Transformation Programs are popping up all over the place. Lose 20 pounds in 6 Weeks! Lose 50 pounds in 3 months! WEIGHT LOSS WILL HAPPEN FAST! FAST! FAST! Do these programs work? Yes they do which is why people love them. We're all enticed by the pictures of the Before picture of the miserable looking ... read more >
Have you ever gone to the grocery store and looked at the prices and sounded like Chris Rock in those In Living Color Skits? If so, then you are not alone. 62% of people think it costs too much to eat healthfully. (USDA 2013). This often happens to me at Whole Foods. IDEA Fitness Journal ... read more >
Some Coaches are afraid to talk about periods because it's uncomfortable to talk about in public, but not this one! Here I am to be LOUD and PROUD about Surfing the Crimson wave (as the great Cher Horowitz once said) Please look it up. Frankly our hormone levels in regards to nutrition and training is ... read more >
We all know that we need to eat fiber but why? Fiber gives our colon a great workout and also helps to keep it all moving which is very important. Constipation is painful and can even land you in the hospital! Fiber does more than send us to the toilet. It can also help reduce ... read more >
Up until a few years ago, I parroted popular Fitness Industry advice to eat every 3 hours to keep your metabolism up. 3 meals a day and 2 snacks. After going through my own struggles with metabolism and weight gain, I began to research what really works for Fat Loss and I decided that snacking ... read more >
Why you Don’t Need to Perfect with your Nutrition “Oh well I screwed up my diet. May as well eat all the things and start again on Monday” Have you ever said that to yourself? I have and since giving up dieting I no longer say that to myself anymore. I don’t believe in giving ... read more >
Recently I saw a post from someone I highly respect in the health and fitness industry who said that he wasn't a fan of the Whole30 because he felt it was too restrictive for no reason. I disagree with him. As someone who has done the super restrictive diets that are all about counting, weighing, ... read more >
Much like the caterpillar becoming a butterfly, the process Lifestyle Transformation is not beautiful. It’s ugly, messy, and hard to see how this ugly process will amount to something beautiful. For this reason I hate posts on social media that tell you to, “ THINK POSITIVE” because by golly if you think positive, then positive ... read more >
Most "fitness" diets are comprised of low calorie foods that are high in protein and low in fat. Fitness diets emphasize caloric intake over everything. The entire goal of a fitness/weight loss diet is for the person to lose weight and see the scale go down. Important Note: I said LOSE WEIGHT and not body ... read more >
For years I ate Egg Whites (with maybe 1 Yolk on a Higher Calorie Day) because that's what you do in the Fitness Industry. I was led to believe that Egg Yolks were full of fat, calories, and cholesterol and I should avoid them. (It was okay though to drink protein powders full of artificial ... read more >