Jeremiah Forster, NASM Elite Trainer

The answer lies in the Law of Thermodynamics which states that your weight will be determined long term by the relation between calories consumed versus calories expended.

Time and time again I hear people say they eat healthy or they exercise and make it a blanket statement.  It is very important to

I think it does for two reasons.

1) A child burns less calories when resting and because they are less active they have more time to think of food.  The calorie balance is changed and have a greater liklihood to intake more calories than burnt.

2) It sets a pattern for their life.  As a child if they

Training partners can be very helpful as it can help provide extra motivation and accountibility.  

I will say that there are several people who enjoy training by themselves.  For all the motivation, encouragement, accountability and community that a partner provides training by yourself can also be a

I think you should commit to 30 minutes of exercise per day because 30 minutes is managable for most people.  1 hr seems too daunting, 1 hr seems too much but 30 minutes seems reasonable.  For people who are trying to develop healthy habits having realistic expectations are very important.

Most people

What I consider to be your metabolism is your resting metabolic rate.  This rate is the amount of calories that your body burns to perform basic metabolic functions.  Just resting your body burns calories and in order to live your body needs fuel to function.

The release of energy at rest is sufficient only for the functioning of the vital

All wonderful comments, I have a philosophy that I follow called Nutrient Density vs Calorie Density.  Everything I eat I think is this food caloricly dense or nutrient dense.  

When foods are nutrient dense they have a greater volume, less calories and more nutrients.  When foods are caloricly dense

Become aware.  Being blind leads to excuses, being aware leads to change.  Many people believe they are active, many people believe they eat well but how do they really know?

Most people are shocked when they actually log their food and track their caloric consumption or activity outputted.  The reality is

All gyms vary greatly in the personal training programs.  Unfortuantely most gyms will bring in less credited trainers because their cost of paying their trainers is going to be less.  In order to attract the best talent you have to pay talent appropriately.  Most gyms nowadays do not pay their t

All wonderful answers, one thing I always tell me clients is to focus on the 5 pillars of goal setting.

Having a vision, strategy, belief, persistence and accountability.

Lets start with the first.  If you spend ample time having a clear vision for what you want to accomplish and be crystal clear about that

It is possible but if you do you know something is not right.  If you are losing fat one thing you are to remember is you have to be in a calorie deficit and any deficit may bring up feelings of being deprived to some degree, but this is completely normal.

Monitoring your food and activity is so important

Most machines in a gym are easy because they generally will have the lowest risk but are not the best for becoming more functional or working the entire body.  Total body exercises generally will have higher risks because they make you use more overall body function and can put you at greater risk

I would also say that successful weight losers also are aware of what they are doing.  With anything else when you the open the eyes of people and show they reality their perspective on things changes.  With weight loss people think and try to eat healthy and exercise but when they actually track

I have clients pay attention to two things when beginning a weight loss program

1. Be Ready... Have Faith... Forgive Yourself!
2. The 5 steps to goal setting

Be Ready... Have Faith... Forgive Yourself!!!

I try and get clients to understand that they have to be ready.  Being ready is much more than saying

Yes do not let the word "fruit" fool you.  Same with fruit juices.  

I am speaking from a fat loss and weight loss standpoint but just because it says fruit it does not mean that it will help you lose weight.  Dried fruit and fruit juices are more dense in calories and the more dense your calories the