For years come January every fitness business in the world was telling you it was time to make a resolution.
But these days the trend is for everyone to tell you NOT make a resolution and I have to admit, I’m more in the camp of the latter.
Why? Simply put, you’ll most likely fail. [Read more…]
Seems like food pushers are everywhere.
I got a lot of feedback from the women in my Sacramento boot camp on the subject of dealing with the passive aggressive types (food push #1). And today of all days food is going to be pushed on you, hard.
And if it’s in your plan to eat it; go ahead and indulge guilt free.
But if your plan includes saying no to some things then you will need to be prepared for how to deal with a few more types of food pushers. Here is some more help: [Read more…]
This time of year it seems that everyone turns into a food pusher.
You know what I’m talking about…
Here, taste these cookies. I got you this tower of chocolate for Christmas. Here’s a dish that you have to try…I made it myself!
And just try to politely say “No. Thank you”….
For most food pushers that just won’t do.
Especially when you get this passive aggressive push:
Food Push #1: “You are obsessed with dieting. Just take a break today.”
This is designed to instill some guilt in you about the decisions you are making to improve yourself.
Why people feel the need to control others or make themselves feel better by making you more like them is always baffling to me.
You would think that seeing how committed you are to your goals would motivate them to set some goals and achieve them as well. [Read more…]
If I were to award a single food item with the title of ‘Fastest Way To Pack On The Pounds’, hands down the winner would be refined sugar.
And its no surprise that we are eating more and more of it. It’s crazy!
Back in 1822 the average person ate only 6.3 lbs of sugar per year, compared to 130 lbs of sugar in 2012. No wonder we are bigger than ever…
But even those of you that would not classify yourself as a “sweets eater” are in trouble cause refined sugar in some form is included in virtually EVERY SINGLE processed food.
So those seemingly healthy crackers…flip over the label you’ll find sugar. Salad dressing….sugar. You name it, sugar!
If you eat processed foods you are taking in more sugar than you think. This is yet another reason that it’s important to cut those processed and packaged convenience foods out of your diet.
Cutting sugar from your diet and detoxing in general is easier said than done.
Once it is a part of your daily diet, cravings strike, causing you to eat it even more frequently. But there is hope. [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.
Ok, so not really a candy bar, you know I would never set you up for an insulin rollercoaster like that, but I have something else I think you’ll like. One of the breakfast smoothies off the new Flat Belly Boot Camp 2.0 menu has a shake called Almond Joyousness and it’s good for you peoples. How bout that? [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…]
Have you seen it yet?
As of January 1st all restaurants are required to post the caloric content of all their menu items right on the main menu boards. No more hiding them in a pamphlet that you had to ask for and that they never seemed to have. No more telling you to go online to see nutrition data. Now it’s right there, right in your face. And this includes everyone guilty pleasure –Starbucks.
I was in line there the other day and there was a long line as usual. The girl in front of me was dutifully studying the new data while we waited, when it was her turn do you know what she ordered after waiting in line for well over 5 minutes? WATER! She said after seeing all those calories “I can’t bring myself to order anything. I’ll just take this bottled water”. I guarantee you, that’s a girl who is going to stay in her skinny jeans.
And while I believe in the 90/10 rule of eating clean and “cheating” most of us enjoy having coffee everyday (or almost everyday), so today I have a recipe for you that is a healthy recipe alternative for a normally sinful vice many of us have these days… gourmet coffee drinks!
Q: True or False: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day? (cue jeopardy music)
A: Sometimes……
That’s right on certain days it is in fact the most important meal of the day, on others it’s the second most important.
What takes its place of importance 3-4 times a week?
I hope you enjoyed my article yesterday on the best way to keep dieting simple. It really isn’t as complicated as we tend to make it. In fact my husband swears by his “Chicken and Rice” diet. When he really wants to get lean and “get on it” he eats, [Read more…]