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What’s Better? A Low-Fat Diet or Low-Carb Diet?

. One of the most eye opening foods that is paramount to kicking the sugar/carb craving and addiction cycle is…   . FAT!  . My esteemed colleague, Elisa Haggarty of Culinary Farmacy, is hosting a 22 DAY SUGAR CLEANSE, and I want you to know about it. (Get 40 bucks off with code DRLAURA)   .   .  . If…

Meal Prepping 101 (STOP making this mistake)

I dont know about you, but if I see another trainer post a pic of their 27 Tupperware containers with the same lame meal packed into each, I’m going to scream. This just not sustainable and it sends the WRONG message to the average person about what “healthy eating” actually looks like. It’s no wonder…

What Should I Eat To Lose Weight?

. I often get asked this question: “What should i be eating in order to lose wight?” Ummm that’s a huge question that can take days to answer since it is specific to the individual person’s diet history, hormones, age, sleep habits, workout levels, and soooo many other factors.  . BUTTTT there are 3 principles…

Try This Trick To Effortlessly Drink More Water (video)

We all “KNOW” we need a lot of water each day, BUT knowing and doing are two completely separate things. So make a little game out of it by labeling one side of the bottle with a line from 9am to 1pm, then on the back from 2-6. Drink up to the line each hour…

Peanut Butter And Apple Nachos

Processed meat has been linked to cancer…eat more fruit and peanut butter! If I never post another #TUESDAYTWEAK again after this one, I think I will be ok. This is by far my favorite one TO DATE! NOTE: all of these ingredients are unprocessed or raw, with no added chemicals or unnecessary unhealthy crap. But…

Pumpkin Spice Latte Smoothie

Are you sick of pumpkin spice everything yet? Well we have quite a while to go so I thought if you can’t beat em, join em! By now you should know that the Starbucks “PSL” contains no real pumpkin.   Just chemicals and fake stuff. Shocker. So what I did here was turn the PSL…

Mini Veggie and Egg Frittata Recipe (Tuesday Tweak)

What are you having for breakfast today?  Same old, same old? Change the course of your day by getting into these quick and easy Mini Egg + Veggie Frittatas!  You’ll never look at eggs the same way again! – 2 cups chopped spinach, – 2 cups chopped red & green peppers – Beat 5 eggs…

No Cook Overnight Oats (Breakfast TuesdayTweak)

If you are anything like my clients, you are busy from for the second the alarm goes off until the minute your head hits the pillow at night! One of my favorite ways to not only simplify breakfast but to make it an on-the-go option, is Overnight Oats in a mason jar! I like to…

Chocolate Beet Cake Recipe (healthy sweats!) #TuesdayTweak

Let them eat (BEET) cake! When I walked into my client Jessica’s apartment this morning at 6am for our training session, the first thing she said was, “do you want to try some cake my sister made?” So I immediately slapped her across the mouth. OMG I’m kidding!  She told me that it was a…

Superwoman Smoothie Bowl (video) – #TuesdayTweak

SUPERWOMAN SMOOTHIE BOWL It’s the hottest day of the summer so far in NYC so I decided to mix up my post workout smoothie. I’m usually in a rush to get somewhere so I just chug a protein shake down as fast as I can! Never really thought of putting it all in a bowl…