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How to Smash Your Weight Loss New Years Resolution

How to Smash Your Weight Loss New Years Resolution

It’s that time of year again to set your new years resolutions. Of course, at the top of the list is weight loss! But how can you stay on track, so it turns into a lifestyle and not a trend where you throw in the towel after a few weeks? It’s not easy to get off track...

How to Avoid Thanksgiving Weight Gain

How to Avoid Thanksgiving Weight Gain

Thanksgiving is a holiday that many use as an excuse to eat anything they want for a day. Many people take a break from their diets to enjoy the turkey, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie that is so popular and found on almost every table.  You may deserve a day to eat...

7 Healthy Exercises You Can Do Without Going to the Gym

7 Healthy Exercises You Can Do Without Going to the Gym

Everyone knows how crucial regular exercise can be regardless of your age and condition. Additionally, sweating away those extra pounds also helps keep your brain sharp and your mental welfare in check.  But let’s face it: it is not always easy to get up every morning...

How to Smash Your Weight Loss New Years Resolution

How to Smash Your Weight Loss New Years Resolution

It’s that time of year again to set your new years resolutions. Of course, at the top of the list is weight loss! But how can you stay on track, so it turns into a lifestyle and not a trend where you throw in the towel after a few weeks? It’s not easy to get off track...

How to Avoid Thanksgiving Weight Gain

How to Avoid Thanksgiving Weight Gain

Thanksgiving is a holiday that many use as an excuse to eat anything they want for a day. Many people take a break from their diets to enjoy the turkey, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie that is so popular and found on almost every table.  You may deserve a day to eat...

7 Healthy Exercises You Can Do Without Going to the Gym

7 Healthy Exercises You Can Do Without Going to the Gym

Everyone knows how crucial regular exercise can be regardless of your age and condition. Additionally, sweating away those extra pounds also helps keep your brain sharp and your mental welfare in check.  But let’s face it: it is not always easy to get up every morning...

The Pros and Cons of the Keto Diet

The Pros and Cons of the Keto Diet

If you’re hoping to get ready for swimsuit season with a summer bod or lose weight for the long term, you’ve probably scoured the internet for the best diet plans to help you achieve your goals. In doing so, you have likely stumbled upon the ketogenic diet or simply,...

Why Is Your Diet Not Working? This Could Be a Reason

Why Is Your Diet Not Working? This Could Be a Reason

You’ve heard it time and again: having a good, proper, and balanced diet plays an important role in losing and keeping the weight off. Couple that with enough physical activities and achieving your weight loss goals becomes possible.  Because you are determined to...

Ready for Swimsuit Season? Get That Summer Body With These Tips

Ready for Swimsuit Season? Get That Summer Body With These Tips

Summer is just ‘round the corner. Soon enough it’s going to be hot and sunny – a perfect combo to enjoy some quality time on the beach. The question is – is your body ready for swimsuit season? If you slept through winter time and still have some work to do before you...

8 Signs That Your Body NEEDS a Detox

8 Signs That Your Body NEEDS a Detox

In our everyday lives, we are exposed to all different kinds of pollution, stress, unhealthy food and drinks, sleep deprivation, and lack of healthy lifestyle habits. This takes a toll on our health. Toxins from pesticides, air pollutants, food preservative...

How to lose weight without starving yourself

How to lose weight without starving yourself

At our Spring Hill Weight Loss Clinic, we have already seen many people who incorrectly associate weight loss with starvation. For these people, it is very common to try to lose weight by drastically limiting their food intake.  Unfortunately, after a few days of...

Spring Hill Dietitian – 3 effective ways to fight sugar addiction

Spring Hill Dietitian – 3 effective ways to fight sugar addiction

If you’ve read our previous articles on sugar (you haven’t? Well, go ahead and do that now! Sugar is your biggest enemy to losing weight, and the best way to fight the enemy is to know how it operates. Here are articles 1: Sugar Rush: The Bitter Truth and 2: What...

Weight Loss Brooksville: Patients’ Testimonials

Weight Loss Brooksville: Patients’ Testimonials

Losing weight can be a challenging process, especially if done without proper guidance and in an unsupportive environment. We decided to share some of our patients’ testimonials we collected over the years to emphasize the importance of having someone in your corner....

Weight Loss Brooksville: Patients’ Testimonials

Hudson Weight Loss – 3 reasons why your efforts to lose weight fail

If you’ve tried losing weight in the past but did not succeed, don’t despair. It doesn’t mean you’re not meant to look fit and healthy, or that you are incapable of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. You’re not weak or hopeless, either. Most people who are trying to...

