3 Reasons Why You Can’t Lose Weight

May 17, 2013 by 0

body-weight-scaleFor the past few weeks you’ve been trying to exercise more, eat healthy, and overall you think you’ve been doing pretty well. Until you hop on the bathroom scale and discover that you haven’t lost any weight! And now panic sets in: Good Lord, I’ve got 2 months to get into that two-piece! Why aren’t I losing any weight?!

Now first things first, just calm down because what you’re experiencing is pretty common. And you do still have time to make it into that two-piece- I promise! We just have to figure out what you’re doing wrong and tighten things up. Here are 3 common reasons why you can’t lose weight: [Read more...]

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4 Ways to Step-Up Your Treadmill Workout

May 15, 2013 by 0

feet-on-treadmills resizedIf the treadmill is your exercise machine of choice then you might be familiar with that dreaded feeling of boredom, watching the clock tick while your feet pound away, and your mind is screaming thoughts of “Dear God, when is this going to be over?!” But you know that it’s exercise, and that it’s good for you, so you keep chugging along because it’s not the treadmill’s fault that you’d rather be somewhere watching paint dry than having to stare at those blinking buttons on the console. And trust me, I know this mind numbing boredom all too well which is why I’ve since switched up my workout routine to less treadmill time and more group classes. But here’s the thing, it’s one thing if the treadmill just isn’t doing it for you anymore, but it’s another thing if the treadmill isn’t doing anything for your body either. And in the case of the latter, it’s definitely a sign that things gotta change. [Read more...]

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HIIT: The Workout for Maximum Fat Burn in Minimal Time

May 13, 2013 by 2

Track athlete exploding out of the starting blocks

One of the most common excuses people give for not exercising is that they don’t have time. And if you’re one of those folks who swears up and down that you don’t have an hour (or even 30 minutes) to spare for a workout, then HIIT is the perfect solution.

What is HIIT?

HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training, and it involves alternating between periods of intense exercise and brief recovery. The idea behind HIIT training is that you don’t allow your body to adjust to exercising at just one level of intensity, which enables you to essentially turn into a fat-burning machine. [Read more...]

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Let’s talk SUGAR… and how it’s making you FAT!

April 22, 2013 by 0

sugar nutrition facts and sugar cane instagram

Today I wanted to chat a lil’ bit about sugar and how it’s making you fat. But first, check out the image above of the nutrition label of a very popular and “healthy” breakfast cereal, as well as a snapshot of sugar cane plants. I recently posted this on Instagram after a trip to the grocery store.

Now when you hear about going “low carb” what a lot of that means is cutting back on sugar. Sugar is a type of carbohydrate – a simple carbohydrate. And eating too much sugar (aka “simple carbs”) will make you fat. Why? [Read more...]

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Are Carbs The Enemy?

April 8, 2013 by 2

no-carbs

“Are all carbs bad?”

This is one of the most common questions I hear from folks who want to lose weight, and I know that a lot of it stems from the huge popularity of diets like the Atkins diet and the Paleo diet, which both emphasize eating a high-protein/low-carb diet to shed pounds. That said, I want to go on the record with stating that I am a huge, HUGE  fan of both Paleo and Atkins because they are, in fact, low-carb diets. But I want to set the record straight on carbs because I think a lot of people are confusing the whole low-carb approach to mean that all carbs are the enemy. [Read more...]

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