Posts tagged Weight Loss
The Ninja CREAMI Craze (You’ll Scream for This Ice Cream)

I love ice cream – so dessert is an easy choice – but it makes my healthy lifestyle challenging. Working more than a spoonful of my beloved Blue Bell into my diet is tough.

My search ended when I got a Ninja CREAMI Deluxe for my award-winning performance as Nurse Ratched during Henry’s hip replacement.

The are enough flavors included to fill the two containers included with the Ninja CREAMI Deluxe and the set of four I recommended above.

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The Process of Progress (There Are No Overnight Sensations)

Life teaches us the hard lesson that progress only comes from following the process. Most of the time, it comes with a demonstration of the consequences of ignoring it. But it’s the process that will take us past any destination we can imagine.

Focus on it to the exclusion of everything else and you’ll automatically accomplish what you set out to do.

Focus on the process and progress is guaranteed.

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Get More Protein (Better Results, More Muscle, Less Fat)

If you’re trying to lose weight, eating more protein is often the difference between success and failure.

Studies have shown that increased protein intake makes fat loss more effective, it prevents muscle loss and, under the right conditions, it can even lead to an increase in lean mass.

Fortunately, losing weight and getting enough protein go hand in hand.

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The Clean Eating Myth (It’s Actually How Much)

Eating “clean” is a solid foundation for a healthy diet but it misses the most important component in improving your health.

Losing weight will make you heathier whether you’re eating “clean” or not. The vast majority of health issues facing Americans are from being overweight, not from the type of food they’re eating.

There’s a reason we’re told to “maintain a healthy weight.”

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Diet Breaks, Cheat Meals and Permacutting (Sometimes the Long Way is Faster)

You don’t need us to tell you that going on a diet to lose weight is a game fraught with peril or that missteps are common. But what you may find is that taking the long way gets you to your destination faster. Best of all, it will keep you there once you reach it.

Diet breaks and cheat meals might be just the ticket to get us there.

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You Have To Change Your Lifestyle...

Always said with a perfectly straight face and deadly serious tone it’s one of the most commonly used phrases when it comes to weight loss. I’ve been guilty of it many times myself.

But what the heck is a lifestyle change?

You’re smart enough to understand if you want to lose weight, get in shape or build a physique, obviously, you’re going to need to make some changes to reach the goal. All too often, those changes are lumped into the “lifestyle change” category without much thought about what it means and what’s required.

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