If you are looking for a way to lose weight and to keep it off while being genuinely fit, you need to be sure to include strength training as a...
When it comes to losing weight or maintaining a healthy weight, there are many myths floating around regarding portions....
Insulin Resistance - Counting calories and eating low-fat foods are said to be the key to enjoying a successful weight loss journey. Prolean Wellness, Scottsdale, Arizona....
Weight gain brings with it all sorts of challenges, but one of the most dangerous to any relationship is the difficulty that overweight partners have with intimacy....
Over the past ten years, however, we’ve found that many people wander into our office around February feeling discouraged and unhappy with their gyms....
How often do you check your BMI? Do you use it to determine how healthy you are? ...
Summer really should be the healthiest time of the year, except for one tricky thing: vacation....
Men and women beg for ideas, advice, tips…pretty much anything to help them lose the weight that brings them down....
Many different methods have been developed for measuring your overall fitness. One of them, the Body Mass Index (BMI), categorizes you as healthy, overweight, or obese based on your height-to-weight ratio. This index has been pretty widely accepted, but there’s a problem: it’s WRONG. 
Picture this:
If you are tired, bored, stressed, anxious, mad, lazy, sad or even happy, you probably reach for the bag of potato chips that has been calling your name all afternoon. You decide to eat it while watching TV and before you know it, you’ve eaten a whole bag of Cheetos!
Sound familiar? You are not alone!
Many people emotionally (over)eat (triggered by hormones) and don’t actually listen to their physical cues for hunger, such as needing fuel to begin your day, energy to have a productive day at work, and nutrients to power through your workout. 
With the celebration of Father’s Day this past weekend, and with the last of our little chicks about to leave the nest, I want to give a public tribute to...
It’s November, and thoughts naturally turn to the Thanksgiving holiday. Because our Prolean Wellness clients are working hard to get excess weight off, a food-focused holiday can be a daunting...
[caption id="attachment_1746" align="alignleft" width="150"] by Melenie Dunn, NMD[/caption] You hear about it on commercials and in magazine ads for new medications and supplements. Cortisol … belly fat… the latest big, bad...
by Melenie Dunn, NMD It’s summer! And the living is easy… or so the song goes. The truth is many of us deal with some degree of depression. The medical community...
by Meghan Doherty Nutritionist, Certified Fitness Instructor After one year of holding the nutritionist position at Prolean Wellness, and years of experience in the health, nutrition, and fitness field, my passion for...
by, Melenie Dunn, NMD - Prolean Wellness Inflammation has a bad reputation but it is really just misunderstood. Inflammation is the first line of defense by the body’s immune system in...
Most veterans of the “weight loss wars” know that it’s not just about losing weight….but more particularly….losing FAT. Did you know there's a difference in the types of body fat. The...
Ever tried to run up an escalator that’s going downwards? It’s probably a great workout, but it’s not very effective for someone with a destination in mind. Why not? Because...