Dieting is hard because most diets are so restrictive that it’s very difficult to follow during normal everyday life. Birthday parties, holidays, get togethers, date nights, and special occasions are not diet friendly. Good luck sticking to your diet at a kid’s birthday party. I can’t think of one diet that allows pizza and cake, except maybe IIFYM, then you can only eat plain vegetables and dry chicken breast the rest of the day. Unless you’re a superhuman fitness freak then

Eat more real food instead of food-like products. The next time you walk into the grocery store make a mental note of how many food-like products there are compared to real food. Depending on the grocery store it could be half or even up to 90% of the products are food-like. What is a food-like product? It is a product that is manufactured by a company that is quick, easy, and delicious. Most of the times the food-like product looks nothing like the foods original form. For e

Today wasn’t a great day, but tomorrow will be a better day. I heard this on a podcast that I listen to and I thought it relates perfectly to life, especially fitness. There will always be days that are not great concerning nutrition and exercise. There will be days where you barely eat and when you do eat, it’s fast food, junk food, and sweet sugary treats. You didn’t exercise at all and you barely got 1,000 steps. Don’t even get started on water, the only water that you con

If you have problems drinking enough water throughout the day try the slow and steady approach. If you’re supposed to drink 8 cups of water a day and you are not drinking that much, then start slow. Add one additional cup of water each day and increase it by another cup each week. Let's say you are only drinking 2 cups of water a day. Start off by adding one additional cup of water every day for one week. The first week you will drink 3 cups of water a day. The second week yo

I don’t make healthy choices every time I eat, but I do make healthy choices more often than I make unhealthy choices. I like to go by the 90/10 rule. 90% of the time I make healthy food choices, the other 10% of the time I am more relaxed on what I eat. Most of my foods are whole nutritious and minimally processed. I find this approach works great for real life with birthday parties, special occasions, family dinners, children, going out, and many other scenarios where you