Healthy dieters know what’s for dinner. Talking with people who struggle with eating well often have a common problem. They eat a great lunch and don’t eat again until they get home from work. Unfortunately by the time you get home you are stressed, tired, hungry and just looking for comfort. And it comes in [...]

Print this and place it on the fridge for best results: -I eat breakfast within 1 hour of waking – I make the majority of my own meals -I never eat carbs alone -My meals or snacks always consist of a balance of protein, fat, and carbs -I exercise 5x a week -I planned my [...]

Dining out is a part of life. . . so is dieting.     How the hell do we do both? We just need to know the right things to choose on the menu and more importantly the right substitutions to make. Today’s Restaurant Survival–Mexican! American-Mexican food is basically 5 or 6 combinations of the same ingredients. However, [...]

Dining out is a part of life. . . so is dieting. How the hell do we do both? We just need to know the right things to choose on the menu and more importantly the right substitutions to make. Today’s Restaurant Survival–Italian! Chances are you’re getting pasta: avoid butter or cream based sauces and [...]

I want to introduce a friend, personal trainer, nutrition blogger and vixen (pictured above) Crystal Klataske and her blog Living a Full Life through Whole Foods. Crystal is newer to the blog world but her passion for whole food and its nutritional and healing power is apparent in her articles. If you are on a [...]

Your friends are making you fat. MIT and Harvard researchers found that people with fat friends increased their own risk of obesity by 50 percent.  It doesn’t stop their either. The more fat friends you have the higher the possibility of becoming obese (0.5 % per year for every obese friend). Now before we get [...]

It’s way too long for a blog and the vocab might be a bit advanced for the casual reader but I enjoy all of Lane Norton’s work. He refuses to believe the general assumptions that we all make about nutrition and training in the field.  This article is worth a read. Don’t understand something? Just [...]

I’m on my way to the grocery store. Lucky for me I know what to get and what to avoid to stay in shape. This can be a huge challenge for many others. Coming in the new year I will be posting my own videos but until then check out Men Health’s video on how [...]

Sure you can eat hash browns for breakfast. I do almost everyday! This is a little secret of mine. Generally our two choices for breakfast carbs are toast or cereal/oatmeal. With my eggs I make hash browns. Hash Browns are victimized as being an unhealthy food. It’s reputation is created due to it’s unhealthy preparation. [...]