Remember when all you used your phone for was to call someone? It really wasn't that long ago. We've… [more]
I often get asked which diets I recommend. The answer is simple. None. I don't do diets. Diets… [more]
There are a thousand different reasons for the growing number of overweight and obese individuals. … [more]
So the other day I had a conversation with a client who's frustrated because she doesn't think she's… [more]
Are you having problems with your weight loss? Are you doing everything right, and still can't seem to… [more]
Dieting sucks. Diets are temporary. The weight loss they bring is temporary. They lead to the development of bad habits. They aren’t fun. They don’t make people happy. They’re restrictive. They focus on thinness instead of health. They caused that volcano in Iceland to erupt. Okay, that’s not true, but they do make you do stupid things like count calories, or worse, count “points”.
Let’s look at some examples of the calorie/quality trade off. Take a trip down the frozen food aisle and you’ll see row after row of frozen dinners from Healthy Choice (an oxymoron of a name if there ever was one) and Weight Watchers (not so) Smart Ones. Most people think these are great choices because, along with convenience, they’re usually in the neighborhood of 300 calories or less. That’s great, but let’s take a look at what makes up those calories. Here are the ingredients for…
Is milk good or bad? Now I’m not exactly sure when it happened, but somewhere along the line, milk apparently became this hugely divisive issue with people on both sides of the fence who passionately believe they are on the right side. You’ve got the anti-milk crowd, the pro-milk crowd, the raw milk crowd, and the “we’re totally influenced by millions of lobbying dollars” crowd (ie. the USDA). Which crowd is right?
Bella is eight years old, a third grader at South School, and member of the Phantom Gymnastics team. Easter Sunday 2010 was a day Bella was looking forward to because of the Easter Egg hunt with her siblings and cousins. But, later in the day she began to feel ill, and went to bed early with what her family thought was the flu. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the flu.
I hear voices in my head. Doesn’t mean I’m crazy (though some may argue that), because we all have voices inside of our heads. Little voices in our subconscious that direct our actions and behaviors. And these voices can either help you or derail you when it comes to weight loss.
There are a thousand different reasons for the growing number of overweight and obese individuals. Everybody has their favorite. We eat too much. We don't exercise enough. We spend too much time in front of the TV, on the computer, in the car, behind a desk. We've supersized our meals. We've got junk food vending machines ...
Lots of people set weight loss goals based around losing ten (or insert your own number) pounds. We all know many people never reach their goals, but for the ones that do, a lot of them still end up unhappy. There’s a very simple reason for this. When they set their goals, most people don’t think about…
You can't turn on the news, pick up a magazine, or read the paper without seeing a new message telling you that you can't lose weight. Daily we've got new studies telling us that we're destined to be obese because sugar is as addictive as drugs; fast food alters our brains, forcing us ...
I'm Dave Soucy, body transformation coach, instructor, author, head fitness guy and owner of Perfect Fit Fitness Bootcamps, former corporate desk jockey and former fat guy.
I'm certified as a Personal Trainer through both the American Council on Exercise and the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and as a Food Psychology Coach through the Spencer Institute. That and about $7 can get me a coffee at Starbucks.Get all the dirt on Dave »