Primal Potential Blog
Following A Weight Loss Plan? STOP!
I get emails and private Facebook messages every single day with people asking the same type of question: “Is fruit OK to eat for fat loss?”, “How many calories should I be eating?”, “How many times each week should I workout?”, “Can I eat peanut butter and still lose...
Foods That Accelerate Aging
When you increase your blood sugar with a meal or snack rich in processed foods or very starchy carbohydrates, the sugar has to get out of your blood quickly. That’s insulin’s job - ushering insulin out of the blood stream and helping it find a place to go. However,...
Eating Out The Fat Loss Way
Back when I routinely yo-yo dieting and followed ridiculous weight-loss plans, being “on” a diet meant the end of my social life. I’d refuse to go out with friends or out to dinner with my husband. Not only could I not handle the temptation of the mixed drinks and...
Workout Motivation: 3 Ways to Keep Going
We all need a little motivation for our workouts sometimes. Pushing through a workout isn’t always easy. I’ve had tons of days in the gym when I just haven’t felt totally connected to what I was doing. I didn’t feel like putting in my best effort, I didn’t feel strong...
Its Too Hard? I Promise, Its Not
Have you ever considered doing what it takes to lose weight and get healthy and then thought “it’s too hard”? Have you ever looked at yourself and acknowledged that you aren’t happy with your body but thought “I can’t do what it takes to change”? I hear those comments...
How Paying Off $130K Helped Me Lose 130 Pounds
I tried to lose weight for over 20 years. Sometimes I was able to but I inevitably piled the weight back on – always more quickly than I had lost it. I doubted my ability to ever permanently lose the weight and truly be healthy. I thought I’d always have to rely on...
Fat Loss? Hormones Trump Calories!
Let me say right off the bat that calories DO matter when it comes to fat loss. If you’re taking in more fuel (food) than your body needs, the excess will be stored and your body won’t go looking for additional energy to burn (from your stored body fat). However,...
135 lb Weight Loss In Pictures
Have You Ever Failed On A Diet?
I have failed over and over again. I have created plans, set goals and missed them by miles. I’ve beat myself up, told myself off and thrown in the towel hundreds of times. You know what? It has helped me. That’s right: All those repeated failures gave me incredibly...
Avoiding Weight Loss Plateaus
There is very little more frustrating than hitting a weight loss plateau. The food choices and exercise that had been getting you great results for months all of a sudden aren't getting you anywhere. Your weight isn’t moving, your inches aren’t changing, your clothes...