Did you know that you can eat all the food on Thanksgiving and still maintain your health and fitness goals? It all takes a little planning and you can gobble the turkey without any regrets. People are used to cutting calories to lose weight but did you know that you can also increase your calories… Continue reading Eat Your Way Through Thanksgiving
Weight loss doesn't have to be hard. In fact, there are a few things that, if you do them consistently, you WILL see change. Eat enough protein - so many people don't eat enough protein. If you are trying to build or sustain muscle, especially as you age, you should get .8 to 1 gram… Continue reading A Simple Weight Loss Formula
The Body Mass Index has been around a long time. It's still the number one tool physicians use to determine whether patients are at a healthy weight. This is a problem. Because it's not accurate! It's a 200-year-old mathematical formula created for a specific purpose. Since then, its use has been called into question as… Continue reading Why BMI is Bogus
This is going to be a hard message for many of you to hear especially if this is something you do daily. I'm talking about stepping on the scale. So many of us are preoccupied with that number. Our weight. Doctors use an age old formula to determine who is a healthy weight and who… Continue reading Why You Shouldn’t Weigh Yourself Every Day
We're bombarded by marketing messages promising incredible weight loss in a matter of weeks. Whether it be a social media influencer's latest challenge or a new app, we're told we can lose weight fast. This may be true. If you severely restrict calories and do a ton of exercise, you probably can drop pounds but… Continue reading Why Getting Fit is a Long Game
