I hear a lot of excuses from people as to why they can’t lose weight. One of the excuses is “I have a slow metabolism”. You can control your metabolism by how much muscle you have on your body, what you eat, and how often you eat. The more muscle you have on your body
Have you ever felt depressed in the winter? Do you find yourself sleeping and eating more? You are not alone. You could be affected by Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). SAD is a type of depression that’s related to changes in season — SAD begins and ends at about the same times every year. If you’re
This is Laura Gourgas, a Fitting Fitness In (“FFI”) client. She is wearing her FFI T-shirt that she earned while walking in a 5K race in Littleton, MA. She is wearing it while on her mission trip to Lebanon. Laura and others from her church traveled to Cedar Home, which is located in a suburb outside
How you think affects the way you feel and act. By changing the way you think about food can change how you act about food. Thin people usually don’t think about food and overweight people think about food all the time. I work with clients to think about food as a trade off. If you
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. And it does. Plenty! We were hit with one snow storm after another these past years and you had to get out and shove. Did you feel your back and abs after shoveling? The act of shoveling snow not only works your upper and lower back,
We may not all be CEO’s but you can get in touch with your business brain and use the SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) strategy to be successful at losing weight. Using it will make you more aware of how you can succeed. Strengths – Identify your strengths. What is one of your positive
If you are going to be attending those holiday parties, make sure you dance the night away or better yet dance the calories away. Dancing is a great way to burn calories. The popular show “Dancing with the Stars” is proof of that. Joey Fatone of NSync lost six pounds the first two weeks and
I know you’re all thinking about next year’s goals. If weight loss is one of them, set your ultimate goal and then set smaller achievable goals along the way. Find an event (a wedding or a trip) and set a goal you can work towards accomplishing for that event and it will keep you motivated to
How many times have you gotten up out of bed with your back feeling sore? The way to help solve that is to strengthen your core. Most people don’t realize that a way to a healthy back is not just to strengthen the back, but to strengthen the abdominals too. Here are a few
Ever get moody or depressed? Have mood swings for no reason? What you eat as well as your exercise workout can help. There are nutrients in foods that may have a beneficial effect on the brain chemicals that are responsible for your mood. Researcher’s believe tryptophan, an essential amino acid, may play a role in