Food Tracking…Why Bother?

Are you tired of dieting? If I suggested tracking the food you eat, why would you even bother? Well, studies show that food tracking is one of the most effective ways to lose weight. I started food tracking in 1986 when I did my first physique competition. While the nutrition plan back then was ‘low fat’ … Continued

Secret to Long Term Health Gains

🙅‍♀️If you don’t do the hard things now, you won’t find time to do them later. ..‬ ‪.‬ ‪🤦‍♀️It won’t get easier to…‬ ‪✔️build good habits…‬ ‪✔️plan a head…‬ ‪✔️remove temptations…‬ ‪✔️exercise daily…‬ ‪✔️meal prep…‬ ‪✔️cut back on processed foods…‬ ‪✔️get enough sleep…‬ ‪.‬ ‪📆Procrastinating on these things will only contribute to the equivalent of … Continued

Will Walking Burn Fat?

❓Does walking 5-6 miles a day put you in the ‘fat burning zone’?… 👏🏻Great question!… . 🙄The whole idea of the fat burning zone is a bit of misinformation…. . 📚Studies show that low intensity cardio (walking on a treadmill for example) will burn fat & doing higher intensity exercise (like HIIT, interval training, burst … Continued

How to Get Visible Abs…

🤷‍♀️Do you have weak abs & wonder why you can’t get visible abs? 🔪💉Have you had a Caesarean or other abdominal surgery? ✅This is a common issue with many women. 🤓Let me explain why this is relevant… ✨Your body is a wonderful machine. When you have any sort of abdominal trauma or #surgery, your transversus … Continued

Never Too Old!

If you think you’re too old 👵🏻 to be your best self, may I be so bold as to say that you’re mistaken?… 🛑 If you feel you’ve ‘tried everything’ with no results, just wait. 💃🏼Meet my 64 year old client. ✨She is an inspiration and has wise words to share. 🗣She says… ✨I think anyone can do … Continued

How to Avoid Binge Eating Over the Holidays

🎄How to Reduce Holiday Bingeing🍷🍮🎂🍫🍸🍞… 🛑 Stop the ‘diet’ mentality – you can eat ANYTHING at any time in MODERATION… ❌Don’t miss meals – eat something before a holiday event so you don’t arrive at a buffet table starving… 🤔Practice mindfulness – ask yourself ‘Am I really hungry?’’…. 🍽Practice eating slowly, it takes 20 min … Continued

Foods to Fight Menopause

😫Suffering from menopause? . 🍽Let food be thy medicine… Here are some of the best foods to ease your menopausal symptoms. . 🥩🥚Protein – my FAV go-to for regulating insulin, reducing hunger, losing belly fat. . Obvi sources: MEAT of all sorts🍖🍗🍣🍤🍳 . 😳FYI: 🥜Nut butters & nuts are NOT a quality protein source (sorry!) . … Continued

Off Limit Foods for Women 40+

⚠️Alert – women 40+… . 🤷‍♀️What foods make you FAT?… . 🙋‍♀️I’ve created an exhaustive list of the MOST fattening foods…. . ✳️Here goes… _____… _____… _____… . 😳Notice the blank spaces? That’s because NO ONE FOOD will make you fat… . 😀You can fit pretty much ANYTHING into your nutrition and still be healthy … Continued

Best (Unusual) Anti-Aging Method

⏳Are you over 50?… . 💙Wouldn’t you love to fit into your clothes better as you increase your balance, strength, and energy?… 💥SO much emphasis is placed on simply LOOKING GOOD, when we really need to focus on being able to MOVE well… . 🤷‍♀️But, do you feel like you’ve fallen between the cracks of … Continued

Physical Hunger VS Emotional Eating

🤷‍♀️Are you even hungry?… 🤔How do you even know?… 😋We eat for so many reasons, we sometimes forget that food is to FUEL ⛽️ … 😃We definitely want to enjoy eating, but if food is our master, it’s time to turn that around…. 🍽We need to know the difference between eating because we are PHYSICALLY … Continued