by Lani Muelrath | Aug 6, 2015 | All Posts, Plant-Based Journey, Weight Loss
Is Weight Loss Sustainable? People who have known me for some time know that my weight was a longtime struggle for me. As someone genetically predispositioned to easily gain and have trouble losing weight, I have paid my dues with decades of wild weight fluctuations...
by Lani Muelrath | May 30, 2014 | All Setup, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Weight Loss
What I’m about to tell you breaks the number one rule of marketing. In case you haven’t heard it, the number one rule of marketing is this: Don’t tell people what they need to hear. Tell them what they want to hear. In all the marketing courses of...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 4, 2013 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
People look at me today and tell me that they find it hard to believe that I ever had a weight problem. But I did. I’m the one on the left (see above, circa 1998). It doesn’t help that everyone else in the picture is skinny. For decades, over thirty...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 20, 2013 | Move Your Body
“Exercise not helpful for weight loss!” – so read the headlines on a recent newsflash that just surfaced in my inbox. As you can imagine, I received a flurry of emails asking me to speak to the article. It took a little bit of sleuthing, but a...
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by Lani Muelrath | Feb 18, 2013 | Weight Loss
Note: Today’s guest author Dustin Rudolph, PharmD., is throwing a Fit Quickies book giveaway contest on the Pursue a Health You Blog. Click on the image below to enter. Weight Loss – The Recipe For Success by Guest Author Dustin Rudolph, PharmD ...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 1, 2013 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Move Your Body, Plant-Based Nutrition, Video
For everyone who wrote asking if I could please provide a transcript of the “3 Things” video that plays in the welcome banner at the top of the page, your wish is my command. The 3 things you must have for health, weight loss, and fitness success Hi,...
by Lani Muelrath | May 11, 2012 | Weight Loss
How do you maintain weight loss on your own? This week the educational kit that is companion to the upcoming Weight of the Nation programming arrived. Some quick stats from the kit that may interest and inspire you. People who complete intensive weight-loss programs...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 30, 2012
The following is a clickable list of recipes from the McDougall Newsletters that comply with the Maximum Weight Loss (MWL) guidelines. For non MWL recipes, click here: Recipes from the McDougall Newsletters Entrees, Sides, Beans Shepherd’s Vegetable Pie Quick Yummy...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 9, 2012 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Boot Camp Mind is… the voice of focus the voice of compelling commitment the ‘just do it’ you The part of you that is connected with your better judgement, that is inspired to realize your greater potential. You gain your health and get your body back through 3...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 28, 2011 | Move Your Body, Plant-Based Nutrition
Has this ever happened to you? You discipline yourself to a calorie-restricted diet to lose a few pounds. You have some success, though after a few weeks you have a weight loss slow down that comes paired with growing, gnawing hunger. You end up craving and caving....
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 14, 2011 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Samantha and I were on the phone strategizing her stepped up fitness plan. With some important events on the calendar and long term health goals, Samantha had asked me for coaching on how to tweak her diet, exercise, and mindset practices to meet her goals of weight...
by Lani Muelrath | May 12, 2011 | Weight Loss
I almost didn’t sign up for this Booty Camp because I recently became unemployed, but I’m at a time in my life with a lot of changes going on, and decided I needed this for me. As of this morning I finally broke through a weight plateau that had been...
