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The Fast Diet from the UK — Seriously??
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!We all want something for nothing. As Mother always use to say — you can’t get something for nothing. So.. In the UK the their is a book call The Fast Diet. The jest of the book is you can eat whatever you want, but still lose weight, and even live longer as long as you employ “intermittent fasting.” The book claims that you can eat whatever you want for 5 days and then fast for 2 back to back days having no more than 500 calories for women and 600 calories for men. In their book, Dr. Michael Mosley and Mimi Spencer do a fine job building a case for intermittent fasting...
Read MoreDetox and Fuel
Memorial day is less than 60 days away. We’ve flirted with some spring temps — When summer finally comes fill you be ready?? I’m teaming up with my fitness mentor to for the SAVAGE 7 day Detox and Fuel program! It comes with a 7 day program of whole foods and detoxifying products, a cardio program, an at home training program, coaching and a 30 day menu to follow after the 7 days are over! We will keep you motivated and educated on how to make this a healthy lifestyle. This is not a quick fix weight loss solution. We will be doing this in rounds the first on starts April 29th! So if you are interested in joining us email me at fabfitsquad@gmail.com and...
Read MoreLose the Weight, Not the Muscle, with More Protein
You know how it is with regular dieting—your long-lost skinny jeans make a temporary reappearance only to be retired to the back of your closet six months later. This frustrating scenario of weight cycling is all too familiar for most people. Although decreased motivation and will-power greatly contribute to “falling off the wagon”, weight regain is also influenced by biological changes in the body in response to decreased intake of energy or calories. The main biological reason for weight regain is a slowing metabolism. A reduction in calorie intake can make the body become very efficient and work to conserve energy. Unfortunately, this means you are burning fewer...
Read MoreMarch Fitness Madness
I love this time of year. It signals that warmer weather is coming and the National college basketball tournament is starting. Good friends and I have been playing along with the March Madness brackets for years. It’s so fun guessing who’s going to be the Cinderella story and what sure thing team will fall first. The first weekend of the March Madness tournament I”m glued to the TV with my bracket sheet. My husband tells me I need to get new school and look my tournament brackets on my phone or ipad, but I like paper. I like highlighting my winners and crossing on my losers with black marker. This who event got me thinking what if during the March...
Read MoreStop Singing The Bikini Season Blues
Spring official starts on March 21st, my fingers are crossed that we are going to start to see a nice warm up. Now is the time to start your fitness spring cleansing! You declutter your closets, so why not declutter your fitness routine and your eating habits? Taking these 5 steps will get you reach for bikini season. Here are a 5 things to do right now to get ready for spring fitness cleansing and achieve that beach-ready body just in time for warmer temperatures. Get rid of the junk. Have a stash of cookies, chips, empty-calorie liquid losers aka soda or other tasty processed treats hanging around calling you from another room? Toss or give them away and replace it...
Read MoreThe Girl Friend Project
For the past few months, I’ve been traveling for work and the holidays. My workout schedule and my eating has been all over the place. Have anyone else had the same experience? Come on, I can’t be alone with this. You woke up on January 1st and you had tight clothes. I’ll raise my hand to that one. Then you made the resolution that you are going to get back on the wagon. You’ll hit the gym, eat healthy and give up booze, sugar, what ever your vices are. You feeling me so far AND THEN here we are ½ way through January and you feel like you are spinning your wheels. You want you to button your pants, you want to take a pic and feel like you don’t need...
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