Weighing In On The Doctor’s Scale

At my doctor’s appointment this morning the nurse greeted me and asked how my day was going. Me: Pretty good! Nurse: Well it’s about to get worse because I need to get your weight. SMH. Wrong! I choose NOT to let a silly number on the scale effect my mood or my perception of my.. Read more →


All Progress Is Good Progress

Ok let’s be honest for a second here. No matter the rate you’re actually progressing in the direction of your goals, whether ‘fast’ or ‘slow’ or anything in between, it’s NEVER going to feel fast enough for you now is it? You’ll always want it more, now, sooner and think it’s just too slow a.. Read more →


Defeating The Black And White Exercise Mindset

So…it is Thursday and if you’ve missed your workouts for the week up until this point it would be easy to just consider tomorrow a write-off as well with the intention of starting fresh on Monday. But just as we don’t subscribe to the idea of black-and-white thinking when it comes to dieting, we don’t.. Read more →


Words As Poison or Medicine

Your words can be either the most powerful medicine or the most lethal poison. Choose them wisely. Especially when you’re speaking them to yourself.


Breakfast Made Simple

A frequent question I get from clients who train first thing in the morning is how to condense meal #1 so that it can be eaten quickly before training. Of course there are many ways to get around that: get up earlier, prep breakfast the night before, or have protein pancakes ready to go first.. Read more →


Quick and Easy: On-Plan Lemon Blueberry Pancakes:

Dry oatmeal (blended into flour) Egg whites Vanilla Trutein (subbed for 1/2 of my egg whites) 1/2 – 3/4 tsp lemon extract 2 packets Stevia Fresh or frozen blueberries Mix ingredients. Cook on stovetop. Enjoy!