Hudson Weight Loss – 10 Good Practices To Losing Weight, Part 1

Hudson Weight Loss – 10 Good Practices To Losing Weight, Part 1

We are officially entering the summer season. It is the perfect time to start developing new healthy habits in order to shed those extra pounds before hitting the beach. If you’re one of the people who think losing weight is only possible if you give up all your...

Hudson Weight Loss – 10 Good Practices To Losing Weight, Part 2

Hudson Weight Loss – 10 Good Practices To Losing Weight, Part 2

Welcome to the Part 2 of our 10 Good Practices To Losing Weight series where our Hudson Weight Loss specialist explains simple habits to make your losing weight efforts a lot easier. Here are another 5 everyday habits that will help you on your journey to achieving...

Healthy Holiday recipes – Vegan Gingerbread Cookies.

Healthy Holiday recipes – Vegan Gingerbread Cookies.

Holiday Season is upon us. Therefore, our Brooksville Dietitian Susan has a surprise for you – a fool-proof, quick and easy Gingerbread Cookies recipe. If you are trying to lose weight but you do not want to miss out on any of the holiday magic, you need to try these...

Eggs with yogurt dip and immunity-boosting salad

Eggs with yogurt dip and immunity-boosting salad

If you want to start your day on a good note, use this high-energy breakfast recipe. Eggs for breakfast are the best possible choice since they are rich in protein, vitamins B6 and B12, vitamin D, zinc, iron, and copper. Plus, they are have healthy fats so they keep...

3 things that weight loss gurus don’t tell you.

3 things that weight loss gurus don’t tell you.

In your life, you’ve probably heard tons of weight loss advice from different sources – friends, family, the internet, TV, etc. We’ve all heard weight-loss tips like: ‘Don’t eat after 6pm!’, ‘Don’t eat dairy! Or gluten! Or fat!’, ‘Don’t even think about having...

How to stay motivated when you’re trying to lose weight?

How to stay motivated when you’re trying to lose weight?

You’re here because you made a brave decision to finally lose weight for good and become the best version of yourself. Good for you! It will benefit not only your appearance (hello, swimsuit season!) but, most importantly, your health. Did you know that diet-related...

Raw Vegan Protein Balls – perfect for your post-workout snack!

Raw Vegan Protein Balls – perfect for your post-workout snack!

Spring Hill Weight Loss  – These protein balls are absolutely delicious. The flavor is so rich and chocolatey, it’s hard to believe they’re guilt-free. According to our Hernando Beach Dietitian, though, this is one of the healthiest ‘desserts’ you can have! If you...

7 Healthy Exercises You Can Do Without Going to the Gym

3 tools that will help you lose weight (Part I) + FREE Printable

Are there ever days you wished you had something to help you achieve your weight loss goals? The process itself can be a little bit overwhelming, especially if you haven’t really been on a diet before. Don’t worry – thanks to these 3 tools, you will find your journey...

How does drinking water affect your body?

How does drinking water affect your body?

Water is the essential element of life, making up roughly 60% of our body. Drinking water on a regular basis has many health benefits, such as maintaining the body’s fluid balance, regulating its temperature, supporting digestion, and more. It can also aid your weight...

3 things that weight loss gurus don’t tell you.

3 things you didn’t know about losing weight

Don’t do this! Don’t do that! When you’ve been trying to lose weight, the only thing you’re probably hearing from others is negative: don’t eat that, those are just empty calories, don’t sit so much, don’t eat after 6 p.m., and so on. It makes you feel more stressed...

3 easy end-of-summer recipes

3 easy end-of-summer recipes

Sadly, we are slowly approaching the end of Summer 2018. From all of us at the Spring Hill Weight Loss Clinic, we hope you had a great season! To celebrate the beginning of Fall, we would like to share with you 3 recipes that will get you all excited for the upcoming...

Breakfast Recipe Alert!

Breakfast Recipe Alert!

If you want to start your day on a good note, use this high-energy breakfast recipe. Eggs for breakfast are the best possible choice since they are rich in protein, vitamins B6 and B12, vitamin D, zinc, iron, and copper. Plus, they are have healthy fats so they keep...

13 benefits of losing weight you never thought of! Part 1.

13 benefits of losing weight you never thought of! Part 1.

Losing weight decreases the risk of diabetes, lowers blood pressure, improves cholesterol levels, decreases the risk of heart disease, improves blood sugar levels, and improves mobility. Sounds familiar? If so, then you already know some of the benefits of losing...

