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Is your resolution to lose weight?
Posted on January 5, 2016 Leave a Comment
Is your New Year’s resolution to lose weight? Didn’t you have that same resolution last year? So, what are you going to do differently? Are you going to limit beverages that have calories, exercise more, and cook more at home? Great! Depending on the recipe, some home-cooked meals are laden with fat and calories so […]
Amp up fitness goals with 1 change
Posted on December 23, 2015 Leave a Comment
If you could expedite weight loss, build muscle faster, or just improve in your sport, you’d do it, right? It turns out that removing gluten from your diet may be the magic bullet. Regardless of whether or not you have celiac disease or a gluten sensitivity, the human body cannot break down gluten, or completely […]
When being lean just isn’t good enough
Posted on December 16, 2015 Leave a Comment
I know how to get lean, but I want to get ripped so I paid my trainer for a customized diet plan where I ate 1600 calories a day with protein at 26%, carbs at 51% and fat at 23% of my diet. I woke up nightly at 2am, starving, but refrained from eating because, […]
Now you can find out what’s sabotaging your weight loss
Posted on December 8, 2015 Leave a Comment
If you can’t seem to shed extra fat and cannot figure out why, try utilizing an application that will log, not only your calories, but also your carbohydrates, fat, protein and fiber. After plugging in my meals into My Fitness Pal, I was shocked to learn that over 30% of my calories came from fat. […]
Why Americans are fat
Posted on December 1, 2015 Leave a Comment
Americans are fat because we eat way too many calories. The amount we need is actually much smaller than what most people realize. A female who doesn’t exercise may only need 1600 calories a day. A male that’s not physically active requires 1800-2000 calories each day. Yet, the average American actually consumes 3770 calories each […]
Surprising Diet Facts
Posted on March 10, 2014 Leave a Comment
There are so many different diets, each one claiming they know the secrets to weight loss, it’s hard to decipher fact from fiction. Here are the facts: High protein diets are typically high in fat, lower in calories, and easier to follow since they are more satisfying and people lose weight faster, but the side […]
What types of carbs should diabetics/others limit?
Posted on March 7, 2014 Leave a Comment
When I was first diagnosed with diabetes my doctor told me to reduce the amount of fruit I ate since fruit contains fructose and spikes blood sugar levels. I tested this theory with a glucose test meter and it’s a fact: my blood sugar rose when eating fruit. His request to cut back on fruit […]
