{"id":392483,"date":"2026-01-06T20:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/392483\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T20:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:57:08","slug":"eating-well-doesnt-mean-deprivation-says-local-health-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/392483\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating Well Doesn\u2019t Mean Deprivation says Local Health Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/grocery-store-fruit-produce-lemon-pineapple.jpg\" class=\"header-image\" alt=\"Eating Well Doesn't Mean Deprivation says Local Health Coach\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(VOCM News)<\/p>\n<p>As we settle into 2026, many are thinking about self-improvement. It\u2019s a time for setting goals, especially around health and well-being.<\/p>\n<p>But that doesn\u2019t mean food deprivation or cutting out everything you love all at once in order to lose weight. <\/p>\n<p>Kathy Roe, a health coach with Eat Real Therapy, in St. John\u2019s,  specializes in helping people build sustainable habits for eating well. <\/p>\n<p>She says think protein, fibre and water.<\/p>\n<p>She uses a 1-2-3 system in putting together her plate. <\/p>\n<p>Roe says start with breakfast by adding one fruit and one vegetable; at lunchtime two fruits and two vegetables, and for supper three fruits and three vegetables. The size of a serving should be the size of your fist.<\/p>\n<p>As for fibre, Roe says most people have a bagel or slice of toast but instead of thinking about cutting that out,  she suggests adding a fruit or vegetable, and an egg for protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; (VOCM News) As we settle into 2026, many are thinking about self-improvement. It\u2019s a time for setting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[49,48,84,395],"class_list":["post-392483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}