Wellness Defined

Today was my first workout on the way to getting into incredible shape in 12 weeks! My workout consisted of a 48-minute upper-body workout.

Here is something I want you to understand about strength training. After you lift weights, or do any kind of resistance training, you break down muscle. Your body then repairs or replaces damaged muscle fibers through a cellular process where it fuses muscle fibers together to form new muscle protein strands. These repaired strands increase in thickness and number to create muscle growth.

Why is this important? When you gain new muscle, your body requires energy to maintain that muscle. Essentially, you speed up your metabolism creating the ability to burn calories more efficiently. This leads to a greater ability to burn fat and achieve your fitness and health goals.

The best way to lose fat is to gain muscle. For women, you don't have to worry about bulking up. It is incredibly difficult to bulk up as a woman. But replacing fat with lean muscle will not only help you burn calories more efficiently, it will also help you be more fit and look more fit. People will eventually start telling you that you look younger as well! Those are some great benefits! :-)

Do you want to get off the sugar roller coaster?

Many of us struggle with sugar cravings. What you may not know is that your sugar cravings are actually about brain chemistry! It's easy to buy into the belief that it's just a lack of willpower.

We must understand that sugar is not just an energy source. It is an addictive substance. We must be extra careful when choosing foods to give us energy. Eating simple sugars can temporarily boost our energy level, but it will ultimately cause blood sugar to crash and compel us to seek more and more sugar.

It is a never ending cycle.

Part of my mission for the past two decades has been to help others transform their relationship with sugar. It is definitely a life-long journey and a paradigm shift in dietary habits. But all of us can make these changes and set a course for a better life.