Fitness

Tomorrow I’m heading up to Baltimore for the 2nd annual Fitbloggin conference and I’m so excited to be a speaker/presenter this year! Here is just a sampling of what I am bringing to GIVE AWAY to my fellow fitness and health bloggers: Kettlebe

Anything that is being sold on a late night infomercial with claims it can  “reduce your cellulite” or “give you 6 pack abs in 6 weeks” is a SCAM.   Yet people buy them in such volumes that makes me wonder WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?! 

Last week we went to Disney World on vacation.  Not the brightest idea for a 6+ month pregnant woman with 3 boys ages 5 and under.   To say we did  A LOT of walking, pushing, carrying, and crying is an understatement.   But alas, we had a ton of fun and m

While I am recovering from my vacation, please enjoy this guest post from Jim.  No excuses gang—find 10 minutes in your day! ************* The everyday challenges on a mother are many and finding the time to get in an effective workout routine durin

We are on vacation right now but I had to share this picture. Normally, I am the one who rides roller coasters with my son but since I am too pregnant right now, my very (scared) husband had to take one for the team.  As you can see, he was thrilled with

Wow, it was only 18 months ago when I blogged about my (other) Fat Pregnancy. Since I’m all about over achieving, this time I seem to be going for my HIGHEST WEIGHT EVER!!!!  (insert maniacal scream here) I’m not going to SUGAR coat the truth:

How to determine if you're a hardgainer and how to train if you are

Question: I am very lean and my body weight is very low compared to my height. So please guide me to increase my body mass safely without any side effects.

Steve Reeves was one of America's first widely-popular bodybuilders who went on to become Hercules

Question: I heard about this old cherished weight gainer. I heard a workout regime called milk and squats, which I started. But I stopped the milk part

GOMAD stands for Gallon of Milk a Day and it is an extremely effective weight-gaining method

The Gallon of Milk a Day program prescribes that the trainer who wants to gain weight and add bulk should drink a gallon of milk a day

It seems almost silly to type this out, since I’m already working towards it, but the one thing I’ve always wanted to do is become a nurse.  My big question of 2010 was whether I want to be an RPN (Practical Nurse – called a LPN or just

We came.   We conquered. We got the T-shirts. I am so damn proud of us. We worked really hard for our first half-marathon! A HUGE thank you to Sam for being such an inspiration and as always, an amazing friend.  I love you, lady.  

Dear You, I want to stop you from blogging. for now.  I want to stop you from being on the internet and from saying some of the deep dark things you are sharing with us – for now, anyway. You are in pain.  You’re broken. Battered. Possibly sel

I just realized there are over 1,000 subscribers to this blog and many of you may not have subscribed to the email-only version of these newsletters and updates… So, I’m posting this today to make sure you don’t miss out on a VERY BIG op

I don’t know if it’s the time of year – or just a coincidence, but there seems to be a lot of talk time being devoted to the topic of emotional eating. We’ve also been getting many emails from people looking for help with this very

One of the biggest things which has surprised me the most, in all my years of doing one-on-one training and coaching, is the number of people who are challenged by general anxiety and panic attacks. Once I realized how common this issue was/is – I f

Yoga is big business. VERY big – huge actually. In addition to the practice itself there are clothing lines, franchises, nutritional supplements, resorts – and more – all built on the foundation of ‘yoga’… But there is

I get this question a lot: “Joey, what are some good snack foods that taste good and satisfy my cravings?” When you are trying to keep your body and health at it’s best – what you put into your body is a critical factor. No two way

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I get to memorialize my grandmother today. She passed months ago, but she wanted a simple service in the spring. I am taking the day off. But in doing so, I am asking you all a favor: Please stop the hate. Please stop the posts about hate or drama or...

It's interesting how when you're in a place, like Vegas, things happen so quickly you lose track of them and forget about what's going on and being in the moment. And, if you are a blogger, you forget the things you wanted to blog about when you got home.

I recieved a series of emails from a bariatric company this week. I ignored them the first time, deleted them the second time, and read them the third time. Apparently it's within a series of "scare the weight loss surgery patient" sales pitch emails from

Body (held in) by Slimpressions (and Powered by CLICK and the suggestion of CUPCAKES!) therefore: "Great meeting so many of you at the WLSFA event in Vegas. Proud to call several of you friends...even if you do strong arm me into a discount code for the g

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A little over two years ago I wrote a post on Pentabosol, a weight-loss supplement we and our research partner developed and made available for a number of years.  In that post I mentioned that MD and I were contemplating actively marketing Pentabosol aga

Of all the dangerous ideas that health officials could have embraced while trying to understand why we get fat, they would have been hard-pressed to find one ultimately more damaging than calories-in/calories-out. That it reinforces what appears to be so

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.* Joseph Goebbels (pictured left) Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda The history of our race, and each individual’s experience, are sown

HAND FOR THE HOG Well they tell me, but I can’t be sure that a man’s best friend is a mangy cur. I kinda favor the hog myself; how about a hand for the hog. Ya say a hog ain’t nothin’ but a porky thing, little forked feet with a no

In an example of more brain damage from the mainstream medical press, a recent online article from heartwire savaged the low-carb diet as a treatment for diabetes along with one of its main academic proponents.  This piece, when read critically, provides

