Sweet Potato Fries

Baked sweet potato fries are a healthy alternative to regular french fries. Basically, I take a sweet potato, wash it, cut it in half, then cut it into fry-sized pieces.  Preheat the oven to about 350.  If you’re using the non-stick  spray: apply to the bottom of your cookie sheet or stone.  If you’re not […]

Weight Loss and the S Personality

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There are 4 basic personality styles as described by Marston.  Everyone has a dominant personality style in a given situation.  Most of us are blends of the 4 personalities and our personality can change in a given environment. Our personality style influences everything we do. This post is about the “S” personality style. The S’s make […]

Weight Loss and the D Personality

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There are 4 basic personality styles as described by Marston.  Everyone has a dominant personality style in a given situation.  Most of us are blends of the 4 personalities and our personality can change in a given environment. Our personality style influences everything we do.  This post is about the D personality and some of […]

Surge, Burst, HiiT, Tabata Training

My favorite type of exercise for overall fitness and fat-burning goes by several names: surge training, burst training, high intensity interval training, or Tabata training. These are all variations of a common theme that I discuss below, but before I do, let me ask you a question: “If you could burn fat for 25 minutes straight, […]