There are 600,000 food items in America. 80% of them have added sugar. Your brain lights up with sugar just like it does with cocaine or heroin. Have you watched the documentary, Fed Up? If not, I highly recommend it! I show the trailer to my nutrition students and then we chat about the concepts …
I haven’t done this in a while—make a plan to “fix” stuff and be focused on my health. It’s not that I didn’t have a plan when I was pregnant or at other times, but I didn’t write it down and follow it for the sake of my health alone. I’m doing it now because …
If you know me, you know I love coconut oil frosting for breakfast. I haven’t been extremely consistent with it during pregnancy, but in normal life it is a staple in my diet (with coffee!). I love the smooth combo and the energy boost it gives me, all while making me feel full and satisfied …
Metabolism Boost: Coconut Oil and Peanut Butter Chips Read More »
When you are working on losing weight, it’s very common to hit a plateau periodically, or a period of time in which you stop losing weight. This can be very frustrating and in my experience with clients, it is often the point at which people give up or stop trying so hard. The thing is, …
If I could invent a magic pill for weight loss… I’d make billions! I’ll be honest though, I’m not trying to find ways to get around adopting a healthy lifestyle, I just love researching ideas and testing out theories for how to help people get the most bang for their buck in the food and …
Work Out Smarter, Not Harder: Train Your Body to Burn Fat Read More »
Have you tried bulletproof coffee yet?! If not, you should. You really really should. It’s amazing. My husband and I usually start talking about it at night when we go to bed—about how we can’t wait to have coffee in the morning. I’m currently drinking decaf since I’m pregnant, so I can really attest to …
Bulletproof Coffee (with a weight loss and muscle building boost!) Read More »
Over the past several years, I’ve done a lot of corporate wellness coaching. The number one and two things people want to work with me on are (1) Food/Diet and (2) Fitness/Body. Of course, many people wanted to focus on both, and generally the top reason for focusing on either was to lose weight. I …
In this video, I’m just telling you about the plan for my What’s Beautiful Team — It’s going to be fun! I emailed all the people who responded the first time around, and have started to get responses and confirmations about being on the team. Of course, I was little overwhelmed with the over-50 emails …
A while ago, I talked to you about how I’ve been working out smarter, not harder, and then a couple weeks ago, I talked about the first step in how to make your abs in the kitchen. This is a fun series for me because I know it works—I’d show you my abs and my …
Abs are Made in the Kitchen Step 2: The Elimination Diet Read More »
Here’s the first step of making your abs in the kitchen… Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen information – Check out the list so you can decide which produce items to buy organic and which types don’t have a high pesticide residue in the conventional version (clean 15). Action Steps: Eliminate “Gunk” from your diet …
Abs are Made in the Kitchen Step 1: A Calorie is Not a Calorie Read More »
