I want to buy a whey protein powder to drink after my workouts but someone told me that it’s not good and has side effects. Is that true and how many types of whey protein are there to choose from? What type of protein powder do you recommend? Whey protein started out as a waste product from the manufacturing of both milk and cheese. The early whey waste product contained high amounts of fat, saturated fats, and cholesterol. The application of a process called micro-filtration and ionization in the 1990’s produced a better, higher quality product that was much lower…
Author: Velma Garnes
Velma Garnes
Velma has been an extraordinary personal trainer for 28 years and combines challenging workouts geared towards your current level of fitness with compassion, empathy, respect and humor and gets great joy out of helping her clients gain belief and trust in their own strength and abilities.
I have lost 55 pounds in the last 6 months by following a running program. I’m currently deployed overseas in the military. I have now hit a plateau and have been at the same weight for the last 2 months. I have 4 months of deployment left and I really want to lose another 20 pounds. I do at least 45 minutes to 1.5 hours of cardio a day but nothing is working. Can you help? First let me say, that I think it’s great you’ve made the initiative to lose weight on your own, and you should be proud…
I would like to know what would be the fastest way to lose weight using the Slim Fast diet? Also, is Slim Fast the best way to go for losing weight? If not, what do you recommend? I would like to lose 15 pounds in the next 2 months. Slim Fast comes in a variety of different shake flavors, bars, snacks and pre-mixed shakes. Here are the ingredients in a Slim Fast pre-packaged shake: INGREDIENTS: Fat Free Milk, Sugar, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Canola Oil, Fructose, Calcium Caseinate, Gum Arabic, Cellulose Gel, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Mono and Diglycerides, Potassium Phosphate, Soybean…
I’m totally addicted to sodas! They are my downfall since I drink probably 6-7 cans of sugary sodas each day. I’m trying to cut back on them a little but it’s going to be hard to let them go permanently. Is it possible to lose weight if I continue drinking them and why are they bad for me? I’d be interested to know which of the sodas you find yourself addicted to, just out of curiosity. My propensity toward any kind of soda ended when my kid had to do a science project in which he had to place a…