Category: Patient Resources

Is Your Social Life Wreaking Havoc on Your Weight Management Goals?

Is Your Social Life Wreaking Havoc on Your Weight Management Goals? Wine with the ladies. Beer and wings with the boys. Friday night pizza. Date night dinner out or skip-the-dishes on Saturday. Family breakfast on Sunday. Does your social life revolve around food? Food is a universal connector, offering us comfort in good times and […]

3 Ways Exercise Helps to Reduce Stress

3 Ways Exercise Helps to Reduce Stress Everyone reaches points in their life when they feel stressed out. Maybe they’re anxious, or worried about current and future events. But… how do we deal with these moments? You can try many different “destressing” tactics. Everything from taking a nap, to spending a night out at the […]

The Mental Games – May the Odds be Ever in Your Favour

If you are suffering from a mental health disorder, such as depression, before we embark on any lifestyle changing efforts we need to ensure we are properly addressing your mental health FIRST! 

Moving Your Way To Health

Do you believe that if you could spend more time in the gym THAT would be your ticket to weight-loss? More exercise = more weight-loss?

Dear (Food) Diary…

Dr. Dan and our team at HE believe in health journalling SO MUCH that we made our template available FOR FREE online. 

Food Diary: Connecting the Dots

your diary serves as an ongoing reminder and reinforces all of the incredible changes you are making in your life to live a healthier and happier life!

7 Little Food Swaps That Can Make an Impact on Your Health

Here are 7 little food swaps that will, over time, make an IMPACT on your health goals. So, pick 1 or 2, (NOT all 7… NOT even 5 or 6), and see how it goes.

A Magician Never Reveals His (Diet) Tricks, but I am NOT a Magician

Ask yourself, will this work for me?
Are the changes that I would have to make something I could do for the rest of my life?

The Skinny On Obesity

The most common misconception about obesity is that it is due to excessive eating and limited exercise – to cure it we just need to eat less and move more. Now nutrition and activity levels can certainly play a role, however,

When you are SMART, so are your goals!

Once the goal has been designed you can’t just set it and forget it. The plan needs to be revisited at appropriate intervals, and adjusted. Some aspect of SMART needs to be tweaked in order to stay on track, as with most plans they don’t work out exactly as we had hoped.

Try My New Calorie Calculator!

Calculate your daily calorie and protein targets to help you achieve your weight goals.

Try My New Calorie Calculator!

Calculate your daily calorie and protein targets to help you achieve your weight goals.