Have you ever thought of your body as a machine? Have you ever thought about your body as a car? I’m a big fan of the car analogies with our body, so let’s just imagine that your body is a car; But not just any car. Your body is a race car. Now, what do…
Before really getting into this blog I would like to say that I realize many of you may not like what I have to say. I also realize that the environment does lead to health and obesity problems, I just don’t believe that it is the full cause of the obesity epidemic in our country.…
Here’s an important thing that everyone should either be aware of, or keep in check. . . Serving size. I often tell people that, while carb cycling, I’ll eat scoops of peanut butter straight out of the jar, but what determines a “scoop”? Obviously, the leveled off Tablespoon is the proper “scoop” as this keeps…
Well, I am now done with 3 out of 6 weeks of my program to fix my metabolism. It has been extremely frustrating and trying on me mentally. I knew going into it that I would gain weight, and surprisingly I haven’t gained as much at this point as I was fearing, but it doesn’t…
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If ever you talk to me, or if you’ve read our posts, you’ll hear / see the term “nutrition plan” often, but what will be absent, is the term “diet.” I abhor this word as it is the reason why people can’t seem to get in shape, and if they manage to, they can’t stay…
Lately, I’ve seen this picture floating around on facebook a lot: I’m actually very happy that this is floating around, because it demonstrates what today’s blog is about, and something that is unbelievably important: When most people talk about dieting and getting in shape, they only think about “losing weight.” Well, what weight do you…
Let’s talk reality here. I know most of my life I was under the assumption that exercise was more important than diet. I thought if I could just burn that extra 3500 calories a week at the gym then I wouldn’t have to count my calories. This will make me fit in no time! This…
How are your New Year’s resolutions coming? Hopefully well, especially considering we’re not two weeks in. We’re going to take a moment to talk about a common problem amongst those who set a New Year Resolution to get into shape. It was only last year that I read about an interesting study regarding a phenomenon…
Have you ever heard someone refer to a body type? If not, I am sorry, because knowing your body type will help you identify various problems in your quest for goals. To start, there are 3 somatypes (Body types): Ectomorph, Mesomorph, and Endomorph. These were developed as part of the theory of constitutional psychology by…