Weight Management, Part IV: – Mastering the “Basics”

Hey all, hope the weekend went well. We’ll hop right into it today, continuing our series on weight management, today talking about what I consider to be “the basics” of weight management. Just like in anything else involving in life involving mastery, if you don’t have the basics down, you have no reason at all…

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Weight Mangement Part III: Start Easy, Build on Success

Anyway, today we’re gonna continue our post series on Weight Management, and in case you missed out, here’s part 1 and part 2. So here’s a question. How many of you have a friend** that, in a conscious effort to lose weight, decides to: – Cut dietary carbohydrate consumption in half – Immediately cut total caloric consumption to…

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Weight Management, Part II – Setting Emotional Goals

We’ll continue our series on weight management today (last time we talked about recognizing health behaviors that lead to less than stellar outcomes). Just think for a second about the last time you accomplished a significant goal that really meant something to you. What were your driving factors? Chances are, you had a lot more motivation…

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Metabolism Basics

I’m partial to Paul Chek because he’s a no-frills no-bs holistic health practitioner who has worked with world class athletes and everyone in between. I like this 3 minute video of him speaking about spot reduction (hint: it doesn’t work, people), as well as covering the TRUE method behind optimizing your metabolism. Pay close attention…

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The Life of a Personal Trainer

Ahh… the occupation of a Personal Trainer.  First of all, I’d be remiss to say that the occupation of a personal trainer is one of the more highly sought after positions among individuals attempting a career change.  Incidentally, it also has one of the highest turnover rates of any occupations: almost 80% of all personal trainer…

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