by Lani Muelrath | Nov 16, 2014 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Reviews
If you haven’t already tasted or at least heard the wildly enthusiastic buzz about the famous non-dairy cheeses from Miyoko’s Kitchen, then you’ve come to the right place. Not only that, you have a chance to win a free gift collection of one of her...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 21, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Weight Loss
Part 3 in a series. Part 1: Does checking the scale help with weight management? Part 2: Is the bath scale a taboo or a tool? Readers weigh in on weighing in. Part 3: Be present with your poundage: How to weigh mindfully, get out of fear of the scale, and use the...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 16, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Weight Loss
If you have never struggled with a weight problem, I know the following scenario may sound crazy. But if you have, you know exactly the angst we weight-challenged have associated with the scale. You jump on the scale in the morning and your weight registers up 3...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 14, 2012 | Weight Loss
If you could find out how you measure up, so to speak, against everyone else on the planet – in terms of where you stand on the global fat scale -would you be interested? If so, then today is your lucky day because the BBC has just put a tool together why which...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 14, 2022 | All Posts
The elephant orphans of Kenya again called to us, and last August we once more journeyed to Kenya to work with them, and to be with the magnificent wildlife that lives in this part of Africa. This time, another extraordinary experience was ours in meeting Jack...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 26, 2017 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Weight Loss
Are you hooked on dieting? Has an obsession with getting thinner hijacked your eating mentality, ruining your innate wisdom about when to eat? If your days are filled with constant reference to and thinking about anything eat-to-lose-weight related, the question may...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 6, 2017 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
It is with great sadness that I recall a strategy I used on more than one occasion to help ‘inspire’ myself to get some weight off. I would tack a photograph of myself on the fridge at whatever the present ‘undesirable’ weight happened to be....
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 14, 2015 | All Posts, Recipes, Reviews
All of us have, at one time or another, fantasized about what it would be like to have a personal chef. If I could have my way about the matter, the person I would choose to be mine is Miyoko Schinner. Direct to you from the Homemade Vegan Pantry Book Launch Party...
by Lani Muelrath | May 30, 2015
“Lani has been and continues to be instrumental in my success.” Wow! How did I let my weight get so out of control? That is the first thing that comes to my mind when I look back at these pictures. It wasn’t that I did not know how to eat properly and...
by Lani Muelrath | May 24, 2015 | All Posts, All Setup, Recipes
Cherry Pie for breakfast? That has been the state of affairs around here lately. I recently combined my love for a morning bowl of sweet steamy whole grains with a longtime adoration of dark cherries. And believe it or not, this comes out tasting like cherry pie. As a...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 5, 2015 | All Setup, Appearances
When five-term mayor of Marshall, Texas, Ed Smith, received a diagnosis of prostate cancer in 2008, he decided to treat it with aggressive dietary changes under a doctor’s supervision. Mayor Smith began eating only whole grains, vegetables and legume, nuts, and...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 25, 2014 | All Setup, Animals, Holidays, Video
My first vegetarian Thanksgiving was in 1972. That was the same year that I met my husband, Dick Gregory came to campus to speak on his peace tour, I started teaching yoga, and I took up a meditation practice inspired by a sign posted at the local natty foods store,...
by Lani Muelrath | May 30, 2014 | All Setup, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Weight Loss
What I’m about to tell you breaks the number one rule of marketing. In case you haven’t heard it, the number one rule of marketing is this: Don’t tell people what they need to hear. Tell them what they want to hear. In all the marketing courses of...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 7, 2013
Interval Training Action Guide and Tip Sheet Lani Muelrath, MA, GFI, CPBN, FNS I am excited to bring you all the news about one of my best “don’t have time to work out but want to look and feel like I do” tricks – High Intensity Interval Training. Sometimes I call...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 6, 2013
What is High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and what are the benefits? By Pete McCall, MS Exercise physiologist, American Council on Exercise High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is a system of organizing cardiorespiratory training which calls for repeated...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 18, 2012 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Plant-Based Nutrition, Travel
Our ‘busy’ – yours and mine – may not always look the same, but no matter what outfit it’s wearing, busy has its set of challenges. ‘Busy’ demands that we set priorities and make plans to make sure they are honored. For...