13 benefits of losing weight you never thought of! Part 2.

13 benefits of losing weight you never thought of! Part 2.

It is high time to reveal several more amazing benefits of shredding pounds! 5. Weight loss will make you smarter! Slimmer body, smarter brain? Very probable! A fairly recent piece of research found some indications that weight problems – including underweight,...

Fasting for Weight Loss: Clever Idea or Risky Endeavor? Part 1.

Fasting for Weight Loss: Clever Idea or Risky Endeavor? Part 1.

It is said that the practice of fasting has been around for as long as human civilization. Considered by many a positive behavior that can aid fast weight loss and body detox, fasting may cause extreme harm to one’s health. ESPECIALLY if done improperly by those who...

The dangers of ‘Christmas Diets’

The dangers of ‘Christmas Diets’

It’s finally that time of year again. You can feel the magic in the air. Everyone is swept away with the anticipation of the most wonderful time of the year. You spend most of your time preparing for that special couple of days. Putting up your Christmas lights,...

Weight loss over the Holiday Season? YES!

Weight loss over the Holiday Season? YES!

When we think “ December Holidays” we think “family”, “turkey”, “chocolates”, “eggnog” and “naps”. Then, on the morning of that dreaded first-day-back, we are all surprised to find out that these indulgent Holiday rituals made us struggle to fit into the cute...

How to lose weight without starving yourself

Why is having a customized weight loss plan important?

Dieting is undeniably difficult. Not simply because of the hardship related to denying yourself your favorite food and habits. The challenge is in finding out what works for your body and what does not. You might be a person that experiences optimal results from...

Boosting your metabolism: Part 2 (9 things that increase metabolism)

Boosting your metabolism: Part 2 (9 things that increase metabolism)

We have already talked about what metabolism is, why it is important to boost it if you want to experience weight loss in Brooksville and what our Hernando Beach Dietitian suggests you should do to boost your metabolism. Having high metabolism allows you to extract...

Popular Detox Diets 1: Pros and Cons

Popular Detox Diets 1: Pros and Cons

There are many reasons why people engage, or want to engage, in detox diets. They hold the promise of cleansing your body, making you feel (and become) healthier and improving your quality of life, whilst allowing you to lose weight. It all sounds incredibly appealing...

Popular Detox Diets 2: Pros and Cons

Popular Detox Diets 2: Pros and Cons

Finding the detox diet that will give you optimal results is difficult without the help of a dietitian. And with so many various detoxes trending right now, you might be too eager to switch between them without giving them time to show you results. According...

Is my 9-5 affecting my weight loss?

Is my 9-5 affecting my weight loss?

The answer is YES! When you start to think about an office job from a weight loss perspective, it’s a horror story. It is so easy to eat and not take proper notice of it when focused on work. WE understad that. Therefore, we have created a list of 5 situations that...

3 reasons why prolonged sitting is bad for you

3 reasons why prolonged sitting is bad for you

Whether you have just completed an intense workout, or a rush-hour sprint for the subway, your dream is to sit down to catch a breath! However, sitting, especially after a workout or for a long period of time is not as healthy as it feels! The NHS references studies,...

Fasting for Weight Loss: Clever Idea or Risky Endeavor? Part 1.

Drinking Lemon Water: The Pros

There are so many weight loss strategy trends floating around the internet that it is almost impossible to try all of them. And even though there are testimonials stating how good each one of them is, we are still unable to believe that all of them are the miraculous...

How does drinking water affect your body?

Drinking Lemon Water: The Myths and The Cons

Myths Doesn’t change the pH of the blood It is commonly believed that drinking lemon water alkalizes your body, which is only true for your urine. Drinking lemon water will not affect the pH of your blood, as the kidneys regulate our body’s pH, not the food we...

Gluten-free diet: all you need to know about gluten

Gluten-free diet: all you need to know about gluten

Recently, many diets have become incredibly popular due to more overall interest in nutrition and celebrity endorsements. Most diets are not newly invented, they were adopted by many people for medical, or sport performance reasons, rather than aesthetic. That...

The health effects of a gluten-free diet

The health effects of a gluten-free diet

In recent years many already existing diets have been brought to light with the promise to turn your unhealthy lifestyle around and promote your weight loss goals. A gluten-free diet is no exception. It has been practiced for decades by people with an intolerance to...

Summer Holidays and Weight loss: Your TO DO list

Summer Holidays and Weight loss: Your TO DO list

We all want to look our best on a sunny beach somewhere in the Mediterranean, or at a swimming pool, but it is hard to stick to your weight loss program during this season. With all the busy work schedule before the holidays, delicious ice cream everywhere, late-night...

