Life is all about relationships. Family, friends, food. The first two are obvious, but that third one is tricky. When it comes to food, do you feel you control food or food controls you? Understanding this is monumental in establishing healthier lifestyle habits. Too often we use our emotions as an excuse to over-consume. We eat when we are happy, sad, angry, stressed, bored, mad. If you use one or more of these emotions as an excuse, you are not alone. BUT, we need to recognize this and find a non-food-related way to deal with these emotions.

When you "blow it" with the healthy lifestyle choices you're trying to make, do you immediately get back on task? Or do you think, "Well, that didn't work. I will try again tomorrow (next week, next month, etc.)" In every journey we go on in our lives, we will fail at some point. We are human. There is no reason to beat ourselves up over setbacks. It is through our failures that we learn what to do/not do the next time.

How is everyone doing on stepping up to the 4-week water challenge? It is the #1 most important lifestyle change that we can make to improve our overall health.

We are busy people! We have duties at work, duties at home, plus we have to squeeze in time to eat and sleep. When am I supposed to find time to fit in any exercise at all? These are things I not only hear regularly, but things I have found myself saying.

I have been in the medical weight loss field for over 20 years. Trends have come and trends have gone. What is the one, most consistent "must do" to accomplish your goal of a healthier you? 128 ounces of water each day. And guess what? It's FREE!!!

Summer is officially here. For most of us, it'll be over before we blink. What are your plans for the summer? Make a list of your goals for this summer right now. Don't say you will get to it; it takes 2 minutes. Give me your top 3 things you hope to accomplish in the next 3 months.

Every single one of us have gone through challenging seasons of our lives. Only you know what your season looks like. I'm going to share mine, and then we can look forward on how to get through our seasons together.