I’ve always been a huge advocate for achieving balance in life. For years I struggled with maintaining a social life, a healthy diet, exceptional performance professionally, and overall happiness. Along the way, I started to form 4 Non-Negotiable rules that I naturally began to apply that slowly contributed to my overall healthy living transformation and today I ffollow these general …
MEAL PREP MADE EASY
By Tammy Patnode Proper meal prep is essential to the success of your contest diet. It doesn’t have to take an enormous amount of time, if you do it efficiently. The following tips are essential to doing it effortlessly! First I suggest hitting up your local Sams Club, Costco or BJs Wholesale Club for the best prices on your contest staples. Chicken …
EATING FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
WHEN YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM TURNS ON YOU I’ve heard it all too often, people that are diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and are never told that their dietary habits can be adding to the problem. We are in a pill-popping society. So much can be avoided simply by changing your lifestyle. The typical American diet is highly inflammatory. What exactly …
WHY YOU ARE NOT LOSING WEIGHT
OMG WHY ALREADY??? By Tammy Patnode As a weight loss and contest prep coach, I see every shape and size coming to me trying to improve their health and physiques. I hear so often, “I eat healthy! Why am I not losing weight?!” Here’s why… YOU ARE DRINKING YOUR CALORIES From wine to fancy coffee drinks, and even plain …
HOW TO KNOW YOU ARE AT YOUR GOAL WEIGHT
WHAT IS YOUR GOAL WEIGHT? By Desiree Hendrickson If you’re like a majority of the population, you’ve probably tried some kind of diet or cleanse at one point or another that you believed would help you achieve your goal weight. You have also possibly gone through extreme highs and lows in search to find that perfect goal weight. That target …
FAITH’S FAVORITE MEAL PREP LUNCHES
EASY, DELICIOUS & HEALTHY Meal prep makes staying on track and making healthier choices quite simpler. You have food already prepared, you just have to heat it up and enjoy! However, I know that eventually we run out of ideas and the things we eat seem to become monotonous. That is why I have compiled a few of my favorite …
THE WORST WEIGHT LOSS ADVICE EVER
WEIGHT LOSS ADVICE YOU WILL WANT TO RECONSIDER By Faith Ellis The unfortunate part about the fitness community is that with all of the studies, data, and myths, it’s hard to determine what is truly fact or fiction. Especially when you are first starting out, it can be overwhelming with all of the contradicting information, for instance, how one day …
TIME TO RETHINK YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION?
HAVE YOU GIVEN UP ON YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION YET? By Desiree Hendrickson If you are one of the 80% struggling to keep your infamous New Year’s Resolutions, don’t worry. We are only a quarter of the way through 2018. It is totally okay to take some time to refresh those resolutions! So let’s see how you can get in …
MY TOP 3 PODCASTS ON NUTRITION AND FITNESS
Podcasts are becoming a big thing, especially with Sirius radio options now. You can also listen to them on your phones and download a whole podcast segment. A podcast is an episodic series of audio or video segments. They can be short or long, and the subject ranges from politics to absolutely random content. Therefore, it should be no …
THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRET | BINGE EATING
Whether you are a competitive athlete, a stage competitor or simply ‘dieting.’
HerSUPPZ Brand Ambassador Tammy Patnode shares her 2 super simple steps that can make a huge difference on how to control binges.
A LITTLE BITE HERE A LITTLE BITE THERE…FRUSTRATED WITH FAT LOSS
If you find yourself frustrated with your fat loss efforts, you may want to take a closer look at exactly what your diet consists of. It may be a few little things that are adding up quickly that you aren’t even realizing.
TIPS TO GET YOUR BODY BEACH READY
Summer is approaching fast and you will be feeling confident shedding those layers with these 4 simple TIPS to get your BODY BEACH READY!!
6-PACK AT THIRTY-6 BLOG #4
DID SOMEONE SAY CHEAT MEAL? By Mary Sheckler Two weeks of eating clean.Two weeks of the same food …everyday.Two little words spoken to me… Cheat Meal. Say what? My diet coach is telling me to have a cheat meal? Really? Already? I actually kind of panicked. Like, what am I going to eat? What exactly are the rules? How …
6-PACK AT THIRTY-6 BLOG #3
ALL ABOUT THAT DIET By Mary Sheckler “Because you know I’m all about that diet ’bout that diet, no pizza I’m all about that diet ’bout that diet, no sugar I’m all about that diet ’bout that diet, no cheating I’m all about that diet ’bout that diet… diet… diet… “ This week we kept my nutrition plan exactly the …
THE BEST APPS FOR NUTRITION ON THE GO
Nowadays, there is an app for everything. It is no surprise to find many apps for nutrition tracking. We love ways to make it easy for everyone to stay on track and lose for good!! Many studies have been done on the success of those who have lost weight and kept it off. At the top of that list of …