Take the 100′s challenge! What is the 100′s challenge ? Last week we did 50 squat jumps a day, the week before we did 50 push ups a day for a week! This week we’re combining the two challenges for one week! If you’ve already been doing the challenge daily, this will only take an [...]

If you have kids at home I’m pretty sure you’ve fallen victim to this one! You make Kraft Dinner, a grilled cheese sandwich or chicken fingers for the little ones. Almost 99% of the time no one finishes what’s on their plate, so you do! Either the crust from their sandwich or the last chicken [...]

Sometimes I write things that are not the easiest to hear, but I want to continue you to steer you in the right direction and help you reach (or maintain) your goals. Here is the truth about weight loss – Weight loss is 80% about what you put into your body. You have to eat [...]

I write about emotional eating because I’m guilty of it. It’s seems so easy after a stressful day or during a stressful moment to open a bag of chips or sit down to a meal and shut your brain off. Ignoring completely what the food tastes like and the texture of it! I don’t know [...]

1. Lean Protein If you want to tighten and tone, it’s not just about what you do on the outside. Your results depend a GREAT deal on what you put inside your body too. You have to feed your body the right things in order to see results. Your body uses protein to help restore [...]

7:30am- You wake up, stumble to the bathroom, brush teeth, shower, get dressed, make-up. 8:00- Make/eat a healthy breakfast. 8:30- You’re on the road to work. (So far, so good…) 9-Noon – You work your tail off– I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt on that. (Here’s where it gets interesting.) 12:30- Lunch. You’re starving because [...]

Whether your goals are to loose weight or to improve your health by making an effort to add exercise and activity into your life – you have to learn to be your own best friend if you want to succeed. We are so hard on ourselves; no wonder we set ourselves up for failure. If [...]

I meet so many people who talk about the ‘chicken wings” that hang from their arms, the muffin tops that hang over their jeans and their thighs that rub together when they walk. (Gosh, just writing that down- we are so mean to ourselves!!!- this calls for a post next week on giving yourself a little love.) [...]

I recently read a quote by Tosca Reno and thought that it was so cool, I wanted to share it with you. A bunch of fitness celebrities were asked how they maintain a six-pack. Most of them listed the exercises they did or the way they ate. Tosca answered honestly and I so appreciated her [...]

How do you know if your not eating enough during the day? Well, one major clue is that at night, when the kitchen is closed and all the lights are off, the pitter-patter of little footsteps appears and a light goes on in the kitchen. The fridge light. Now this may just be because you’re [...]