I received an email the other day from my friend Jeff Anderson (aka The Muscle Nerd). I thoroughly enjoyed it because it was composed of the perfect blend of humorous sarcasm and TRUTH. Those two things blended together always touch me in a way that nothing else can. I LOVE IT!
Anytime we learn something while [...]
Here’s a gift idea that is just about on everyone’s gift list, especially those interested in losing weight and eating right.
A personal chef for a week. (from Bistro M.D.)
Let’s face it eating right and losing weight takes work. It’s work to plan, shop and cook all that nutritiously balanced food. And that’s assuming we already [...]
Are you wondering if it will cost more to eat healthy and lose weight? There are all kinds of excuses we tell ourselves in order to put off eating right or losing weight. One of the excuses I hear is that good food costs more. Well, now you’ll have to find a different excuse because [...]
We all know that we should be drinking water (and lots of it) for optimum health and fitness. I know that sometimes I kind of lose my focus and even though I am still drinking water, I’m not putting forth the effort needed to drink it in the quantity that I would like. Every once [...]
Have you ever noticed that when you are ready to get going on a diet program, you are bombarded with all of the things you’re not supposed to do? Well, I thought it would be fun if we approached this from the angle of what you’re supposed to do.
So, I’m going to challenge you to [...]
Modifying your diet to maximize weight loss includes what you drink. All calories count even if they are liquid.
But there’s Good News: it can be done! I lost 22 pounds in six months and I didn’t give up my Starbucks habit. I did however, modify it. Things like adding soy milk which has less fat [...]
Can you imagine if you knew the secret of how to burn calories while doing nothing? Well, the truth is you are already burning calories doing nothing. Just not a whole lot of them. If you want to know how to kick your calorie-burning-while-doing-nothing into overdrive, then read on…
Cardiovascular exercise will torch calories, but resistance [...]
Here’s a guided grocery store tour with a personal trainer. He reveals some interesting facts about why to buy organic, some common misconceptions that we might have and what items we should be buying if we are concerned about our health and fitness.
Of course, most of these suggestions are more time consuming than popping the [...]
Question: What is the one thing that every diet has in common?
Answer: You need to drink a lot of water.
Diet sodas and coffee don’t count. Whatever your drink of choice is now, replace it with water and watch for the effect that one simple decision can have on your body.
“But I don’t like [...]
When I first started drinking protein drinks after a workout, I would make them exactly as the instructions said. No wonder most people don’t like them. They would either taste too watery or like cake batter. True to my nature, I realized that the instructions are merely “suggestions” (at least that’s how I read the [...]
