by Lani Muelrath | Dec 21, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Just joining us? To catch up with the holiday food & fitness survival guide: Part 1: “Be choosy” Part 2: “How...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 20, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 9 of 10: “Reach beyond the cookie tray.” Reach beyond the cookie tray. Each choice we make every day is either...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 19, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Move Your Body
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 8 of 10: “Exercise with vigor every day.” Exercise. With vigor. Every day. Now hang on. Did I say “go...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 18, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Honored and privileged to serve you again as Coach for Dr. Neal Barnard and the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) 21- Day Vegan Kickstart, we launch again January 2, 2012 and I’d love to have you along for the ride. Here’s the...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 15, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Plant-Based Nutrition
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 7 of 10: “Follow the 50/50 rule for vegetable and fruits” One of the best year-round tips I can give you for...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 13, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 6 of 10: “Eat a high fiber, slow-burn breakfast” Holiday food & fitness survival guide tip #6 is eat a...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 12, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 5 of 10: “How to Handle Food Pushers” Food pushers. You know what I mean. You go to a party, you go to an...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 9, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 4 of 10: “What you have is what you’ll eat” What do you have going on in the fridge –...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 7, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 3 of 10. Food & fitness survival guide #3: Eat before you arrive! Warning: Do not go to a celebration,...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 6, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 2 of 10. Food & fitness survival guide #2: Stay well fed. Eating keeps you thin Thinking back to...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 5, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Solid, simple tactics with real food and simple movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 1 of 10. ~~~~~~~~~ I don’t know where you stand in the competition, but I used to be the queen of the...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 14, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Move Your Body
The Fit Quickies™ Story… Winging our way to scuba holiday at our favorite spot, I wondered how the “workout” schedule between dives would go – this time. Sure, I always get plenty of exercise schlepping scuba tanks and swimming out to the reef. We do primarily...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 21, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Move Your Body, Video
“Upper Body SOS”, Fit Quickies #11, includes Planks and Push-ups form and practice instruction. Image: Fit Quickies: 5 Minute Targeted Body-Shaping WorkoutsLet’s get one thing straight. The Plank should be a part of everyone’s conditioning and...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 20, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Journey, Travel, Weight Loss
True story. Talk about flashbacks! I even told you about it at the time here: “When once-snug shorts slip off without being unbuttoned; aka time for a new tropical wardrobe”. Those very shorts – as perfect as they are for travel and as well as...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 12, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition, Recipes, Weight Loss
I can’t wait for you to meet this extraordinary, effervescent, popular and in-demand woman and plant-food passionista (believe me, it was tough to find time in her media, video, special event and travel schedule to nail down a date for her to visit us in the...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 5, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Move Your Body
Is anyone else freaking out a liiitle bit about it being October? This year has really flown by, and now we’re entering (it’s true!) the pre-holiday season. No worries! You still have a full month left to prep for the holidays and knock your 2011...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 13, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
45 notebook pages and 3 days later I’m back from the long drive to the McDougall Health and Medical Center Advanced Nutrition Study Weekend. 45 pages? I kid you not. I took my promise to report in to you quite seriously, and knowing there will be eager ears on...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 9, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Move Your Body
This question from Susan posed such a juicy opportunity to help you step up the results from your body shaping workouts that it’s worth a laser focus. Often we are looking for something else: A new way to workout, or the workout magic – that we don’t...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 31, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Read Dr. Gupta’s post-production notes here. Dr. Sanjay Gupta is on a personal mission to never have a heart attack. And in the process, he embarked on a year-long investigation to find out what actions he could take to offset his family history of heart...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 22, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
What does ‘vegan’ mean, anyway? And what does a vegan eat? The answer may seem obvious to readers at the Plant-Strong Fitness Blog, yet it’s one of those questions that is never too silly to ask and begs a specific spot for an answer and an easy...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 19, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
If you have been hovering anywhere near the plant-based diet and plant-based nutrition world, then the name Esselstyn is no news to you. And if you’re looking for one perfect primer to switching up to a whole foods plant-strong diet, then Rip Esselstyn’s...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 10, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Video, Weight Loss
How do you know how much to eat to stay in your skinny jeans? What would it be like if you could eat to satisfaction every day, at every meal, and not have it shadowed by worrying about your weight? If you have never had a weight problem, then you are probably baffled...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 8, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup
Sometimes a girl’s just gotta have a good rant. First, if any of these diet strategies (“tips” or “rules”) is working for you, then far be it for me to question. One woman’s diet rules rant is another’s bible. But let me...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 6, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition, Video
This short rap was just too adorable for me not to share with you right away. Calcium, protein, zinc, vitmin B12 -it’s all in there. Thanks to Jonathan Mann and Ivory King for this charming little song that’s got a powerful message debunking vegan myths...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 3, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
I promised in Part 1 of the “Plant-based Nutrition Certification via Cornell University” report to address the juiciest question of them all: Q. “Lani, what was the single biggest thing you learned from the Plant-based Nutrition course? Honestly?...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 2, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
Do you need to supplement vitamin b12 on a plant-based diet that includes no animal products? The short answer? Yes. But does that make a diet without animal products somehow flawed? Not when you understand where the b12 comes from. Where does vitamin b12 come from,...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 2, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup
Yes, she’s here kids! A new look for lanimuelrath.com. Now, you’ve gotta tell me what YOU think. And let me know if everything is working from your end, OK? Can you navigate OK? Find what you need? I promise to do your workout for you today when you leave...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 19, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition, Recipes, Video
Should you drink smoothies when trying to lose weight? Go to To smoothie or not to smoothie? The skinny on blending your fruits and greens for more food for thought. As if on cue from my “greens, go in and get moving” expose, this charming and deelish...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 13, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
Holy happenin’ HBO! Two of my favorites are going to be in the same place at the same time. And we get to be there, too. This Friday, July 15th, the hot point humorist Bill Maher of HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher will have the distinct honor of hosting T....
