Weight Loss Secrets: Never Miss A Monday Workout
Oct01

Weight Loss Secrets: Never Miss A Monday Workout

When it come to weight loss secrets, there is one that reigns supreme for your success: Mondays matter more than any other day of the week. This is because your actions on Monday set the tone for your entire week.  Start out on the wrong foot and it could take days to get back on track. Mondays are like mornings. If you win your mornings, you’re usually going to win your day. Starting out with a healthy, balanced breakfast that...

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This Helped My Clients
Sep17

This Helped My Clients

I have a message for you today that has the potential to help you break through to your fitness goal. It’s something that I like to share with my most dedicated clients… There’s a struggle happening in you between two very different sides. One side of you wants to turn over a new leaf. To stop trashing your diet with processed foods and sugary treats. To wake up earlier. To make exercise a bigger priority. To eat healthier foods. To...

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Family Demands Are No Excuse To Ignore Your Own Needs
Sep05

Family Demands Are No Excuse To Ignore Your Own Needs

Do you feel guilty about this? You have so many demands on you. Your family relies on you for money, food, transportation, and a myriad of permission slips, bills and paperwork. You hardly get a moment to yourself at the end of each day, and even less now that school is back in session. It’s hard not to feel guilty about taking a moment to care for yourself. From the moment that your day starts, with making meals, getting ready for...

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Daily Quota and Big Goals
Aug13

Daily Quota and Big Goals

You have some BIG GOALS in that brain of yours! Good for you! Big Goals give us the purpose and meaning that we need to live a fulfilling life. The way to reach your Big Goal is to put daily quotas in place. These are the little steps that add up to the achievement of your Big Goal. In writing a book, the daily quota is typing a minimum number of words per day. In fitness, your daily quota is the workout and clean eating that you’ll...

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Undo the Bad Weekend of Indulgence (48 hour recovery)
Jul02

Undo the Bad Weekend of Indulgence (48 hour recovery)

What a weekend that was! You went out, you ate and drank and had a blast! And now the fun is over and the consequences are setting in…you feel terrible. You woke up with a headache, an overall feeling of bloating and a sluggishness that you can’t shake. It’s time to undo the damage brought on from that epic weekend. Here’s how… 1. No More Junk! It may sound obvious, but the first step to recovering from all that fun you had is to stop...

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When Diet and Exercise Don’t Work
Jun21

When Diet and Exercise Don’t Work

I saw an infomercial the other day for a weight loss solution targeting the frustrated people who, “fail to see results from diet and exercise.” Had to scratch my head on that one. When does diet and exercise fail? This, of course, is a trick question. Diet and exercise don’t fail. The only way for diet and exercise not to work is if you fail to stick with it long enough for the results to show. Plain and simple. End of story. I’ve...

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Exercise Motivation: When the right time is RIGHT NOW
May07

Exercise Motivation: When the right time is RIGHT NOW

Why are you still waiting for the right time to get fit?  You are busy and hectic. Your family member is sick. Your job is demanding. You are focused on planning a big life event. Your kids are pulling you in a million different directions. You’re an emotional eater…and now is an emotional time. There are a million and more excuses for why you haven’t made your body a priority…yet. At the back of your mind you believe that the day...

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Is Exercise Afterburn Real?
Apr14

Is Exercise Afterburn Real?

You’ve probably heard that High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) produces an afterburn effect, which means your body continues to burn extra calories at an elevated rate for 24 hours after the completion of your workout. Sure that’s sounds amazing, but is it too good to be true? The Science of Exercise Afterburn There is a scientific term for afterburn: excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPEOC). This refers to the oxygen that...

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