Jack Lalanne died on Sunday, at the age of 96. I literally said outloud “Awe, damn it” as soon as I heard the news. I know about everyone above the age of 40 who’s involved in fitness will have something positive to say about Jack Lalanne. Let me just say with reverence what I thought…
I want you to consider a common female client. She’s a woman about 5’5″ and 185 pounds. A combination of a mostly sedentary lifestyle, quick-fix, processed foods and consistent excessively low calories has resulted in an incredibly stubborn fat loss scenario. Not only has it created a stubborn fat loss scenario but her ability to…
Key Lime Pie for Dummies A good, smart member contacted me today to discuss her latest “falling down.” She readily admitted that she had been eating quite clean for several days but then had three or four feedings over a two-day period that were just way off base. She knew it. She knew what she…
10. Drink more water today and make it your drink of choice. That’s first. 9. Exercise with more frequency, duration, intensity or ALL for the next week. 8. Throw the junk out if it’s YOUR thing. You know what your things are — get rid of them. 7. Get 7-8 hours of natural rest. Get…
Bruce Blumberg, a developmental biologist at the University of California, Irvine, has some of the most compelling evidence to show the fetal origins of obesity. Blumberg’s research suggests that a child exposed to tin (”tributyltin”) during the earliest part of life will throughout his life have a propensity to become fat. At a vital step…
Not being an insider, looking at what I get to see through the media, it appears Obama is a being a wuss. Right about now a Republican reader will be saying “Yes, go Dave, right on brutha, sing it!” Nah, that’s not me. Prior to the Nov. 2 election, senate minority leader Mitch McConnell told…
It appears a new weight-loss drug could be coming relatively soon. And it does a smidge better than lifestyle management of nutrition and activity alone. An FDA advisory committee has voted 13-7 that the modest weight-loss benefits of an investigational combination of naltrexone and bupropion (Contrave) outweigh the drug’s blood pressure risk. But the most…
Caroline from Alberta Canada lost 42 pounds using the combination of my personal coaching and online educational weight-loss system. You can click the image above to see a larger image. You’ll also want to download the MP3 interview I did with Caroline as well. In our 25 minutes together Caroline shares what she experienced during…
Researchers report in Thursday’s edition of the New England Journal of Medicine that foods that were high in protein and low on the glycemic index — such as poultry, eggs, fish and nuts — did the best job of helping people maintain their weight loss for 26 weeks. Thanksgiving is not a day for counting…
You are the ODDBALL if you are healthy-weight! Can you imagine what might be said to the presumed daughter in this picture if she started moving seriously toward a healthy weight? It’s nothing new when I say a double standard exists and HAS existed regarding the seemingly “okay” aspect of overweight people commenting, judging, criticizing…