Last week a reader asked me about some foods he should avoid it he wants to lose weight. He’s seen a lot of conflicting things being marketed about foods and weight loss and was a little confused so he wanted some simple and straightforward answers. This list can be quite large depending upon where you live or what your current eating habits are, but I narrowed this list down to 3. ...

Want to know how to make a fit fella feel like an out-of-shape toad?  Take him to the mountains and make him do a bodyweight workout as soon as you get there. Andrea and I headed up to the mountains of Colorado over the weekend because I had a business meeting and after sitting in the car for 8 hours, I needed to do something to get me loosened up and get the aches out of my muscles. I hadn’t done a workout ...

Today’s fat burning food is one of my favorites…cashews. I l-o-v-e cashews.  Love ‘em, love ‘em, love ‘em. They taste so dang good, and the good thing about cashews is that they’re good for you, in moderation. That’s the key to this fat burning food.  They’re a little calorie dense, as most nuts are, but cashews are a little calorie dense than other nuts. Don’t let the fact that they’re calorie dense deter ...

I had an enlightening conversation with a couple of my lady boot campers this week about exercising hard and “cheating” and I thought you might also find this little exchange useful. Here was question #1: “If I’m working hard and exercising a lot, can I relax my eating habits?” My response: ...

I haven’t done a very good job lately at updating what my workouts are looking like, so I’ll play a little catch-up. I have been mixing my 10 minute workouts in with workouts geared more towards strength and muscle building.  Some will tell you that you shouldn’t concentrate on more than one thing at once, which is true to a point, but I’ve increased my deadlift by 30 pounds, my bench press by 15 pounds, an ...

Today’s fat burning food is Sweet Potato. I know I’ve said this before, but every single time I write an opening sentence like that I feel like I’m on Sesame Street or Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. The number of the day is 5. I think you can tell who the parents are when they begin speaking like kid’s shows or begin talking to adults like they’re children.  Putting pitches in their voice to emphasize certain th ...

I just read an interesting, yet silly poll. It said people would rather live near a McDonald’s than a Starbucks. I don’t know whose idea it was to ask such a ridiculous question, but it’s kind of scary. There must not have been a “C” choice where you could have said “None of the above.”  Or maybe there was and nobody chose it. Personally I wouldn’t want the smell of either place in my neighborhood.  Coffee ...

All right, today is day 7 of the fat burning foods.   I can’t believe this is the 8th week of 2009 already. Yikes! Although I’m very excited about getting rid of this damned weather.  Every year I learn to hate winter more and more. Anyway, over the past 7 weeks we’ve gone over a lot of good fat burning foods and just like I said on day one…these foods individually don’t have much of an impact, but when you ...