Cancer is scary. Diabetes is scary. Chronic illness in general is scary. But each condition holds a different social connotation which is why Cancer & AIDS receive more funding, research, and general support from the government and the media than diabetes. Diabetes is such a large, yet largely ignored, problem that it is almost […]
Diabetes is a chronic illness and, to be quite frank, a chronic pain in the ass. A fine line separates those who live for their diabetes and those who live with their diabetes. The rigorously tedious requirements of daily [read: hourly] diabetes management makes that line easy to cross. And if you are anything like […]
Bad personal trainers are more common than heat in Florida and snow in Alaska. Everyone knows a trainer or fitness “guru” who promises unrealistic results or just simply doesn’t know what he is doing. While there are a lot of trainers like me that make sure their clients get great results safely, unfortunately there are […]
$300 worth of cash and supplements are up for grabs and all you have to do is LOSE WEIGHT. You read that correctly. I’m paying you to lose weight. I’m only looking for specific people for this challenge, so you must be one or more of the following criteria: Do you need to lose […]
Losing weight while managing diabetes is hard sometimes, and if you are a type 1 diabetes trying to lose weight, you probably already know that. The biggest goal in the first month of a new year among diabetics and most people is always weight loss. People rush to the gym as if they can just […]
Weight Loss Key Points: Women have less muscle mass and burn less calories than men on a daily basis. Women metabolize foods differently through the month based on hormone fluctuation, often leading to more stored subcutaneous fat. Horomen imbalances such as high estrogen, progesterone deficiency, high cortisol, insulin resistance, among other fluctuations make weight gain […]
Weight Loss & Women Ladies— have you ever noticed that when you try and lose weight, it seems more likely that you’ll win the lottery than slim down? And even though you are doing everything you can, your husband, boyfriend, or male friend can shed fat with ease. If it seems like life is against you in terms […]
Fitness folks always have two things in common — muscle mass & bad gas. How can some look so good but smell so bad? Answer: protein farts. Everyone knows people that are into fitness generally eat more protein. From protein shakes to egg whites to an insane amount of chicken, fit people need protein […]
What if I told you that all of your dieting techniques are making you fatter? I hate to be the bearer of bad news but most dieting tricks are full of poo and don’t actually help you lose weight. In fact, some dieting myths have the reverse effect— weight gain. The only thing worse than dieting […]
Diets sucks and people suck at dieting– and there is actually a lot of fact to these claims. The amount of people who start a diet and don’t get results or don’t stick to their diet is similar to the amount of people who hit the jackpot at the local casino. It is astonishing to […]