healthy eating – Performance Fitness

5 Nutrition Practices to Use Right Now

Not everything you’ve been told about food is true. See, willpower is a finite thing, so when you try to control your food intake based on willpower, you will lose before long. Instead, try the following: Eat the most satiating foods to suppress hunger – protein is first in this category (so load up), followed…

Cut it out

OK, raise your hand if this describes you: you truly want to lose weight you’re sick of yourself complaining that you’re not losing weight you’re doing all the things – workouts, meal tracking, a little bit of self-pitying when you are honest with yourself, you admit you’re kind of phoning in your workouts and spending…

It’s Time to Shun the Mainstream Approach to Weight Loss Once and For All

Think about it—back in the day, you “worked up an appetite,” maybe by doing some hard farm labor or going on a long, arduous trek. By the time that physical work was finished, you were famished, more so than usual, bursting with joy to pig out, and pig out you did—with gusto. Yet now we’re…

What is the Easiest, Most Important Diet Change You Can Make?

What is the Easiest, Most Important Diet Change You Can Make? – Elise A. Miller If I had to give you just one tip to help you lose weight, it would be to—wait! Not so fast. Before I tell you what TO do, I want to tell you what I won’t advise. I won’t tell…

We HEART…b.good restaurant

Believe it or not, people ask my team and me for our opinions all the time. We get asked everything – recommendations for restaurants, plumbers, or where to get the best fitness gear. The “WE HEART…” section is a resource guide of sorts featuring a business that my team and/or I frequent and “love” for…

Fitting into your skinny jeans on November 28th

The average (sedentary) adult needs between 1,600 (for women) and 2,200 (for men) calories per day. Yet the average Thanksgiving dinner is almost two times that amount! Don’t believe me? Here are some numbers from, Dr. Cedric Bryant, Chief Science Officer of The American Council on Exercise*: -Turkey (dark meat with skin): Serving size: Two…

Pros and Cons of Calorie Counting

Topics that create instant controversy: Religion, Politics, Calorie Counting. In the world of Weight Loss, there are those that swear by Calorie Counting and those that think it is of the devil. At Performance Fitness, we believe it is only a part of the picture, but perhaps the most crucial part. I’ve written about it…

We HEART…Oakmont Farmers Market

Believe it or not, people ask my team and me for our opinions all the time. We get asked everything – recommendations for restaurants, plumbers, or where to get the best fitness gear. The “WE HEART…” section is a resource guide of sorts featuring a business that my team and/or I frequent and “love” for…

We HEART…Firinji

Believe it or not, people ask my team and me for our opinions all the time. We get asked everything – recommendations for restaurants, plumbers, or where to get the best fitness gear. The “We HEART…” section of our blog is a resource guide of sorts featuring a business that my team and/or I frequent…

Twenty Protestations and Twenty Complaint-Crushing Comebacks

Everyone has the Perfect Excuse for why they’re unable to reach their goals. The good news (or bad news) for you is that not only have I heard just about every excuse, but I’ve also UTTERED just about every excuse (well, not the “sweating” one). So, to help you on those days when you’re feeling…