Lisa Lynn

Specialist in Metabolic Disorders and Personal Training
Blog Posts

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Being hungry and craving sweets are two of the main reasons people fall off their diets. In many cases, the real reasons for cravings sweets or thinking we are hungry is because we don’t feel good...

Added to Wellness, Mental Health, Fitness, Diet on Fri 02/10/2012

No matter what type of diet or fitness program you choose, the fact of the matter is you still have to eat less calories than you burn off if you want to lose weight. The truth is you don’t even...

Added to Weight Loss, Nutrition, Fitness, Diet on Fri 01/20/2012

If losing weight is one of your resolutions for 2012, then get ready for a new year and a new you with my Slimmer by Dinner Meal Plan. Following a plan actually makes our lives easier by removing...

Added to Weight Loss, Nutrition, Diet on Sat 01/07/2012

“I'll start my weight-loss program after the holidays.” So many people say it, but that attitude can kill you. Literally. Every time you indulge in high-fat foods, you damage your veins and...

Added to Weight Loss, Metabolism, Diet on Thu 12/22/2011

The average person gains 7-10 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.

 

It is easy to put on weight, but it’s not so easy to take it off come January. The holidays are...

Added to Weight Loss, Holidays, Exercise on Sun 12/11/2011

What would you say if I told you that your energy drink contained a half-cup of sugar, excessive levels of caffeine, unidentified stimulants, red food dye and taurine, among other health-harming...

Added to Wellness, Nutrition, Diet on Sun 12/04/2011

What’s more frustrating than working out hard and gaining weight? Many people end up larger and heavier because they exercise so intensely that they are ravenous after the workout and wind up...

Added to Weight Loss, Fitness on Mon 11/28/2011

From Thanksgiving onward, do you feel like you have a food hangover from overeating? The average person gains 9-12 pounds from Halloween through New Year’s Day. If you’re not careful, you will not...

Added to Holidays, Weight Loss, Nutrition, Fitness, Diet on Tue 11/22/2011

Want to lose weight? Stop eating sugar. When we eat sugar, we hurt our weight-loss efforts in two ways:

  1. We cause our fat cells to go into storage mode.
  2. We stop fat-burning....
Added to Weight Loss, Nutrition, Food Addiction on Sat 11/12/2011

Meal-replacement shakes are an effective, easy way to drop pounds. They teach you how to eat less and lose weight quickly and permanently – and the right shake can boost your metabolism by 25%....

The reality is that if you want flat abs, you have to push away your plate and get sweating at the gym.

 

My clients often ask me what exercises they can do to shed their love...

Added to Diet, Fitness, Weight Loss on Mon 10/17/2011

Hypothyroidism may be the reason you’re overweight, but it’s not an excuse! I too have battled with a “dead” thyroid my whole life so I understand how frustrating it can be. You can still lose...

Not all exercise will help you burn fat or boost your metabolism. If you’re trying to speed up your metabolism and strip your body of excess fat, you must do an hour of cardio a day and lift...

Added to Wellness, Weight Loss, Fitness on Mon 09/26/2011

Let’s be honest here, most of us eat protein bars not only because they are convenient, but because we hope that they will help us lose weight. These bars were designed with endurance athletes in...

Added to Nutrition, Diet on Fri 09/16/2011

Getting your body to burn fat for fuel is serious business. Losing weight is one thing, but it takes a little extra work to get your body to burn fat from your storage areas like your gut, hips...

Added to Fitness, Diet, Weight Loss on Fri 09/09/2011

All day long, I hear, “It was just a little,” or, “I only have it once in a while.”

 

The reality is that if you are trying to lose weight, you are still having whatever “it” is...

Added to Weight Loss, Diet on Wed 08/24/2011

There are so many new fat burners on the market – but newer doesn’t always mean better. Before you go out and spend your hard-earned money on some hot new herb you can’t even pronounce, be sure...

Added to Weight Loss, Supplements, Diet on Mon 08/08/2011

We all know that the trick to losing weight is to eat less. But how – especially when you feel like you are starving?

 

One of the most important things I can teach you is that...

Added to Weight Loss, Diet on Wed 07/20/2011

Losing those last five or 10 pounds can be downright impossible. The bottom line is … it is all about numbers! All you have to do is take your goal weight and multiply it by 10 – and that is the...

Added to Metabolism, Weight Loss, Nutrition, Diet on Thu 07/07/2011