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

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

3 Non – Dieting Tools

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    January 1st is just around the corner. As I write this, we are 10 days out from Jan. 1st. As you already know, I am Strength & Nutrition Lifestyle Coach. I don’t believe in any diets of any kind, quick fixes, wraps, pills, or potions.  I’m here going against the grain, going against the norm => you do … Read More

Is running the answer to your weight loss goals?

Guest blog post by my husband, enjoy! Running – the often demonized fitness activity.  You’re doing too much, you’re going to lose your muscle, cut it back.  You’re not doing enough to keep losing weight, do more….Which is it?  Well, the dirty little secret is that like many things fitness related, it depends.  It depends on your goals, your attitude … Read More

21 things you can do right now for better health!

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With all the noise surrounding fitness and nutrition, it can be hard to just get started. Don’t eat this, don’t eat that, workout 6x a week, do cardio 2x a day, no bread, no fruit, etc…. The list of dos and don’ts are a never-ending list of unsustainable ways to live one’s life.  All the craziness will make you cray cray! As … Read More

What feeds the fat, when you’re trying to lose fat?

    You’re doing the all the things right. Started your body transformation, let’s say 8 weeks ago. Things were going along smoothly, scale weight dropping and clothes feeling looser. So, all is well. You get excited and decide to drop the calories a bit lower and add another day of cardio, because why not? Trucking along 3 weeks later … Read More

Persistence beats Perfection every single time!

You know, one of the reasons we give up is “Perfection” – we believe that things have to be black or white or that it’s either All or Nothing! We literally get paralyzed by it – we insist that things have to be perfect before we get started. No one is really perfect, but what we can do is be … Read More

5 Ways to work with the Body – Dieting is not one of them!

  Diets work against the body, in every sense of the word. Diets set you up for failure in the long run. We have to deny, deprive, restrict, restrain, ban, and avoid foods that supposedly cause weight gain. Doing these very things – denying, depriving, will ultimately lead to weight regain when the diet is over.   Dictionary: Diet – … Read More

Track Tuesday – Sprints do the body good!

Track Tuesday!! Want to get faster? Then sprint or do interval work! I love sprinting and you just might too! Side affects: Tighter Rounder Glutes, Tighter Core/Abs, Strong Powerful Legs, some muscle growth = metabolism and preserve your muscle at the same time, and increase your anaerobic and aerobic capacity. The icing on the cake – sprints burn fat like … Read More