New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! Ever thought of taking an over the counter or prescription weight loss pill to help shed those extra pounds?  While you might be in a hurry, wanting to break through a plateau or just wanting to try ANYTHING that might work, some scary and unpleasant side …

New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! Superbowl Sunday is practically a holiday in the United States.  But perhaps it’s the ‘holiday’ with the least healthy food traditions.  Superbowl parties tend have lots of sports bar fare like nachos, hot wings, potato skins, chips and dip, sweets and other super high calorie finger …

New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! Many of us tend to ignore breakfast. Either we don’t eat breakfast at all, we eat a breakfast that’s not big enough or nourishing enough (say a banana and a coffee).  At best, we eat the same tired breakfast every morning…plain scrambled eggs can get old …

New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! It may just be the very first fad diet of 2013.  In their new book, The 8 Hour Diet: Watch the Pounds Disappear Without Watching What You Eat, the authors purport that you can eat anything you want and as much as you want during an …

New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! During the winter it can be more challenging to get enough vitamins and minerals in our diets.  There aren’t as many fresh fruits and vegetables in season, and it’s a time of year that we tend to eat more starchy foods like potatoes and squashes.  Incorporating …