Nutrition Advice

Why Meal Plans Don’t Work

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Maintaining a healthy weight is important for overall health and well-being. While there are many approaches to weight loss, meal plans have become a popular tool for individuals looking to shed some pounds.  However, while meal plans may be effective in the short term, they often fail to produce long-term results.  Today, we will explore […]

Intermittent Fasting and Tracking Macros: Do They Work Together?

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What is Intermittent Fasting? Put simply, intermittent fasting refers to a method of eating that only allows you to eat during specific times of the day. The exact times do not necessarily matter, but rather that you can only eat during that specific period. For example, you may choose to only eat at breakfast time […]

Nutrition for the Holidays

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The weeks leading up to the holidays can often be a mental challenge for individuals who are looking to improve their health and fitness, especially when it comes to nutrition for the holidays.  There is often anxiety around holiday meals, parties, events, and travel. Higher calorie foods, alcohol, and lack of a consistent training schedule […]

Is Starvation Mode Real? Metabolic Adaptation: Part 1

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Starvation Mode… more accurately referred to as Metabolic Adaptation is an often misunderstood concept with arguments being made whether it even exists. This series will flesh this concept out in depth. Here is part 1. What Is Starvation Mode? There is irrefutable evidence that in a caloric deficit the body loses weight. This weight loss […]

Food is Simple, Behavior is Complicated: Food Palatability.

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Food is simple, behavior is complicated. It is simple to tell people: to lose weight just lower your calorie intake. It is also simple that lowering your calorie intake is, in fact, the easiest way to lose weight. However, the act of lowering your calorie intake and sustaining that can be complicated, because human behavior […]

Getting the Most for Your Calorie Buck with Food Volume

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By: Bec Gormley Expect to be hungry when dieting While we should expect some level of hunger while dieting, there are some ways you can reduce the “stomach growls” by making smarter food choices. Dieting doesn’t have to mean LESS food…it just requires LESS calories!  Let’s Talk Food Volume All of our coaches here at […]

What do we mean by “The More You Cook the Better You Look”?

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This article is the first in a series that is aimed towards promoting home cooking. Stay tuned as we lay out the introduction and then in later installments we’ll get into specifics about how to improve and progress in your own cooking adventures. There will be recipes, tips and tricks, and plenty of resources for […]