by Lani Muelrath | Jul 16, 2009 | Move Your Body
[fb-like] The long awaited opportunity to work out in the headquarters of the Bar Method Workout studios in the San Francisco Marina District finally presented itself today. And all expectations were (ouch!) fulfilled. Keep in mind, this is ouch in a GOOD way. The...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 16, 2009 | All Posts
“Face washing, exfoliation and care should include the entire decollete.” ~Carrie Piercephoto: lensenvy Skin care and beauty expert Carrie Pierce delivered great content on Tuesday night’s Teleseminar, and all listeners came away with some...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 15, 2009 | Weight Loss
How does a Ms. Fitness America eat? Meet nutrition expert and wellness enthusiast Kardena Pauza. Kardena is a Top Certified Personal Trainer at Next Level Fitness & Wellness Center, and a Nutritional Consultant that has been passionately involved in the area of...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 13, 2009 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Pssst….This exclusive event is already 25% full with registration going up just hours ago. (Yes, space is limited for more personal attention). That means when you read this, we’re booking up and it’s time to take action! Muscles? Yes, workouts...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 7, 2009 | All Posts
Carrie Pierce, skin care expert extraordinaire, has researched and written this article exclusively for my readers. What a chunk of information! Be sure to be on the call I’ll be hosting with Carrie on Tuesday, July 14. Cellulite, Menopause and You-The Perfect...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 5, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
Is it time for you to take some ACTION when it comes to organizing your dietary plan, making some semblance of your exercise endeavors, and just plain getting a grip on your weight and energy? Do you wince when you think of all the time that has gone by with dashed...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 2, 2009 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Last weekend’s spa getaway experience delivered in delightfully unexpected ways. Oh, sure. I expected to be relaxed, pampered, and rested. No question it delivered there. Remember, I had the challenging task of trying on the spa treatments at Silverado Resort...
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 | Jun 22, 2009 | All Posts, All Setup, Move Your Body, Video
I don’t know about you, but I love lower body work. Good thing, because you NEED to challenge those lower body muscles for a strong body, better back, improved posture and to just plain give your seat a lift. {See 4 reasons you need to get your glutes in...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 15, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body
[widget id=”text-459297251″/] OK, I give up. Not on my morning workout, but on finding THE socks that help carry me through it. While tearing through my drawer trying to find them, it occurred to me how much value we can find – motivation,...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 13, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Weight Loss
With 3 weeks out of the last 7 being on travel adventure of one form or another, my usual fitness routine has been a mix of eclectic alternatives. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining. Central to my fitness dream is to have an exercise and eating...
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 23, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Floating may not sound like much of a fitness activity. But scuba diving cranks up the calorie burn, requires cardiovascular strength, upper body brawn, demands the power of a good leg-kick, challenges your core muscles, and envelopes you in deep relaxation all at...
by Lani Muelrath | May 20, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
The educated guess was right. Without having gotten my hands on the book to read cover-to-cover, it’s pretty clear that the elements of the new release The End of Overeating, as presented via the title and cover clearly depict just what this book is all about. A...
by Lani Muelrath | May 11, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Long steeped in the basics of Weight Training, Supersets, and Yoga as my favorite workout regimens, there come the times when I have a hankering to get back to my dancer’s roots. See, dance is where I started. Actually, my love affair with dance began...
by Lani Muelrath | May 9, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
The end of overeating. It’s the title of a new book I’ve just barely heard about. Has it crossed your path yet? I don’t know a thing about it except what the picture is on the cover. It shows a piece of carrot cake sitting near a carrot. I’ve...
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 | Apr 27, 2009 | Travel
Who needs a StairMaster when you are climbing pyramids all morning? Because that’s just where we found ourselves this morning on Day 4 of our adventure in Oaxaca, Mexico. I know, as they say, it’s a tough job but somebody’s got to do it. The big sky,...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 26, 2009 | All Posts, Travel
There’s not much I enjoy more than being able to eat well on the road, stay healthy, stay trim, and then tell all about it! This is our haul from the market in Oaxaca town earlier today. Every meal has been fantastically delicious and easy to prepare! For...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 25, 2009 | All Posts, Travel
Just back in from the morning trek high in the hills here in Oaxaca, where we find ourselves on a 10 day adventure. Already LOTS to write home about! As you no doubt already know, one of my bottom line rules about my fitness plan is that it MUST dovetail quite nicely...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 22, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
What are YOUR top 5 fitness and fat loss questions? Please share them with me! I’d love to hear from you about what your top questions are when it comes to fitness and fat loss. Please send my your top 5 questions (or 3, or 2, or 1!) in the form below. ...
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 9, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Weight Loss
It seems that this phrase has been on my tongue, in my voice, and in my ears – in one shape or form – a lot over the past month. I underscored the idea with the article “It’s The Calories, Honey!” It seems to be one of the biggest...
