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Q & A: The Best Fat Burning Tip & Kids Eating Healthy?

June 18, 2019

What's the #1 tip you'd recommend to burn fat and finally keep it off? Beware of the company you keep. If you keep good food and drink in your fridge, pantry and at the office, you'll eat good food. When you're surrounded by temptation, eventually you'll crumble. To...

One Area To “Go All In” If You Want A Healthy Life

June 17, 2019

Sometimes an all or nothing approach works best. As Hernan Cortes did in 1519 by "burning the boats", it sends a clear message: You've crossed a line never to cross back. There's no hedging, no looking over your shoulder. Everything now - all thoughts and efforts -...

7 Surprising Things My Kids Taught Me About Eating Smarter

June 14, 2019

I hear from parents that they are struggling with a new diet because their family eats "differently." They are looking for tips and tricks to help resist what the family is eating in favor of some special fat loss formula meal plan. They complain that it takes...

This Is Holding You Back From Eating Better

June 13, 2019

April is National Stress Awareness Month and it raises an interesting question: Do we really need an entire month to become aware of the stress we're already swimming in? There's deep psychology that goes along with any weight loss, get-in-shape, eat better journey. And it can add...

The Sugar Lurking In Your Favorite Healthy Snacks

June 12, 2019

If you're curious how your favorite "healthy" snack bar stacks up to a serving of your favorite treats, this side by side comparison is going to be a rude awakening. There are more than 100 different names and types of sweeteners and sugar sources out there. Many of them are...

One Of The Great Tragedies Of A Sustainable Lifestyle

June 11, 2019

When it comes to getting your health back or looking like you did back in college, you might seek out something extraordinary to get you there. You might believe that if your training is not over the top, you're not sore everyday or crushing crazy amounts of calories, it's not working. So often...

Ouch, that was helpful. The Beauty of Feedback

June 10, 2019

Learning about ourselves can be painful, sometimes brutal. When you're at the office, we call it a "review". When you're with your kids, we call it "parenting". When you're with your spouse, we call it a "loving suggestion". Whatever you call it, feedback is best when it's specific and not...

Life, Like The Weather, Swims In Uncertainty

June 7, 2019

Like it or not, life swims in uncertainty. Few factors epitomize this as much as the Houston weather. Today, we're enjoying cool and stormy Spring weather. Tomorrow, it could be so hot and sticky that we would wish for Summer to be over already. And 10-days from now, it's...

The Fitness World Is Laced With Short-Term Solutions

June 6, 2019

Marketers run A/B Testing to compare two versions of a single variable. Do you respond better to: Blue vs Red background $297 vs $301 Basically, both options are pretty similar. A/B Testing the Fitness World If you look at nutrition and workout offerings today, entrepreneurs and investors are A/B testing pretty much the...

Our Bodies Are Like One Time Use AirPods

June 5, 2019

Companies design for performance and sales, not life span. Extending product life is not consistent with growth on the financial side. Case in point, your AirPods will probably die soon. That's because every time you charge them, they degrade a little. At first, their charge lasted five hours, but now...

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