Trainer Tip Tuesday: How to Make Kale Taste Better, dare I say Delicious!

How to Make Kale Taste Better, dare I say Delicious! I’ve been on a KALE kick lately. I’ve been eating it as the primary base in my salads, whereas b4 I had to have it mixed in with other greens. Kale is usually bitter and tastes like dirt when you eat it alone. Am I right?!😂🙅🏾‍♀️ Nobody wants to eat … Read More

Treats, sweets, and thangs! How to navigate Holiday Eats.

Treats and more treats. They are always available, aren’t they?   They are not going anywhere; it’s imperative that we build a healthy relationship with all foods and that’s to include sweets, treats, and things. Gasp – carbs too!   Today, I want to share with you some of my sweets, treats, and thangs strategies.   First, I treat myself … Read More

What to do after Thanksgiving?

Whelp, we just wrapped Thanksgiving! I hope you had a beautiful day yesterday. Enjoyed the food without shame or guilt for what you ate. Today, I want you to simply move on. Pick up right where you left off. Check out this short video on What to do after Thanksgiving?     Don’t you dare….. Do any punishing workouts – … Read More

3 Simple Strategies for better health that will stick FOREVER!

  3 Simple Strategies for better health that will stick FOREVER!     When moving towards better health, you do not have to change all the things at once. You don’t have to do a complete overhaul. I always say, “What is the one thing that you can do to move towards better health?”   I have few basics things … Read More

The 3 M’s of Fat Loss

Weight loss and fat loss are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. Weight loss, for example, is the loss of fat-free mass (muscle) and fat mass, fluids (water), etc. The primary focus here is to get the scale weight to go down; nothing else matters, even if you lose your soul doing it. Gaining fat and … Read More

It’s just time to BE – Not to be Dieting

  It’s just time to BE – Not to be dieting   Before I jump into the nitty gritty of why you will continue to struggle if you continue to yo-yo diet.  In order to have sustainable forever fat loss, you have to give up dieting, dieting is making you heavier (body fat).  After the diet, you are worse off … Read More

You know it’s Lifestyle when..

There is no start or end date or a timeline if it’s a Lifestyle. Fitness and Nutrition fit effortlessly into your day. There is no “On and Off, ” no Wagons, No Tracks. There is just life and life happens, we hit bumps in the road, but we pick right back up where we left off.   You don’t have … Read More

Carbs are not the enemy plus 4 Ways to Make them work for you!

Carbs are always the ones to get the boot when it comes to trying to lose weight! You don’t have to eliminate whole food groups to get results! Ugh, carbs are not the enemy. Really, ladies, they are not the enemy. They are your friends or can be your friend. If you kicked them to the curb a while ago, … Read More

Five reasons why you are struggling to lose weight

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It’s that time of year where you will be bombarded with l00’s, if not millions, of quick-fix schemes – these things are some of the reasons why you are struggling to lose weight. Diets, detoxes, cleanses, you name it. Programs that are promising “X” number of pounds lost in a month or less. We are getting close to January 1st, … Read More

Franklins BBQ Experience

If you’re new here, welcome! My name is Candace, and I love food – I am a fit foodie. I wanted to share my recent Texas BBQ experience with my tribe. Do you like BBQ? My approach to food is a moderate one – I don’t ban any foods, and you don’t have to either. You don’t even need to … Read More