“I struggle with picking the right carbs.” There’s no denying that keeping your protein high and your carbohydrates and fats in line w/ your training and unique metabolism is the ticket to getting/keeping a lean body composition. However, the mentality that we must attach a right/wrong or good/bad mentality to one food or macro nutrient is […]
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A favorite part of my day is when I get a little one on one time with folks after class to brainstorm strategies so they can reach their goals. I had an awesome conversation last Friday with Amy about breaking plateaus. I know many of you will be able to relate to what she is struggling with
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We began #FitandFlyByJuly as Summer anxiety was peaking and I was getting ready for a photo shoot. So…whatever happened to the video shoot? My job now is to hang out in the best place ever… maintenance mode!!!! Once I have all the pieces of the 4th of July Mystery Class in place, I will re-book
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As a trainer/coach who was once proudly overtrained and chronically exhausted, I approach this topic with a deep understanding of the mind games that keep us from fully embracing recovery and therefore losing muscle, gaining weight, and plateauing at a not-so-happy place. Let me establish that for the Sweat crowd, I am addressing a group of people
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I am often approached about what, when, and how to make dietary changes in order to achieve fat loss results or break a plateau. Clean and lean eating are two trendy terms that need to be clarified. Eating clean and eating lean, for fat loss, are not necessarily the same concepts. While both lifestyles overlap in many
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I hope you were able to enjoy letting go a bit of your usual “eat right” routine. There’s a time and a place to not think of food in terms of fueling, or calories eaten, or carbs earned. A healthy lean eaters knows the value being mentally present with people and friends and not feel
Post-Cheat days…How to DE-BLOAT! Read More »
Repetition and consistency matched with FLEXIBILITY are markers of successful lifestyle changes. Are you going to be an angel Memorial Day weekend? No. Should you be? No. It’s what you do MORE OFTEN THAN NOT that has the greatest impact on your body composition and your future fat loss results. Knowing that cheats will be everywhere
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What are YOU changing for YOU?? DID you follow the #FitAndFlyByJuly Jump Start or are you ready to get on it today??? If you haven’t started hit the link above. A solid jump start is there to re-establish a good rhythm, help you understand your schedule, get rid of (many of your) cravings, and increase energy. It is
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We are about one week into our challenge and we have already had a big celebration to “contend with”…Easter. I hope you understand… it’s an EXCELLENT thing to do these challenges while REAL LIFE is going on. There is no such thing as the perfect time! In fact, I cannot think of any month in
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When I set the date w/ Maria Moore Photography to update Sweat’s pictures on its web page, I had about a 2 hour time frame where I frantically went into full blown diet mode. I basically planned a bikini competitors “diet down” plan for myself where there would be a strict, bland regimen of chicken,
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