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 | Jun 8, 2011 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Weight Loss
Special occasion overeating. You know what I’m talking about. “But it’s Christmas!” “But it’s Friday!” “But it’s…..!” Special occasion overeating could also be called self-permission to eat all the wrong foods. You know, the ones that are not compatible with your...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 6, 2011 | Plant-Based Nutrition
Fellow foodies… From the minute I announced the fact that I was closing in on completing the course requirements for Certification in Plant-Based Nutrition via Cornell University, my email box and facebook messaging have been sizzling with questions about the...
by Lani Muelrath | May 24, 2011 | Plant-Based Nutrition
This just in from Karen, who has graciously agreed to let me publish her message to me along with my reply. I always admire women who just put it out there and this shot you straight to the top of my most admired list, Karen! [fancy_box] Sweet! You’re back....
by Lani Muelrath | May 18, 2011 | Plant-Based Nutrition
That’s right. My new best friend weighs over 200 lbs. And I’m feeding her all the time. Actually, that’s only 10.5 lbs higher than my highest weight. Just thought of that. Anyhoo! Let me know if you need a new refrigerator coach, cuz I’ve got...
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 20, 2011 | Move Your Body
Just what does it mean, anyway? “Fat burning workout!”, or “A Workout That Blasts Away Belly Fat !” Or any other variation on the theme. The lure of the “fat burning workout!” via emails and newsletters comes across my desk often,...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 13, 2011 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
[dropcap2]I[/dropcap2]never owned a Barbie doll. Not that I didn’t dearly desire one. My parents, wanting to give me what I so deeply craved yet being budget minded, got me the less-pricey, generic-variety “Barbie”. Her name was “Mitzi”....
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 3, 2011 | Weight Loss
This was shocking to me – we’re only one week into Body Transformation Booty Camp, after all – but I am delighted! And I’m sore (a “good” sore) in places that I have been really working hard – and it really feels great. I love the Fit...
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 24, 2011 | Weight Loss
Janice, a long-time member in my FitDream Fusion Inner Circle and on the team in my February Body Transformation Booty Camp, brought this article to my attention and I just had to share it with you. First, you’ve got to know that Janice has created amazing...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 13, 2011 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Transformations
Sure, we all want to look good. Yet when you’ve experienced debilitating, life-changing pain that hijacks your attention, finding relief from that pain becomes paramount. This is what happened to Phyllis. At the relatively young age of 46, she was becoming...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 11, 2011
Body Transformation Booty Camp with Lani Muelrath, M.A. For optimum weight loss and body shaping If you want to shape muscle, you will need to exercise and overload the muscle to make more of it. However, if you want the muscle to show, you need to lose body fat, and...
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 31, 2011
My Body Transformation Secrets Call January 31 Transcript and Notes F.R.E.E. Training Call: “My Body Transformation Secrets: How You Can Easily, Consistently And Confidently Live Your Body Ideal, Create A Simple Workout Schedule and Food Plan, So You Never Have...
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 | Dec 29, 2010 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
[fb-like] [divider] [/divider] Plans, projects and inspirations for the new year ahead have already been spiraling through my consciousness for several weeks. You? I’ve decided to crack open my brain and spill some bits and pieces just for you. My...
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 13, 2010
When Friends Ask: Where Do You Get Your Protein? by John McDougall, M.D. If you don’t know where you get your protein while following a plant-food-based diet, you’re in good company. The Nutrition Committee of the American Heart Association, scientists from the Human...
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 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 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 | 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 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 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 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 22, 2010
Boot Camp Mind: Top 10 Motivational Tools for Health, Weight Loss, & Fitness Success Habits, temptation & stress may be hijacking your self-control. But I believe in challenging the status quo and thinking differently. With Boot Camp Mind™, I’ve taken my Top...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 22, 2010
Better Bodies For Busy Women Booty Camps [frame_left]http://www.lanimuelrath.com/workoutroutinesforwomen/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/fatloss.jpg[/frame_left] Lani’s Booty Camps are focused, short-term online sessions that give you all the structure, information,...
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 | 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 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 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 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...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 14, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Previously, I addressed a client question regarding the “tuck”, or posterior pelvic tilt position, outside of exercise sessions. Click HERE to read Part 1: “Is It Possible To Tuck Too Much?”. More on pelvic tilts and tucks The backward, or...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 27, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Recipes, Weight Loss
If you are one of those people who thinks that preparing veggies for a solid, yummers meal is too much trouble, then you haven’t seen this video. This Veggie Sandwich Wrap is not only easy (you can use canned beans!), versatile (mix and match the veggies you...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 23, 2010 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
It’s been said that those who succeed are also those who have failed the most. Think about it. What does it take to create a successful business, lose and keep excess weight off for 5 years or more, get a career breakthrough movie part, or be an Olympic...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 19, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition
Yes, as you can imagine or may have discovered, eating “out” can be challenging when you want to eat healthy. It seems most restaurant menus are designed to thwart our body shaping and health goals! Fat, butter, cheese and meat are everywhere and packed...
