Last week we looked at setting goal for the summer, now it’s time to discuss sticking to your game plan, how to manage trouble, and how to succeed. The best way to stick to your goal is to make sure you are doing everything you can to take steps towards it. Every time youContinue reading “10 Weeks Until Summer: Week 2”
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10 Weeks Until Summer: Week 1 Workout
Summer is coming, so it’s time to step it up on dietary focus, but also some conditioning work. Whether your goal is to shed some fat, participate in some summer 5k’s, or just feel better and more active, these bonus workouts will definitely help and push you to your limits. In addition to these, IContinue reading “10 Weeks Until Summer: Week 1 Workout”
10 Weeks Until Summer: Week 1
Here in Madison, Wisconsin, it finally felt like summer is coming. We had a beautiful weekend. Summer officially starts in about 10 weeks, so I figured for those of you wanting something to work towards and follow along with, I would come up with a 10 week guide to working towards or even reaching yourContinue reading “10 Weeks Until Summer: Week 1”
5 Ways To Sneak Extra Protein Into Your Diet
A busy mother of 3, trying to lose 20 pounds, wants to fit into that sexy dress for the summer – What’s your protein intake look like? Skinny college guy, trying to pack on some serious muscle gains, wants to impress the chica’s at Spring Break – What’s your protein intake? The retired older gentleman,Continue reading “5 Ways To Sneak Extra Protein Into Your Diet”
Re-Vamp Your Breakfast With Some Protein
Cereal, muffins, pancakes, waffles, toast, bagels, jelly, bananas, juice, cinnamon rolls – staples of the traditional American breakfast. While most of these foods CAN be incorporated into a healthy diet, they all have one thing in common – high carb, low protein. What’s the big deal? Starting your day off with a well-rounded, and balancedContinue reading “Re-Vamp Your Breakfast With Some Protein”
5 Foods to ALWAYS Have In Your Home
It’s 7pm. You just finished dinner an hour ago, and you are still hungry! Are you? Maybe you are stressed, pissed off, bored, or just tired? Or maybe you had a skimpy breakfast, missed lunch, and had a light dinner on the go. Maybe you are hungry. If you reflect on you day, and comeContinue reading “5 Foods to ALWAYS Have In Your Home”
5 Wrongly Categorized Foods and How to Swap Them
“This is my lunch, isn’t it healthy?”, she says as she sips her coffee drink and chews a plastic looking nutrition bar at 2 in the afternoon. After a few seconds of grinding the high fiber and sugar alcohol bar through her teeth, she mutters out, “I’m just really working hard to lose thisContinue reading “5 Wrongly Categorized Foods and How to Swap Them”
Protein: Not Just For Bro’s
Protein, protein, PROTEIN! You hear about it everywhere, you see it in muscle-building magazines, and you hear Dr. Oz. (ugh…) preaching about it on a regular basis. How do you know what to believe? What is the benefit of more protein? Why do we need it? How can it help someone not looking to getContinue reading “Protein: Not Just For Bro’s”
All Cholesterol is Not Created Equal: A Review (Summary) of Egg Consumption and Heart Health
This is something I have been waiting for for a long time. A review article, published by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, looking at egg consumption and finally getting with the times on egg/cholesterol/heart disease research. Without further adieu, here are some of the main points, as highlighted by yours truly: All Cholesterol IsContinue reading “All Cholesterol is Not Created Equal: A Review (Summary) of Egg Consumption and Heart Health”