When it comes to improving your health and fitness, how you structure your day is one of the key elements. Losing weight comes down to creating a sustained caloric deficit that will force your body to start burning its own fat for fuel. By having a good structure that encourages healthy behavior and habits, creating a caloric deficit becomes much easier.

Whatever your health and fitness goals are, nutrition needs to be properly designed and individualized to you and your goals. For optimal health and well-being this means consuming all the micronutrients (I.e. vitamins and minerals) and macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates and fat) that your body needs to function best.  

​When setting up your health and fitness goals, it is essential that you figure out your “why.” We are not talking here about superficial “why” like for example “I want to lose weight.”

​Before you start your health and fitness journey, it is really important to set appropriate goals and come up with a plan. This is an important process not just for fitness goals, but for other areas of your life as well like business, relationships, finances, etc. to edit.

As we mentioned in our previous blog post, there are many things to consider when choosing a personal trainer. Your fitness goals, health history, lifestyle, preferences, personality, etc.it.

Are you thinking of hiring a personal trainer in Toronto? Are you trying to decide whether it would be worth the investment? What would it all cost?
 
If you do decide to hire a trainer, there are so many out there, so who should you choose? What characteristic should your ideal personal trainer have?

My Fitness Pal is a mobile app that allows you to track calorie and macronutrient (protein, carbs and fats) intake. The amount of calories you consume determines whether you will gain or lose weight. Where those calories are coming from (i.e. protein, carbs or fats), determines whether that weight gain or weight loss will come from fat, muscle or water weight. e to edit.

Like I mentioned in some of my previous posts, what determines your weight loss is calorie balance (food intake vs energy burned). You can estimate your average weekly weight loss and figure out how many days it will take you to reach your specific weight loss goal.re to edit.

​​I know this is a very controversial topic and many people are very passionate about it. Whether you are a  vegan or a carnivore, it is essential to stay impartial and look at the available evidence and discuss some of the pros and cons of these diets.