If you've ever followed any sort of dietary plan or worked towards a health and fitness goal, you've likely been told to add more protein into your diet. Having a diet with enough protein is a good rule of thumb for basically any weight goal as it helps you to build and maintain muscle mass and is also highly satiating. In fact, it's the most satiating macronutrient (meaning it keeps you fuller and is more satisfying than carbs and fats). In general, most people should aim fo

In weight loss/gain/whatever your goal may be, people assume that winter time is the hardest. Think holidays. In reality though, holidays make up a very small percentage of your days in the winter and for the most part, everything you do is planned. You know when you have a holiday party. You know when Thanksgiving is. In the summertime though, we've got Bob and Sue inviting you over for drinks by the fire because it's nice out. The kids have a pool party to go to and the adu

March is National Nutrition Month and while this question doesn't talk about nutrition in the sense of food quality, it is important in terms of food quantity in order to reach specific goals. The question as old as time: how much food should you be eating in order to lose weight? The answer for this is a bit complicated, but also quite simple. It does involve a few steps though no matter how you slice it. The easiest way to figure out how much food you should eat in order to

In fitness and nutrition, we talk a lot about goal setting, accomplishing those goals and then setting new ones once we've achieved a desired outcome. But, what if the goal should be reset before that? Resetting goals is something that should be discussed more often as it can be just as important as setting them in the first place. You should take the time to reset your goals if: You're being inconsistent with what you're doing now. If you've been wanting to run a 5K, lose so