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4 REASONS YOUโ€™RE NOT SEEING RESULTS.

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ? ๐Ÿ’ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ. 1. Intention and mindfulness. Are you going to the gym just because you have to? If you go just because you have to with no clear thought or intention of why youโ€™re there, just going through the motions, your […]

THE UNKNOWING- THE MOST COMMON CLIENT PROFILE

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ‘๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จ ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ . SHE IS 50 YEARS OLD, 5 FT 5 IN AND 160 LBS. SHE WANTS TO LOSE AT LEAST 20 POUNDS, SHEโ€™D BE THRILLED WITH LOSING 25. She works a desk job and is busy from 9 to 5. She doesn’t do a lot […]

THE WEEKEND BINGER

The Weekend Binger. She’s 50 years old 5โ€™5โ€ and she weighs 150 lbs., she would like to lose 10 to 15 pounds. She is a restaurant worker so she works some late nights. She works out during the week taking classes but nothing on a regular schedule. She tracks her calories at around 1400 during […]

WATER, ARE YOU CONSUMING ENOUGH?

WATER IS ESSENTIAL FOR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, BUT MOST PEOPLE DO NOT CONSUME ENOUGH FLUIDS EACH DAY. OUR BODIES ARE AT LEAST 60% WATER, INSUFFICIENT WATER INTAKE LEADS TO DEHYDRATION. IMAGINE A GRAPE, NICE AND PLUMP, NOW IMAGINE A RAISIN, SHRIVELED AND WRINKLED, THATโ€™S DEHYDRATION. Symptoms of dehydration: Joint inflammation and pain- cartilage is 80% […]

HOW TO MAKE DRINKING WATER A HABIT.

DRINKING WATER IS A HEALTHY HABIT. WE ALL KNOW ITโ€™S GOOD FOR US BUT MANY PEOPLE SAY THEY DONโ€™T DRINK ENOUGH, THE MAIN REASON BEING THEY FORGET THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ONCE YOU MAKE IT A HABIT IT BECOMES AUTOMATIC AND NOT JUST ANOTHER CHORE YOU HAVE TO DO. HERE ARE SOME STRATEGIES THAT I MYSELF […]

HOW “EATING HEALTHY” MAY BE AFFECTING HEALTH IN PERI/MENOPAUSAL WOMEN.

โ€œ๐ˆ ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ.โ€ This is something that I hear all the time… Eating healthy doesnโ€™t mean youโ€™re eating enough. Or in the proportion your body needs. Typically when someone comes to me saying that they eat healthy it almost always means they are restricting themselves, in one way or another. Either calorically or nutritionally. They […]

EVENING PRIMROSE OIL FOR WOMEN

EVENING PRIMROSE OIL IS AN ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT TO ALLEVIATE PAIN AND DISCOMFORT ASSOCIATED WITH PMS AND MENOPAUSE. Evening primrose oil comes from a plant native to North America, though it grows worldwide. The medicinal oil is extracted from the seeds, and may help regulate the immune system. Its polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acids may suppress inflammation […]

WEIGHT LOSS 101

First off, letโ€™s define weight loss and fat loss, I think itโ€™s important to distinguish the difference. I want to focus on Fat Loss for my online clients, not just seeing the number on the scale go down. Rather than focusing on weight loss, the real goal should be to preserve as much muscle as […]

WHY YOUR SCALE SUCKS…

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ฌ- Are you elated when the scale goes down or depressed when it goes up? You are more than just a number on the scale. Your scale only measures one thingโ€”your weight. Your weight can fluctuate every day, sometimes by as much as 5 pounds,  depending on a variety of factors. There […]

HOW UNDEREATING STALLS WEIGHT LOSS.

HOW UNDEREATING STOPS YOU FROM LOSING WEIGHT. Social reasons and taste buds aside, the purpose of food is to get the calories(energy) and nutrients we need for our brain and internal organs to function and keep us alive. When you chronically under eat, the body tries to conserve those calories by slowing down your metabolism. […]