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I asked a client what his “one thing” is that he wants to focus on this week. He replied, “Going back to eating low-carb and low-sugar.” (His idea, not mine.) Then he [...]

Here is a profound and mind-boggling thought: You can’t control the scale (your weight on the weight scale, that is). You ask, “You can’t control your weight? What?” [...]

When it comes to healthy eating and weight loss, is there a place for cheat meals? What about dealing with cravings? In my opinion and through my experience as a trainer, I have found that there [...]

People are thinking about getting back into shape now that the stay-at-home order has been lifted. Some people took advantage of the lockdown to get more active. However, I suspect many, if not [...]

I had this conversation with myself the other day. After seeing my clients’ results and my own results, I thought, “Being healthy and fit is not that hard: You do the workouts, eat [...]

In Overcoming A Sugar Addiction – Part 1 we recognized that while there is no clinical diagnosis for sugar addiction, there is evidence that highly palatable foods can influence the reward center [...]

Do you have a sugar addiction? I realize “addiction” is a strong word in the clinical sense of its definition. Psychologists are still studying to determine if food addiction or sugar [...]

In Metabolic Training – Part 1 we looked at traditional views of weight loss, namely, dieting and doing a lot of steady state cardio. Cardio exercise is good, but it requires time and it can take [...]

Metabolic training, as its name implies, is training that improves your metabolism. A higher metabolism means that your body burns more calories. It means that you can eat more and your body will [...]

After working with many different clients, I have noticed a number of differences between successful clients who reach their goals, and clients who do not. Here are five things you can do to [...]