We all want the ‘perfect body’, right? Each of us has set goals at one point or another to lose weight or gain muscle or fit into a certain size jeans or look like a certain person or whatever. For the longest time, I sifted through fitness magazines and pulled out images of people I wanted to [...]

Have you ever asked yourself the question, “What if?” What if I did something different this year?  What if I stuck with my New Year’s Resolution?  What if I ate healthy all year?  What if I did not miss one workout all year?  What would happen?  What would that feel like?  What would I look [...]

This month marks the 4-year anniversary of a turning point in my life.  Four years ago, I decided once and for all to lose those extra pounds and get into shape. You see, I was facing my 40th birthday and I remembered that on my 30th birthday, I had promised myself, “When I turn 40, [...]

Food should be an easy thing to figure out, but in today’s environment, it’s not.  In fact, it’s gotten pretty tricky and there’s always some new diet out there promising to give us all the answers.  It seems we’re always looking for the perfect ‘diet’ to answer all of our dietary concerns. One of the [...]

The human body is truly this amazing thing. The more I learn about it, the more I am in awe of it. In addition, the more I learn, the more I realize how little we truly know about it, specifically as it relates to nutrition. Don’t get me wrong; we know a whole lot, but [...]