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Without fail, every month there is an article on "Secrets to weight loss".  Truth of the matter is that there are no secrets to weight loss.  I have seen these articles on magazine covers since the mid-'80's.  You can probably Google the subject and get a ton of hits on this.  This has been around for so long, that it should not be a surprise  when we see an article like this.  People are always looking for a quick fix.  Unfortunately, there is no quick fix.    Using common sense, here is what seems to work best according to everything I read and hear when I work on my education to maintain my certification. Behavior experts say that the best way to change habits is to work on them in small steps.  For example, don't try to change smoking habits, drinking habits and exercise habits all at once.  These are a lot of changes for your body.  Mentally we may be able to think we can change them all at once, but it is easier...

Here is a free tool to help you with your diet goals.  I like this for a number of reasons: It's free. It's easy to use. I am not a nutritionist or dietitian.  Those are roles that are out of my scope of practice.  This allows me to guide and teach what is good and what is bad. It allows you to put in your own recipes. It's faster to use once you have some foods logged in. Here is a quick video that shows what you can do with this free app.  If you're a client of mine, you can connect MyFitnessPal to my app and I can review your nutrition habits and guide you to success in meeting your goals. MyFitnessPal video

As we begin the home stretch for 2017, this is the time when a lot of people eat more than they should, drink more than they should and come January they begin their New Year's Resolutions to lose weight, get in better health...the usual annual resolutions.  Here are some tips to use to plan for the holidays and a way to get a jump start on the upcoming resolutions and how to stick to them. 1.  Eat everything - in moderation of course . These are the holidays after all.  We gather with friends and family.  We all have a plethora of items to choose from.  Turkey, ham, turducken, mac 'n' cheese, green been casserole, sweet potato souffle, corn on the cob, the list goes on and on.  For most of us, we like everything that is being served.  The trick here is not to get a full scoop of everything, especially if they are the large serving spoons.  Instead, use your utensils and serve yourself portions that are large enough to enjoy the flavor, y...

Hello there.  As I was contemplating a topic for this post, I thought about what I could write about to help you in the realm of health and fitness.  Here are some tools that you can use on your own, with your trainer, or your doctor: I hear a lot of people ask about heart rate.  Do you know what your Resting Heart Rate is?  What about Max Heart Rate?  This tool from the American Heart Association teaches you how to find your heart rate.  It then shows you where you should be training for your age. Heart Rate Tool This one is mainly for competitive lifters.  However, this is also good for everyone just to see where your at at different stages of life.  This isn't to hard when you have a crew that your working out with.  I usually don't, so it wouldn't be sound for me to attempt on my own.  This tool allows you to do what you are comfortable with and use that to determine what your 1 Rep Max is.  1 Rep Max is t...

Hello, I recently read an article regarding weightloss, especially for women over 40.  The author is a trainer from California named Jill Brown.  I don't know her.  Since I am still learning some of the intricacies of weight loss, and I don't quite fell like the expert I want to be, I figured I'd just share this article.  A lot of what the author writes makes sense.  Thank you Jill for sharing your knowledge.  Enjoy. http://www.jillbrownfitness.com/site/2017/04/how-women-can-lose-weight-after-40-especially-around-the-middle/

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I read last night that  back in April, legislation was introduced in both the Senate and Congress.  This legislation is called The Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017.  The purpose of this legislation is to provide healthcare professionals with more funding and better options for treating obesity. What this means if it passes is that there would be better counseling, better interventions, and better drug treatments for the patients.  According to Representative Ron Kind from Wisconsin, "Obesity accounts for nearly 10% of all annual medical spending here in the U.S."  He continued, "Unless we doe something to address the obesity epidemic, the costs and harm to public health will only continue to rise.  This legislation is a step toward controlling out of control healthcare spending and to improve health outcomes of the patients".