Have you ever started a workout program or new diet, swear you're doing everything right, then after 2 weeks ask yourself, "Is this working?" You wonder why you haven't seen the magical results that you had expected in your imagination and when that's going to happen. 3 days later you are nowhere closer to your 25 lb weight loss goal and you think to yourself, this isn't working and you quit.  You see your friend Tracey posting about her new diet and think, I should try that, maybe that will work .  So you do the new diet because it's totally different than the last one, try it for 2 weeks, not see any immediate results, get discouraged, quit!  Rinse and repeat for the next 10 years or more! You wonder why nothing seems to be working although you swear on your life you've tried everything and you're doing everything perfectly.  You start to convince yourself something is wrong with you.  Maybe your metabolism is broken?  Maybe it's the

Since this COVID 19 situation started,  we have all being confined to our houses and  all the gyms have closed, it has made it challenging for some (present party included) to get the workouts we want to have at home. I don't know about you, but I find working out at home just not the same.  I don't have a lot of equipment at home and I miss the comradery and focus the gym gave me.  But alas, we are stuck with what we have at home for the foreseeable future! You may be stuck in the same boat as I am, not a lot of equipment and a need to move your body.  Exercise and activity have been helping to keep me sane and balance my moods in an overly-emotional time.   So it has forced me to be creative, which really isn't the worst thing in the world.  I've been finding ways to make my workouts different and more challenging, so I will share my tips with you on how to change up your workouts to help make them more challenging, especially if you have minimal equipment.

Them: "I've tried everything!  Keto, intermittent fasting, working out, HIIT, high carb, low carb, cardio!  Nothing works!  It must be my hormones/metabolism/genetics!" Me: "Have you tracked your calories to ensure you're in a calorie deficit?" Them: "No, that's silly, it's not that simple!  Weight loss is so much more complicated than calories!" Me: "It's really not.  Weight loss is actually not complex at all.  It's not necessarily easy, but it's not complicated." Them: "I don't believe you!" I cannot keep track of how many times I've had this conversation over the years. Weight loss is commonly an ongoing struggle for many people.  The same 10lbs lost and gained back all the time; trying this diet, that supplement, those shakes.  Maybe it's your gut health?  Maybe a saliva test to see what your body is "intolerant" of?  Protein? No, it's bad for your kidneys?!  Y