The rest of this question was, “I just want to lose belly fat but I don’t want to go on a ‘diet.'” I’m gonna answer this in two parts: 1. Targeted fat burn is not possible. For example, you will not burn fat in your belly by simply doing more sit-ups. 2. To burn ...
You’ve completed the challenges , you’re happy with your weight loss, and you now fit into all of the clothes you want. But what’s next? Speaking as someone who has lost a lot of weight over the last few years, it’s kind of weird how no one talks about what happens after ...
Recently, the manager of the yoga studio where I’m a member told me, “You’re looking a lot thinner since you started your practice.” And it’s true. The scale doesn’t lie; I’ve dropped 10 pounds in just a few months. It’s been great to have my clothes get looser for a change! Eating Less to Burn ...
I have received many emails or had conversations with potential yoga clients that started out along the lines of, “I’m (insert age that the person views as old). And I am a yoga beginner.” If we were speaking in person, they would often pause to wait for my gasp. When it never came, I would let ...
We have been dieting hard since the ‘70s and where has it gotten us? Well, we spend over $70 billion a year annually on dieting. So is it working? Of course not! Dieting isn’t designed to work, it’s designed to make money. Another key indicator that this just isn’t working? Dieting and obesity ...
For the last 2 years, I have begun to dig myself out of a self hatred hole that I dug. When I was in the 7th grade I became anorexic because I did not fit into what society wanted, my dad was an alcoholic and unsupportive, and I was heavily bullied in school. I thought that starving myself ...
Have you ever wondered why your best friend is 100 lbs soaking wet and eats pizza every second day for lunch while you struggle to lose just 5 lbs with hours put in at the gym and eating so much plain chicken breast you might puke? It’s not willpower and it’s not unfair. It’s your weight ‘set ...
For ten years I was my weight. I was never not on a diet. Well, that’s not true, when I was between diets I was bingeing. I fell into this all or nothing cycle for a decade. Deprivation, binge, deprivation, binge. Dieting keeps us in a trap and to what end? In our search for skinny we have ...
