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Sleep, Stress and Weight Loss: Understanding the Connection

Weight loss is about more than nutrition and exercise. As much as I wish we could, we can’t compartmentalize food, fitness, stress and sleep. For today, let’s focus on the connection between sleep, stress and weight loss. The best place to start this discussion is by acknowledging the fact that

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Stress

Just Breathe

What is your breathing like right now? Are your shoulders slouched forward? Is your jaw clenched? Are your neck muscles tight? Are you so stressed that you are holding your breath? Last week on the Revolution Dietitian Facebook page, I shared a video referencing the Jon Kabat-Zinn quote “you cannot

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Stress

Stuck

Am I working toward goals?  Am I where I want to be in life? In health? In my relationships? Am I stuck? Why? Today is Ash Wednesday. For the billions of Christians worldwide, Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, a six-week period of reflection and penance. You don’t have

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Stress

Shall We Begin?

Halloween is over and candy is still everywhere. If you could resist this year, kudos to you. I have no doubt the empowering feeling of overcoming the sugar temptation was worth the small sacrifice. If you decided to eat a piece of candy or two or ten, then it is

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Stress

Undaunted

Confession time. I was overly excited to be visiting the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center just outside of Baker City, OR this summer. Covered wagons, oxen, promise of a new life in a new land, I was soaking it all in like I was back at the green screen computers in

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