“You need to lose weight.” Jim Khoury, a member of Beyond Strength, heard those words on Valentine’s Day, 2018. Normally Valentine’s Day is about love and happiness, but for Jim, that day was anything but. He glanced around the sterile room. There was the swivel stool the doctor sat upon. Across from her was the...Read More
Do you wish fat loss was easy for you? That you could get to a point where you didn’t have to stress about everything you ate, where you weren’t struggling to lose that stubborn body fat? A point where you knew what to do to lose fat? Jasmin, a member of Beyond Strength, has...Read More
Have you ever wanted to make a healthy change for your life but, no matter what you try, you never seem to make any progress? You try a diet, or two, but you don’t lose weight. You join a gym and work out for a time, but no results come. It’s frustrating. It’s tiresome. You’re...Read More
Keith turned his key inside the lock of his apartment door and kicked it open with his foot. He let it slam behind him. Then he tossed his keys on the granite counter. Wow. What an awful day. Thank goodness that’s over—dammit. I told myself I was going to go on a walk after work....Read More
“Self-talk is a ubiquitous human phenomenon. We all have an internal monologue that we engage in from time to time.” -Ethan Kross How do you talk to yourself? And when you do talk to yourself—and we all do, whether we’re aware of it or not—what do you say? Are you kind to yourself? Mean? Judgmental?...Read More
Standing there in the middle of Wegmans, a couple of bags of dinner rolls in his shopping cart, Jake wore a frown on his face. He felt his knuckles tighten around the shopping cart as stress started sliding up to the surface. Why does tomorrow have to be Thanksgiving? My diet has been going so...Read More
Taking in a deep, anxiety filled breath, she stepped onto the cool, metal plate in her bathroom. A second passed. Then a few more. Finally a number appeared between her feet, and it was a number she didn’t want to see. What the hell? That can’t be right. I’m fatter today? But I did everything...Read More
“If you made a list of people that you trusted would you put your name down?” -NF Have you ever doubted your ability to reach your fitness goals? Ever doubted your ability to follow through on the commitment to go to the gym? Maybe you’ve started and stopped so many diets that you’ve lost motivation...Read More
What are your goals? Most of us have been asked that question before—maybe by friends, employers, a personal trainer. It’s a decent question. It shouldn’t be the last question that gets asked with regard to your goals though. Beyond just declaring what your goal is, there’s another question you should consider: why is achieving this...Read More
How long does it take to form a habit? You’ve likely heard different time frames: 21, 66, or 90 days. Maybe longer. Maybe shorter. Either way, the idea that habits take a certain amount of time to form has been talked about for years. So, how long must you continually do something for it to...Read More
