Potassium helps shed the pounds. Pump up your potassium intake to lose weight! Potassium is an essential dietary mineral and electrolyte that helps our bodies build muscle, prevent excess fluid retention, regulate blood pressure and even helps release energy from proteins, fat and carbs during digestion. Eating healthy, potassium rich foods like artichokes, bananas and potatoes can help you get in your daily recommended 2,500 mg dose.

FRIDAY means its time for Jessica’s Friday Fitness tip: Slow and steady wins the race. It’s amazing how much we expect to happen overnight. Exercising, eating well for one week isn’t going to undo years of neglect. Rome wasn’t built in a day, so don’t expect to reach your goal in a single day. Are you guilty of expecting too much too soon? http://www.facebook.com/TheFreshDiet/posts/10150339012517324  

ITS FRIDAY!!!! Do you need an instant energizer from our fitness expert Jessica Smith? Percussive breathing is the perfect pick me up. Inhale 4x to a quick rhythm, and then exhale 4x on the same beat. It works even better if you can march or walk to the beat of your breath (better close the office door first). Repeat for 1 minute. How do you feel? http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150332890277324&set=a.158683122323.154506.11851562323&type=1