by Lani Muelrath | Feb 25, 2012 | Plant-Based Nutrition
The long awaited plant-based diet doctors debate has come and gone. I took pages of notes during the event so that I could report directly back in to you. Dr. McDougall arrived for the event dapper and distinguished in suit and tie, while Dr. Fuhrman looked ready to...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 15, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Journey, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Excerpted and adapted from Fit Quickies; 5 Minute Targeted Body Shaping Workouts, by Lani Muelrath, Penguin/Alpha, 2013. What? The Plant-Based Fitness Expert Advisor for the McDougall Health and Medical Center Discussion Boards is putting the words...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 30, 2012 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Move Your Body
Part 2 in the Willpower Workout Series. If you missed it, read part 1 here: Scone: 1, willpower: zip. Is there a way to give your willpower a workout? In part 1 of the Willpower Workout Series, we found out how compounded stress chips away at your willpower. No...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 29, 2012 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Scone: 1. Willpower: Zip. Has this ever happened to you? For stress-scenario purposes, I’m talking air travel and all the accompanying stress it can bring into play. But really, any situation where the stress has been compounded will do. I’ve...
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 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Disappearing Migraine – What You Need To Know To Cure Yourself Of Headaches Guest blogger Dustin Rudolph According to the National Headache Foundation 29.5 million Americans suffer from migraine headaches, with women being affected three times more then...
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 | Jan 3, 2012 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
All congratulations and support if you are investing in your own health with an improved diet this year. Yet there are several critical things to consider before you start that new eating plan. And if you’re already started, no problem. Here are 7 of them. 7...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 30, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
February 2012 fast approaches, and with it the long anticipated ‘conversation’ between Drs. John McDougall and Joel Fuhrman. And that’s not all! 😉 Look at the list of speakers and headliners. Scroll further down to video clips and slide show...
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 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 | Nov 19, 2011
Vegan Mainstream has added a new expert to the team! Plant-strong fitness expert Lani Muelrath specializes in helping people who struggle with their weight and energy transform their bodies, without hunger or exercising like a maniac. She is a woman of many hats,...
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 | Oct 25, 2011
Looking for a specific post? You’ve come to the right place. Browse the archives bytopic, or use the search box in the sidebar. Alphabetical By Category Below are the key categories from the article archives. Below each description is a list of key posts from...
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 17, 2011 | Plant-Based Nutrition
Let’s be honest – does the word ‘starch’ freak you out? Conjure up images of white paste and calorific goop? This just in from Shannon about dietary starches, a web article, and her quest for reflections from yours truly. Of course I’m...
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 | Sep 29, 2011 | Weight Loss
This just in: Hi Lani! I’ve been using your 15-minute blast strategy every morning and it’s the best exercise program I’ve ever found. It’s BETTER than Tim Ferriss’ strategies in the 4-Hour Body, and much, MUCH easier to implement! ~...
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 30, 2011 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Craving carbs? Eat them! OK, have I got your attention? Today on the phone with my client Sandra (not her real name), the subject again reared its ugly (and hungry) head. Fear of carbs. Otherwise known as carbophobia. I bring this up today because Sandra is not...
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 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 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 | 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 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 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 | 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 | 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 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 | 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 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 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 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 | 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 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 | 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 | 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 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 | 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...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 7, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Recipes
One of my last dietary high-fat holdouts was mayonnaise. I’d switched to Veganaise years ago, so at least had moved away from eggs in the recipe, but the fat content was no less than good ‘ol Best Foods. Once I’d made the decision to opt out of...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 15, 2010 | All Posts, Weight Loss
You carve your figure with your fork. In other words: 1) Body shape is built by challenging the muscle. 2) Body shape is revealed by creating the body composition necessary to let the shape built in #1 show. You carve it out with your fork by dietary choices....
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 7, 2009 | All Posts, Travel, Weight Loss
When the cargo shorts I bought for tropical travel a few years back slipped down (surprise!) without being unbuttoned at the Curacao airport on Wednesday, I knew a milestone had been passed. And that it’s time for a new tropical wardrobe. Honestly, this is the...
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 | Oct 10, 2009 | Weight Loss
Apples enjoy a well-deserved reputation of providing good nutrition. And as I sliced a big juicy fuji into chunks for my morning bowl of oats, I vowed to pop in and complete a quick refresher course on just why they should be such a regular part of our diet. The real...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 8, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
Can the indiscriminate eater make peace with the disciplined dieter within? (YES. But first…) Let’s face it. There are two distinct voices within for anyone who has ever had a weight problem. How about we meet these two, face to face (and fork). For one,...
