New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! The famous Mexican-American holiday, Cinco de Mayo will be here in just a few days! For some it’s a day of the year to celebrate by […]

New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! I think every woman has heard about this weight loss ‘trick’ at some point, and possibly even tried it.  The idea is that not eating any […]

Are you an emotional eater?  Many women who’ve had difficulty with their weight may be struggling with emotional eating. While we don’t tend to think about it much, eating is a highly emotional experience on all levels.  Our cultural and family traditions revolve around food.  Throughout our lives, these experiences of enjoyable gatherings associated with […]

New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! Its smooth, buttery flavor might make avocado taste like a forbidden food, but it definitely deserves its place in your healthy diet!  While you might be […]

While ‘everything in moderation’ may sound like a comforting, non-restrictive diet mantra, it could also be preventing you from reaching your weight loss goals. On paper, it does sound like a reasonable weight loss strategy.  No treats are forbidden.  You just have to eat them ‘in moderation.’ But what does ‘in moderation’ mean?  What size […]