by Lani Muelrath | Dec 23, 2010 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
[fb-like] Creating a happy, healthy and fit body gives you the ultimate best vehicle for expressing your mission and purpose. For bringing your unique gifts forth. ~ Lani To be honest, I’ve been in a 3-day stall, putting together this week’s FitDream...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 19, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body
As we cruise into the end of one year and the beginning of the next, thoughts often turn to ramping up fitness, health, and body shaping with the flip of the calendar. Have you gotten the results from your workouts this year that you imagined and desired? ...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 7, 2010 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Video
Are you consumed by carbophobia and afraid that bread is fattening? Do you love sandwiches but feel you have to swear them off so that you can lose weight? Relax! I have for you: 2 examples of excellent quality bread that support your body-shaping goals plus...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 29, 2010 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Recipes
Note: this call has now been completed. But you can still get the book! Watch my video review below Join Me On This Very Special Teleclass Event With Award Winning Author And Chef Colleen Patrick-Goudreau: ‘Color Me Vegan’: An Inside Look Colleen is...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 29, 2010 | All Posts, Reviews
If you’ve been waiting for the new Bar Method DVDs to come out on the market, you need wait no more. This serious triple play is available NOW, and in this short video I give you the inside scoop and my personal review. [divider] [/divider] There are 3 videos in...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 29, 2010 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
[fb-like]Fresh from November Booty Camp and all fired up about what a difference these women made in their health and lives at this busy time of year, I’m completely inspired! The ‘holiday pounds’ and fluff don’t have to be, y’know? ...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 23, 2010 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Recipes, Video
Finding it tough to get your veggies in? You know it’s at the top of the list of tips for staying trim and energetic, right? Talk about tricks for switching off your fat genes! Though you know it’s important to keep you vegetable count high, many people...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 17, 2010 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
[fb-like] Rip Esselstyn takes the Engine 2 Diet plant strong diet 28-day challenge to this small dairy town in Pennsylvania. Check out the report from a local TV station. 100 = number of participants 9 lbs = average weight loss 15% = average drop in LDL...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 16, 2010 | Weight Loss
Do you want the bad news or the good news first? The bad news is that we do have genetic tendencies for weight gain. Some women gain weight more easily than others. But I didn’t have to tell you that. It’s in your genes, right? You just got the dreaded...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 13, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition
It’s no secret that smack dab at the heart of my stay-trim-and-energized strategy is to pile the veggies on my plant-strong plate. I am always flabbergasted when a woman tells me that she struggles with getting in 2 or 3 servings of plant foods a day. I am...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 9, 2010 | Move Your Body
[fb-like] You’ve probably heard of Tim Ferris’ The Four Hour Work Week. We’ll Mr Ferris, I’ll see your work week and raise it to workout week. Actually, UNDER for hours. If you are wedded to the idea that you need to slave away for an hour a...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 5, 2010 | Travel
Alas, our scuba adventure has about come to an end. Greg’s video from yesterday’s dive below the salt pier, Bonaire, Dutch Antilles. Watch for the creatures from the black lagoon on the beach with me near the final frames. Too much...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 4, 2010 | Plant-Based Nutrition
In my fitness coaching programs, sooner or later the conversation always gets around to breakfast. What is it, when is it, how important is it? As a matter of fact, because of the value of breakfast, aka a ‘gusto brekkie’, I always either structure it...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 2, 2010 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Some of my best material bubbles up into frame while bobbing in relaxed suspension above the reef. This morning’s dive was no exception. One after another, parallels between making it unscathed through holiday fitness challenges and safe diving zinged clearly...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 1, 2010 | Recipes
On a mission to eat healthy and yet find the holiday season has you wondering how to do just that? Here’s hope – and rescue menus and ideas – from Mary McDougall. Something for everybody! All newsletter archives referenced in the recipes can be...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
Is it possible we should be taking fewer supplements, rather than looking for the new “perfect” one? I know, “don’t take your vitamins” sounds like sacrilege, doesn’t it?! Popping our daily vitamins is right up there with cherry...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 25, 2010 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
It’s not what you think. ;-). But it does get the imagination going, doesn’t it? I told you not long ago how I’ve become a big baseball fan (see Take Me Out To The Ball Game), resurrected from childhood by my dear, near-centenarian father-in-law. ...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 22, 2010 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Transformations, Weight Loss
Can you envision your body ideal? Your deepest dreams and aspirations for success of your health, your fitness…your life? Being able to do so has a powerful impact on your success. More than powerful. Amazingly, it opens up doors to opportunity that we may not...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 19, 2010 | Move Your Body
I’ve seen some pretty heated arguments on this one in my time, even between fitness trainers. But what’s the truth? If you want to “tone” muscle for a graceful, shaped look, should ideal workouts for women utilize light weight and high reps or...
