Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.  -Buddha Back in the late 80’s when the “fat free” weight loss trend was just starting to get a good hold my sister-in-law said to me, “Fat makes you fat.  You can’t get enough fat out of your diet.”  It sounded so logical [...]

  LEAN for LIFE – Welcome to FitMania’s 90 day Challenge Final Week What kind of personal progress did you make? Congratulations on accepting FitMania’s LEAN for LIFE challenge!  The LEAN for LIFE challenge will start a whole new chapter in your life if you will be committed to it for these three months.  Just [...]

One of the keys to weight loss and over all fitness is to eat, eat, eat! Being hungry is bad. When we get hungry we are more likely to reach for the wrong things.  Especially if we are busy.  It is important to eat just before you are hungry.  That means we eat 5 – [...]

All we really want is to be happy in this life. We make every choice according to what we think will make us happy. Many of our choices make us feel good in the short term but actually damage our happiness in the long run. For example, we might feel like we would be happier [...]

“All of us are self-made, but only the successful are willing to admit it.”   Earl Nightingale All food falls into one of the three macronutrients :  protein, carbohydrates or fats.  Today’s topic is protein, whey protein in particular, but I want to be clear about carbohydrates first.  Vegetables are carbohydrates as well as fruits and [...]

  Diets* don’t work.  We know it and yet they are ubiquitous.  It seems that every other person you know is dieting and the book stores always have a new program on display.   Let’s look at why they don’t work and offer an easier alternative. Main Reason Diets Don’t Work:  Going without enough food is like [...]

“Nothing great has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances.” – Bruce Barton 1. DO NOT DIET!  Finding and maintaining a healthy weight is not about eating less, it’s about eating more—more nutrition-dense food, to crowd out the empty calories and keep you full all [...]

Dieting? One of every four pounds you lose is probably muscle. Studies show that this is what happens to people who just cut calories as well as people who cut calories and do cardio exercise (you know, walking, running, cycling, hiking, etc). Not dieting? You still may be losing muscle. Adults lose 1/4 – 1/2 [...]

“A man’s health can be judged by which he takes two at a time – stairs or pills.” – Joan Welsh When was the last time you climbed a tree? Got down on the floor and crawled on you hands and knees?  Skipped? Ran across the grass – just for fun? Balanced on one foot? Climber [...]

  “If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”  Jim Rohn This boot camp program is the best in Boise!  Here are 14 reasons why. This boot camp is metabolic training and most boot camps are not. It’s a metabolism builder. We do High Intensity Interval [...]

As I counsel with people and their eating habits one of the most surprising things I have learned is that most people are not getting enough protein. Especially people who are very active and/or are trying to lose weight.  Let me see if I can convince you to step it up.  CONVINCER #1 Protein has a [...]

I love to wear high heels. Spiky, strappy, sexy 3-4 inchers. My good friend Dr. Randy Lowe, an excellent podiatrist, tells me “just keep wearing them and I will fix your feet later”. I am actually pretty careful about how my shoes fit, how long I wear them and I have a lot of muscle [...]

I spent some time at the Veteran’s Home. I like going.  I like the men there and the opportunity to do some little thing for them. It is a good place to learn a few things like setting priorities, the value of taking care of yourself and about  TIME.  “Most men do not set priorities [...]

I will soon be 58 years old.  Is that old?  I just can’t seem to grasp it.  Do I look it?  I don’t think so but nobody my age thinks they look their age.  Certainly no one wants to look any older than they have to.  Here are a few things I have learned about looking and feeling younger. [...]