Summer Holidays: Your NOT TO DO list

Summer Holidays: Your NOT TO DO list

In our last article we talked about the 5 things that you should do this summer to keep your weight loss racing without a struggle. We all know that every weight loss plan comes with having to say goodbye to some of our favorite things, but it doesn’t have to be hard....

Fasting 101

Fasting 101

Fasting and intermittent fasting (IF) have recently boomed as a weight loss tactic. However, fasting is not something new. Fasting is promoted by many religions with the belief to bring you spiritual benefits, and sometimes it is prescribed by doctors to help improve...

How does fasting affect my body?

How does fasting affect my body?

Fasting has recently become incredibly trendy as a tactic for weight loss. However, it is not something new. For decades people have been engaging in fasting and Intermittent Fasting (IF) for health and spiritual reasons. Many successful people also engage in fasting...

Fasting 101

Understanding breakfast

We have all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Is that really true? Where did the idea that breakfast is so important even come from? Our Brooksville Dietitian will answer your questions! We will investigate what breakfast means to different...

Is breakfast as important as they say?

Is breakfast as important as they say?

In our last article “Understanding Breakfast” we emphasized the complexity surrounding the idea of breakfast. People have different definitions for it and its history doesn’t give us a definite explanation as to what breakfast entails. However, it is generally...

Is Calorie Counting Outdated?

Is Calorie Counting Outdated?

Recently calorie counting for weight loss has been under a lot of criticism. In the last year, Tech Insider released videos about the problems with calorie counting for weight loss and about the inaccuracy of commonly used calorie counters. And in March this year, The...

Fasting 101

Calorie Counting Alternatives

In our last article “Is Calorie Counting Outdated?” we explained why calorie counting has been under fire recently. After all those investigations have been published, it is easy to see why it’s justifiable to move away from calorie counting and focus your weight loss...

Volume Eating: The Key to Holiday Weight-Loss

Volume Eating: The Key to Holiday Weight-Loss

In our last article series on the problems with calorie counting, we explained that simply looking at the calories, without considering any other property of your food, will not give you the weight-loss that you strive for. A daily intake of 2,000 calories of...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

November is the time to be thankful, the time to remember and to embrace those who enrich our lives. We wish you a very happy Thanksgiving!

3 Alternatives to Chocolate Advent Calendars

3 Alternatives to Chocolate Advent Calendars

As December begins we reach a new high of excitement for the holidays. Festivities and decorations are already taking over our streets. We don’t mind the day getting dark slightly earlier, because it brings out the charm of the fairy lights and street markets....

Waistline-Friendly New Year’s Eve

Waistline-Friendly New Year’s Eve

The holidays are a joyful time filled with love, relaxation, and – let’s be honest – masses of delicious food! This season is not the time to say ‘no’ to yourself or others. We all worked so hard all year, it’s a worldwide ‘treat yourself’ time. We are not against...

How Sleep Affects Your Weight Loss Efforts?

How Sleep Affects Your Weight Loss Efforts?

It has long been established that diet and exercise are crucial to weight loss. However, if you’re not getting the desired results in losing weight, then your sleeping routine, or the lack thereof, might be one of the reasons why. Each person’s weight loss journey is...

3 Reasons Why Appetite Suppressants Are Not Ideal For Weight Loss

3 Reasons Why Appetite Suppressants Are Not Ideal For Weight Loss

The market is full of appetite suppressants, otherwise known as diet pills, that claim to be effective in helping you lose weight fast. These are supplements that work to curb your food cravings, limiting your food consumption. According to the National Institutes of...

Online Weight Loss Consultation

Online Weight Loss Consultation

In this new normal after lockdown, our doctor and dietician here at Batista Weight Loss and Wellness clinic are now offering online consultations to bring our services even closer to our clients. Thanks to digital technology, you can now book the services of our...

Boosting your metabolism: Part 2 (9 things that increase metabolism)

6 Superfoods You Should Include in Your Diet Today!

If your goal is weight loss, remember to contact our Spring Hill weight loss clinic first to achieve optimal results! Berries Supertasty and nutritious! Full of vitamins, minerals, fiber and antioxidants! Green Tea This tea is rich in antioxidants and polyphenolic...

3 Reasons To Choose Slim Shot Injections Over Pills

3 Reasons To Choose Slim Shot Injections Over Pills

Slim shot injections help in natural weight loss. Also known as the skinny shot or lipotropic injections, this medical procedure supports your weight loss efforts by maintaining your energy and hormone balance and boosting your fat metabolism as you achieve your...

