Now that we are settled into the New Year, everyone is working on their resolutions.  It seems like the number one resolution is doing something to lose weight or get healthy.  I am not knocking people who have this as their goals for the year; I always admire anyone who chooses to take the first step to being healthy! That being said, I cringe every time I see someone on a new "detox".  You know what I am talking about; they come many forms of detox diets, pills, shakes, juices, herbal cleanses, and more!  They come with claims to clean your kidneys, liver, colon, skin, stomach, etc.  I can understand why these things fly off the shelves and people flock to them; celebrity and trainers endorsements, quick 10 day programs or even 1 day cleanses!  These cleanses and detoxes claim to offer a quick fix for years of unhealthy eating habits,  smoking, drinking and to aid in healthy weight loss. They use tag lines like "natural, cleansing, fast, lose 1...

If you are anything like me, the task of packing your lunch every day is daunting and annoying!  I used to be so lazy and just pack a couple of granola bars and buy my lunch on most days.  What seemed even more daunting was meal planning and prepping. I started doing some prep here and there about a year ago, with little things like veggie bags.  I decided about 4 months ago, I started prepping more and more, and I will never look back!  I don't have to worry about what to make to put in my lunch.  I started just like most people, just browsing sites on the internet looking for meal ideas and I started throwing things together. I always get told by people, that they don't even know where to begin when it comes to meal prep.  So I thought I would put together some tips to help! 1.  Find a time, day and number of meals to make the task manageable!      Finding time to make meal prep work is correlated to long term success.  Pers...

If you look the majority of fitness or body building Facebook pages, Instagram feeds or websites, you'll see a bunch of confusing jargin! Take this supplement, take this fat burner, drink this fit tea, do this detox.  Don't forget Vitamin, A, E, D, B1, B12, Glutamine, Creatine, etc.  Its insane the amount of pills and things that the fitness industry brings about. I am not one takes a bunch of supplements, fat burners or a bunch of vitamins and minerals.  There are several health and scientific evidence as to why I don't do that; but in short I just don't have the need to.  I am not a serious body building competitor, and it seems like a lot of effort to boot! I take really only two "supplements" with my workouts; BCAA's during my workouts and protein powder after.  I will talk about protein powder for today and touch base on BCAA's later. I started reading into protein powders a little more lately because I knew I wanted valid information to wri...