Carbohydrate Confusion There’s lots of information and MIS-information or half truths out there. One of the misleading topics is the issue of carbohydrates: carbs are good, carbs are bad, avoid carbs, don’t avoid carbs…on and on. Diabetes is on the rise. As well, there are many that are ‘border line’ diabetic and their doctor may … Continued
When it comes to diet, nothing seems to be simple these days. The media often complicates matters as advertisers compete for your dieting dollar. Truth is, no one really wants you to succeed in weight loss. It’s a multi billion dollar biz. Me on the other hand, I WANT you to succeed at weight loss, … Continued
I recently got a message on Face Book from a woman desperate to lose weight. She had part of her thyroid removed, exercised regularly, ate a clean diet and hadn’t lost a pound or inch in a year. Talk about frustration! I checked with my good friend and gluten expert, Dr. Peter Osborne and asked … Continued
Sometimes I feel like my kids are missing out. They get sick of my healthy eating ways and they’d like to throw caution to the wind and EAT OUT. My goodness, I’m such a stick in the mud when it comes to this. I get my fill of restaurant food when I travel so I’m … Continued
Food is the force multiplier when it comes to training results. What I mean by this is that it can really make your results come faster, or put them at a stand still based on what you put in your mouth. I know that when you get up at 5 am to train, food may … Continued
So, the other day I was in the grocery store and a mom hauled off and spanked her child right in the middle of the aisle. Wow, I was shocked and didn’t know what to think about it. I’m a mom and I know that I’ve been TOTALLY at the end of my rope when … Continued
Remember you can never out train poor nutrition. An hour of training will not off set 23 hours of poor eating choices. I think one of the best pieces of advice I can give you regarding nutrition is to ‘ eat with intention’. If we spent more time thinking about our food choices and eliminated … Continued
My colleague Belinda Benn has an amazing “Get Lean”program that she’s followed and it’s given her amazing results. Here’s a cool cooking video for you. You can see that the food she eats and has in her program isn’t your normal ‘diet fare’. You can check out her program CLICK HERE
As you may or may not know, I run a boot camp biz and monthly I do a nutrition call to support my boot campers. You can’t out train a bad diet, so my job is to constantly provide good content to keep nutrition the focus so that my campers not only get into terrific … Continued
Your body is created to handle stress. When you’re in a stressful situation, your adrenals pump out the hormone cortisol. In small busts, this hormone sparks the release of stored blood sugar and it revs up the heart rate and increases circulation, all in an effort to energize you to respond to whatever stressor is … Continued