What is a marketing trap? REDUCED FAT PEANUT BUTTER! Day in and day out read and hear of people unknowingly duped by “Big Peanut Butter” that they are changing their health picture by eating this marketing ploy. Have these people actually checked the label and compared the Regular Peanut Butter and Reduced Fat Peanut Butter?… Continue Reading
One of the services I offer my online training clients is daily review and commentary of their food journals through the use of our member’s only discussion board. I teach them to eat clean and suggest small, liveable changes to their menus so that they can get the absolute MOST out of their weightloss and fitness efforts.… Continue Reading
The word diet is almost as bad as dropping the “F-Bomb” these days. The lastest terms are lifestyle, nutritional plan, eating strategy…but who are we fooling? Whatever you call it, isn’t it really a diet? The word diet‘s primary definition is “food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on… Continue Reading
Who is the one person in your life that always makes you smile? Is there a person who makes life a little better each time you talk to them? Well, I’m very lucky. Lately I have been surrounded by the most caring and wonderful people, many of whom I have never even met. It made me… Continue Reading
I am proud of myself. I had a cold, a right hip that is just not up to running, and a left hamstring that is tight as a drum. A year ago I would have easily pushed through the pain of the hip, maybe throw a stretch or two in for the hamstring, and forget… Continue Reading
It is still comical to me to see definition in my arms. Who would have thought this pudgy little girl in school would one day have guns? Not me. One problem I am having with my arm training is my left arm. I have ulnar nerve damage and it causes my left arm to be… Continue Reading
Today is one of those days where I’m so busy with work and life that I am squeezing it all in when I can. Many of us forget that a workout doesn’t have to be XXX amount of time at X o’clock. It can be thrown at your body all day in shorter bouts with… Continue Reading
Today I couldn’t think of anything nifty to start off the post. I think I’m just exhausted and sitting in Panera with the sweet smells of breads and pastries is about all I can freaking handle! It was arm day and I had to hustle through the workout to make my Weight Watchers meeting on… Continue Reading
Wooooo…today was shoulders and it was good. I did the routine with my trainer and he gave me some great tips for form that I will definitely be including in my Exercise Directory I give all of my clients. Bill is really smart when it comes to correct angles and such so I’m going to… Continue Reading
Today I met with my personal trainer and I gave him two options: we could do a full body cardio routine inspired by Phat Camp and exercises inserted by me or do my scheduled chest routine. We opted for the full body routine. These types of workouts are great because if you are travelling or… Continue Reading