weight loss Archives - Rachel Trotta

Back to School: Using the “Clean Slate” Approach to Kickstart Healthy Habits

Author: Rachel TrottaOn: Aug 30Categories: Fitness

Back to School: Using the “Clean Slate” Approach to Kickstart Healthy Habits

The Benefits of a Clean Slate Whether you have kids in school or not, Labor Day tends to be a collective transition. It’s a doorway we pass through into fall. Our schedules settle down; there are...

Thinking About a Diet? Think Again.

Author: Rachel TrottaOn: Aug 24Categories: Fitness

Thinking About a Diet? Think Again.

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When I start work with a new client, they often think that I’m going to be starting them on a strict, no-nonsense diet right away. But this couldn’t be further from the truth. The reality is...

How Online Training Works

Author: Rachel TrottaOn: May 05Categories: Fitness

How Online Training Works

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In 2016, I was a busy in-home personal trainer in New York City. I worked primarily on the Upper West Side (where I lived), and I spent every weekday popping in and out of people’s apartments (and...

Can You Only Do One Kind of Exercise?

Author: Rachel TrottaOn: Feb 16Categories: Fact or Fiction?

Can You Only Do One Kind of Exercise?

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In today’s Fact or Fiction post, I’m going to be answering another question from my “Everything You Always Wanted to Know” Google Form. An anonymous poster asked: Would it be bad...

How Do You Get Rid of a Sweet Tooth?

Author: Rachel TrottaOn: Feb 01Categories: Fact or Fiction?

How Do You Get Rid of a Sweet Tooth?

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This week, I’m tackling a common problem for my clients (and me!) that came up in my Burning Questions form (you can leave your questions here!). An anonymous poster asked, “How do you get...

Is There a Weight Set Point?

Author: Rachel TrottaOn: Jan 18Categories: Fact or Fiction?

Is There a Weight Set Point?

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Before the new year, I asked my readers to submit questions for a new blog series that I am calling “Fact or Fiction”! In my e-mail to my subscribers, I asked them to send me their burning...

Taming the Mind, Part IV

Author: Rachel TrottaOn: Oct 05Categories: Self Improvement

How Does Your Weight Serve You? This is the next step in our “Taming the Mind” blog series. If you are ready to make a significant change in your lifestyle pertaining to health, you are going...