The Scale Tells The Tale! This morning I saw an Ottawa trainer from a local Ottawa fitness studio post something about not having a scale at their gym and how it’s not a good thing – to weigh yourself… I happen to STRONGLY disagree with this idea. The only trainers that tell you NOT to …
The Healthy Eating Trap It’s unfair and discouraging when you’re eating a very healthy diet and you’re struggling to lose weight. With so many people being health conscious these days I’m seeing this phenomena more frequently than I would like. People are getting caught up in the ‘healthy eating trap’ without understanding that healthy eating …
Another 30 days has passed and I’m down another 9 lbs. I didn’t think this would happen. I mean I’m eating again, normal food! Things I love…but those first couple of weeks my weight did not budge… I went up and down like a see-saw within the same 3-4 lbs… then boom all of a …
Journeys of Change With Melissa (Month 2 – 30lbs Down)Read More »
My weight loss journey has been quite a whirlwind to say the least. To sum it up, I very impulsively decided to join TFC’s 30 day transformation program (signed up within a minute of receiving the invite email, which I normally would never do!), went on to love the program, and then won the ‘best …
A few months ago if you were going to tell me Mel in 1 month you’re going to be 21 pounds lighter I would have laughed at you. Yah right. I’ve tried just about everything, I actually have an annual GYM membership to a gym I don’t go to. (I actually even renewed it with …
The 7 Weight Loss Essentials: The first few weeks of work that I do with my clients revolves around me removing them from all the noise and nonsense that is out there about weight loss. ‘They’ make it out to be much more complex than it really is! Losing weight is not easy, but it …
Everyone knows that the most important component of weight loss is your diet! In fact, in all of the research that’s been done where they’ve compared diet alone vs. exercise done alone for weight loss, diet always WINS! Exercise by it self is highly ineffective for losing weight! The problem is, most diets are unsustainable …
If you’re ready to reduce your body fat, you can’t go about it haphazardly. You’ll have to drop the anything-goes attitude and adhere to seven rules that will make your fat-burning attempts a wild success. What are those rules? You’re about to find out. Rule #1: Water Rules Ready to melt away the fat that’s …
Yes, I said the ‘D’ word! It seems that the word ‘diet’ has become forbidden in the English language. It’s viewed as shameful, dirty and unethical to be on a diet these days. All of the wellness experts are telling you to stay away from ‘diets’, that they are no good and will only cause …
Why is it so hard? No doubt losing weight is HARD! And anybody that tells you otherwise simply does not know what they’re talking about! Would you agree? And anybody that has tried losing weight or has lost it will tell you that it was not easy, but it could be managed! So, why is …