by LiftingMySpirits | Jun 12, 2019 | diet, Nutrition, Weight Loss
To loose fat, you need to be in a caloric deficit over a long period of time. However, our bodies are engineered to make it difficult. Your body will adapt and slow fat loss in response to your self-imposed “famine”. That adaptation can be a simple as...
by LiftingMySpirits | May 26, 2019 | Nutrition
DISCLAIMER: I am a Fitness Nutrition Specialist, not a registered dietician. What follows is information summarized from several published articles on the subject of nutrition for active and non-actives teens. Links to those articles are provided at the end. The...
by LiftingMySpirits | Apr 21, 2019 | Nutrition, Weight Loss, Weight Training
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~Aristoltle If you train to be a sprinter, you’ll get faster. If you train to run 26 miles, you’ll be able to run a marathon. If you train with heavy weights, you’ll get stronger. Our...
by LiftingMySpirits | Apr 7, 2019 | Nutrition
Much has been written about nutrient deficiencies caused from a typical Western diet. Here are 5 nutrients that are listed frequently as being deficient in our diets. Are you getting enough? Vitamin D Necessary for bone growth in kids and bone maintenance in...
by LiftingMySpirits | Mar 30, 2019 | Mindset, Motivation, Nutrition, Weight Loss
Have you been told that “someone your age” should just accept weight gain and the health risks that come with it? Do you feel like it’s too late for you to make real changes? You’re not alone. I thought those things too. And then I got a...
by LiftingMySpirits | Mar 17, 2019 | Mindset, Motivation, Nutrition, Weight Loss
What is willpower? Is it a skill to learn? Is it a fixed personality trait? Two experiments about willpower had results that might surprise you. In 1996, a ground-breaking study about willpower was conducted by Ray Baumeister and others at Case Western...