Stress, Anxiety, and Weight Gain in COVID-19

Stress, Anxiety, and Weight Gain in COVID-19

On October 10, 2020, we celebrated World Mental Health Day. It is an annual celebration aimed at raising awareness about mental health and giving hope and support to people who struggle with mental health issues. And with the COVID-19 pandemic affecting everyone, it...

Volume Eating: The Key to Holiday Weight-Loss

Did You Know That Losing Weight Can Boost Your Immune System?

It’s a no-brainer — having a healthy body contributes to a strong immune system. According to this weight loss clinic in Spring Hill, if you maintain an ideal weight based on your body mass, then you reduce the risk of developing chronic illnesses, serious diseases,...

Is a balanced diet the key to weight loss?

Is a balanced diet the key to weight loss?

With every health-related article comes this mysterious phrase “a balanced diet”. The balanced diet has this magical property of making you lose weight, look amazing, reduce the risk of health problems, and so on. Everyone is aware of it. Everyone knows that they have...

Boosting your metabolism: Part 1

Boosting your metabolism: Part 1

You’re doing well with your new dieting strategy, but gradually the results of your hard work are fading – you no longer experience the same results. Slowly you’re reaching a point of plateau at which it doesn’t matter what you do or how much. The results are just not...

Weight Loss Clinic in Spring Hill – Busting dieting myths, Part 2

Weight Loss Clinic in Spring Hill – Busting dieting myths, Part 2

If you’re looking to improve your health and general appearance, your first idea is probably to lose some weight. This weight loss clinic in Spring Hill can help! You are looking at various blogs and websites trying to find useful information and ways to make that...

Hudson Weight Loss – 3 dieting myths debunked

Hudson Weight Loss – 3 dieting myths debunked

According to our Hudson Weight Loss Specialist, dieting and losing weight can go two different directions – it can either become a new healthy way of living that keeps your mind and body happy OR it can be a frustrating experience that makes you miserable and...

What happens to your body when you eat sugar?

What happens to your body when you eat sugar?

If you read our last article on the ‘cons and cons’ of eating sugar, you already know it is a poison, but let us be absolutely clear – sugar is one of the most toxic substances out there. And the worst thing? It is practically unavoidable! The food industry needs to...

Brooksville Dietitian – Are these 3 popular conceptions about losing weight true or false?

Sugar Rush: The Bitter Truth

We were led to believe that fat is the biggest cause of obesity, heart problems, diabetes and other diet-related conditions. Since the 1970’s, the government has declared war on fat. If you look at the food products in your supermarket, you will find that many...

3 Questions to ask yourself

3 Questions to ask yourself

So you’re beginning to think about losing some weight. Good for you! As we mentioned in one of the previous articles, obesity is one of the biggest problems in western societies and one of the main reasons for many sicknesses and diseases, including cancer and...

5 Ways to lose weight more effectively

5 Ways to lose weight more effectively

Losing weight is a challenging process, with ‘process’ being a key word here. It’s not something you can do two or three times a year and hope for great results. It’s not about binging for months and trying to make up for it with a new-aged diet you found online,...

IV nutrition by LiqIVida now available at our Spring Hill Weight Loss Clinic

3 challenges of losing weight and how to deal with them

When it comes to losing weight, people tend to go in two different – both extreme – directions. There are people who decide to go on a diet right away and they change all of their eating habits almost overnight – switching from fast-food, soda, and sweets to lettuce...

Holiday Rescue Plan: 4 things to do during and after the holidays to support weight loss

Thanksgiving challenges on the way to losing weight

With the holiday season coming up, our fridges and tables will soon be filling up with traditional holiday treats – turkey, pumpkin pies, yams and other delicious – yet caloric – foods. People trying to lose weight find this particular time of year more challenging...

Brooksville Dietitian – Are these 3 popular conceptions about losing weight true or false?

Begin your journey with our Registered Dietitian

When you’re trying to lose weight, everything seems so difficult. But our registered Spring Hill dietitian can help. You spend hours at the gym, perhaps hating your life and wishing to be anywhere else but here. As far as the diet goes, you probably try to limit...

Introducing Batista Weight Loss & Wellness

Introducing Batista Weight Loss & Wellness

Welcome to Batista Weight Loss & Wellness, where we combine the skills of Doctors and Dieticians to ensure you meet your weight loss goals. We have over 50 years of experience with Weight Loss in Hernando County and strongly believe in custom-making a weight loss...