Battling Nighttime Eating
Have issues snacking at night? This 1 min video will give you my super tips on how to combat this diet killing habit!
Have issues snacking at night? This 1 min video will give you my super tips on how to combat this diet killing habit!
As a fitness trainer, I often hear people say that they are working out consistently but not seeing any weight loss results. The truth is losing weight doesn’t happen with exercise alone. A good diet is just as important, if not more, when it comes to shedding pounds and looking lean. Here are a few reasons why diet plays such a critical role in weight…
Do you consistently frequent the gym, or do you suffer from “Starting and Stopping Syndrome”? You get into a good routine, but something gets in the way and time gets away from you. Next thing you know, it’s been months since you’ve worked out and you’re starting from scratch again. Sound familiar? What can you do to ensure greater success in your consistency with the…
Over my 20+ career in fitness and wellness, I’ve watched hundreds of people transform from first-time exercisers, inconsistent gym-goers or even exercise haters into bonafide gym-rats. In watching this process, I relate back to my own journey starting off 27 years ago as an exercise hater when I hired my own personal trainer. There began my transformative journey from nonathletic couch potato to future gym…
Are you tired, out of shape and subject to every bug that comes down the road? It may be that you are making too many withdrawals from your health bank account. Just as withdrawing more money than you deposit into your checking account will lead to bank overdrafts, expensive fees and reduced retirement funds, squandering your health reserves can lead to chronic illness, poor quality…
In order to get the maximum benefit from your workout you need to eat the right food at the right time. For example, you don’t want to work out with weights on an empty stomach. Doing so will cause you to burn muscle rather than fat. This defeats the purpose of exercising. What should you eat before exercising? Your pre-workout snack should be a mix…
Did you know that your brain enjoys exercise as much as your body does? In addition to producing dopamine and serotonin, the right kind of exercise helps you make new brain cells. Fast, skill-based exercises like body combat, karate, boxing, jazzercise and technique-based weightlifting produce Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF), a key molecule involved in learning and memory. These exercises create synapses enabling your brain…
Contrary to popular belief, your abs aren’t made in the gym, they are made in the kitchen. What do I mean by that? We think we can eat what we want and because we are exercising an hour a day the pounds will magically fall off. That is simply not true! What we eat matters. Unfortunately, when we eat too many calories and the wrong…
When motivation is lacking healthy habits can save you. The other day a client came in complaining that he just wasn’t motivated. The stress of life caught up with him and he binge ate two days’ worth of calories at McDonald’s before lunch. He complained that he lacked the motivation to stop. That is because his current habit is, “when I feel helpless, out-of-control, angry…
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