by Lani on February 29, 2012
This just in! A video vignette of the February McDougall Health and Medical Center Advanced Nutrition Study Weekend. I took pages of notes during the event so that I could report directly back in to you, and this 7 minutes of video clips gives you a tantalizing overview. As a matter of fact, this event …
by Lani on February 28, 2012
Have you ever had something you knew to be important simmering for a long time on the back burner?That’s what Boot Camp Mind was like for me. I kept adding to it, tweaking it – for 3 years - and finally a few weeks ago my ‘it’s time to get it OUT there” voice came …
by Lani on February 26, 2012
Daily – no, several times a day actually – I receive email questions about how to get started on eating for plant-based health and fitness. People see the changes that I have gone through and note my unbridled enthusiasm for a whole-foods, low fat, plant-based diet. It has been the cornerstone of my own personal …
by Lani on February 25, 2012
The long awaited plant-based diet doctors debate has come and gone. I took pages of notes during the event so that I could report directly back in to you. Dr. McDougall arrived for the event dapper and distinguished in suit and tie, while Dr. Fuhrman looked ready to wrestle in a sporty green -shirt with …
by Lani on February 15, 2012
What? The Plant-Based Fitness Expert for the McDougall Health and Medical Center is putting the words ‘failure’ and ‘McDougall Diet’ in the same sentence? Settle down. And now that I’ve got your attention, let me explain. Because what I’m about to tell you may well change your life. I now weigh 50 lbs less than …
by Lani on February 14, 2012
It may be too late to snag a seat at the upcoming McDougall Advanced Study Weekend, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get a ringside cyber-seat at the long-anticipated great debate between these 2 plant-based diet heavyweights: Should You Eat Vegetables (Dr. Fuhrman) or Starch (Dr. McDougall)? Simply sign up for the internet broadcast. Not …
by Lani on February 12, 2012
Is Pinterest a prescription for melting stress and boosting willpower? OK so uber-stressed on projects and decided to relax with a little Pinterest. Now ready to go again! Who’d a thunk it. That was moi on facebook yesterday. And to think I just heard of Pinterest a scant 2 weeks ago and rolled my eyes …
by Lani on February 10, 2012
Look. If I can do it in a 3rd world country, you can do it anywhere. Europe and the U.S. are easy. Not to belittle your efforts. But when you travel to far-flung off-the-beaten-path places and still make your plant-based diet work AND squeeze in your body-shapers (thank goddess for Fit Quickies) priorities, well, that’s …
by Lani on February 6, 2012
Between you and me, not a week goes by that one of these questions about exercise, breakfast, ‘fat-burning’, ‘metabolism‘, and ‘burning muscle for fuel’ doesn’t come across my desk: Should you work out before breakfast to burn more fat? Should you eat something first to “boost” your metabolism? If you don’t eat anything before you …
by Lani on February 1, 2012
ThIs is part 4 in the Willpower Workout Series. If you missed it, you can catch up here: Part 1: Scone: 1, willpower: zip. Is there a way to give your willpower a workout? Part 2: 2 proven ways to give your willpower a workout Part 3: 5 minute willpower workout #1: Exercise, the closest thing to …