Are you looking forward to the New Year and setting some big goals for 2023? For those who don’t know me, I’m Yvette, and I help Crossfit and strength athletes of all levels actually feel like they look like an athlete.  It happens all the time – people who get their butts to the gym 5x […]

PLEASE DON’T STARVE YOURSELF. It’s January. You’re gung-ho about dropping those last 10 pounds this year. You’re “making some lifestyle changes” – right? The #1 mistake I see is that you don’t eat enough for your goals. (Gals AND guys, I’m talking to both of you!) This creates a deficit in energy, and you’re STARVING! […]

Okay so you may have gone a little overboard and ate the entire charcuterie board… 😬 Now you feel bloated, guilty, and ravenously hungry — how can that be when you ate a kazillion calories?! Eating poorly sends the blood sugars into chaos. When the crash comes, the body will try to protect itself and […]

Anyone else a little worried about the holidays coming up? Yeah… they’re gonna be here before we know it! Our social lives are closely woven with our very being, and often completely enmeshed with eating and drinking. Food and drink is how we celebrate, how we relax, even how we comfort ourselves. And we all […]

There will never be a perfect time to ‘diet’. And Christmas certainly isn’t one. Christmas IS the social event of the year! And you can’t avoid this often-diet-derailing social environment, but you can navigate it with our Top 5 Holiday Survival Tips: Eat slowly. (And stop at “satisfied”, instead of “stuffed”). This strategy helps you avoid overeating. […]

It’s shocking how peer pressure can be as bad or worse as adults! Our family and friends’ relentless urging to get us to eat or drink the same crap they are do is… well, relentless! And when we hold our ground and decline, we often get negative comments about how we’re obsessing over our diet […]

What are your core values? It can be difficult sometimes to identify our values, often they are exposed not ‘picked’ from a list.  None-the-less, seeing a list of value words might be helpful.  Here’s one for your reference: Acceptance Accomplishment Accountability Accuracy Achievement Adaptability Alertness Altruism Ambition Amusement Assertiveness Attentive Awareness Balance Beauty Boldness Bravery […]

You’ve probably heard that so many types of diets don’t work. Which ones do? (And ten reasons why.) Maybe we should start by defining “diet” because frankly, I think the word has gotten a bad rap. The word “diet” really just means “the way you eat.”  In that sense, the word shouldn’t have any negative […]

Why a structured meal plan might be just what you need to get [back on] track and move toward eating intuitively! Google “diet” and this is what you’ll see. Notice the difference between nouns 1 and 2.  If there is anything you hear – I mean really hear from me, hear this: A “diet” should […]

Originally posted in July 2017, updated and made more awesome in May 2020. “Help, I had a treat meal and now I can’t stop eating!” Tips to Tackle the Treat Meal, How Overindulging Can Derail You & What To Do About It (note: if you’re reading this because you’ve already ‘overdone’ it and want to […]