The Fiber Solution

The Fiber Solution

The Fiber Solution From cookies and cakes to candy canes and chocolates, sugar can seem unavoidable over the holidays. Boosting your fiber intake is a great way to help keep your blood sugar in check. The two categories of fiber – soluble and insoluble – are...
Forearm Plank With Swivel

Forearm Plank With Swivel

Forearm Plank With Swivel   Love ’em or hate ’em, the classic plank is a superhero move for toning your midsection and slimming your waistline. When it comes to fitness, sometimes the simplest moves result in the biggest benefits. A plank can look...
The Trick With Desserts

The Trick With Desserts

The Trick With Desserts I love chocolate as much as anybody out there, as eating sweets for most of us is a real source of pleasure. The trick with desserts is to acknowledge your cravings and make informed choices about your indulgences. Sweets aren’t...
Straight-Leg Stabilization Bridge

Straight-Leg Stabilization Bridge

Straight-Leg Stabilization Bridge What it does: This exercise tilts your core on its axis, requiring you to maintain midsection stabilization while you move bridge pose and extend the legs – and as a bonus, you’ll tone your glutes with this move, too! How to do it: On...
Single-Leg Deadlift With Bent-Over Row

Single-Leg Deadlift With Bent-Over Row

Single-Leg Deadlift with Bent-Over Row What it does: The deadlift does wonders for the hamstrings and glutes. Adding the rowing action incorporates your back muscles and biceps, along with – you guessed it – the core. How to do it: Standing with a weight in each hand,...
Feel Good From Head To Toe

Feel Good From Head To Toe

Feel Good From Head To Toe With these 4 Moves   A healthy body is fluid, inside and out. Feeling 100% alive requires the freely circulating flow of movement and energy and fluids in the body. Anything that promotes circulation, promotes life. With more than 230...
3 Moves For a Lower Body You’ll Love

3 Moves For a Lower Body You’ll Love

3 Moves For a Lower Body You’ll Love   Once upon a time, leg lifts were invented for women who wanted to work the inner and outer thighs – but after the hundredth lift, they didn’t find their happily-ever-after.  Adding some resistance to those...
My Search For Sensual Vitality

My Search For Sensual Vitality

My Search For Sensual Vitality A few years ago, I set out to write a book about sex. Easier said than done! After exploring the swarm of midlife changes our bodies go through for my book Moving Through Menopause, I’d become aware that questions of libido and sexual...
Heat Up Your Weekend

Heat Up Your Weekend

3 Tips To Heat Up Your Weekend 1. HEAT UP THE KITCHEN with this Guilt-Free Hot Chocolate Protein recipe (from my ReShape Weight Loss Program) Ingredients: 1 C. Water 2 Tbsp. chocolate protein powder* 1 tsp. unsweetened cocoa poweder Directions: Heat water until...
Full Body Makeover With Kettlebells

Full Body Makeover With Kettlebells

Full-Body Makeover With Kettlebells Kettlebells are weights with handles that allow you to sculpt your entire body using full-body movements. While Kettlebell workouts have been used by athletes for centuries, they were re-introduced to the fitness world, thanks to...