Most people tend to judge their nutrition plan or diet by what’s going on with the scale and/or mirror. But that’s only a small part of the picture. What we eat influences a variety of factors that make up our overall health and sense of wellbeing. It’s not enough to get the results we’re after – how we feel …
How to Get More Protein In Your Daily Diet
If you’re like me, you sometimes struggle to get enough protein in each day. And you know just how important that macronutrient is for maintaining and building muscle and overall health. Protein contains amino acids, which are the building blocks of muscle and tissue, and we need it for building muscle and recovery. And as we get older, we lose …
An Underrated Way to Use Protein Powder — Yum!
As a personal trainer and someone who sometimes struggles to get in enough protein each day, I’m always on the lookout for ways to use protein powder in tasty ways. One underrated method I’ve enjoyed many a time is to mix it in with your favorite yogurt for a yummy protein cheesecake bowl. Simply mix 1/2 to …
How to Properly Fuel Your Workouts For Optimal Performance and Results
I’m all for keeping nutrition simple and practical, but one area where getting it right really matters is eating enough each day to adequately fuel our workouts. If we’re under-fueled, our performance will suffer, muscle stores will be broken down for fuel, and recovery will be impaired. Under-fueling increases stress hormones and blood sugar and makes it more likely that …
Staying Hydrated During the Hot Summer Months and Beyond
It’s July and here in Texas it’s ridiculously hot — like stepping into an oven hot. Makeup melting off your face in 2.3 seconds flat hot. Why even bother with deodorant hot. But without a gym membership for running, walking, and lifting, I’ve had to pay special attention to my hydration strategy during these sweltering months. …
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 …
There’s no Such Thing as an Overnight Success: Why Habits are Your Best Bet for Lasting Results
We often make the mistake of thinking change has to happen overnight. We think we must be perfect all the time or it doesn’t count and we have to start all over. This all-or-nothing mindset just leaves us struggling. It adds to our frustration. It makes us think that we’ll never be successful, so why even try?And so the cycle …
8 Common Fat Loss Beliefs That Are Actually Complete Bullshit (Part 1)
I like to tell it like it is with my clients. I don’t believe in sugar-coating anything, especially if it only keeps someone struggling longer. And I’m constantly on the search for new information to keep my health and fitness knowledge up to snuff. I would rather find out that I’m wrong about something and be able to change direction than …
Day 30 of 31 Days of Fat Loss: How to Stay the Course When the Shit Hits the Fan [Navigating Fat Loss During Stressful Times]
I don’t mean to brag, but I am quite the pro at moving. Packing up boxes, organizing the details, getting moving quotes, switching utilities, tracking down a place to rent, changing addresses on accounts… I got that shit down pat. My husband and I just moved here to Austin, TX less than 3 months ago, and we are just now …
Day 7 of 31 Days of Fat Loss: Choose Your Nutritional Battles [And Build With The Big Rocks]
Today is Day 7 of 31 Days of Fat Loss. Tuesdays are set aside for nutrition, which we can all agree is super important for fat loss, muscle gain, and overall health. Let me ask you a question. If you were trying to build a stone wall, would you use large stones or would you painstakingly place pebbles and little …
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