Moment of truth time…….you’ve been doing it for a while now, probably longer than you realize. Again and again, you come up with a reason why you’re going to start TOMORROW.
Before you know it, you wake up one morning and you’re 5 lbs, 10 lbs, or 15 lbs heavier than you were a few months ago!
Enough is enough. Now is the time to stop making excuses, to stop putting your fitness on hold, and to start working out and eating to support your goals. Period. [Read more…]
We all want a nice booty, right? It’s always the best accessory in your clothes, summer or fall.
So here’s the truth: your nutrition does have a LOT to do with the shape of your backside. It doesn’t matter what the condition of your booty is now and what your goal is. In order to make a difference (lift, smaller, more muscle, shape, maybe GET a booty if you currently don’t really have one to speak of….). Nutrition will, in fact, support that goal and help you reach it.
BUT, you also need to throw in some serious resistance training to get some strength and shape (yes, even if you want a smaller bum) and that’s what I’m going to talk with you about today.
Incorporating the following 5 exercises in your regular strength routine will help you burn fat, shape and firm your booty, sculpt surrounding muscle groups, and rev up your metabolism. [Read more…]
The two biggest “challenges” my clients often face when they are trying to stick to a plan to get lean, as far as nutrition goes, are alcohol and sweets. Sometimes one or the other, sometimes both.
That’s why during the last Skinny Jeans Transformation Challenge, I challenged the teams to come up with healthy desserts under 200 calories per serving that were made up of a majority of whole foods (meaning minimal processing), contained at least one “super-food” and tasted good enough to satisfy the urge to grab a jumbo cookie, brownie or bowl of ice-cream (you do get those too right? It’s not just me?…..).
Well they came up with 3 and I’m finally sharing them with you today (Hint: The ice pops are PERFECT for these hot summer days). [Read more…]
Hey there, have you ever been looking at a magazine (like inStyle, Oxygen, Shape, etc.)or been watching a movie or video and got a tingle of motivation to go for a run, clean up your diet or get in a kick booty workout? You may not have even been trying to get motivated, but something just sparks you without your even trying and bam! you are ready to GET IT DONE!
I love that feeling. And while it does happen on it’s own sometimes, it is actually one of the major tools I use to stay motivated. It’s also one of the first things I ask new clients to do; find something to get you motivated when you need a little push.
You see, day one of a new eating plan or exercise program is always exciting. You’re pumped, motivated, focused….. that can last from as short as a few days for some to as long as a few weeks for others. But at some point, no matter how determined you are, you hit a patch where you lose your motivation a bit (or maybe totally). It happens and you need to have some tools to help snap you back into go-get it mode.
Here are some of my favorite pictures, they are all from a Nike campaign that not only motivates but makes you smile and feel good about being an actual, breathing, non-airbrushed woman :).
Have a look:
In just 18 days it will be officially summer. I’m pretty sure the weather will catch on eventually, but until it does, just think of all this weird gloomy stuff as an extension on the time you have to get your summer body on.
This coming Monday, June 6th my 14-day Fat Flush starts and it’s gonna help a lot of women get going in the right direction, and you should be one of them.
I’ve been spending the last few hours creating the nutrition plan that will go with the 2 weeks of Fat blasting workouts and I wanted to share two of the recipes with you.
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This week I shared with you my own experience with losing 15lbs in 3 weeks and how I did it eating what some would consider a crazy high amount of calories.
I want to stress again that my goal is not to make you think that YOU need to, or should, lose that much weight that fast or that YOU can eat as many calories as I did and still lose weight.
But some of you have asked me why I can eat so much and still lose weight and the answer is; [Read more…]
If you are reading this and you are one of my clients then you know about a personal health struggle I dealt with last year into early this year. If you are not one of my clients, then let me sum it up for you in 2 sentences: I had the worst possible case of Valley Fever (a respiratory fungus infection) you can get, it spread throughout my body for over 18 months and caused all kinds of health problems. While I was going through all of this I was physically unable to work out AND due to some early misdiagnosis, I was under extreme mental distress because I thought I had been dealt a near death sentence.
I am happy to say, I was properly re-diagnosed, have been on medicine for 3 months now and am at about 90% of normal.
I’m telling you this because during all this, I’ll admit it…I put on some weight. I’m human. But now that I’m feeling pretty darn fantastic I have been on a mission to get back to my old self and my old body…. the body I had a couple of years ago before all this drama started. The body that actually fits the clothes that are in my closet (can you relate?). I am 100% determined and dedicated and I have lost 15lbs in the last 3 weeks. [Read more…]
I hope you had a great week last week. I was out of touch getting everything set and organized for the Skinny Jeans Transformation Challenge that started on Monday the 2nd. This group of 23 women are SUPER excited and I can’t wait to show you what they get 
done in the next 8 weeks.
In addition to their boot camp workouts, I give them quick but intense 20-30 minute workouts to do at home on their days away from camp. This is the one I’m giving them this week (in fact YOU are getting it before them). Print it out and give it a try.
If you are a real beginner (as in this is the first time you will be breaking a sweat in the last 3-6 months or more) only do each circuit 1 time. If you are intermediate, do each circuit 2 times, if you’ve been working out regularly and intensely for 6 months or more try it 3 times.
Print it up and do it 2-3 times this week.
Also, don’t forget to share this link on facebook so your friends can do it to!
Far too often fitness is presented as complicated and confusing.
Nothing could be farther from the truth.
Being fit comes from living the following simple everyday practices:
Yesterday we talked about the importance of portion control cause at the end of the day it really is about calories in and calories out.
I wanna show you some of my favorite done-for-you portion control snacks cause I’m sure you’ll agree that some things are harder to “control” than others (mmmmmm……peanut butter).
With these things you can snack and stay right on track with your portions or indulge in some treats without guilt.