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! Apples are abundant in Fall, and there are loads of ways to enjoy them…in breakfasts, smoothies, soups, salads and more!  They’re a nutrient powerhouse and their fiber can help with weight loss.  Apples contain vitamin C, vitamin A and folate.  They’re also rich in cancer-fighting and …

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! It’s a term that’s been garnering a lot of media attention recently.  Some call it the newest eating disorder.  Others believe it’s an anxiety disorder or a type of obsessive compulsive disorder.  What is orthorexia?

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! For those of us who are working on weight loss, we’re familiar with the phrase, ‘Don’t drink your calories.’  Drinks like bottled juices, sodas and fancy lattes and frappes contain empty calories and lots of sugar.  Studies show that even the artificial sweeteners contained in the …

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! Back in the 80s and 90s, fats got a bad rap when it came to diet and weight loss.  They were vilified, stripped from packaged foods and replaced with carbs and sugars to create ‘diet-friendly’ versions.  However, this practice actually created more harm than good, causing …