Café Physique Blog

After years of working with clients on diet and fitness, I rarely encounter an issue that I don’t have at least a semi-reasonable fix for. But this one continues to stump me time and time again: What in the heck am I supposed to do with clients who flat out...

When you think of a healthy meal, do you conjure up thoughts of a boneless, skinless baked chicken breast with brown rice and steamed broccoli? Grilled chicken breast on a bed of romaine lettuce? Pulled chicken breast salad with fat-free mayo and whole wheat crackers?...

When it comes to losing weight, there’s rarely one big “Eureka!” answer – just ask our client, Kristen, who recently wrote about her real-life (hilarious) weight loss experience with Cafe Physique. Lasting weight loss typically comes through a...

The evidence is strong that cutting back on sugary drinks—or eliminating them altogether—may help with weight control and will almost surely lower the risk of diabetes and maybe even heart disease. However, the evidence is less clear-cut for artificially sweetened...

Yes, you read that correctly. Meat-eating vegetarians do exist, and in fact, they are rapidly growing in numbers as studies continue to yield results that look upon the meat-centric American diet unfavorably. Semi-vegetarians, commonly known as flexitarians, eat a...

You know there’s no magic exercise that’s going to miraculously transform your body in an instant – at least you should  know that. But even if you’re not trying to cut corners and you really do plan to put in the hard work, you’d at...

Summer is in full swing, but it’s still not too late to shed those bothersome pounds that are standing between you and your favorite swimsuit. Here are 5 ways to re-motivate yourself to get in shape and have that summer body you were dreaming of back in March: Make a...

Eating is such a significant part of our daily lives, yet it’s so easy to be disconnected from it. In one moment, our plates are completely full, and in another, completely empty. What happened? We hardly tasted or consciously enjoyed even one bite. We can...

You diet.  You exercise.  So why aren’t you getting results?  Weight loss often seems like a confusing and unattainable goal that ends up taking second place to “more important” things.  Unfortunately, we are barraged with endless myths and incorrect outlooks on how...

I typically don’t go around quoting Bethenny Frankel or any other reality TV star, for that matter, but I have to admit that the girl knows her salads. A well-made salad can be an amazing staple in any healthy diet, so my ears perked up when she recently shared...

Just because our money doesn’t buy as many (recycled) bags of groceries as it used to doesn’t mean that we can’t still eat economically and healthfully. Record-high food prices and still-painful gas prices mean we just need to be smarter about the...

Even though the holiday season is a joyous time, a recent study found that nearly half of all women in the United States experience heightened stress during the holidays, and 41% of women use food to alleviate those stressful feelings. Unless you lean on effective...