When it comes to weight loss there’s a huge misconception about calories. While it’s true that you can’t eat more calories than your body needs and lose fat, it’s more about the quality of calories than the quantity that’s important.
The food industry has done a magnificent job in deceiving people with low-fat, low-calorie, aka “diet foods.” Truth be told, it’s the processed and refined foods that are largely to blame for people not being able to lose weight. Read the rest of this entry »



I wanted to share a story with you today about something that came up yesterday during a talk I was having with a personal training client in my Charleston studio. We were reviewing his diet and something he said really made me stop and think.
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 - Shane Doll
With all the confusion and misinformation about what to eat for weight loss and optimal health I’m always looking to simplify things for you.
If you’ve followed my coaching tips for a while you know that I’m all about focusing on eating natural foods. As a general rule if God made it eat it, if not leave it alone.
Unfortunately with the modernization of food production on multiple levels, the idea of what’s truly natural is even cloudy.
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