By Holly Rigsby, CPT www.fityummymummy.com Would you like to “jump start” your metabolism and lose your ‘mommy belly’ once and for all? If so, the following seven tips are exactly what you need to improve your workouts and ignite your metabolism. Try some or all of these tips, but beware, the result may be a [...]
Your body and your brain need carbohydrates for energy and to function properly. However, if you take in too many of the wrong carbs your body will turn them into fat. In this short 4 minute video, Isabel De Los Rios ends the confusion over carbs and shares the simple rules that you can follow [...]
Do you have a recording inside your head that continually tells you… I can’t lose weight. I hate my body. My body prevents me from being successful, getting a date, being happy… Well you are not alone. Yet, these negative thoughts act as a wall between you and weight loss. This video is from a [...]
Is this the amount of ice cream you would put in your bowl? Standard serving sizes do not always match the “real” serving sizes that go into our bodies but by testing your knowledge of what standard serving sizes are supposed to look like, you will eventually be able to do a “visual reality check” [...]
A few days ago I wrote about how you need to use visualization to help yourself reach your ideal weight. By visualizing yourself as a thinner person and creating a crystal clear picture of what being thin will look like, feel like, taste like, smell like and be like, you create a target that your [...]
I have written a lot over the years about how to lose weight and how to get the pounds to drop off quick. There is no secret to fast weight loss. If you can follow a plan you can lose the weight. The real issue is what you are going to do with that weight [...]
This is how it starts… You wake up in the morning and tell yourself you are going to stick to “good” eating today no matter what! You do great until…the cookies show up :-( Now your mind is fixated and all you can think about is having a cookie. Cravings can be maddening! Unless you [...]
Last week I promised to share a workout you can do to build muscle using only your body weight as resistance and that workout is included at the bottom of this post. But I know not everyone is super excited about strength training and muscle building so I wanted to let you know about an [...]
Spring is trying desperately to break through and with it comes a natural motivation to be more active. Last weekend the temperature here in Pennsylvania shot up into the 70′s and every neighbor and their dog was outside enjoying the weather with a nice leisurely stroll in the sun. With the return of nice weather [...]
A guest post by Kevin Graham from Empower Me Photo! It pains me to see people work so hard at diet and exercise to lose weight. Not that those areas are not important. In fact, consuming less and expending more is basically the only way to lose weight. However, the painful part is that people [...]