If you haven’t purchased Halloween Candy yet, don’t do it until Saturday. Because otherwise you know what will happen. You’ll probably end up eating half of it between now and then and will have to go out and buy more! If you already have purchased, then put it somewhere very inconvenient to access. For example,…
Nutrition Principle #8 to Losing Weight and Looking & Feeling your Best
Nutrition Habit #8 – Avoid or Limit alcohol in your Diet I’m probably not going to be very popular after today’s posting… Although alcohol is low in fat content, it is very high in empty calories. In addition, alcohol activates the enzyme that uptakes fat from our bloodstream and stores it in our fat cells….
Nutrition Principle #7 to Losing Weight and Looking & Feeling your Best
Nutrition Habit #7 – Eliminate any unhealthy temptations from your environment (work, home, car) and replace with healthy alternatives. This is one of the most important principles for me. If you’re like most people myself included, if it’s there staring you in the face, you’ll eat it. Make it more difficult to access the foods…
4 Tips to a Achieving your Dream Life
I just returned from IDEA, a convention in California for Health professionals from all over the world. I attended the keynote with Matt Weinstein, a motivational speaker and author. He said the problem with all the self help books is that they’re too hard to remember – the 8 secrets, the 7 Habits etc…So he’s…
By challenging yourself, you challenge others!
“Do something everyday that scares or challenges you!” I love this photo of my friend Tamara as she jumps off a 20 ft cliff into Crater Lake. She inspired me to jump shortly after – a big accomplishment since I’m crazy scared of heights. That’s how inspiration works. Someone sees someone else do something cool…
Fitness Bucket List
I’d like to encourage you to complete a Fitness Bucket Wish-List…all the fitness related adventures you’d like to do before you die. And then start training for one of these events and/or adventures. Many people take this approach – ‘As soon as I lose the weight/get fit, then I’ll start doing the things I’ve always…
Part 2 – Fat Loss: Safely, Effectively and Permanently
Okay, so I hope I didn’t keep you in suspense all weekend! Here are the last 5 tips to achieving your fat loss goals. For those of you who have been successful fat losers, please add comments at the end. The more tips from those who know what works, the better! #6: Practice the 80:20…
4 Stretches to do if you’re super tight!
Stretching offers numerous health benefits, unfortunately, most people either don’t stretch correctly, long enough or skip it all together. The most neglected component of fitness is stretching and for those who are the most tight, stretching is usually such an uncomfortable experience that they avoid it all costs. After working in the fitness industry and…
Staying consistent during the summer holidays.
Dear Clients & Friends, I’ve had so many clients tell me they’re having a really hard time with workout consistency now that the kids are home from school and they are out of their routine. I have written some previous posts to give you some ideas on how to make sure you still get your…
A huge congratulations to all of our clients who participated in the Summer Solstice 6 mile run/walk
Our Summer Solstice event was a huge hit! Check out the video clip above. I hope it inspires you to join us next year! It’s pretty amazing how awesome you feel when you cross the finish line! Cut and paste the link below into your browser for an event recap. http://nwpersonaltraining.com/subs/events/event_past_recap.php?event_id=63 You still have time…