Today I’d like to challenge you to try an experiment with slow eating. Eating more slowly can help you eat less food, because it takes about 20 minutes for your brain to get the signal from your stomach that you are full. Eating more slowly improves satiety and satisfaction with your meals, improves your digestion,…
Today I was listening to a friend describe the difficulties he is having with sticking to his healthy eating plan. He is trying to eat better and improve his diet, but he admitted, “I’m ‘Lovin’ It’ a lot more than I should be.” He is frustrated with all the measuring and counting that comes with…
In my experience, there are two phases in using a food log. The first phase of using a food log begins when someone is just getting started or trying to establish the habit of logging meals. In the first phase, the goal is to “Just Log It” (borrowing the famous phrase from Nike). In the…
If you want to succeed at weight loss, you need to maintain some level of conscious awareness of what you are putting into your body. One of the best ways to stay conscious about what you are eating is to log your food. A food log can be the single most valuable tool in your…
The first thing I’d like you to know is: my hamstrings are sore. But that’s good, right? All right, so here’s what you need to know to catch you up with where we are now. Here’s a short list of the major life changes I’ve made in the last three months- my divorce was finalized;…
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there. When I was taking this opportunity to remember my Dad, I was thinking about how he indirectly inspired my career in fitness. It’s a tale of irony and coincidence… pull up a chair. People have always said that I look more like my Dad than my…
Welcome back to Blog Wednesdays. What, you’ve never heard of Blog Wednesdays? Oh, of course, uhm, I didn’t really tell you about them. Well… without telling you (so I wouldn’t put too much pressure on myself), I made a goal for myself that I was going to write at least one blog post per week,…
Hello? Is thing on? Where the heck have I been? The past three or four months have been a very difficult time for me. I was lost for a while. I wasn’t just lost to the blog, I was also lost to myself. When people commit to making a lifestyle change for fitness and better…