Client Spotlight: Being the Best Version of You
“I used to focus so much on my weight and how I looked, rather than how I felt – and how much I could or could not do.” As a personal trainer, I find that many of my female clients come...
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Tips for Managing Holiday Stress
Tips for Managing Holiday Stress It’s not that the holidays are inherently stressful (although sometimes they are!) – it’s simply that this time of year tends to be exponentially more...
A Series of Small Compromises
A Series of Small Compromises Musings on Long-Term Weight Loss Maintenance I rarely have a chance to spend time with my remote coaching clients in person, and it’s always a treat when it happens....
How Hard Should You Work On Your Fitness Goals?
How Hard Should You Work On Your Fitness Goals? Getting to the Gym on a Rainy Day As the gray rain patters against my office window, when I would rather stay in my sweater and drink coffee at my computer...
Flipping the Script: Holiday Months as a Time of Progress
Flipping the Script Holiday Months as a Time of Progress It is common fitness and nutrition advice to focus on maintaining weight, rather than losing weight, during the holiday season. In some ways, this...
Start Where You Are: Choosing Strategies Wisely
Start Where You Are: Choosing Strategies Wisely Intermittent fasting is a topic that comes up frequently in my online groups, as it’s a topic that makes “health news” and seems like an...
Staying Fit and Healthy in Italy
Staying Fit and Healthy in Italy A Guide to Enjoying The World’s Greatest Cuisine Traveling is one of my favorite pastimes, and I’m always vaguely affronted when people drag “waistline”...
Intuitive Eating and Calorie Counting: Are They Mutually Exclusive?
Intuitive Eating and Calorie Counting: Are They Mutually Exclusive? False Dichotomies Intuitive eating and what I’ll call “planned eating” are often contrasted as occupying opposite ends...
Client Spotlight: Photoshoot Ready for Tuscan Wedding
Client Spotlight: Photoshoot Ready for Tuscan Wedding How Jenna Got and Stayed Lean for Her Destination Wedding When I get inquiries from brides-to-be who want to be photoshoot ready for one of the most...
Some Things You Know About Obesity Are Wrong… But So Were Some Things in This Article
Some Things You Know About Obesity Are Wrong… But So Were Some Things in This Article I have been seeing this article – “Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong” – fly...