It’s difficult to avoid the “New Year, New Me” messaging that’s so pervasive this time of year. New Year’s Resolutions are being made, and the multi-billion dollar diet industry is in full swing. We can’t avoid the WW commercials, the fat burner supplement magazine ads, or the articles online about “finally losing the weight for good.” All very …
Do Sweat the Small Stuff: How to Lose Weight Without Losing Your Mind
One of the most common mistakes I see women make with their health and fitness is trying to take on too much at one time, especially when they overindulge and they notice their clothes are getting a little tight. It’s tempting to want to go in the complete opposite direction with our food intake and exercise, to hit the …
How to Make Fitness a Doable Habit + 3 Quickie Workouts
It’s easy to think that we just don’t have the time or energy to even think about it right now, but that’s kind of a cop-out. We all have a few minutes each day that we can carve out for the things that recharge us. It’s our all-or-nothing thinking that sabotages us. We think if we don’t have an hour …
The Hierarchy of Fat Loss: There’s a Method to the Madness
During my early years in fitness, playing competitive soccer and running 5 and 10ks every other weekend, I thought more was better. I put in an hour-plus of cardio up to 6 days a week in addition to lifting for another hour or so. Although I enjoyed doing it (or at least I thought I did :-P), I thought I had …
What Is Moderation?
Moderation is making a comeback. More and more health and fitness professionals are espousing its benefits in contrast to the usual fad diets and restrictive eating habits. We’ve learned that wide-reaching overhauls rarely last long term, and often people not only gain back the weight they lost but then some. But what exactly is moderation? The thing is, …
How Long Should Your Fat Loss Workout Be? [+ a Full-Body Workout]
Somewhere along the way, we’ve come to believe that more is better, especially when it comes to our workouts. More… Minutes. Reps. Sets. Miles. Restriction. Information. More fat loss. More, more, more. But, is this really the case? Is more always better? At what point do we say enough? At what point does it become counterproductive? Well…it depends. …
Do What You Love and Results Will Follow
I hope your week is going well and that you’re fitting in some movement. Even if that’s “only” 1 or 2 times this week, no worries; it all counts. My philosophy is to simply do the best you can with what you have at that moment. Find what you enjoy and what works for you and stick with it. …
How to Avoid the Most Common Goal-Setting Mistakes
The end of the year usually brings with it moments of reflection and introspection. We think about the things that happened over the course of the year, things that we wanted to accomplish, and take stock of ourselves and our place in life. If you’re anything like me, you tend to feel disappointment over all of the things that you never …
6 Counterintuitive Strategies for Fast and Lasting Weight Loss
When it comes to losing weight, we tend to rely on a few tried-and-true tactics. And whether or not they actually work for us, we keep going back to them and blame ourselves when things go south, for our inability to stick with them properly and ultimately get the results that we want. This is when it helps to look …
Try This: Cardio & Abs Pick ’em Workout
If you’re bored with your usual workout and want to not have to think too hard about which exercises and rep scheme to use, try this approach. This is something I did with my bootcamps from time to time. It’s even more fun with a partner! Click here to get the printable PDF >>> Cardio & Abs Pick’em Workout …