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…]
Before reading this any further, take a second and look down at your body. Hopefully you see lots of changes from your regular exercise program and have a few things to feel proud of. However, for most of us, there are still those nagging things that we’d like to address; a little extra belly fat left over. Maybe a little more thigh spread than we’d like. Perhaps you’ve lost a lot of weight but you still want/need to lose some more. Ok, have you identified some of your goals?
Here is the truth. I’ve tried it, tested it on me and hundreds of others. My friends have tried it, my colleagues all over the world have tried it. Every angle has been addressed, every method tested. And this one truth does not change…..
YOU CANNOT OUT-EXERCISE A BAD DIET
IF YOU WANT RESULTS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A NUTRITON PLAN……AND STCK TO IT.
. (that means period)
Last week my boot camp and I were featured on the local Fox station and I wanted to share the clips with you and give you the actual workouts we did in the segments . They are very quick and you can get a great “off-day” workout in in about 5 minutes.
In this first one I show some of my favorite [Read more…]
In case you missed it yesterday I told you about my 2,000+ calorie a day “diet” and how it’s helped me lose 15lbs in 3 weeks. (15lbs in 3 Weeks -My True Story)
I’ve gotten LOTS of questions about it and I want to clarify a few things and show you exactly what I ate and help you modify it for you.
But first, let me show you my food journal for a typical day of my eating plan. [Read more…]
In my last blog post I gave you a pretty high intensity at-home ab/cardio workout.
I got a lot of emails asking me questions on how to do each move so I went ahead and make a super short video showing each move.
[Read more…]
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:
Sugar and alcohol, those are the two topics I get asked about the most when it comes to weight loss and fat loss.
Sugar can be as addicting as coffee or even cigarettes for some people. And just try and quit it once its got its hooks in you.
But sugar can be confusing too. Is there such a thing as "good" sugar and "bad" sugar? And is there ever a time when you need to eat sugar?
My friend Leanne Ellington from Not Your Average Boot Camp in Orlando Florida gives you the skinny on it all. Check it out.
Sarai
One concern that I often hear a lot from my clients in Booty Boot Camp is the fear of 
eating late.
I think it’s safe to say that we have all heard the advice to not eat after a certain time, say 7pm. Most of us have come to believe that if we do eat past that magical cut off time, our weight loss efforts are doomed to failure.
But this is simply not true as a cut and dry fact. There’s more to it than that.
One thing you must understand is that it is not necessarily just that you are eating late that’s the problem. What you eat AND if it fits into your overall calorie allotment for the day is what you really need to keep an eye on. If you graze all night, you will definitely be over your calories for the day, and your diet efforts could be shot.
Consider this; after a full day of healthy, portion controlled eating,
night time grazing is more about satisfying an urge to munch as opposed to true hunger. Wouldn’t you agree?
So what can you do?
First, you need to re-commit to yourself to the bigger picture; the process of making lifestyle changes, not just putting yourself on another diet. If night time munching is one of the reason that you’ve put on weight over the years, then it is obviously one of the things in your life that needs to change.
Does that mean you’ll never again sit down to a big bowl of buttered popcorn after dinner?
Of course not. You and I both know that to say we are cutting something we truly love out of our life forever is a recipe for failure.
This is about you getting control over your actions. You deciding when you will have a late night snack and
not just marching into the kitchen like some food crazed zombie.
Next, you need to get control -this can take on more than one form:
Change is not easy. Give yourself time to make the adjustment to more balanced eating. Strive to make small changes every day and over time you will get to your goals.