Tag: fitness
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How to use your personal motivational style to stay on track
I spent most of my life trying to lose weight. I knew all the research and tried all the diets, but after a few weeks or months I would always fall off track. Why couldn’t I stick with it when I was SO motivated at the beginning? When I finally cracked the code for myself…
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Is Your Exercise Helping or Hurting You? How to Exercise Smarter (Not Harder)
I spent a lot of my life avoiding exercise. I usually had a gym membership, but I often had an excuse for why I couldn’t get there. I knew it was good for me, but adding even more to my busy day felt like too much most of the time. It turns out, my body…
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Protein First: The Secret to Feeling Satisfied, Strong, and In Control of Food
Protein is one of the main building blocks of the body. It is composed of amino acids, which are used by the body for structure (like muscle), storage, transport, enzymes, hormones, immune antibodies, neurotransmitters, and more. These factors are what makes things happen in the body at both cellular and larger levels. Dietary protein helps…
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How to tell your ancient primal body to release weight
Your body was designed thousands of years ago for an ancient world. It is highly evolved with complex survival systems, but speaks and understands only a basic language. These systems break into three main categories: You must speak to your body in this basic language if you want it to align with your goals. To…
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Why I don’t like food tracking
When it comes to weight loss, two of the most common strategies are calorie counting and limiting food choices. Both methods can be effective, but they approach the goal of reducing calorie intake in very different ways: The choice between calorie counting and limiting food choices depends on your personality, lifestyle, and preferences. If you…
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Pros and Cons of Ozempic: Allowing a “Pause” and How to Maintain Muscle
Medications like Ozempic act to mimic the effects of GLP-1 in the body, a hormone naturally produced in the gut that plays a key role in regulating blood sugar and appetite. These medications have been remarkably effective at weight loss, however they do have some downsides. I attended a recent panel discussion where doctors were…
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