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Intelligent Imbibing: How to Drink with Weight Loss in Mind

Managing alcohol intake with a fat loss goal is often looked at as an all or nothing decision, but it doesn't have to be. At the end of the day, all that needs to occur for fat loss to happen is to ...

The Best Low Calorie Granola

I think it was in the early 80’s that I was introduced to GORP. One of my teammates had it on a bus to a field hockey game. It had peanuts, raisins and M&M’s and it was delicious. It was deemed ...

How to Beat Breakfast Boredom

Now that it is officially bathing suit season, this is the time when many people start to get really serious about healthy eating to keep that beach bod in check. One of the hard parts about ...

A Day in the Life of a Trainer

It can be tough figuring out how to properly time your meals throughout the day so that your energy levels stay elevated and you can give it your best effort in the gym, but hopefully my previous ...

Which Country has the World’s Healthiest Diet?

Have you heard of The Blue Zones? A few years ago, author Dan Buettner published a book of the same name where he researched 5 regions of the world where people not only lived longer than the ...

Cookies for Breakfast

I have a really bad habit of mismanaging my time before heading off to work or some other engagement. I will get into a productive mode that is hard to detach from, which then means a rush to get out ...

Resist the Drive-Thru in Favor of Quick Healthy Meals

All I wanted to do was pull up to the bright light, speak my order into the backlit menu, order a burger and fries, then sit on the couch and relax. I’m just like you, but my schedule fluctuates: ...

Grocery Shopping for Summer: What’s in a Bodybuilder’s Fridge?

As a personal trainer, I work with lots of people who want to lose weight. No matter how hard and how often you exercise, if you aren’t eating in accordance to your goals, you aren’t going to have ...

Budget Friendly Grocery Shopping Doesn’t have to be a Nightmare

As often as we find BOGO deals for junk food, it still comes as a surprise that so many nutritional foods are actually fairly cheap and budget friendly. Knowing what to shop for and when to buy is ...

Go-To Formulas for Clean Eating on a Weeknight

Many of my clean eating cooking class students express the same desire to me: they want to be able to just open their fridge and cook a delicious, healthy meal from what they have on hand, without ...

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Intelligent Imbibing: How to Drink with Weight Loss in Mind

The Best Low Calorie Granola

How to Beat Breakfast Boredom

A Day in the Life of a Trainer

Which Country has the World’s Healthiest Diet?

Cookies for Breakfast

Resist the Drive-Thru in Favor of Quick Healthy Meals

Grocery Shopping for Summer: What’s in a Bodybuilder’s Fridge?

Budget Friendly Grocery Shopping Doesn’t have to be a Nightmare

Go-To Formulas for Clean Eating on a Weeknight

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