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When vegetables pile up in my refrigerator, it sometimes feels like a CSA basket that needs to be dealt with before next week’s delivery arrives. It can be a result of impulse buying at the market or the bits and pieces left over from various recipe tests; usually it’s a bit of both. So last week I cleaned out the refrigerator. I cooked up some grains and decided to use just a skillet or a wok for the vegetables. Click here to continue reading…

Don’t Forget! – Best of Waco is back for 2012 from “The Wacoan” magazine.  Be sure to vote for TUF Boot Camp as your favorite fitness center and favorite weight loss program.  Follow this link to vote!

Best of Waco is back for 2012 from “The Wacoan” magazine. Be sure to vote for TUF Boot Camp as your favorite fitness center and favorite weight loss program. Follow this link to vote!

Good Form: A good stretch for after a long sit
Here’s a great stretch that you can do any time to release tension in your back, chest and shoulders. It is excellent to do after prolonged periods of sitting at a desk, in a car or in an airplane. Continue Reading…

When you envision running, you probably will fall into one of two categories. Either you love it or you hate it; sometimes it is even a love/hate relationship. It’s painful, tedious, and exhausting. So what makes people love it? What makes people who hate it keep doing it? It is likely that the benefits of running outweigh the hatred (if there is any).  To read more click here.

Some foods take more work to eat–and therefore burn more calories while you’re digesting them. Just the act of chewing foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean cuts of meat can increase your calorie burn by up to 30%! And then your stomach and intestines do their jobs. In a Japanese study, researchers found that women who ate the foods that required the most work had significantly slimmer waistlines than those who ate the softest, easiest-to-eat foods. It seems like a dream, but once you get ahold of the metabolism boosting foods, you burn more fat!  To read more about this click here.

Feel full on fewer calories? It might sound like another gimmick for weight loss, but it’s not. Rather, it’s putting the concept of energy density into practice to help with your weight loss. In fact well planned weight-loss diets  use the concept of energy density to help you lose weight and keep it off long term. Foods with less concentrated calories allow you to have  a larger portion sizes with fewer calories. This will allow you to lose unwanted weight and still feel satisfied. To read the entire article click here.

Is it possible for a person to be addicted to a particular food? Although there is no evidence to support a food addiction, many different things can lead to overeating. Click here to read more.

A new study shows that 4 in 10 obese people consider themselves to be a “healthy size”. The reason that can be dangerous is because being overweight has been linked to heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and dementia. There are definte numbers to check to see if you are indeed a healthy size. You should know your Body Mass Index (BMI), waist to hip radio, blood pressure, aerobic fitness, resting heart rate, cholesterol levels and blood glucose levels.  To read more click here.

Almonds, avocado, olive oil- all healthy fats, right. But just how much of these healthy fats can you eat before you start gaining unwanted weight? The amount of fat that would cause you to gain weight (assuming you didn’t want to) is more of a question of total calories for the day. Those on lower carbs, can usually be a little more liberal with their healthy fat intake.  As with everything moderation is always a key to eating the correct amount.  Click here to read more.

A healthy lifestyle is defined by four basic criteria: not smoking, holding weight down, eating right and of course exercising. However very few Americans participate in all four of these healthy criteria. The biggest excuses are “I don’t have time to exercise” and/or “I don’t have time to cook, so I’ll just pick up some fast food on the way home”.  Time and Health are always at odds with each other. We have time to work, but very little time to spend on ourselves. Everyone has at least ten minutes to take and do something to make your life better.  click here to learn 50 ten minute ideas.

Interval training is a term that you’re likely to hear thrown around by athletes of various types. This specific type of training provides a diverse array of different benefits to anyone who participates in cardiovasular activity, because it works both the aerobic and the anaerobic systems. Interval training consists of cardiovascular activity that alternates between periods of intense exercise and total recovery. Because of the short duration of both of these parts of the training, you’ll never allow your heartrate to drop to a completely resting rate during the recovery period.  click here to read more