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 6, 2011 | All Posts, Reviews
San Francisco’s great-bodies golden girl, Burr Leonard of Bar Method fame, has just released 2 new DVDs. For at home workouts these 2 will absolutely anchor your collection.. I’m a BIG Bar Method fan and do Bar Method workouts about twice a week. Plus, I am a...
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 | May 25, 2011 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition
When Sabrina Nelson was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease called “relapsing polychondritis”, things only got worse for her by taking powerful steroids and other drugs. Then one day she read Dr. John McDougall’s work. She learned the...
by Lani Muelrath | May 13, 2011 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Thank you to everyone who has snapped these up or simply added the two new Fit Quickies™, #9 and #10, to their body-shaping collection. I’m uber excited to have these two OUT there for you to enjoy their amazing power to not only shape your lower body yet also...
by Lani Muelrath | May 11, 2011 | All Posts, Move Your Body
‘Lest you labor under the delusion that I have oodles of time and big chunks of motivation to arrange my life around my workouts, let me set the record straight and tell you what I did this morning. Dilemma: I had a client to get to for a Body Transformation...
by Lani Muelrath | May 8, 2011 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition
Leave it to the innovative, tenacious, and visionary Dr. John McDougall of the Santa Rosa, California McDougall Health and Medical Center to get this groundbreaking piece of legislation moving up the legal ladder. SB 380 just passed by California Senate Committee,...
by Lani Muelrath | May 4, 2011 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition
You hear the reports on increasing incidences of disease – and death by disease – and it can’t help but register fear in our hearts. Yet you, my dear, smart reader, already know that you can make a big difference in your health simply by what you put...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 10, 2011 | All Posts, Fit Quickies, Move Your Body
Good news! Two of my abso-fab FAVorite sneak-in-instant-invigorators-and-body-shapers NOW are just about ready for YOU to enjoy as well! Yessiree, My newest Fit Quickies, #9 and #10 are just about ready for you. And while the final stages of preparation are underway...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 7, 2011 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Travel
Peleliu Island, Palau, South Pacific: Slipping my sandalled feet into the warm shore waters of Orange Beach off the south shore of Peleliu Island, I can’t help but be overwhelmed with sadness and inspiration all at once. Yes, this is the very beach where on Sept 14,...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 1, 2011 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Sugar. Chocolate. Meat and cheese. We KNOW these edibles can be fattening and loaded with calories. And when some of them are mixed together, they can be deadly to healthy diets. Yet somehow in the face of stress, we are driven – against our better judgement...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 27, 2011 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Baby, it’s COLD outside! Proof of my outdoor workouts: shoveling snow and XC skiing out back. The cold snap continues and it’s looking good for another ski run today out the back door – literally. Our skiis lean against the back door to the garage,...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 7, 2011 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Video
You sit down to your computer to put in some productive time and start with all the best of intentions when it comes to good posture. You know, seated upright, upper body in lift, all systems GO. Yet before you know it – maybe this happens for you, too –...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 20, 2011 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Video
Before we detail my instant body-shaping expert strategy, let me start by asking you 3 questions: 1) Have you ever felt like you are not getting the body-shaping results you should from all the time you are putting into your workouts? 2) Does it sometimes seem as if...
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 | Jan 5, 2011 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition
Look, let’s face it. We’ve been marketed a bill of goods with the Diary Council’s milk and dairy campaigns. Remember these? “Milk – it does a body good” celebrity white-mustache campaign (still alive and kicking?) the...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 2, 2011 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Blog BUZZ on Fit Quickies™ Targeted Body Shapers! Lise @ 2:50 pm Yay, new Fit Quickies! I love, love #1 but also #4. I’m developing a relationship with Topless Muffins, too. I can see and feel a difference at my waist. Are the new ones going to be up in a few...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 1, 2011 | All Posts, Move Your Body
[fb-like] [divider] [/divider] P.S. Greg outdid me with added footage, home pics, and more amazing snowfall…he wins the NY film festival at chez Muelrath! [fb-like] Happy New Year, whatever the weather, wherever you are! With all best wishes and blessings for a...
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 | 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 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 | 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...
