Planning Aids and Guides

Eat Smart Recipes “Cook This, Buy That” Meal Planner and Shopping List 12 Mindful Eating Strategies Non-Food Reward Ideas Control Your Sodium Healthy Meeting Guide Healthy Snacks Drinks Guide Move More Adult Physical Activity Guidelines 12 Week Guide to Healthy Walking Walking Equivalents of Other Exercise Easy Exercises for Shoulders, Chest, and Arms Easy Exercises […]

Tools and Resources

Need fresh ideas to get you started? Find resources – calculators, planning aids, guides, and charts – below to help you on your way to better health! Extra Support on Social Media Facebook Private Facebook Group for Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less Participants Pinterest Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Calculators & Quizzes Body Mass Index (BMI) […]

Holiday Challenge Tools

Holiday Challenge Emails Read the Holiday Challenge newsletter each week for tips and strategies to help you eat smart, move more and maintain your weight. Incorporate the Daily Tips into your everyday routine and test the healthy holiday recipes. You can participate as little or as much as you want. After over a decade of […]

I Finally Found My Motivation – And Ran from Paris to Amsterdam!

Why do you exercise? What is your motivation to break a sweat each day? Is it because you know you should walk every day to maintain a healthy weight? Did a doctor say you should exercise more since heart disease runs in your family? Maybe you heard that you should exercise to boost your mood […]

Leave a Trail of Pounds Behind

Today we introduce our guest blogger, Susan Allison-Dean. Susan is a Registered Nurse and shares her love for nature and health below. Take it away, Susan! Leave a Trail of Pounds Behind What if I told you that there is something that could help you on your healthy journey that is so fabulous that it will […]

“These are the types of changes that last.”

We are excited to announce our guest blogger, Chris. Chris participated in the Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less program over the Summer and shares his journey- and incredible success. Congrats, Chris! I’ll be completely honest, I had no idea if Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less was the right program for me. I had […]

Instructor Spotlight

Steph Bryant, MPH, RDN, LDN Family, including pets: I live with my husband Eric, and seven backyard chickens! They don’t all have names (in case we decide to eat one) but we went through a Star Wars phase a while back and named a few of them: Hen Solo, Chew-bach-a, and Princess Lay-a. Very punny. […]

Success Stories

A lot can happen in 15 weeks. Your whole life can change. Our program participants aren’t movie stars or celebrities. They are regular people like you who have struggled to maintain a balance of family, work, healthy eating, and exercise. For some, it meant changing lifelong habits. For others, it meant learning some simple new […]

“That’s right, 34 lbs in one summer!”

I didn’t know that June 2nd would change my life, but it did. That was the night of my very first East Smart, Move More, Weigh Less class. Since that night I have become very mindful of everything I put in my mouth and the exercise I get each day. Without the lessons and tools […]