How often do we read suggestions to eat lean meat?  Pretty often I’d say. One of the leanest, therefore healthiest meat I know of that I am fortunate enough to be able to incorporate into our healthy lifestyle is rabbit.  No, not the wild stuff you see in cowboy movies or cartoons lol but I’m […]

I like simple.  And I like ‘tastes good’.  I know salads and raw veggies are healthy for our bodies.  I love spinach.  In fact, I’ve made up a salad of some of my favorite salad edibles.  This is the salad that I’ve been eating lately.  It’s made up of leaf lettuce (sometimes I buy Boston), […]

Have you ever felt so out of shape that you just HAD to go work out in a gym?  I haven’t ever worked out in a gym.  I choose to work out at home. I like to learn and try new and different things.  There are numerous resources available to us for just about any […]

Here is another simple Asian recipe – soup.  This is my healthy version of saimin, a soup I grew up eating in Hawaii.  It ALWAYS makes me feel good all over – not sure if it’s the heat on a cold Iowa winter day, or that my cells remember the feelings of growing up in […]

I love to cook but I don’t especially love taking hours and hours doing it.  I also like to use up leftovers.  So here is another Asian dish –  simple, healthy easy fried rice – I’d like to share and how I basically do it.  I use olive oil, brown sweet cooked rice, egg(s), chopped […]

Have you ever wondered what the secret to losing weight  is?  Like is it some magic pill or powder that we could mix up and drink?  Or how about a Genie’s lamp that we can make wishes on?  That sounds like an Easy Button commercial.  lol “Lose Weight Secret Button Sold HERE!!” I personally don’t […]

I think Asian food equals stir fry.  I am Asian.  I love Asian food.  One of the easiest dishes to make is stir fry.  It has protein, carbs and oils in it.  Perfect simple healthy dish.  I am not one to use measuring devices when it comes to cooking meals.  Yes, if I’m making something […]

Temptations can be inspirations.  “How?” you ask.  Well, it can be motivation for us rather than roadblocks or obstacles and can keep us moving forward so we don’t lose momentum on our fitness journeys.  Ponder these points… Take sleeping in or hitting your snooze button on your alarm clock, for instance.  We can go to […]

Do you want to lose weight?  Or do you want to lose body fat?  Do you want to build muscle?  Are you looking for a program for your children or your grandparents?  Are you a beginner just starting out or someone who is advanced and need a more challenging workout?  Do you want structure or […]

I know I was desperate to do something different and get back into feeling healthy and not feel so out of shape.  Fat and frumpy was NOT my style!  Like I mentioned in another post, I didn’t know how to and had nearly accepted that I just can’t lose weight.  That’s what started me on […]

The holidays are here and I know that I have been guilty of thinking that I can’t lose weight at this time of the year.  In fact, this is the time that I will gain weight.  How can I not with all the delicious temptations jumping into my hands at every corner?  My co workers […]

Can’t lose weight cos you’re on a plateau?  Do you feel that plateaus hinder weight loss? I’ve found myself at this point many times in my fitness journey.  Why does that happen and what can we do to break the weight loss plateau?  Well, for starters, men tend to lose weight faster than women becos […]

Do you think you can’t lose weight becos you don’t have the motivation to do what it takes?  Have you wondered “Where does one find the motivation for losing weight?” or “How do you stay motivated to lose weight once you find it?”  Let’s discuss the first question first.  I think a person has to […]

I hope that everyone had a very blessed Thankxgiving Day/weekend, filled with fun times visiting and interacting with your families and friends.  What did you do?  My husband’s family is HUGE (he has 8 siblings and all but one are grandparents so you can imagine our gatherings!) so we gathered for several hours at one […]

You think you can’t lose weight?  Here is a little “how-to” lesson that says you can experience a weight loss, just by making some changes in your life over the next several weeks. You see, in some ways, changing your diet is similar to making a successful resolution in that it’s conceptual at first. Your […]

That’s what I thought over 10 years ago when I came to a crossroads in my life – “I can’t lose weight.  I’m too old and this is just how it has to be”.  Little did I know!  In the 70’s and 80’s, I would try to work out at home.  But due to lack […]

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A guest post from 12 Star Diamond and founding coach, Traci Morrow When Shakeology was added to our exclusive Beachbody Coach store, it made a lot of sense to me: the idea of a meal replaced with a shake that in effect, filled in the large gaps of my present diet’s nutrition. An unhealthy accumulation […]