This post is going to be one of those potpourri posts that allows me to catch up on a few issues that aren’t significant enough to require a post for each one. Lubricant I want to start out with a funny Q & A that I can across while catching up

Its no secret you have to change up your strength training routine to continue to burn fat. How do you do that? Cut out a workout in a magazine? Make it up on the fly? Keep doing your same workout? Don't despair! If you need a tip to kick your fa

If you're a big texter, use it to help you lose weight and burn fat. So, texting nation out there: R U Xercising 2Day? R U Xercising 2Morrow 2? And so on.....U gt d idea (You get the idea). Use your TXT MSGs to help U n UR buddies Burn F@ (BU

Don't ever try a "weight loss only diet," "fad diet" or "quick weight loss diet!" Why? Because you will end up with what you don't want--more weight gained than what you lost! If you try a "weight loss only diet," what are you going to do once that di

There are 3 good ways to mix up the dumbbell bentover row lift to burn more back fat. They are: 2-arm DB bentover row, 1-arm DB bentover row and alternating 1-arm DB bentover row. Burn back fat and build up your back muscles better with this exercise.

Keeping your metabolism active and ramped up is a matter of consistently doing the things that work. You need to do the things that significantly speeds up your metabolism day to day and over the longhaul. Metabolism is basically the rate at which your

The squat is a must-do exercise to help you burn more fat and shape your body. Learn to love the squat exercise if you hate it! The squat gets a bad rap because people injure themselves by doing the exercise incorrectly. There is probably no other e

Giving up grains is one of the best things I've ever done regarding my health. I used to have trouble sleeping at night. I would get a stuffy nose and have trouble breathing. I usually had to get up several times throughout the night and use my 'snot me

"The amount of blood sugar in your bloodstream, if you have normal blood sugar, is a little less than one teaspoon. Three hundred grams of carbohydrates (The FDA's suggested daily intake) converts to a cup and a half of sugar." - Dr. Michael Eades, M.D.&

Watch the full episode. See more FRONTLINE. Watching shows like this, I'm thankful I've learned so much about nutrition, especially now that I have a four year-old son. As Dr. Barry Sears once wrote, every time you eat, you're drugging yourself. I can

According to a recent study, the participants on The Biggest Loser who are starving themselves and exercising all day may be damaging their metabolism. In an abstract presented at the most recent Obesity Society Annual Scientific Assembly, Darcy Johannse

Here in Conway, Arkansas is a popular, annual spring festival called Toad Suck Daze. And one of the main events is 'Stuck On A Truck', a contest to see who can keep their hands on a Ford F-150 and claim the big prize. This year's winner is Anna Johnson,

"People get fat because hormones signal their bodies to store a disproportionate share of the calories they consume as fat, which creates a fuel shortage at the cellular level, which ramps up appetite, which leads to eating more. Hormonal imbalances are

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This old video of Big Bird singing Everyone Makes Mistakes brought back so many memories for me. Sometimes I find myself singing this song to myself and it really seems to help me, especially when I feel like I haven’t done my best when eating. The

A LONG time ago (back in 2005), I wrote an entry about Margaret Cho’s “F**K It” Diet. She lost weight by having the audacity of throwing away food. I was so inspired by her willingness to let food go to waste at restaurants without bothering to take the f

I received a reminder from ROFLrazzi today. Back in June 2010, Lindsay Lohan blamed the alarm on her SCRAM bracelet on kombucha, causing it to be pulled from the market. Kombucha typically has no more alcohol than a glass of orange juice, so I was disgust

I love this ad for a bicycle trainer. It tells me to train myself every day. Since the weather in Salt Lake has turned frigid and foggy, I brought my bike inside on the trainer, but it just doesn’t feel as good to ride indoors as it does when I&#821

If you are looking for inspiration this month, pick up People Magazine. I found it very motivational. This article about fruit for dessert gave me some good ideas. One caveat, however: fruit IS zero points on Weight Watchers now, but these desserts are NO

I love this motivational poster from Shape magazine. It reads: “When your mind starts to wander, take three deep breaths to bring your focus back to your goal.” It has been hard for me to stay focused on my goal. Since I have so much to lose,

photo credit: juan787 This is part three in my healthy eating tips series. If you want to read the others you can find them below: Healthy Eating Tips that Work Part 1 Healthy Eating Tips that Work Part 2 What can you do when you live with someone who doe

If you missed part one, you can find it here: Healthy Eating Tips That Work – Part 1 Why Logging Food Works Ok, you are probably skeptical about logging everything you eat. Trust me, I was too, and keeping track of stuff like that just isn't something I f

This is the first part in a series of posts where I will be discussing how I finally made the change to eating healthy for weight loss. You can read my first post which started it off: Eating Healthy for Weight Loss – I’m Finally Sticking To It Why I Say

Now that I have started the intermediate level of Turbulence Training and combine Insanity on my off days, I knew I had to work on my diet next. I don't consider myself a terrible eater but I could really stand to clean up my act. The working out is reall

I do not incorporate crunches into my workout. Ever since reading an article about crunches being bad and my review of The New Rules of Lifting for Abs, I believe that crunches can actually do more harm for the back so I use alternate ab exercises instead

I own a jump rope but I don't use it as much as I could. I used it about two weeks ago when I started my Turbulence Training program. Jumping rope is fun and it is a good workout. A recent New York Times article highlights jump rope fitness classes that a