Based on everything you hear, see, read, and study, you might think that there is some super secret to losing weight.

Take a moment to think and it is easy to come up with at least 10 different diets:

South Beach…Atkins…Weight Watchers…L.A. Weight Loss…The Cabbage Soup Diet…The Juice Diet…The Cookie Diet…Medical Weight Loss…The Zone…That one where you order the food…

If only losing weight were as easy as a simple equation.

Oh, wait. It is: burn more calories than you eat.

Makes you feel stupid, right? I mean, I have personally spent the past 10 years battling my weight. I go up, I go down, I plateau. I’ve done cardio, weights, pilates, yoga. I have spun, I have run, I have swam. I guess I am just not good with math and equations because I am still battling the bulge.

Besides my addiction to all things cake related, my biggest problem is that I just don’t know how many calories I am burning. Sure, the elliptical has a calorie count, but who knows how accurate that is?

Thankfully, there is a handy new tool on the market to help all of us with our weight loss battle. Introducing the Bodybugg. Read More »

I get it, trust me, I get it. It’s nice out at the last thing you want to do is spend an hour or two inside the gym. Who wants to sweat indoors when eating ice-cream by the lake is so much more appealing (and yummy?) But on the flipside, you want to look h-o-t in your bikini. If only you could snap your fingers Sabrina the Teenage Witch style and have your workout completed and your body looking Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition ready.

Well God isn’t that nice and I think he was trying to send me a message the other day to get off my lazy butt and get moving. I came across this pamphlet when I was waiting for my nails to dry… “14 Tips and Tricks for Looking Great in Your Swimsuit” and now I will share them with you. (Don’t thank me- thank God. God or the nice Vietnamese people who placed these pamphlets on their drying station).  Brought to you by “Pilatesyourway.com”

1. Mix strength training with cardio- you aren’t going to get Madonna’s arms if you just run every day. You won’t bulk up if you do the right routines and muscle burns more calories then fat (whoo hooo).

2. Don’t eat 2-3 hours before bed. This is by far the hardest rule for college students. Um, my roommate and I have Dominos on speed dial. But your metabolism slows down when you sleep. (Translation: eating pizza/brownies at 2am is much worse than eating those same foods at 7pm). Read More »