Pride, stubbornness, and offense can get in the way of accepting correction that was only meant for your own benefit. Once accepted, laziness and carelessness can stand in the way of actually applying the things that are actually meant to help you improve. Work diligently to eliminate pride, stubbornness, offense, laziness, and carelessness in your.. Read more →

On our client biweeklies one of the things we have them do is write out their comments on how they feel they are looking, how their training is going, and how their nutrition is going BEFORE they take their weight and measurements. As much as the scale, measurements, and photos help us to determine the.. Read more →

“Overeaters rarely feel real hunger and rarely stop eating when they’re full. Physical hunger is feared, as it represents more than just the need for fuel. Hunger feels intolerable, as it represents the emptiness that overeaters feel deep down inside. Eating isn’t done in response to physical hunger; it’s done in response to emotional need… Read more →

“Think about the major problems in your life — from anxiety to lack of regular exercise to a bad diet to procrastination and more. Pretty much every one of these problems is caused by a fear of discomfort. Discomfort isn’t intense pain, but just the feeling you get when you’re out of your comfort zone… Read more →

Every now and then I get asked by a client what their total calories are, or what the breakdown per meal for protein, carbs, fat and calories are, or what the macronutrient ratio in percentages are … And rarely do I give it to them. Why? My answer is typically something like, “Well, I don’t.. Read more →

Black-and-white thinking (also referred to as “all-or-nothing” thinking) is a mindset where people tend to see their nutrition and training program as “on or off” rather than some place on a continuum between the two. This is common in dieters who, upon deciding to deviate for a dinner or go on a vacation, essentially end.. Read more →