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 | Oct 12, 2010 | Move Your Body, Video
[fb-like] “Chisel your butt and legs!” “Burns more calories!” “Makes the gym obsolete!” Hang on sistah, let’s not get carried away with what the “toning” shoes can do. Do they really give you a better body? Have...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 10, 2010 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
“Yes, I will!” trumps “I plan to” or “Yes I can” when it comes to taking ACTION for success. Think about it. Dig in and find any challenging goal, right now. Something that presents itself to you without much thought. You know what...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 9, 2010 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Travel
My favorite videographer captured September’s outdoor extravaganza in Yosemite Valley. Greg has it all in there: climbing the cables, Yoda at the top, in the meadow at Yosemite Valley, moonrise from Glacier Point. Don’t worry, the bungee jumper...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 5, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition
Small plate trick? Fuhgiddaboudit. I need a BIG plate when it comes to staying slim. The headline you just read is not an error. I mean big plate, big time ;-). I never took to the “small plate” trick. I’d just go back for seconds. Sound counter intuitive? I can...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 3, 2010 | Move Your Body, Travel
Remember, this one can be done anywhere. Even while traveling. As long as you’ve got 2 working legs, no excuses. I”m talking about Burst Training. Burst Training is one of the most effective, least complicated workout routines for women who are busy yet...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 3, 2010 | Animals
Irresistible, these Bursts on the beach (see Burst Training Beach Style) . Running barefoot in the sand as hard as I can, then trolling my toes in the surf until I get my wind for another. But today’s run took a surprising turn when I encountered a fledgling...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 3, 2010 | Weight Loss
Lani, I’m not really surprised but have to say that your organization and thoughtfulness with McBooty Camp are unparalled. Everything is so organized! I feel fabulous! I was just thrilled this morning when looking in the mirror. Even with a far from...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 1, 2010 | All Posts, Fit Quickies, Move Your Body
Triceps seem to be a universal challenge area for women. And there’s good reason why. Why The Triceps Lose Shape Part of it really isn’t your fault. The triceps muscle, unless we purposely challenge it, really does not get a lot of work in our daily life....
