Let’s be honest: dieting is hard work. The benefits of a healthy lifestyle are always worth it, but sticking to a diet, workout routine or overall weight loss plan can be a challenge for even the most seasoned health advocates. It all about creating a new lifestyle and choosing the right tools to help you […]
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Recipes and Resources for Week 2 – 21 Days of Clean Eating
Thank you so much for joining our October Clean Eating Challenge. Here are the resources for Week 2. This week’s resources are focused on cooking for a family and eating clean on a budget. Cooking for Your Family Transitioning your family to clean eating Clean Eating for Busy Families – Book How to Encourage Your […]
Simple Strategies for Beating Emotional Eating
You’re stressed, sad, upset, or just in a crummy mood. How do you respond? If your first instinct – consciously or unconsciously – is to reach for food, then you are likely eating for comfort. This is known as emotional eating. Emotional eating is actually a very common coping strategy for stress. Some emotional eaters […]
December Challenge – 21 Days of HIIT
Happy Holidays! We know that this time of the year can be very busy and you may have a lot on your plate to deal with. Our 21 Days of HIIT Challenge will help you stay on track with getting in some regular exercise this month. These workouts can be done at home or in […]
12 Exercises that Help Shape Your Buns and Legs
Here is the list of great Leg and Booty shaping exercises. Bodyweight Squat Lunges – Calf Raises Split Squat Deadlift with Dumbbells Plie Squats Jump Squats Pulsing Lunges Donkey Kicks Squats with an Alternating Kickback Jumping Jacks Mountain Climbers – Regular and Modified for Beginners PS: If you go to the gym and have access […]
Can Loose Skin be Tightened?
Believe it or not, one of the fears that holds women back from losing weight is having loose skin. This can definitely happen to anyone and it can be very pronounced on those who lose over 50 lbs. That being said, you should not let fear of loose skin stop you from losing weight. We […]
Nov Challenge Week 3 – Clean Eating Resources and Recipes
We are in Week 3 of our Clean Eating Challenge! Below you’ll find this week’s list of resources, recipes and tips for making clean eating a lifestyle and not just temporary change. Here are some of the testimonies we’ve heard from participants who are seeing results; “Things are going good. I lost five more pounds.” – Kimberly […]
5 Ways to Cut Your Risk of Getting Diabetes
According to CDC 2014 statistics almost 30 million American have diabetes. This is nearly 10% of the population. This disease isn’t often fatal when properly treated by a doctor and when lifestyle changes are made. However, having diabetes can make everyday life more difficult by preventing people from doing what they would like to do. […]
What is Tabata?
Imagine that you could give your body an exercise makeover with short, 4 min workouts. Thankfully, a type of high intensity interval training called Tabata makes it possible. HIIT training has been all the rage lately and with good reason. It’s exciting, the workouts can be relatively short and many people feel that it delivers results more […]
Body Weight Burn Workout Circuit
This workout is designed to let you use your own bodyweight as resistance. I’ve included videos of the moves below so that you can see proper form. I suggest 30-45 seconds rest between exercises…but rest more if you need to. Break up the moves and modify the moves if you need to. For example, if you can’t do 10 […]
