Despite the fact that there are vegetarian and even vegan bodybuilders and fitness competitors, you’re probably still skeptical that men and women can eat AMAZING food on a a veggie meal plan and lose weight.  To prove it, here are 3 awesome recipes from Kardena Pauza’s Easy Veggie Meal Plans. Let me know what you [...]

Here is a great pasta dish from Easy Veggie Meal Plans; one of the tastiest pasta dishes I’ve had in a LONG time (with plenty of protein to boot). Spinach Fettuccine with Tomato Basil Bean Sauce Ingredients: • 6 oz. spinach fettuccine (uncooked weight) • 1 small green pepper, chopped • 1 small onion, chopped [...]

By Tom Venuto This is “operation motivation” week at the Burn The Fat Blog and www.BurnTheFat.com. One of the most tried and true methods for getting focused, staying motivated and achieving your goals is the S.M.A.R.T. formula. If you searched the net for “SMART goals,” you would probably find a dozen different variations on the [...]

By Tom Venuto In a study published in the American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition, Susan Kayman and colleagues set out to discover the difference between women who took off weight and kept it off successfully (maintainers), and those who took off weight but eventually regained it all (relapsers). They found many differences between relapsers and [...]

By Tom Venuto Today we continue with our special motivation and fitness psychology article series (“bloginar”) with some serious information about what some experts believe is the #1 cause of obesity in the world: Emotional eating. But what is emotional eating really? Quite simply, you may be eating for reasons other than satisfying physical hunger, [...]

By Tom Venuto No aspect of sports and fitness psychology has gained more attention in the athletic community than mental rehearsal, also known as visualization. Almost ALL world-class athletes make extensive use of mental imagery to improve performance in their sport. However, the uses of visualization go far beyond mental rehearsal. Did you know that [...]

By Tom Venuto Last year I took part in the Elite Body seminar, where I was interviewed by Jim Katsoulis, a hypnotherapist and fitness coach who, rather than just training clients in the gym physically, he specializes in using psychological techniques to achieve goals and build excitement, passion and confidence in the process. Because of [...]

As you may or may not know, I’ve been involved in fitness for the past 10 years or so and I get emails each week for specific fat loss nutrition answers. I enjoy your email and it’s a highlight of my day to chat with you but I also get EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED with many emails [...]