A Post About How to Celebrate With Friends Without Sabotaging Your Weight Loss Efforts by Weight Loss Expert Justin Yule, BS, CPT, FMS

IT’S MARDI GRAS!!! For those who enjoy celebrating this historical holiday, it is an exciting time. What you may not find so exciting, however, is the ‘Fat’ part of Fat Tuesday. Traditionally, Fat Tuesday is the last night of heavy eating before the fasting of the Lenten season which begins the next day.
Read more on Mardi Gras—How to Have a Not-so-Fat Tuesday…

A Post on Low Calorie Snacks for the Super Bowl by Chanhassen Weight Loss Expert Justin Yule, BS, CPT, FMS
Yesterday I shared a post on healthy snack ideas for the Super Bowl. Are you ready for some some football?!
Read more on Top 10 Tips to Save Thousands of Calories on Super Bowl Sunday…

A Post on Healthy Snack Ideas for the Super Bowl by Chanhassen Weight Loss Expert Justin Yule, BS, CPT, FMS
Are you ready for some football?!
Super Bowl Sunday is just days away. My two favorite things about Super Bowl Sunday are the hilarious commercials and, of course, the party food.
Read more on Super Bowl Recipes That Won’t Tackle Your Weight Loss Goal…

A Post on Performance Nutrition by Chanhassen Personal Trainer Justin Yule, BS, CPT, FMS
From weekend warriors to Ironman finishers, performance is directly tied to diet. If you want to train at the peak of your ability and recover quickly, you must be intentional about what you eat, taking care to feed your body what it needs. Trying to work out with a body that is starving for essential nutrients will end only in frustration; and frustration eats your momentum and resolve with a voracious appetite.
Read more on Fueling your Body for Optimal Performance…

A Post on The Importance of Balancing Diet and Exercise to Maximize and Maintain Weight Loss by Weight Loss Expert Justin Yule, BS, CPT, FMS
Ever heard someone give themselves permission to indulge their sweet tooth just because they just had a great workout? It’s a common excuse. Many people believe that because they exercise, they’re in the black as far as their calorie input/output. But in reality, this sort of thinking is a sure road to failure. Most people with a lean body and a 6 pack didn’t get that way by rationalizing their way to the desert buffet.
Read more on You are What You Eat: You Can’t Out Exercise a Bad Diet…

Happy New Year!!
2011 was absolutely incredible for us here at Chanhassen Fitness Revolution.
First, we opened our facility – exactly one year ago…
Then we cranked out amazing boot camp programs that helped our members lose hundreds of pounds of fat and build all kinds of lean, sexy muscle.
Read more on Chanhassen Fitness Expert Makes 2012 Fitness Industry Predictions…

Thanksgiving is just a few days away… I’m so excited!
Thanksgiving is definitely my favorite holiday. I love the food!

The only problem, of course, is all those calories…
Did you know the typical Thanksgiving meal has 2375 calories in it?!
Read more on How Many Calories Are in That Thanksgiving Meal?!…

The other day I shared a guest post from Joy Paley about Seasonal Affective Disorder. There are a lot of people who deal with SAD on various levels this time of year; Janell and I are among those. That’s why we take extra care to get in our daily workouts, eat right, take our vitamins, and supplement extra with Vitamin D.
Read more on Vitamin D: The Sunshine Vitamin…

Halloween is over, and with that, the holiday weight gain season has begun…
The average American adult will gain a staggering 6 to 15 pounds from now until January 1st!
With all the leftover candy from Halloween to the Thanksgiving feasts, Christmas parties, and New Year’s celebrations, the social pressures to stop working out and just eat – and keep eating – is too much for most people to handle.
Read more on 13 Holiday Diet Tips To Prevent an Exploding Waistline This Holiday Season…

Halloween Can Kill Your Diet
Halloween is when the holiday weight gain really starts…
While the month of December is typically blamed for holiday weight gain, the truth is, the pounds actually start to get packed on in late October. It all comes down to knowing how to eat right…
Read more on 3 Tips to Prevent a Scary Weight Gain During the Holidays…
