Category: Fitness
5 Workplace Diet Disasters
Before my career revolved around wellness, it revolved around marketing. I worked in an office, had access to dozens of restaurants for lunch and was 30 feet away from an incredibly likable coworker who always had a full bowl of chocolate sitting on his desk. Honest to God, I think every time someone grabbed a [...]
Exercise Benefits: 3 Tips to Better Workouts
Occasionally when I start working with a new client, they tell me that they’re not seeing any sort of results from their workouts. I’ve had people tell me they’ve gained weight, that they don’t see any sort of change in their body, they’ve hit a plateau or that they’re unable to get stronger – despite [...]
NEW Exercise & Diet Program: Workout with Traci
A healthy diet and exercise plan can make all the [...]
Need to Lose Weight? Make Changes the Right Way.
I get a lot of questions from people about their diet. Many of these questions come from people who are already conscientious about what they’re putting in their mouth. Others come from people who are trying to lose weight. And another pool of people are almost always athletes trying to tweak their diet for more [...]
The Commercial Workout: Burn Fat While Watching TV
Your day is almost over and you didn’t have a chance to fit in a workout? As long as you have a sliver of desire and an attention span of about 30 seconds, you can still get it done. I’m a big person for quality over quantity when it comes to fitness. Shorter, more intense [...]
Human Growth Hormone: Naturally Increase Your Own
Think of human growth hormone (HGH) as little messengers in our body that tell our cells when to grow an reproduce. Through the age of about 20, human growth hormone is released in relatively high quantities in our body. After the growth phase of our life is over, HGH does a swan dive, decreasing rapidly [...]
When Is the Best Time to Exercise?
When I was in college, I had a bunch of friends who were involved in athletics. Every day, Monday through Friday, all teams would meet at 6am for sports conditioning. I was more interested in playing the social scene than playing sports at the time, so it was unfathomable to get out of bed that [...]
Lose Weight Fast & Naturally with These Belly Flattening Tips
Got this question yesterday: “Traci, I need to lose a couple pounds in the next couple weeks and I really want my stomach to look flatter…I’ve gained a little weight there recently. What can I do?” GOOD question. Here’s the deal…I will only give healthy advice, and will never advise anyone to lose more weight [...]
Lose Weight Naturally: 8 Simple Tips
When it comes to losing weight, anyone can do it naturally – and no one needs to take diet pills or undergo surgery to achieve their goals. The problem is, as weight continues to accumulate, the urgency to lose it grows. What was only ten pounds becomes 20 pounds, then 30, then 50 and so on. [...]
Gaining weight but eating healthy? Maybe it’s stress.
If you felt stressed over the holidays, you may need a low key day of R & R. When you’re in “fight or flight” mode (rushing to work, not getting enough quality sleep, letting the small stuff get to you, etc) your body increases the amount of adrenaline and cortisol released. This can – and [...]