by Lani Muelrath | May 12, 2011 | Move Your Body, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
I wish you could have seen Brandi’s face when she stood up in fromt of the crowd of hundreds, cradled the microphone, and sang her heart out with a gentle, lilting voice that brought tears to everyone’s eyes. You see, Brandi had walked in the door of the...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 14, 2011 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Why do most weight loss diets fail? I’m betting you already have an answer right at the tip of your tongue. As a matter of fact, if you happen to have a long and colorful diet history as I do, then I’m certain of it. Let me guess. Your answer to the...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 5, 2010
As Plant-Based Fitness Advisor for the McDougall Health and Medical Center Discussion Boards, I have the honor and privilege of reaching thousands of people who are looking for a health-supportive, body-friendly, easily successful food plan that delivers every time...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 15, 2009 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
My friend Kathie hates veggies. Vegetables. Pretty much anything green. The less color, the better, seemingly. Iceberg lettuce, tomatoes are OK. But not on a sandwich. Heaven forbid. She’ll yank them out of a subway sammy so fast it will give you lunchtime...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 3, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
Ah, the dreaded weight loss plateau. Actually, you should embrace the plateau for many reasons. But that’s the topic for another day. For now, we’ll concern ourselves with breaking a weight loss plateau. Has this happened to you? You’ve been...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 29, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 24, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
The Black Belt Millionaire and the Fitness DreamMaker. Sound like an interesting meeting? Well, it was! Not long ago, yours truly had the privilege of being the featured guest of Jacqueline Wales’ (aka the Black Belt Millionaire) on her fearlessfactor (aka...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 4, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Weight Loss
Looking for the magic weight loss bullet? Tricks for “burning off” the fat? Let’s face it. When it comes right down to weight loss and fat loss, it’s the calories that count. Yet how many of us have spent years – decades even – in...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 11, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
Here is the link to Part One of this article: Health Or Beauty: What Drives Weight Loss Success? Thanks to everyone who added their thoughts and comments to Part One. You provided great food for thought and proved by your responses who we each have our own...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 8, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
(This article is the Feature Article and topic of discussion for the January 8, 2009 issue of the FitDream Ezine)One of the first questions I have for a new client, when they come to me to help them achieve better fitness, weight loss, or energy, is this: “What...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 30, 2009 | All Posts
Weights or cardio for fat loss: which is better? Short answer? Weights. Long version: read on. Last week, I invited readers to send me their top 5 fitness and fat loss questions. I received an avalanche of incredibly good, well thought-out questions (thank you!)...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 6, 2015 | All Posts, Plant-Based Journey, Weight Loss
4 Steps to Halt Creeping Weight Gain and Feel Better in Your Clothes Today The Problem Are you finding it harder and harder to control your weight the more years you live? Have you discovered that—despite all your efforts to the contrary—your belt cinches...
by qualiant | Apr 30, 2015
Weight Loss Sustainable weight loss, when needed and desired, is one of the outer signs of transformation. In this section, find tools to help you move forward with achieving your ideal weight and healthy, happy relationship with food, eating, and your body. ...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 8, 2015 | All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
According to a new meta-analysis – that means a review of mountains of research studies – published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, adopting a vegetarian diet causes weight loss, even in the absence of...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 21, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Weight Loss
Part 3 in a series. Part 1: Does checking the scale help with weight management? Part 2: Is the bath scale a taboo or a tool? Readers weigh in on weighing in. Part 3: Be present with your poundage: How to weigh mindfully, get out of fear of the scale, and use the...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 16, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Weight Loss
If you have never struggled with a weight problem, I know the following scenario may sound crazy. But if you have, you know exactly the angst we weight-challenged have associated with the scale. You jump on the scale in the morning and your weight registers up 3...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 21, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Journey, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
It can be disheartening. You embrace a plant-based diet with the hopes of not only getting healthier, but shedding a few pounds and you are looking forward to slipping into your jeans a little more easily. xxxxxxx Yet for some inexplicable reason, a few days in you...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 6, 2012 | Weight Loss
Lose weight without losing your mind? Once you understand a few key principles about satiety, combined with our innate biological drives to seek pleasure (high fat, high sugar foods) and avoid pain (hunger), it’s actually a simple fix. You can’t fool...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 5, 2011 | All Posts, Weight Loss
It’s time to shatter another fitness myth. A few days ago, I signed up for a 10-day free “fitness and fat loss” ecourse. It musta been my evil twin. OK, I admit it, I so suspected that it would be a rehash of the same old fat-loss myths that have...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 17, 2010 | Transformations, Weight Loss
Clarity, confidence, energy and inch loss – THIS is the stuff of which fitness dreams are made. Hallmarks of living your body ideal. When I asked Jennifer if I could share her letter with you, she quickly yet humbly replied “Yes!” Hi Lani, This...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 5, 2010 | Transformations, Weight Loss
The title says it all and Patsy’s letter speaks for itself. Following years of frustration and struggle, Patsy implemented a few simple strategies and now she’s finally dropping weight and inches – and needing less sleep, too, giving her more...
