Why is eating healthy so confusing? Think about how many polar-opposite dieting facts you’ve heard of in your lifetime. Here are a few that came to my mind… 1) Eat eggs. No, don’t eat eggs. Nevermind, you can now eat them. 2) Eat fat. No, wait… fat is bad! Hold up, eat healthy fat and not bad fat. 3) Eat meat. Hold on, only eat lean meat. Actually eat any meat you want but make sure it’s … [Read more...]
Is the Goal Weight Loss? Then Try Doing This…
Weight loss is a magic word. Everyone wants it, but so few of us find it. Or maybe we find it for a little bit, but then we inevitably lose it. I’m sure you want to eat better because… well you want to lose weight. If we’re being really honest… we’d love to be able to eat donuts, fries, and chocolate and not gain a single pound. So our desire to eat well is really driven by the desire to lose … [Read more...]
The Most Under-Rated Obstacle to Weight Loss Is…. (drum roll please…)
I’ve been a personal trainer for 10 years now and over that time I’ve learned a thing or 2 about weight loss and the journey that most people take when they commit to it. I’ve heard every single reason to not start this journey and I’ve heard every single reason of why people fall off the wagon. “It was the holidays.” “I was sick.” “I can’t find the time.” “I don’t have the right … [Read more...]
3 Often Over-Looked Things You Can Do to Feel Better Almost Immediately
Health is more than just calories in and calories out. It’s how we feel physically and emotionally. With 2018 newly gracing the stage many of us are focused on weight loss. If we’re being honest… most of us are looking for the quickest and most painless way to reach our weight loss goals. We’re not looking to don our track suits and sweatbands, ya know. We just want to look and feel better… … [Read more...]
What If You Were Your Own Hero?
We idolize so many people and things in our culture. Both men and women want to look like fitness models - even though they know that deceitful tricks are used to get the models to look the way they do (Photoshop and dehydration being two biggies). Marvel Comics has a multi-billion dollar enterprise creating comic books, action figures, and movies about super heroes. We love to look at others … [Read more...]
20 Years Later…
I worked with a client once that told me a brilliant story about how her life seemingly flashed before her eyes. Not in a near-death kind of way… more of a “time has gone so fast” kind of way. She told me about how she had her kids (a boy and a girl) and before she knew it the kids were grown and off to college. She felt a little empty. Unsure of her role as an empty-nester… … and get … [Read more...]
Like Attracts Like
Before I started SHASHIDO ENTERPRISES, I was often told to hang out with other entrepreneurs. My mentors told me this repeatedly because they knew something I had yet to learn. Like attracts like. As the New Year’s holiday approaches there will be a lot of people making resolutions to stop eating sugar, to lose weight, to eat healthier, to quit smoking, to save more money, and so on. Some of … [Read more...]
If It’s In the Kitchen… It’s In My Belly.
This time of year is tough! It seems like no matter how hard I try sweets will inevitably find its way into my kitchen. It could be a well-meaning neighbor that baked some holiday cookies for me, or maybe it’s my niece who is having a bake sale to raise money for her trip to Cuba. Sweets always find a way in my home – and then into my belly. I’m not one to preach “no sugar ever – under any … [Read more...]
Can You “Flip” Your Body?
Recently I was having a lazy afternoon and spent a little time flipping through the TV channels. I ended up watching an episode on HGTV where people flip houses for profit. It’s certainly nothing new. People find something old and refurbish it into something that can be re-sold for a profit. A few years back TV really caught on to this flipping idea and shows about flipping houses, flipping … [Read more...]
How to Attend Every Holiday Function and Not Gain Any Extra Weight
It happens every year. Your weekends start to fill up with holiday parties and gatherings. Some you want to go to and… well… some you don’t. But you go anyway because of some adult obligation that you feel. A good friend of mine calls it “adulting”. It happens to all of us. And each holiday season that passes usually adds about 5 - 10 pounds to our waistlines. My clients often share with me … [Read more...]