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 | Apr 5, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
Funny, isn’t it? How we have a love-hate relationship with muffintops! It’s the best part of the muffin (in my opinion, anyway!) but when it comes to the ones that spill over our jeans, not so delish, right? Which is why I am totally enchanted with Truth...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 1, 2009 | All Posts
It doesn’t matter where you are in your weight: loss, gain, or at any point in between. Just between us, what we ALL want is to have physical confidence, right?! And feeling attractive, slim, and yes, sexy, are all a part of that confidence. I’m a big...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 23, 2009 | All Posts
Right on the heels of last week’s Diary of A Mini-Fast I got buckets of emails asking for play-by-play of a day of eating! Happy to comply. Here are the last 2 days: Saturday Brekkie: cranberry walnut bread w/ peanut butter and strawberry preserves coffee bowl...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 17, 2009 | All Posts, All Setup, Fasting
What’s this? My play by play through the day of a mini-fast a la Eat Stop Eat. That means 24 hours max, dinner-to-dinner, a couple of times a week for me. I’ve been in this habit for the past 6 months, and have had numerous requests about how a day like...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 16, 2009 | All Posts
Imagine you are in the supermarket and come across a packaged food that you’d like some quick info on. And I mean more info than the ingredients, calories, and macronutrients you can read on the label. Like maybe – how does this sound – “a...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 15, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
It was BIG big news just a few years back. As recently as 2004, several study releases pointed us in the direction of looking at our sleep patterns as possible, potential indicators in weight gain, BMI, and body fat levels. I remember it was all over the news for...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 11, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Weight Loss
Wanna gain muscle, lose fat, and feel vital in body, mind and spirit? There are conversations all over the place about these very things here at thetruthabout…. and if you haven’t been able to take a peek or listen in on “comments” before, here...
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 | Mar 3, 2009 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
A fresh look at the Science of Visualization appeared in an article that a client kindly linked me to today. Knowing that the use of vivid visualization is an important part of my coaching practice and a integral part of the Woman’s Fitness Blueprint, she wanted...
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 23, 2009 | All Posts
When it comes right down to it, what do we all want when it comes to building fitness and vitality? Real information, including no-nonsense facts about how to lose body fat and build muscle. I’ve already told you how glad I was to come across Eat Stop Eat, which...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 21, 2009 | All Posts
First, you might be asking, what is a post about business doing in a health and fitness blog? How is it related? My answer is easy – it is DIRECTLY related because my philosophy of fitness, bottom line, is that your fitness is a means to an end. A fit,...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 19, 2009 | All Posts
Brad Pilon’s got a NEW book out! It’s called How Much Protein? As you may already know, Brad is the author of Eat Stop Eat, which I featured in 2 previous posts, 5 Reasons To Try Mini-Fasts and Mini-Fasts, My 4-Month Report. Brad’s new book about...
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 | Feb 9, 2009 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition
Is the protein pedestal on tilt? When it comes to protein as a necessary macronutrient for health, growth, and repair, protein is essential, right up there with carbohydrate and fat. But what about all the hoopla (propaganda?) about high amounts of protein being...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 7, 2009 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
We all want to feel energetic, strong, slim, and confident. We also no doubt agree that an obsession, often media driven, has skewed the quest, created unrealistic expectations, and inspired fantasies that can be detrimental and damaging in a whole heap of ways. This...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 4, 2009 | Move Your Body, Weight Loss
Do you ever wish you could just force a fitness issue and be there NOW? Listen: You can’t just force fat off your body. Our bodies just don’t work that way. The question still comes up – how to move fitness or fat loss forward as quickly as...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 3, 2009 | All Posts
A flood of blog comments, emails, and other responses have been flowing in with regards to the blog posts Mini Meals And Metabolism: Fact Or Fitness Myth? and 6 Reasons Mini Meals Might Work For you. The responses have been as varied and rich as the women...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 2, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body
There’s more than political change in the White House; it appears we have a Commander-in-Chief who is fitter than the last few, and that can only be good publicity for the fitness cause! Everyone saw the photograph of a bare-chested Obama strolling Sandy Beach...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 1, 2009 | All Posts
OK. It’s already been established that eating Mini-Meals, or spreading your caloric intake out over several eating events during the day, does not impact metabolic rate or on its own burn more calories than fewer meals eaten over the course of the day. For all...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 21, 2009 | All Posts
Is one of the reasons that you exercise to keep yourself in a better mood, with an improved mental outlook? If so, then you are like a lot of women I know who are using simple tools like regular activity and good nutrition to not only take responsibility for their...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 17, 2009 | All Posts
Yes, Virginia, not only is there a Santa Clause, but you can have your carbs and eat them, too. We’re on Dominica, a lush Caribbean Island for a tropical getaway (granted, it’s working vacation for as you can see I am online!) It’s mountainous,...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 16, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body
This question came across my desk this week: “What counts as resistance training? Does it need to involve weights to get the best results?” And frankly, it is quite a common question, which inspires me to address it once again, right here. If you are...
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 | 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 11, 2009 | All Posts, All Setup, Move Your Body
It’s hard to know these days which is the best reference word for the backside: booty? butt? What do you prefer? And I don’t want to be exclusive and say “glutes” because there are actually multiple muscles involved when it comes to shaping...
