You know why I offer prizes for every 10 Pound Takedown Challenge? Simple. It’s because they’re motivating! Some people care more than others, but even if it’s not the challenge, most people enjoy the opportunity for prizes and rewards in some area of their lives. Heck, as a society, most of us have used food for …
“Cristy, when can I eat pizza again?” Some new Rebels ask me that, and some don’t. It just goes to show that It just goes to show that the mindsets of people who join the Code Red Lifestyle™ can be in drastically different places. On one end of the spectrum are the people who are sick …
It’s Valentine’s Day this week, and for most people, that means stuff like boxes of chocolates, entire bags of Hershey’s Kisses, candy bar bouquets, big dinners out, cookies, cupcakes… Yeah, it’ll all taste great. Yeah, you’ll enjoy it in the moment. But what happens when the moment’s gone, and you’re left with the bloating, blood sugar …
“You mean I can’t have __________???” 😭 That’s a mindset some people bring with them when they dip their toe in the Code Red Lifestyle™. With how people react, you’d think someone was gonna hack off a body part! In any new nutrition plan you start, you’re re-wiring your body to operate at a different level. …
“I can’t have this on Code Red.” “Why is this food bad, Cristy??” People new to Code Red say that kind of stuff a lot. But one thing we do on Code Red is teach you to watch your language. What I mean is, instead of saying you “can’t” have a certain food, we teach you …
On a recent foggy, cold, and dreary morning, I hit the corrals trail for a run. I sounded like a smoker as I clomped along the mountain side at a pathetically slow running pace, my chest heaving. So many of our commitments during our everyday lives just ain’t pretty. My fat jiggled, my nose ran snot …