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I ate a bagel a day for 28 days and didn’t gain one pound of fat.  I’m sure you’re thinking “If I ate like that, I’d FOR SURE gain weight. No way!” I’ve had people tell me I can eat how I want because I’m young. Because I work out a lot. Bla bla bla. All of this BS that … Read More

How do you plan on handling eating this Thanksgiving?  Here is your comprehensive guide to how to handle eating this Thanksgiving.  Did you know the average American gains 5-7 pounds over the Holiday season?  This episode talks about how you can approach eating this Thanksgiving Holiday without feeling guilty, and without gaining a single pound.  Share this episode with women … Read More

I know way too many people that workout on a regular basis and yet, year after year, they experience no changes to their appearance.  Without focusing on the nutrition component (easily the largest, most important component to changing your body)- what else could be going on with your exercise routine that is preventing you from seeing results.  Without talking too … Read More

Welcome to episode 8! This episode was opened up to our Facebook followers, where people submitted their questions for me to answer. Nothing was off limits! Here is what I answer in this episode: -Should you eat back the calories you burn during a workout? -Explain the myth about women lifting weights and getting bulky -How I was able to … Read More

I used to believe two things: 1) The meaner I was to myself, the more I would be motivated to workout more and eat less to have a “better” body. 2) I thought the “better” my body looked, the more I would be able to love and accept myself. Both of these thoughts were WRONG.  This episode is for women … Read More

How many of you begin each Monday thinking “I HAVE to eat good all week since I ate so BAD all weekend long!” Enough is enough. 5 days of “perfect” eating and 2 days of bingeing and overeating foods will produce zero results. And I mean ZERO. I’m living proof. It wasn’t until I stopped trying to be perfect, and … Read More

I spent the first 20+ years of my life hating myself. Every day was a bad day- I was never enough. I turned to fitness to “change” myself- thinking that, somehow, being “skinny” would make me better- more worthy, more acceptable, more important. I thought that I hated myself because I wasn’t “skinny.” And you know what? That’s a load … Read More

Are you a slave to the treadmill? Worried sick that if you skip your cardio for the day that you’ll somehow gain a bunch of weight? That’s because traditional cardio is like a loan for your results. The secret to achieving the results you’re looking for lies within lifting weights and interval training types of cardio- those act as an … Read More

With all of the diet information out there at our fingertips, ever wonder why we’re in the middle of an obesity epidemic? Or ever wonder why you’re not at your goal weight yet? It’s because diets don’t work.  We’ve been lead to believe that there are “good” foods and “bad” foods when it comes to changing the way our bodies … Read More