I know you probably jump on the scale every other day to make sure you’re on track or to confirm how off-track you are. But what if I told you that you’re focusing on the complete and total wrong thing?
I know you’ve heard this before: The scale is deceiving. But hold on, I’m not trying to make you feel better about losing “only” 1 pound this week. I’m trying to tell you that you are barking up the wrong tree all together! Keep reading….. [Read more…]
You know how it feels to wake up on Monday morning after a weekend of less-thanhealthy eating… Your body is puffy and bloated. Your joints are achy. Your clothes feel tight.
Maybe you are feeling that way right now.
I’ve outlined the 3 steps below to get you back on the fitness fast track.
Have you ever wondered if those minutes you spend in the gym are burning fat or just time?
Unfortunately if you are like 80% of gym-goers, time is the primary thing you’re burning. I find it shocking that so many well-meaning folks are still exercising with such outdated notions of what constitutes an effective workout.
I don’t want that to be you.
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It’s the start of the weekend and if you’ve got plans, I know you really want to look good when are out and about. I mean let’s be honest, that’s one of the main reasons you endeavor to live a healthy fit lifestyle right? But what can you do to look better tomorrow?
While I will never be the one to promote quick fixes and fad methods when it comes to your fitness and fat loss problems, there are a few legitimate reasons that your tummy may be bigger than you like and some action steps you can take to resolve the issue.
Now I’m not talking about fat loss here, I’m taking about other factors that bloat your belly and make you feel less confident in clothes.
Here are a few reasons you may be carrying around an extra inch or two and simple ways to nix those inches fast (yes, even as fast as tomorrow). [Read more…]
Even though we are called Booty Boot Camp the #1 reason I hear for why women join us is: “I need to lose this BELLY!”
And while things like pregnancy or major illness are often the reason why a belly gets stretched out of shape in the first place, the reason a belly STAYS that way comes down to a few mistakes/bad habits:
-The wrong kind of ab training
-Doing the wrong kind of cardio and too much of it at that! All while ignoring strength training
–The Big one: Poor NUTRITION
Here’s why:
Ab/core training IS important – Most of the time people just say “abs” but leave off the last bit –muscles. Your abs are muscles (abdominal muscles) and they need to be strengthened, conditioned and depending on your goals, increase in size. Having strong tight ab muscles WILL help keep your tummy pulled in and look flatter. So yes, you need to work your core. But honestly traditional ab work, like hundreds of crunches don’t do much more than waste your time at best and tweak your back and neck at worst. They are not very efficient and don’t address the layer of fat on TOP of the muscles.
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We’re are smack dab in the middle of our 5th Annual Skinny Jeans Transformation Challenge and the ladies are doing great!
One of the reasons is because the food they get to eat this year is actually REALLY good! The whole family is loving this so called “diet” food.
My stick-to-it strategy this year included making sure that the food on the weekends was “fun” yet still fat burning since there is only one splurge day a week.
Well this recipe for Chipotle Chicken Sweet Potato Skins was a HUGE hit so I had to share. [Read more…]
Have you ever completely totally just NOT felt like working out?
You think: I’m too tired, I’m too sore, too this, too that. But it’s also one of those days that way
deep down you know you’re just kinda making excuses…..
It happened to me yesterday. For some reason even though I’ve been LOVING my workouts
lately I woke up, did my normal routine of walking my girl Zoe and when I got back in the house
I just did not want to go workout.
But I have two rules I live by when it comes to deciding to skip a workout and I want to share them with you. [Read more…]
Truth: One bad meal won’t make you fat.
Equally True: One “healthy” meal or good workout won’t make you lean.
Ultimate truth: Time passes the same for us all no matter what we do. And the passing of time will multiply the choices you make day in and day out. There is no way around it.
Here’s how it all adds up: if you keep eating crappy food day in and day out time WILL multiply your efforts and you’ll end up wearing all that food on your body, as in the wiggle, jiggle and BULGE. [Read more…]
Michael Jordan once said “I’m not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.”
Meaning he was putting in all that time to accomplish something. To win a championship!
It’s funny though because most people who work out regularly must do it just to see what it feels like to sweat and be sore because they take all that sweat, “pain” and time and toss it down the drain with their diet!
You see what you eat has such a HUGE impact on if and how quickly you meet your fitness goals that it simply cannot be ignored of minimized. Even on the weekend.
ESPECIALLY on the weekend! And what’s the main culprit? Eating out.
