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

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

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

Can I Drink Wine and Still Lose Weight?

🍻🍷Cheers!🍸🍹🍾 . 🌸Life is all about BALANCE!… . 👙I’m all about flexible dieting so if having an alcoholic beverage is important to you, there’s a way to fit alcohol into your plan without sabotaging your fat loss results… . 🤔Keep in mind that alcohol has 7 calories per gram (carbs have 4 cals/gram, protein has … Continued

Reasons You Can’t Lose Weight

❌Reasons you’re not losing weight❌ 🙄Are you discouraged with slow or NO weight loss?… . It could be due to… . 🔹Chronic dieting ➡️reduced metabolic rate… . 🔹Yo-yo dieting ➡️ lower metabolism… 😱start eating again➡️ gain weight on less calories… . 🔹Incorrect macros – the wrong quantities/quality food, too many carbs and fats and low … Continued

The LOW DOWN on KETO Dieting

❌I’m not a fan of keto dieting for a number of reasons… 🔬Let’s start with the SCIENCE first… ✳️To be clear, a keto diet is very high fat, a moderate amount of protein, and very, very low in carbs. 💡The discovery: The ketogenic diet is a legitimate tool for helping reduce seizures among epileptic children … Continued

Is ‘Dieting’ Really About the Food?

⭐️ Fun fact about ‘dieting’ and my nutrition coaching: ➡️It’s often not about the food 😳… . ✅Yes, I help women know the correct quantities of quality foods they should eat to meet their goals… . ✅Yes, I help with food timing and meal prep ideas… . ✅Yes, I provide nutritional suggestions to ease menopausal symptoms… … Continued

How To Overcome Temptation

💥Battle of the JuJube 🍬 ✳️Why Will Power Will ALWAYS FAIL and a Better Alternative✳️ How it all started (I blame my good friend and client Lori O 😈) Watch the video as I go through the following stages… 1. The retreat ➡️ Willpower strong! 💪🏻 2. The trick ➡️ Diminishing will power 📉 3. The fall ➡️ Willpower … Continued