11 Tips to Make Meal Prep Easier What do you think when you hear “meal prep”? The term “meal prep” might sound intimidating. Or even douchey. I get it. I used to roll my eyes when people would mention “meal prepping” like they were some fitness messiah or something. It seemed extreme and unnecessary. Honestly, at the time, it was […]
Your Kid’s Leftovers Could be Sabotaging your Weight Loss Goals: Tips to Cut out these Mindless Calories Ah, to be a kid again Toddlers, and kids in general, are living the dream, amiright? “The dream” being the ability to eat copious amounts of complete crap foods and not gain weight, or at least not care about gaining weight. I mean, […]
Air Fryer Potato Wedges Recipe Who doesn’t love a good French fry, amiright? They can straight up murder your macros, though, with their fat- and calorie-laden deliciousness. You think that’s ketchup? Nah…that’s the blood of your diet on their salty hands. If potatoes had hands…they have eyes, so…plausible? Instead of dining out and consuming the caloric equivalent of two full […]
I love egg rolls. Back in my Chinese buffet days I’d go and eat my weight worth of delicious, fried egg rolls. They’d burn the hell outta my tongue, and I’d sit there with my mouth gaping open and full of steaming hot pork and cabbage trying to cool everything down. You know, the super attractive method of sucking in […]
If you’re on a fitness journey and feel like you’re getting nowhere, or you’re just starting out and totally overwhelmed, let me give you some advice based on my nearly 3 years of experience: Strive for average. I understand that may seem like the opposite of good advice. You want to be extraordinary, no? You want to kick ass and […]
It’s no longer January 1st, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late to get moving on those fitness goals of yours. Just think of it as having an eleven-and-a-half month head start on 2022 rather than being 2 weeks behind on your 2021 goals. How do you like them apples? Because if you’re already counting yourself out for the year, […]
We’ve officially reached the end of what’s likely been the most trying, and quite possibly the oddest year of our lives. 2020, amiright? One for the history books, eh? I could go over the things we’ve all been through and endured this year, but why dwell on the past and make ourselves more depressed than we might already be? LOL. […]
The holiday season is in full swing, and Christmas is THIS WEEK! This year has been all kinds of weird, and the holidays look and feel different. Not traveling, not sitting across the dinner table from loved ones we might only see sparingly as it is, no mall Santas with accessible laps, no company Christmas parties…or any Christmas parties for […]
I’m 2 years and 7 months into my fitness journey now (crazy!), and I’ve learned a thing or two. If you really learn something new every day, I’ve actually learned at least 942 things. But I’ll give you the truncated, health & fitness specific version. After all, you don’t need to know that I’ve learned that when potty training a […]
Any treat can be macro-friendly if you think ahead and work it into your day. That being said, sometimes you need to keep calories and fat low, or maybe you need to up your protein intake, but still want something to satisfy your sweet tooth. I get it. Dessert is probably my favorite meal, in a 4-way tie with breakfast, […]