Lift Like a Girl: Be More, Not Less
Image credit: TotalShape You can listen to this article. Use the player below, download the MP3, or use iTunes. To be clear, this is not an argument against pursuing fat loss to improve your health, or confidence, or because you want to increase muscle definition. Problems arise, however, when fat loss turns into a dominating obsession. When it’s the only reason you exercise and make …
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You can listen to this article. Use the player below, download the MP3, or listen on iTunes. This is not the typical Lose Weight Fast! or Finally Get in the Best Shape of Your Life! how-to New Year’s resolutions article. Haven’t you done something similar, perhaps numerous times before, for a New Year’s resolution? If you’ve tried the usual resolutions -- lose weight, get “bikini ready” by …
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You can listen to this article: use the player below, download the MP3 or listen on iTunes. It’s pretty screwed up that feeling guilty after eating any food is even an optional response. Yet so many of us do it. The countless health and fitness sources creating information that feeds this terrible habit certainly don’t help. There’s the good/bad dichotomy used to label foods (e.g.: calling …
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Listen to this episode. Use the player below, download it, or listen on iTunes. What was the last book (or article) you read that was extremely helpful? It struck a chord and you finished it feeling like you had a solid plan. You felt confident and, finally, knew exactly what to do going forward. At first you felt unstoppable, armed with this new plan and information. Then not too long …
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Listen to this short article using the player below, download the MP3, or listen on iTunes. When was the last time you felt guilty because you ate a favorite dessert or meal? Have you ever wondered why feeling guilty after eating our favorite foods, or any food, is even an optional response? When did you last use a workout as punishment, perhaps for overindulging or missing several …
Would you rather listen to this article? Use the player below, download it, or use iTunes. We get it. Cauliflower is a versatile vegetable. It can replicate and replace everything from mashed potatoes and rice to pizza crust and chicken wings and, apparently, even steak. Let’s have a round of applause for this multipurpose cruciferous marvel that is single-handedly revolutionizing the culinary …
[Read more...] about Everything You Eat Doesn’t Need a Healthy Makeover
Would you rather listen to this article? Use the player below, download it, or use iTunes. If it feels like you’re engaged in a relentless battle with the scale -- impatiently waiting for the number to plummet or you get discouraged and frustrated if it doesn’t budge or, what feels worse, it goes up -- it’s time for a change. (This can also apply to underweight individuals striving to increase …
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Would you rather listen to this article? Use the player below, download it, or use iTunes. I used to hate doing cardio. The reason cardio was a loathsome drudgery is now blatantly clear: it was once done for the sole purpose of burning calories. I wanted to burn calories to lose fat. I wanted to lose fat so I'd like my body more (or at least, hopefully, dislike it less). If the only …
