This is the time of year we start seeing tips on how to have a “well-balanced” or “healthy” holiday season. This is not one of those articles. If we’re practicing good habits throughout the year, eating whatever we want in moderation, and training regularly, then the next few weeks won’t make or break a year worth’s of healthy behavior. Yet …
Meal Prep Made Easy! 6 Tips To Achieve Your Fitness Goals
You’ve heard it time and again, “abs are made in the kitchen.” This is true to a certain degree. Nutrition truly helps reveal the results of all your hard work in the gym, which is why meal prep is an important habit to cultivate. I am all about the meal prep! Years ago, I started meal prepping out of necessity. …
5 Commandments Of Healthy Eating On A Budget
All the ladies (and bros) on a shoestring budget, please stand up! I’m talking about a food budget here because hey, we have to get our nails and hair done and that stuff costs a lot. All joking aside, I’m here to tell you that healthy eating is not as complicated or as expensive as many diet gurus make it …
4 Principles for Healthy Eating Without Deprivation or Diets
“What should I be eating to lose weight?” This is the #1 question I receive from busy, professional women who struggle to achieve a lean, healthy physique they are proud of. As a former cubicle prisoner myself, I saw the struggle every single day among my colleagues. The yo-yo dieting, the deprivation, the strict rules and restrictions, the all-or-nothing, comply-or-die approach …
How To Have A Sane, Shame-free and Guilt-free Thanksgiving Holiday
Here’s what we’re NOT going to discuss here: How to eat healthy over Thanksgiving and not gain weight. Even though Thanksgiving is only one day, the eating portion lasts nearly a week in some households. And I for one, do not expect you to skip the pumpkin pie in the name of fitness. I want you to look good naked but …
30 Days of Restrictive Eating and the #DietRiot approach
“I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.” – Mae West Good nutrition requires two things: Sustainability and delicious food. If I don’t enjoy what I’m eating or how, then it’s not sustainable and not for me. That’s why diets have never really been my thing. The food is …
Side dish: Roasted Spring Vegetables
Nothing says spring to me quite like a radish. I know, that’s a little weird, but it makes sense when you live in a place like San Diego that has zero seasons. So, I track the ‘seasons’ based on what vegetables I can eat. Plus radishes are delicious! Anyway, this roasted dish has been on repeat for the last month. …
Slow Cooked Beef Stew
Nothing says winter quite like warm and delicious slow-cooked stew to cozy up by the fire with. Since ‘winter’ in San Diego feels like springtime in most parts of the country, I like to make this stew mainly because it’s easy to make, flavorful and Paleo (obviously). And when the temperatures drop below 40 degrees (this is cold in SoCal), …
4 Healthy Commandments For The Holiday Season
Before I dig into this post I must point out that I’m in Boston experiencing my first snowfall in FOUR YEARS! When you’ve been living in 70-degree weather year round (poor me!), getting a little snowflake action actually feels really, really good! Meanwhile, my parents are groaning about how they need to shovel later. Such Debbie Downers. The sparkle, the …
The Difference Between Fat loss vs. Weight Loss – It’s Not What You Think
Recently, one of my online coaching clients checked in to tell me about his progress. Training sessions? Check! Eating better? Check! Sleeping more? Check! From a behavioral and training standpoint, he was kicking ass. Yet, he lamented that he still wasn’t losing weight. His dilemma got me thinking. Why wasn’t he losing weight if he appeared to do everything I was …
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