holidays

Flashback: 5 Tips For Overcoming the Holiday Weight Gain

Some advice is just worth repeating, like this Holiday Health Survival Guide article from IsaFYI.com, circa November 2010.

Here are our top five tips for powering through the holidays with your health (and waistline!) intact:

Summertime Snacks for Kids

Now that the kids are on summer vacation, you’ll want to have healthy snacks on-hand. Ones that taste good and provide some of their daily recommended vitamins and minerals.

So, what snacks are kid-friendly, healthy and tasty? We’ve done the legwork so you don’t have to.

Here are five kid-approved snacks:

FiberSnacks!™: Available in Peanut Chocolate Chew and peanut-free Honey Almond Crisp, each 150-calorie snack bar contains six grams of undenatured whey protein and 24 percent of daily recommended fiber to keep kids feeling fuller longer.

 

Meals with Higher Percent Protein Can Help Control Overeating

Worried about overeating high-calorie goodies during the upcoming holidays and piling on the pounds? Eating foods with a higher percent of calories from protein may be all it takes to help control appetite and manage weight, a new study suggests.

Researchers from the University of Sydney in Australia, Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, and Massey University in New Zealand found that lean adult men and women fed foods containing 15 or 25 percent calories from protein over a four-day period ate 12 percent fewer calories overall than subjects fed foods containing 10 percent calories from protein.

The study, published in PLoS One in October, also found that the subjects fed the lower protein (10 percent) diet reported they were hungrier after breakfast in comparison to those fed a higher (25 percent) protein diet.

Can Forgiveness Help You Avoid the Holiday Bulge?

Yup—It’s the First of 3 Easy Steps

Beware when you approach that big buffet of calorie-rich fixins’ at the holiday party—and certainly sip wisely because that one cup of eggnog packs a whopping 343 calories and 22 grams of fat. (Yikes!) Foods at holiday festivities often pose challenges if you aim to maintain your weight or have made weight-loss goals. We all love the holiday spirit and Santa, but do we really want to be shaped like ol’ Chris Cringle by New Year’s Day?

Here are 3 great tips to help you stay on track, while enjoying the holidays:

Need a Stocking Stuffer or a Healthy Present?

Looking for a few healthy presents to add to your loved one’s stocking or pass along to the generous host at a holiday party?

Here are our top ideas for great, compact holiday gifts to share:
1.    Healthy Holiday Protection. Protect the ones you love from the harmful UVA and UVB rays of the sun while gaining healthy energy from B Vitamins! For a limited time while supplies last, we’re offering a holiday special featuring our SPF 30 Isa SunGuard™, a 36-count box of Want More Energy? Sticks in Orange and a FREE Isagenix-branded sun visor.

Healthy Convenience Just in Time For the Holidays

Healthy convenience is at your fingertips—and just in time for the holidays! Forget the drive thru or the corner market; you have handy, healthy options that can be tossed in your purse, bag or car.

Here are just a few ways you can keep it healthy and convenient to fit your busy holiday schedule:

1.    Stock Up & Stash Your IsaLean® Bars. There’s nothing worse than hearing the roar of your stomach when you’re in the middle of running errands. Stash an IsaLean Bar in your glove compartment, purse or gym bag so you always have something healthy to reach for. Don’t forget to try the crispy, delicious new flavors of IsaLean Bars, Lemon Passion Crunch and Chocolate Decadence.