So, the 'diet' has been going well. Definitely room for some tweaking in terms of further reducing sugar consumption. I still prefer fruit to veg but also recognize that anything I consume is still significantly better than where I was a month ago. I have realized...
Healthy Lifestyle
Week 2: Tracey's Paleo update
Prior to starting this experiment, Johnny mentioned that sweets would eventually taste different and that eventually I would crave a bowl of strawberries in place of dessert. Well, I'd say he's a little right so far:) Yesterday I had a taste of Emma's chocolate...
60 Days and 60 Nights
Where to start...We have many conversations in the back office at FIT about work, training, life, and of course nutrition. My philosophy about nutrition has always been that I can out work and out train any and all of my poor eating habits. But in this industry, and...
Maintain Don't Gain FIT Challenge wrap up!
Thank you for your enthusiastic participation in the Maintain Don't Gain Challenge. Congratulations to all of you for making healthy choices part of your holiday celebration. Throughout the challenge I sent tips for encouragement and motivation. Here is a recap of the...
Making Good on Your Resolutions
Ask most people what their new year's resolutions are, and I'd venture a guess that at least 7 out of 10 would list 'get in better shape' among their top 3. If the follow up question were "how many times have you made this resolution?" or some derivative, likely at...
Day One
Observation: I ate more today than I have eaten any day in recent history. My explanation is one I use when explaining why weight loss diets have variable success - you spend all your time thinking about food. In this case, I think it was a healthy process as I...
60 days and 60 nights!
Where to start… We have many conversations in the back office at FIT about work, training, life, and nutrition. My philosophy about nutrition has always been that I can out work and out train any and all of my poor eating habits. But in this industry, and frankly in...
60 Days . . .
The things we say in the heat of the moment can often get is in trouble so it's not surprise that I'm looking back on a back room conversation wondering what I was thinking. Here's the back story, we are a group of trainers with shared passion but we're not always in...
Do You Know Jacque About Hunger?
The literature on obesity is not only voluminous, it is also full of conflicting and confusing reports and opinions. One might well apply to it the works of Artemus Ward: "The researches of so many eminent scientific men have thrown so much darkness upon the subject...
"Fad" or Fact: Low-carbohydrate eating and health
Since 1863, following the writing of William Banting's Letter of Corpulence, physicians would advise their obese patients to avoid carbohydrates, particularly sweets, starches, and refined carbohydrates, and this would continue for the part of the twentieth century....