Looks like sugar, tastes like sugar, its sugar.

  If you love bread, eat the bread, and if you enjoy a freakin donut, then have one every now and then – #IJS!   Stop Villainizing foods – Bread and sugar aren’t the problem.    No one particular food or food group contributes to weight gain! Excess calories also, known as a calorie surplus, is what causes weight gain.  … Read More

4 Ways to Make Carbs Work for You

I know you’ve heard more times than I can imagine – Carbs are evil, carbs make you fat, or something similar.   Carbs, fat, and protein are important macro nutrients that should make up a sound nutrition plan. All three of the macros have been villainized in one form or another.   Carbs make you fat – grains are the … Read More

Moderation does work

  Moderation is the avoidance of extremism. Extremism is pushing it to the limit: – the quality or state of being extreme – not eating a loved food such as ice cream forever. Eating nothing but junk food is also extreme. Extremism sounds like a diet and smells like a diet. Extremism has a short expiration date, whereas moderation does … Read More

How to build your meals for fat loss!

Fat loss made Simple, Sane, and Sustainable! Video Blog:   Fat loss made Simple, Sane, and Sustainable! How to build your meals for fat loss! #AMEN Nutrition Guide    Don’t like to count and it drives you insane? Well you don’t have to count and you don’t have to go on a another fad diet nor follow a cookie cutter … Read More

Whole30 is not the answer!

[Source] My Thoughts on Whole 30! You may not know, but now you know- I am anti –diet to the Core! Been there and done plenty of diets and I always end back at square one – dare I say un healthy and more overweight than when I started! Ya feels me?   You don’t need any diet; you know … Read More

Five Fitness Friday Favorites- 5 Helpful Travel Tips

  Today, I’m sharing some Travel Fitness Tips. First I want to cover nutrition in the airport. I hear it all the time- it’s hard to eat healthy at the airport. Im gonna have to disagree with you on this one. You have choices- you have to decide to find something healthier if that is what you want. Your normal … Read More

3 Tips for Built in Calorie Control!

  1. Satiety- mindfulness. Be aware of how much you’re eating. Slow down – sometime we eat so fast we don’t give the brain the signal that we are actually full. Eat to about 80% full. One tool that I use is how my belly is feeling. The pressure the stomach feels once you reach fullness. There is no denying … Read More