by Lani Muelrath | May 27, 2010 | Weight Loss
Pssst…stories like Phyllis’ are coming in each week at FitDream Fusion Inner Circle. And just between you and me, they are from women like you who are busy, and do not have a lot of time to devote to exercise and diet. Which is why they, like you, benefit...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 18, 2010 | Move Your Body
Which is a better tool of measurement when it comes to health and fitness: body fat percentage or body weight? Not an uncommon question, let’s just put up a blog post about it! My thanks to Carolyn for permission to use her question to springboard the...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 1, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Beans, legumes, pulses….whatever you call them, cultivating the habit of beans in your daily diet is a must in your skinny tool kit. Why? Beans are: packed with protein crazy with quality carbohydrate finite in fat full of fiber very versatile downright...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 10, 2009 | Weight Loss
A physician friend, healthy as a thoroughbred and enviously slim, tells me he has one primary rule of eating: “I eat fiber”. This is his rule of thumb for food choices. And upon close examination, it’s a powerful tool you too can use to up the...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 22, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
There is one thing of utmost importance when it comes to success at weight loss. Is it diet? Your workouts? Yes, these are important pieces. But they are part of the puzzle. The tactics. But tactics demand a strategy. You must have a strategic plan. Think of your...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 5, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
image: Misty Donna is having a great year. She has cracked her personal fat loss code and was finally able to drop more much-desired size. She is realizing successful changes in multiple ways. Her body is getting stronger and trimmer, her dietary practices that...
by Lani Muelrath | May 9, 2009
Then you have come to the right place. Yes, your fitness dreams can come true. I stake my Fitness DreamMaker™ brand on it. You can cut through fitness information clutter – I call it “fitfo” – to realize fitness, weight loss, and fat loss. But...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 19, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body
As much as I enjoy working out with weights and other toys of the trade, there’s nothing like having a whole arsenal of exercises that only require the use of your own body weight to keep you challenged. And as a world traveler, this is something I need to have...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 5, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Video
A beautiful, strong torso with elegant posture and protection from back pain, all while enhancing your metabolic rate and a big return on your exercise time investment? Yes, it’s possible with this outstanding exercise in your fitness arsenal. But before we go...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 25, 2009 | Move Your Body, Weight Loss
Ready for Part 2? Previously, I introduced the term EPOC on a blog post here: EPOC: Hot Ticket Item In You Fat Loss Toolkit?. Quick snapshot? EPOC stands for “excess post-exercise oxygen consumption”. This is the sustained oxygen consumption that takes...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 18, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Weight Loss
EPOC. I know what you’re thinking: “Oh, no, another acronym!” Well my fit friends, this is definitely one you want to know about! For it a powerful tool you want to have tucked away in your body recomposition, weight management, or fat loss arsenal....
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 16, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Interval Training has got to be one of my all-time favorite exercise tactics for fat loss. That means that it consistently delivers when it comes to optimizing body composition. If you already have a copy of my interval training guide that comes with my Free Fitness...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 17, 2011 | Weight Loss
Between you and me, we don’t really need anyone to tell us if we’re too fat or too thin, right? Yet if we need a kick in the hmmhmm to face the fitness or fat loss music, then some tools of measure can help us do just that. Besides how your clothes are...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 14, 2022 | All Posts
The elephant orphans of Kenya again called to us, and last August we once more journeyed to Kenya to work with them, and to be with the magnificent wildlife that lives in this part of Africa. This time, another extraordinary experience was ours in meeting Jack...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 23, 2018 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Transformations, Video
This year I was once again honored to be invited to be a guest at The Plant-Based Transformation Summit. In this video, you will be present for my conversation with the creator of the summit, Margot Freitag. Margot asks me all about my book The Mindful Vegan, and in...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 29, 2018 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Video
A note to readers: the following is a posting I made on facebook a few days ago. It resonated with so many, and generated such intense conversation, that I wanted to bring it into an article here on the blog to share it with you. Included are my opening comments and...
