Is a Spirit of Rebellion Preventing You from Reaching Your Weight Loss Goals?

Is a Spirit of Rebellion Preventing You from Reaching Your Weight Loss Goals?

What is a spirit of rebellion? How do you know you have one? Maybe you’re just unmotivated or you’re just ‘strong-willed?’ Could this be a part of what keeps sabotaging your weight loss goals? We all heard of the rebellious teenager who starts cutting classes or the rebellious child that refuses to eat their vegetables….

How to Avoid Gaining Weight Over the Christmas Season

How to Avoid Gaining Weight Over the Christmas Season

It’s official, the Christmas season is in full swing! Not sure how true this is, but I’ve heard that the average person gains 5-10 pounds between (American) Thanksgiving and the New Year. What’s even more discouraging is that, statistically, in most cases, that weight is never lost. Given your past, does that sound accurate to…

Can Being Too Optimistic Keep You From Reaching Your Fitness Goal?

Being too optimistic can also make it very hard for us to change because we are not able to see ourselves as we really are. We actually can become a bit delusional about our success. Over the years of training clients I’ve learned that our human nature is to overestimate our accomplishments and underestimate our…