Breathe Magazine

You are browsing the archives of weight loss.

Can I do 7 pull-ups in a row without a rest?
How many perfect push-ups can I do before complete muscle failure?
Can I lift 95 pounds in an overhead squat?
How can I keep my mind in an ultra positive state when the workouts get really hard?
These are just a few questions that I often ask myself [...]

Most people view eating right and exercising as an exercise in willpower.  Many people also think that willpower is something you are born with: some have it and some don’t. 
Willpower is a mental muscle- the more you use it, the stronger it gets.  You can’t expect to just be able to resist your biggest culinary [...]

Holiday time is here again, and no matter what you celebrate, you are bound to be bombarded with cookies, candies, pastries, dips and cheese. Oh, the cheese.
What’s the big deal? It’s the holidays, let’s celebrate! The problem is, most Americans gain 1-5 pounds over the holiday season and never lose it.
You can indulge, and have [...]

Many of my blog readers ask me how I stopped counting calories. I reminded myself whenever I felt the urge to start counting or worry about missed counts that it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. Here is an example of a transition from accuracy and counting to just being… You are normal [...]

Losing weight should be easy, right? Just burn more calories than you consume. Actually doing that, however, can be more difficult, especially when you take into account that moving more and cutting back on calories isn’t exactly the lifestyle our society is set up for.
Losing weight is hard because even though the equation sounds simple, [...]

Rest is important to your muscles because rest is what makes you stronger.
What!?
It’s true, I promise.
To effectively work your muscle, any muscle, you have to work it to momentary muscle failure. How do you know if you hit that? You know when you can’t perform one more rep with proper form.
If you use lighter weights, [...]

Tracking your food is beneficial for many reasons. No matter your knowledge of nutrition, your goals or your current eating habits, most individuals can benefit from tracking their daily intake. Here’s how:
Timing
Just as important as what you eat, keeping track of when you eat can show you a lot about why you are where [...]

Generally, on Fitness Fridays I like to share my personal trainer insider info on how to get more from your workouts, or how your body works when exercising.  This week is a little different.
Surprisingly, the first question people usually ask me when they find out my profession isn’t “how often do you work out?” or [...]

If you’ve been reading KERF for a while, you’d probably know that my approach to weight maintenance is a method of “a little loss, a little gain,” named by me as the “Squiggly Line Effect.” I believe that one of the biggest reasons why people gain back weight they have lost is because once they [...]