Considering the time of year, we’ll bet you have a holiday dinner (or four) with friends and family coming up. The Yes Health coaches are here with their 10 best tips to help you fully enjoy yourself without feeling overly full or undoing your new, healthier habits. “Don’t wait until the big meal to eat,” … Continue reading 10 Tips for Making Your Holiday Meal Game Plan
No holiday meal–especially Thanksgiving– feels complete without dessert. Unfortunately, most traditional after-dinner sweets are packed with lots of sugar, fat and calories. That’s why we’re sharing 11 of our coach team’s deliciously healthy dessert faves to curb your cravings (and impress your friends and family). Enjoy! Coach Cassie Cinnamon Rolls – “I’m a huge cinnamon roll … Continue reading 11 Healthy (& Delish) Holiday Dessert Recipes
Whether you’re a Thanksgiving traditionalist who serves up turkey and all the fixins’ or a culinary rebel who opts for less predictable holiday dishes, we’ve got some healthy inspiration headed your way. Nine of our coaches shared some of their favorite Thanksgiving recipes. Give them a try next week! Coach Susan’s pick: Yam Seed Spread “I … Continue reading 12 Coach-picked Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes
Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be all about too-rich prix fixe dinners, boxed chocolates and heart-shaped candies. This year, we’re here to help mix things up and do a little holiday “health-ifying.” Whether you’re hitched or single or somewhere in between, there are lots of fun, healthy activities you can do alone or with the … Continue reading 15 Healthy (and Fun!) Valentine’s Day Ideas
The last few weeks of the year can be the perfect time to create new, healthy traditions with your friends and family–especially in the kitchen. As a special treat, the coaches are sharing their favorite holiday recipes, including low-sugar sweets, delicious sides and savory, veggie-rich breakfasts to warm up you you and your guests on chilly winter mornings. Coach … Continue reading Holiday Cooking with the Coaches
‘Tis the season of giving, and that includes sugary treats–and lots of them–especially in the office. Even if you’re committed to packing or going out for healthy lunches, the cookies, candy and leftover pie that beckon from the break room can challenge even the strongest of wills. (As if the holidays weren’t already tough enough!) So, knowing this is our reality, … Continue reading Ask the Coaches: How Can I Eat Less Sugar This Holiday Season?
Not many of us immediately associate the holidays with organized group exercise, but maybe it’s high time we did. Signing up for a Turkey Trot or Jingle Bell Run is a great excuse to get outside, take in the fall foliage and create a bit of a buffer between you and your distant–or just very different–relatives. Plus, what better way to … Continue reading The Yes Health Turkey Trot Training Guide
The New Year is just hours away, which has everyone talking about that time-honored tradition—making resolutions. Keeping them, however, is another matter. At Yes Health, we’re not exactly anti-resolution. It’s just that we recognize how easy it is to set a HUGE goal for ourselves starting January 1 (i.e. loose 50 pounds, give up alcohol, … Continue reading The Anti-Resolution Revolution
Christmastime is here! All of the gathering, remembering and impending New Year’s arrival comes with a mixed bag of emotions for most people—even on the best of days. Welcome to the thick of it. (Deep breath.) This week is the perfect time to schedule some self care and focus on all that’s positive in your life. A little gratitude and wonder … Continue reading 6 Healthy Holiday Survival Tips
Boo! It’s Halloween and so it begins… the Season of Sugar. From now through January 1, it’s pretty much all sugar all the time–at home, in the office and pretty much everywhere we turn. So, the question is, how do we survive without losing all the healthy momentum we’ve gained? Yes Health is here to help. But … Continue reading How to Survive Sugar Season
