Diet & Nutrition

Now that you’ve determined your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE), also known as your maintenance calories, you should have an idea of how many calories you should eat in a day to provide your body with the nutrients and energy it needs. Each body is different. Planning your low calorie meals around the calories you […]

Weight loss is 80% nutrition and 20% exercise. The nutritional approach you take has to go beyond temporarily adopting the newest diet—you need to implement a lifestyle shift. Part of this process involves understanding your food consumption. With that, let’s answer an essential question: how many calories should I eat a day? The first step

Not all fruits are created equal. Though fruits provide many necessary vitamins, minerals, fiber, and water, several are high in fructose (a type of sugar) and can increase calorie intake. There’s no need to eliminate fruit from your diet; you just have to be more selective. In this blog, we’ll tell you about some of

As you explore the world of calorie counting as part of your weight loss journey, you may come across a new term: maintenance calories.  What are maintenance calories? Simply put, maintenance calories are the number of calories your body needs to carry out everyday functions. These essentially include bodily functions, like digestion, plus activities you

Any fitness enthusiast looking to gain muscle or lose bodyweight has probably heard about macro dieting or tracking macros. But, do you know what a macro diet is? Within the past few years, there’s been a lot of talk about flexible dieting and the macro approach versus following a strict meal plan. Macro dieting, or

Many diets today promote the reduction of carbohydrates in order to lose weight. To do this, you replace certain foods that are high in carbs with no carb foods, or at least low carb foods. Let’s review some no/low carb foods so that you can start including them in your regular diet. While consuming low