Category Archives: Diet
Good nutrition tips for fueling your workouts
Here’s a good sports nutrition article I found on Real Age’s website. It reiterates some of the tips I wrote in my April 2009 blog article, “When and What Should You Eat Before You Workout? And Does It Matter What You Eat After?” If you think eating a meal or a snack before or after [...]
Ready for 2012? 10 Ways to Get Your Fitness Game Plan Going for the New Year (Or Anytime)!
My top 10 tips for starting, sticking to and getting back on track for any fitness or weight loss plan. Implement a few of these tips and you’ll get to your goals faster. Happy New Year and I look forward to helping you reach your goals!
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How to Get a Celebrity Trainer Toned Body Without a Celebrity Trainer
It’s really not as mystical as it seems. When you see a celeb walk down the red carpet flaunting an apparently transformed body, it wasn’t some magical workout program or exotic diet that got them there. There’s only a handful of tricks of the trade that credible trainers use to help their clients make a [...]
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Low fat or low carb to reduce belly fat?
Great question! Here’s a link to an article I read that gives a good rationale. Keep in mind, there are good fats (i.e. omega 3, fish oils, polyunsaturated, monounsaturated) and bad fats (sat fats and trans fats – both are solid at room temperature). And there are good carbs and no too good for you [...]
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Exercise Now, Benefit Later: Stocking Up On Your Fitness
When an unexpected crisis hits that derails your health & fitness regimen, the amount and intensity of your previous training can really pay off. The fitter you are, the less you conditioning you lose when you have to take some time off from your workouts. Here’s my latest article on the Huffington Post. Read it [...]
More Beans + Less Meat = Fewer Lbs!
One more interesting tidbit from Real Age. I’m a big fan of 3 bean salad. I can eat it everyday and often do. And my favorite part of Mexican food are the beans. So of course I was thrilled to read this new study that suggests eating the same number of calories in beans vs. [...]
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Quick tip on how to eat 14% less calories at every meal
A great tip I read on Real Age. It comes from Brian Wansink, a researcher at Cornell who I’m a huge fan of and mildly obsessed with (not in a weird way – professionally!). So many of his studies show how mindless eating and our western culture contribute to overeating. Click here, it’s an easy [...]
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Sleep Could Be What’s Missing From Your Weight Loss Program
That new exercise regimen and new eating plan you undertook for the new year are not the entire solution to an expanding waistline. The missing piece to this puzzle could lie in your sleep habits according to a study published in the Oct. 5, 2010 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. Click here to [...]
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Can Sports Supplements Give You An Edge?
I did a clinical trial of one using creatine, then went on to glutamine, carnitine and some fat burners to see if I’d notice a difference. During this time, I did my research reading numerous peer reviewed, published studies and articles published in industry journals. Check out my latest blog on Huffington Post’s Health Section [...]
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Here’s the Skinny on Detox Diets and Cleanses