness of life, and very soon we…

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The Value of Recovery Days

Today’s contribution is from Amy Bush, Personal Trainer   When you think of working out, you typically think weight loss and muscle gain. Did you know the most important factor in muscle gain is actually when you’re not working out at all?  During workouts, muscle fibers are being broken down in order to rebuild as stronger, larger muscles. During rest,…

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Common Nutrition Myths: True or False

Today’s contribution is by Good Measure Meals’ registered dietitian, Kayla Anderson MPH, RD  With all the information floating around about nutrition, it’s hard to keep track of what’s true and what simply hasn’t been proven. Here are 5 nutrition myths to be weary of: Eating eggs raises your cholesterol.FALSE: The cholesterol found in foods has little to…

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Stretching

Today’s contribution is by Nick DiCarlo ACMS Certified Exercise Physiologist   Stretching is an area that commonly gets neglected by many exercisers. This is unfortunate as stretching is an important component to muscular health; we should both strengthen and stretch all major muscles groups in our bodies, so we can have strong and full range of…

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