Common diet mistakes: Getting healthy "Not-to-do's"

Many clients or individuals that are on a weight loss journey complain of those terrible plateaus… most of you have probably experienced this in efforts to reduce body fat or lose weight. Typically individuals will lose weight successfully for the first month, or few months, and then hit a plateau [...]

At least twice a year, I pull my back out.  Usually, not even doing anything strenuous.  This past Friday, at around 4:30 a.m. I ended up lying on my basement floor writhing in pain while exercising.  It took me a half hour to stand up and another 15 minutes to pull myself up the stairs. [...]

That’s a question, I always ask myself. Whenever I am lifting weights at my Body Pump class, or doing my Insanity or Hip Hop Abs DVD’s in the basement, I am never in sync with what the instructor is saying about breathing.
I have the uncanny knack of always breathing opposite from what is supposed to [...]

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Whether you’re on a diet or just trying to keep your current physique, traveling can take its toll.  From the moment you start traveling especially through airports, you will be barraged with unhealthy foods.  We all know it’s hard to eat well while traveling through airports.  They offer lots of fast food, most of which [...]

Whether you’re trying to get in shape, lose weight, you’re a recreational, elite, or even a professional athlete, there are always ups and downs in training. We can’t always be at our best, nor deep down would we want to be. I believe there’s a commonality in humans that seeks to be great at something. [...]

I was surprised that I personally burn more calories lifting weights (anaerobic exercise) than doing aerobic exercise, whether running, participating in a boot camp or even 45 minutes of “Insanity.”  I was totally bowled over by this.  I have been wearing a “GoWear” exercise monitor that measures calories for about two months.  When I realized [...]

With all the focus on weight and fitness goals that come with the New Year, I thought I should clarify some confusion about fitness and weight.  Many people are so focused on the scale as they make their resolutions and they either forget about body composition, or don’t really understand what it entails.  Your body [...]

Two weeks ago, I was on hiatus from exercising–one week out of commission with a strained back.  It was a pretty quick recovery for me.  I tend to pull my back out about once a year.  I was hoping that all my exercising and increased “core strength” would help me prevent painful back strains.  Not [...]

After fanatically sticking to my exercising while away for Thanksgiving, and not gaining any weight at all, I was feeling pretty good about myself.  Until, that is…last Monday.  It was my last day visiting our son, Garrett, in Austin.  I got up at my usual 4:40 am, quietly tip toed down stairs to the living [...]