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Healthy Answers – A Guide To Healthy Living:

‘Keep It Clean And Lean!’

By Dale Brown, B.S., scale, with the same clothes or without to keep consistency drinking a glass of water before a meal to help curb your
M.A., C.E.C. Dale is a and reliability. If you prefer to weigh in daily, as I do, don’t appetite and to give you a feeling of fullness.
motivational speaker be discouraged when you find fluctuations from 1-3 pounds Slow is Okay – Think how long it has taken you to get to
who has spent many depending on various factors such as water retention, heavy your current weight. Don’t be impatient; dropping pounds
years as a Certified Life eating the day before or hormonal changes. takes time. Remember, slow and steady wins the race.
Coach and has written Protein – Don’t underestimate the importance of Here’s my philosophy: “Life should be enjoyable, and
numerous articles and protein. It’s the ultimate food when it comes to filling I don’t want to stop doing the things I love to do, like
e-books relating to self- you up and fueling your body. Healthy proteins are eating!” Don’t be a slave to a diet that robs you of the
improvement and ways to seafood, lean meat, egg whites, yogurt, cheese, soy, joy of savoring the foods you enjoy. Learn to understand
build a high-performance nuts and beans. Proteins help preserve muscle mass and the nature of healthy eating, make the highest choice
team. She is the author of encourage fat burning. Try to incorporate protein in every possible when selecting from a menu, keep it lean and
the book, “Small Steps... meal and/or snack. keep it clean. Your health depends on it.
Big Changes: The Personal Stories of a Life Coach.” Her Water – You may think you’re hungry but it might be
education and years of experience in physical fitness and thirst instead. Next time you go for a bag of chips, first
training of elite athletes has enabled her to sharpen her drink a glass of water or a fruit-infused herbal tea. Try
knowledge in many health-related areas. The following
introduces a new approach to Ms. Brown’s series of
columns devoted to many topics that deal with the mind/
body connection and the importance of living a healthy NOW ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS
lifestyle. Dale, a Bocaire resident, can be reached at
dalebrown@lovingmondays.com.
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