Category: Extreme Weight Loss
by Nicki
January 6, 2014

Save Your Dollars and Sense- The Real Scoop on Weight Loss
  O.K, I have to admit that every January I cringe when I see the ads for weight loss. The miracles abound and the “real” answer to weight loss woes are simply a click away. Too  much belly fat? There’s a program for that.  Excess holiday weight gain? There’s a drink for that.  Get abs […]
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by Nicki
July 15, 2012

Getting Back to Basics Best Strategy for Weight Loss/Management
I had a discussion with a friend of mine last week, and she shared her newest strategy on getting healthy, and losing some unwanted weight. Her approach? Major restriction during the week, and pig outs on the weekends. When I shared my concern about that strategy, she said, “It’s what works for me!” Hmm, it […]
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by Nicki
March 11, 2012

Dissecting Diets
  I admit, my first attempt at weight loss as an overweight teen was a diet. In fact, it was Weight Watchers.  However, back in 1978, WW was significantly different. It really wasn’t a “diet” like we know today, it was an education in healthy eating, a healthy diet. For the first time in years, […]
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by Nicki
January 15, 2012

Weight, We’ve Got It All Wrong!
I’ve spent the last 25 years of my life working to inspire people to get healthy through exercise and sound nutrition. However, the challenge with my job is that not everyone wants to get healthy as much as they want to lose weight. Over the years, we have put such emphasis on weight loss that […]
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by Nicki
January 10, 2012

Celebrities and Diet Endorsements- Role Models or Partners in Crime?
I don’t know about you, but I’m so tired of the celebrity diet ambush that seems to be on every other television commercial. Hey, don’t get me wrong, Jennifer Hudson, rockin’ it (but her heavier self is off key at the end of the commercial, notice that?), Marie Osmond (8 brothers and she’s the only […]
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by Nicki
December 30, 2011

A Personal Trainer’s 2012 Wish List
As the new year approaches,  gyms start gearing up for the onslaught of seasonal exercisers, while diet programs click their heels in glee, the money season is upon them, CHA-CHING! They are grateful for the over-imbibing, procrastinating, excuse-making, will-powerless customer. Magazines hope for record breaking sales as the latest fad diet or successful weight loss […]
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by Nicki
December 26, 2011

A New Year’s Promise with Staying Power
I’ve been involved with the health and fitness industry since 1979. For some that was a hundred years ago, for others, it seems like yesterday! I got involved with the industry after losing 50 pounds that found its way on to my unsuspecting body. I had always been a “toothpick”.  My sister used to say […]
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by Nicki
December 18, 2011

Rethink Your Motivation for Healthy Living
With the proliferation of weight loss programs over the years, you have been "trained" focus on results before anything else. Think about it. when you start a diet, the motivation is the visual you have in your mind of being thinner, stronger and feeling like a new man or woman, right? But the natural course of this kind of focus (solely on results) eventually leads to failure.
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by Nicki
December 11, 2011

Listening to Your Body for Better Health!
.....the reality was my body had been trained to crave what it needs not what I wanted. I realized at that moment, it's all about listening to my body, NOT my "diet head", it’s about being healthy.
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by Nicki
November 3, 2011

Give Up Resolutions. Find Solutions.
As we  shift in to the frenzied holiday season, healthy intentions are left behind. Once the chaos of the holidays takes control of our lives,  January 1st is the day of salvation. But you know, and I know,  New Year’s resolutions rarely have lasting power. Granted, we’re far away from January 1st, however many people […]
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