In a sense people who are overweight are like drug addicts and alcoholics. They are addicted to food, but not just any food. The main culprits are high carb, high fat foods. Of course this wouldn’t be a problem if they were addicted to lean meat and vegetables. Overweight people have a hard time regulating […]

If you want to get your dream body then there is no doubt about it you will definitely have to follow some sort of diet plan. So how do you greatly increase your chances of sticking to your diet plan? You workout. Yes, working out is the glue  that holds  your diet together. It is

Clients will always ask me if they should do “fasted cardio.” Fasted cardio has been taught forever because in theory it is supposed to burn more fat. Fasted cardio is doing cardio on an empty stomach. Many people would get up extra early to do cardio as soon as they get up because they thought

When you design and exercise program there is a lot of different variables. All of these variables will depend on what your goal is. For weight loss 90% of the time I give people full body workouts. This is especially more true for women than men. I see a lot of people do body part

If you want to dramatically increase your chances of not losing any weight then just simply do this and I can pretty much guarantee you won’t last long with your weight loss plan. If you want to fail then don’t prepare your meals ahead of time or “meal prep” for short. You should always know

I was having this discussion with one of my newer clients. She has been training almost 2 months and has seen some great weight loss…well at the beginning anyways. The last few weekends she has fell off her diet and is basically at a standstill. She said it’s on the weekends when her friends are

A lot of times new clients will call me and ask me if I work with people that are very out of shape and/or overweight. My response is, “of course I do…that’s my job!” It does surprise me that they think like this, but maybe I shouldn’t be I don’t know. I do want to

In order to reach your weight loss goals it all comes down to consistency and sticking to your workout and diet. If you are erratic and inconsistent then there is a good chance that you are not going to reach your goals. But to be consistent with working out and dieting you have to be

One of the most common questions people ask me is what about dairy when dieting. Dairy is good for dieting and studies show that it can help you lose weight. But I don’t like all kinds of dairy in my weight loss programs. Allowed: low fat greek yogurt, low fat cottage cheese, and whey protein

In my earlier years I used to be hardcore and diet during holidays and trips and recommended that my clients do this as well. However my stance on this over the years has changed 180 degrees. I now tell people not to diet on holidays and trips. Sure, you don’t have to eat everything in