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 30, 2010 | Travel
Well, this is a fine how-do-you-do. My two darling sisters, Pam and Kristie, and I have just driven out to the Oregon coastline after rendezvous in Portland from 3 corners of the country. We drove the winding roads from the city to the coast, stopping for baskets of...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 28, 2010 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Travel
True to my promise to report in on how I fueled the heady and grueling ascent to the top of Half Dome n Yosemite last week (see How A Busy Woman Trains To Climb Yosemite’s Half Dome) I’m here to report that we did the whole darn thing on our usual, easy...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 24, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Travel
Terror grips your gut even before you slide up onto the near vertical granite wall you’ve got to glue your nose to if you want to haul yourself to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite. Call it a summer highlight or sheer foolhardiness, but this week’s ascent...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 24, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition
Long the victims of intense marketing campaigns by the Four Food Lobbies, we’ve been sold a gallon of milk and a bill of goods by the dairy industry one time to many. Warning! This revealing presentation by Dr. John McDougall, M.D., will tilt the milk cart on...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 14, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition
What do you get when you pile a whole tangle of world class nutrition experts, researchers, and physicians on one big platter, like a big heap o’ brown rice? Lively debate (they don’t agree on everything). Spirited discussion (everyone kept their sense of...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 12, 2010 | Plant-Based Nutrition
Another AMAZING day here at the Advanced Study Weekend in Santa Rosa. Since yesterday’s check in, I already have about 5 more stories to tell. And it’s so late I really should just turn out the light and catch some zzzs but there’s such a full agenda...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 8, 2010 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Is there really a button you can push that instantly makes workouts easier and more effective? Would that be music to your ears? The answer is YES. And the “music to your ears” part? Literal. You Knew It All Along, Didn’t You? Let me ask you a...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 6, 2010 | Move Your Body
Nothing like new shoes to put spring in your step. Yosemite trekking is 2 weeks out and when we were there last May, my veteran trail shoes did not stand up to the slip of granite! So I looked for something with a gecko sole and I think I may have round it in these...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 10, 2010 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
I never thought I’d say this, but when I’ve become a fan of MLB. That’s Major League Baseball, for those not in the know, which would have been me one short month ago. It was upon a recent visit with Greg’s Dad (a solid Giants fan since...
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 | Jun 22, 2010 | Move Your Body
Lost my virginity today. It’s true. But it’s not what you think. You see, up until 2 days ago I was a surgery virgin. Not counting the wisdom teeth I had pulled decades ago, which seems like it was in another incarnation. As it turns out, though I’ve...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 16, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Weight Loss
If you’re like me, the waist is where you can sense pudge first. Maybe it’s because it’s so noticeable in the way our clothes fit, or because we can so easily – quite literally – see excess poundage when it lands in our middle. Most women...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 9, 2010 | Weight Loss
You can hear the excitement in Val’s voice and no wonder. Val has done not only a clear job of succeeding with simple, easy tools yet has also tracked her progress for an amazing snapshot of success. If you are looking for heightened energy, a more resilient and...
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 | May 15, 2010 | Move Your Body
“Lani, I am doing 40 minutes of calisthenics. I take water breaks, but I break a good sweat and get winded. Doesn’t that count it as cardio?” Lauren asked me in an email a few days ago. Are you, like Lauren, confused about how to get effective...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 28, 2010 | All Posts, Travel
A big yummy thanks to everyone who has been posting, sending notes, and staying connected while we’ve been on the travel bug itch here in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, the past 2 weeks. Greg has been ON with his photography and has wed still images with motion...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 27, 2010 | All Posts, Weight Loss
Does a lower BMI – or body mass index – mean more money in your purse? Is there really a connection between the size of your dress and the size of your bank account? We like to think that appearance and weight have nothing to do with financial success. And...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 20, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Travel
Do you ever get frustrated or stuck about how to stay fit while traveling? So that you don’t arrive home flabby, enervated, and with excess poundage? I understand the anxieties – it can be so frustrating! And it can leave you wishing you’d never left...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 17, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Travel
My friend Hope had to dash home to the States for awhile and asked if we might like to stay at her home in San Miguel de Allende, high in the Mexico dessert, for a bit. Uh, yeah. So here we are. The house is beautiful, brilliantly decorated, and very private. And as...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 12, 2010 | All Posts, Weight Loss
Sometimes mail comes in that I’ve just got to share with you. Here’s one that landed in my box today. Unexpected. Brilliant. Shows what is BEST about helping other women lose weight, get in shape, and take charge of their health destiny. When we enlist the...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 9, 2010 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Part 1: Part 2: We hiked all over this mountaintop in a dream state. Twice this week! Awash in color, vistas to the coast range in one direction and the Sierras in another. Left all the work behind and just zoned. And sweat a little, too, as we walked for miles. The...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 5, 2010 | All Posts, Weight Loss
Denise and I can share a table any ol’ day of the week and be happy as clams eating our fill. Without gaining weight. Losing it, in fact. That’s because Denise and I both enjoy what I call the “Comfort Food Diet”. Yup. A way of eating that...