by Lani Muelrath | May 11, 2012 | Weight Loss
How do you maintain weight loss on your own? This week the educational kit that is companion to the upcoming Weight of the Nation programming arrived. Some quick stats from the kit that may interest and inspire you. People who complete intensive weight-loss programs...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 29, 2012 | Plant-Based Nutrition
The Food Revolution Summit hosted by my friend John Robbins launched and continues for several days. Did you hear about it? Online, listen in for FREE, dirt cheap to order recordings and transcripts of the presentations if you want to hang onto materials for future...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 10, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Move Your Body, Plant-Based Nutrition, Travel
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...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 6, 2012 | Move Your Body
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...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 21, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Journey, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
It can be disheartening. You embrace a plant-based diet with the hopes of not only getting healthier, but shedding a few pounds and you are looking forward to slipping into your jeans a little more easily. xxxxxxx Yet for some inexplicable reason, a few days in you...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 2, 2011 | Weight Loss
Just between us, when I noted that, like clockwork, I dropped 2 lbs. in the last 2 weeks by doing exactly what I teach, I knew I had to share it with you. This has come on the heels of a 2 lb gain I experienced last month. You see, even my weight pops up a couple of...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 1, 2011 | Transformations, Weight Loss
Wanted to share this with you! Nancy just posted this in the “Locker Room” of Body Transformation Booty Camp this morning. Locker Room is our affectionate name for the online connecting point with forums, instructional guides, workout and dietary plans,...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 28, 2011 | Move Your Body, Plant-Based Nutrition
Has this ever happened to you? You discipline yourself to a calorie-restricted diet to lose a few pounds. You have some success, though after a few weeks you have a weight loss slow down that comes paired with growing, gnawing hunger. You end up craving and caving....
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 17, 2011 | Weight Loss
Between you and me, we don’t really need anyone to tell us if we’re too fat or too thin, right? Yet if we need a kick in the hmmhmm to face the fitness or fat loss music, then some tools of measure can help us do just that. Besides how your clothes are...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 8, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup
Sometimes a girl’s just gotta have a good rant. First, if any of these diet strategies (“tips” or “rules”) is working for you, then far be it for me to question. One woman’s diet rules rant is another’s bible. But let me...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 13, 2011 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
[dropcap2]I[/dropcap2]never owned a Barbie doll. Not that I didn’t dearly desire one. My parents, wanting to give me what I so deeply craved yet being budget minded, got me the less-pricey, generic-variety “Barbie”. Her name was “Mitzi”....
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 17, 2010 | Transformations, Weight Loss
Clarity, confidence, energy and inch loss – THIS is the stuff of which fitness dreams are made. Hallmarks of living your body ideal. When I asked Jennifer if I could share her letter with you, she quickly yet humbly replied “Yes!” Hi Lani, This...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 3, 2010 | Weight Loss
Lani, I’m not really surprised but have to say that your organization and thoughtfulness with McBooty Camp are unparalled. Everything is so organized! I feel fabulous! I was just thrilled this morning when looking in the mirror. Even with a far from...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 5, 2010 | All Posts, Weight Loss
Denise and I can share a table any ol’ day of the week and be happy as clams eating our fill. Without gaining weight. Losing it, in fact. That’s because Denise and I both enjoy what I call the “Comfort Food Diet”. Yup. A way of eating that...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 18, 2010 | Move Your Body
Which is a better tool of measurement when it comes to health and fitness: body fat percentage or body weight? Not an uncommon question, let’s just put up a blog post about it! My thanks to Carolyn for permission to use her question to springboard the...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 16, 2009 | All Posts
Imagine you are in the supermarket and come across a packaged food that you’d like some quick info on. And I mean more info than the ingredients, calories, and macronutrients you can read on the label. Like maybe – how does this sound – “a...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 1, 2009 | All Posts
OK. It’s already been established that eating Mini-Meals, or spreading your caloric intake out over several eating events during the day, does not impact metabolic rate or on its own burn more calories than fewer meals eaten over the course of the day. For all...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 17, 2009 | All Posts
Yes, Virginia, not only is there a Santa Clause, but you can have your carbs and eat them, too. We’re on Dominica, a lush Caribbean Island for a tropical getaway (granted, it’s working vacation for as you can see I am online!) It’s mountainous,...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 8, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
(This article is the Feature Article and topic of discussion for the January 8, 2009 issue of the FitDream Ezine)One of the first questions I have for a new client, when they come to me to help them achieve better fitness, weight loss, or energy, is this: “What...
