When you see people over 40, what do you notice? One of the things you might see is the expanding midsection. If you are over 40, you may have seen the belly fat slowly creep up. Even if you exercise and eat right. I hear many people say that it's inevitable. It's too hard to [...]
Category: Weight Loss
No Karen, this is not the year you will get healthy and lose weight.
I know a lot of people write this part of the year off, give up, go into hibernation, and say to themselves next year will be their year. -Arnold Schwartzenegger - The Pump Club Newsletter There is nothing magical about January 1st. -Arnold Schwartzenegger - The Pump Club Newsletter I was reading the Pump Club [...]
What’s best when it comes to low carb diets?
One of the reasons I address scientific studies that come out is because the media does a terrible job reporting on them. They oversimplify the results. Doing that leads to confusion. One study comes out that says coffee is detrimental for people with certain conditions. The media says, "COFFEE IS BAD!!!". Then another study comes [...]
Preparing Food for a Trip
With all of the travelling this summer, I thought I would talk about preparing food for a trip. With all of the restaurants out there, should you bother preparing food. I mean, it is extra work. My answer is a resounding yes. Why should you? Here are some reasons I think you should take the [...]
On Recovery
We've been travelling a bit over the past several days, so no recipe this week. I thought it might be good to talk about recovery. This topic came about because of becoming ill after I was working towards increasing my running speed. I knew that week I was becoming ill because my run that Monday [...]
Some thoughts on motivation
https://twitter.com/BioLayne/status/1735324423371047214 Tweet from Dr. Layne Norton on motivation This week I wanted to address the study that Dr. Layne Norton mentioned in the tweet above. Now, most people don't read scientific studies and only take the information distilled (often incorrectly) by the media. The reason I wanted to do this is because many people think the reason [...]
Should you indulge during the holidays?
I was hoping to have a new recipe this week, but I'm just getting back in the swing of things and I don't have enough room in the freezer to make a new dish. Which means it's a good time to address indulging during the holidays. There will be holiday dinners and treats at work. [...]
Lifestyle Change, what does it really mean?
I have enough food for an army from Thanksgiving, so I'm doing a little deep dive on the term "lifestyle change". This idea stemmed from an MSN article "Lifestyle Changes" are Often Diet Culture in Disguise. It gave me something to think about because diet culture is everywhere, even when we are trying to get [...]
Beware the false prophet – Health and exercise gurus
Do you have experts you would recommend? Leave it in the comments below! Since many of you may set new goals in the new year for health and fitness, I wanted to talk about health and exercise gurus that you may find online. Anyone these days can call themselves anything they want without much consequence. [...]
New Post on LifeApps!
I have a new post on LifeApps titled: How to Be Your Own Weight Loss Guide. Take a few moments to check it out! Then, use some of the tasty recipes posted here to start building your own plan now.
