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Benefits of Telephone Based Nutrition Coaching
According to John Hopkins Medicine successful weight loss is literally just a phone call away. A successful clinical trial following participants in a telephone based weight loss coaching program revealed significant weight loss that was maintained for 2 years plus. As a nutritionist in San Diego, this is wonderful news in support of my current San Diego nutrition coaching programs that are all telephone based. The study, compared two ... Read more »
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Dangers of a Medifast Program
As a nutritionist in San Diego, I come across current or past users of the Medifast products and program fairly frequently. The most common feedback about the Medifast program is the clients are able to initially drop weight quickly. The problem comes when they either plateau, or gain back that weight after quitting the program. As a San Diego weight loss expert I felt it was time to ... Read more »
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The Real Truth About Canola Oil Nutrition
Since the early 1990's canola oil has been touted as a healthy oil option for high temperature cooking. It has been revered for it's low fat, low calorie capabilities, and its high source of omega-3s compared to its saturated fat counterparts like butter, lard, and coconut oil. Extracted from the rape seed this oil, has become the new substitute for cooking with corn or soybean oils. After much research, scientists ... Read more »
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Metabolic Typing Diet, What Is It?
As a holistic certified San Diego fitness trainer I have a firm believe that not all bodies are created equal. As with the outside of our bodies differing slightly from one person to the next so does the inside of our bodies. As such, we cannot all thrive of the same type of diet. A very brilliant man by the name of Weston Price conducted research back in the 1930's looking at the ... Read more »
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Break Your Sugar Addiction & Stop Sugar Cravings
For many of us sugar is almost like crack, we think about it late at night, we wonder when we are gonna get to enjoy it next, and let's face it some of us are cranky without it. Sounds a bit unhealthy does it? You don't feel that way towards broccoli do you? That's because sugar can be addictive. And unfortunately it can be your enemy when it comes to ... Read more »
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A Simple Way To Lose Belly Fat And Shed Pounds
Get rid of, or at least minimize this item and you will help reduce belly fat, and have an easier time losing wight. It's an item that makes up 50% of the average American's diet. Any idea? Bread....refined flour and sugars. The average American consumes entirely too much carbs, much more than their body needs to function optimally. Have you ever looked at the ingredients in most of the popular ... Read more »
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Stress, And How it Impacts Your Body
We all have stress in our lives: our job places too many deadlines on us, children are involved in too many activities, family events and functions, financial burdens, traffic delays. We all encounter stress in our lives. It is how we react to stressful situations, and what we voluntarily expose ourselves to, which will either allow us to be very healthy individuals, or drain our energy levels and hinder us ... Read more »
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30 Day Wellness Challenge with Shakeology!
With summer fast approaching, and many of us dreading shedding the winter clothes and stepping out into summer fashion, I am reaching out to all my friends and offering you the opportunity to participate in a very effective wellness and weight loss challenge that I have put together. I have used this program on my clients and seen them lose anywhere from 5-10 lbs in their first month! As a Read more »
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Soda is Bad For You
It was only a matter of time, till I wrote a blog post on this. It seems so many people are still naive to the serious consequences that come from consuming soda. As a San Diego personal trainer I am shocked at how many clients start my San Diego weight loss program and log in their food journals soda! Especially with a recent report in 2005 stating soft drinks are ... Read more »
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Processed Foods and Your Health
As a San Diego personal trainer one of the biggest components of my job and what really affects the success of my San Diego weight loss programs is the nutritional component. Many people make the wrong assumption that if they just workout they can eat whatever they want. Unfortunately, that really is just not the case for so many reasons. A lot of my clients that start with ... Read more »
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Eating Before Exercise and Post Workout Meals
As a San Diego fitness trainer my clients know every time they come in to train with me that I am going to put them through the wringer and that they better fuel up properly or they won't make it through the full 60 minutes. So when I get new clients going through my San Diego personal training program I always address what their meals should be before ... Read more »
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Always Be Prepared – Just Like The Boy Scouts
Today I want to talk about being prepared. The boy scouts motto is "always be prepared." So their training includes having, and knowing how to get through obstacles and situations they may encounter in the wilderness. So how does this apply to you? It is important to always plan ahead when it comes to meals and your nutrition. As a San Diego fitness trainer one of the biggest obstacles ... Read more »
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Dining out = Letting it Out
As a San Diego fitness trainer that works with a lot of clients looking to lose weight, one of the very first things I tell them is to cut back on eating out. You would be surprised at all the secret loads of calories you can find in items that may not seem like they would harbor a lot of calories. However, restaurants often use loads of butter ... Read more »
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Alcohol Is Just Empty Calories
When it comes to effective weight loss strategies there are many factors to look at. Being a San Diego fitness trainer it is my job to not only address all those factors but give you the solutions and tools to have effective weight loss results. Many of us understand that strength training, cardio, and a sound nutrition plan are crucial to weight loss but what many people fail to ... Read more »
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How to Alleviate Lower Back Pain
As a San Diego personal trainer I come across many individuals that suffer from lower back pain and discomfort. Now there can be many reasons and causes of low back pain: a previous injury; misaligned spine; gastrointestinal distress; repetitive movements; weak muscles; tight muscles; and poor posture to name a few. The majority of Americans that do suffer from low back pain it is most often caused by poor ... Read more »
