I truly despise dieting. Allow me to rephrase that – I despise the notion that you must starve, be miserable, and exist in a general state of deprivation, all in the name of losing body fat. I also don't like strict rules or guidelines because they clash with my personality. You'll know what I mean if you read My Battle with Disordered Eating a while back. I don't like spending much time …
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Why You Should STOP Focusing on Fat Loss
There have been numerous articles posted on this website that expose some personal situations I’ve endured. One of the most popular was My Experience with Disordered Eating. I didn’t expect that article to receive such a huge response in addition to the emails and messages from other women and men sharing their stories and thanking me for revealing mine. I was once hesitant to share personal …
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Food Struggles & Victories
Today’s post shares the stories of a few of the Girls Gone Strong ladies and other contributors. After writing and releasing the past three articles – My Experience with Disordered Eating and the two follow-up articles Beautiful Badass Strength Training Principles and Beautiful Badass Nutrition Principles – I reached out to several women to capture their own story when it comes to food. As I …
Beautiful Badass Nutrition Principles
You read about My Battle with Disordered Eating. If you haven’t yet, I recommend you do because it will provide insight into the following nutrition information. After that article you were presented with the Beautiful Badass Strength Training Principles. Yep. You should read that one, too. Many of my current nutrition principles developed in response to that experience, and primarily out of …
Three Methods of Intermittent Fasting (Updated)
Intermittent fasting – it is definitely one of the fastest (no pun intended) growing nutrition topics right now. While it is something I am familiar with, I haven’t talked about it before, except in my interview with Brad Pilon which you can find here. I don’t think intermittent fasting is a quick-fix for all your diet woes, but I do think it’s a great method that can be sustained long term for …
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No Nonsense Body Transformation Part 2
Today in Part 2 I will outline a very simple, basic, but highly effective no nonsense body transformation guide. Follow these simple tips and you’ll get results. Say goodbye to supplements– pre and post workout drinks, workout enhancers, energy drinks, fat burners, protein powder, and other supplements are not necessary for achieving great results. Let me say that again – supplements are not …
The Dark Side of Cheat Days and Cheat Meals
A popular topic in the nutrition and fitness world is cheat days/cheat meals. And in a moment, I’m going to reveal the dark side of cheat days. But before we go further, I want to say I strongly dislike the terms “cheat meals” and “reward meals” that you find promoted in things like "The Skinny Rules", but I’m going to use those terms in this article since that’s what most people are familiar …
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Hill Sprints for Fast Fat Loss
That picture you are looking at is a large hill at a nearby park. A few months ago we went to the park just to take a nice relaxing walk and see what the park had to offer. Well, a little way into our walk I noticed this awesome hill. I just knew some day I would use it for hill sprints. That finally happened last Saturday. Note: I hit a small hole about half way up the hill. ; ) I typically …