Fresh Friday: Satisfying Sweet Teeth
You need to keep your calories around 1300-1500 per day and you crave something sweet. How do you satisfy the craving without sacrificing your weight loss program? The cake seen left was custom made for a friend’s Christmas party and so calorie-laden I’m not sure I could count them. Isn’t it amazing? Here are several easy ideas […]
Read MoreWeight Loss Wednesday: The Devil is in The Details
Acknowledging the reality of the actual number of calories we take in every day is crucial for weight loss. Patterns such as under-eating, skipping meals, grazing throughout the day, and making chronic poor choices around certain people will sabotage your weight loss. The keys to accurate food logs are: Consistency: you must learn the habit […]
Read MoreMotivational Monday: Sugary, Salty, and Creamy
Weight loss and learning to live a healthy lifestyle requires serious palate re-training. American palates are so over saturated with sugar, salt, and creamy mayonnaise-y foods that we’re unable to taste the food itself. All of our clients who experience the Kitchen Raid and the Grocery Store Tour learn there are many ways to wean your […]
Read MoreFresh Friday: Scrumptious Spaghetti Makeover
Who doesn’t love spaghetti? I remember eating plain noodles straight from the colander as a kid. Plain noodles are pasty and tasteless. Why did I nibble them anyway? Ghrelin, also known as the hunger hormone, is produced upon sight or even description of high glycemic goodies like pizza, pasta, cake, cookies, etc. So when you eat plain […]
Read MoreWorkout Wednesday: What is Functional Fitness?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBRWQlYY_z4 Functional fitness conditions the body to perform natural daily life actions–lifting, pushing, pulling–even the way we stand up and sit down more efficiently with minimal risk of injury. Most gyms feature nautilus machines which isolate muscles—quadriceps, hamstrings, biceps, triceps, etc. in an artificial way bearing little resemblance to real life movement. Double Eagle Fitness trains […]
Read MoreMotivational Monday: Novato Mother and Daughter Celebrate Thanksgiving Milestone
“Ask yourself: ‘Can I give more?’. The answer is usually: ‘Yes’.” -Paul Tergat, Kenyan professional marathoner 500 runners turned out on a misty Thanksgiving morning to earn their stuffing and pumpkin pie in a 5K and 10K in a Turkey Trot organized by Pacific West Productions. Two of those 500 runners are Double Eagle Fitness […]
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Workout Wednesday: The Gift of Health
Give the gift of health, endorphins, and confidence this holiday season. Start today and lose up to 8 pounds by January! 1. Results: Double Eagle Fitness will customize an exercise plan to help you achieve your goals and will continuously challenge you and change your routine to prevent weight gain and strength plateaus. 2. Accountability: Paying for personal […]
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Motivational Monday: Now More Than Ever
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s are upon us. Now is the time to dig deep and stay the course. Weight loss motivation, in particular, is about DESIRE not willpower. Ask yourself, honestly, how much do you want to lose weight compared to how much do you want to binge the minute you hear the first […]
Read MoreFresh Friday: Happy Thanksgiving
It’s that time of year again to give thanks for all the abundance in our lives. Of course, you’ve eaten clean all of November and now you’re ready to enjoy the 3000 calories of Thanksgiving. We tried this yesterday in an attempt to enjoy the flavors of pumpkin pie at only 75 […]
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