Queen Latifah’s Weight Loss Says More Than You Think

Now this one might…rub you a little. Let me preface this post by saying, whatever you want to be, you can be, and I don’t care. If you want to be 500 lbs and fork lift your way to the grocery store, seriously, it’s none of my business. I almost look at someone’s size the [...]

What is the measure of good health? What does healthy really mean?

Question: When it comes to fat loss and ultimately your health what would you say is the best measurement/check/value over and above the rest that determines the make up of a person and their ability to lose weight and their overall heath. e.g blood glucose levels, one or more hormones, BMI, % bodyfat. I saw a [...]

Alan Aragon-Girth Control-A Review

I’m going to admit I’ve been guilty of skimming books. I read, and I read A LOT. When I was about 11 years old I remember that infomercial sweater guy who had a speed reading course on his amazing discovery “show,” and I wanted it soooo bad. Needless to say I didn’t get it, but I [...]

Do you REALLY know what calories you are getting eating out?

Restaurants make a boo-boo. A client of mine sent me a fantastic article on restaurant calories. This isn’t just another article about how shocking it is that there are 2900 calories in a serving of fries. For a good article on that though check out this article here at Men’s Health. http://www.menshealth.com/20worst/worstfood.html No, this article was REALLY [...]

Diets DO work, dieting down for life…doesn’t (Part 1)

Seriously guys, those new Weight Watchers commercials are brilliant, aren’t they? I mean from a marketing perspective anyway. That soothing voice, the talk of having to read a long book, the women reading her short little weight watchers pamphlet with her 500 calories Starbucks muffin and 300 calories latte. Brilliance. The claim is that “Diets don’t work, Weight [...]

Healthy Food? Definition of the Week.

Healthy healthy - adjective, healthier, healthiest. 1. possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body; a healthy mind. 2. pertaining to or characteristic of good health, or a sound and vigorous mind: a healthy appearance; healthy attitudes. 3. conducive to good health; healthful: healthy recreations. 4. prosperous or sound: a healthy business. 5. Informal. fairly [...]