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 | 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 | 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...
by LiftingMySpirits | Jan 29, 2019 | Mindset, Motivation, Weight Loss
“Don’t dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.” ~Elisabeth Elliot The sneaky part of self-sabotaging is that we may not know we are doing it or why. Let’s shine some light on the ways we do it, then go over strategies to stop it. 8 Ways We Can Self-Sabotage We...
by LiftingMySpirits | Jan 5, 2019 | Life, Motivation, Nutrition, Weight Loss
Be inflexible! Huh? “Wait a hot minute, Tammy! What are you talking about? Aren’t you all about flexibility and balance????” I am! I’m flexible about many things… food choices working around obstacles the “plan” to reach a goal But not in all things. I am NOT...
