If you know us here at Life Fitness Academy, then you know that we enjoy great places that serve great things. Like what?… you ask!?! Well, like Kombucha, organic fair trade coffee, and great foods! It doesn’t hurt to have great service, a wonderful atmosphere, and community all wrapped up into one nice place.

The Frothy Monkey is such a place. We like Frothy because of their commitment to quality, the attention to detail, and they sell delicious kombucha! It’s a great pick-me-up kind of place, especially for me, between clients at the gym on Music Row, or a central meeting place for clients and friends alike. Frothy has recently made some upgrades to their building, like: more seating in an attached breezeway, as well as a new bar situated on the back wall.

I have to admit that what has drawn me to this place in the beginning was their name. “The Frothy Monkey”, it sounds fun and worth exploring. So I did, and every time I come in for a kombucha I am greeted by a staff that is truly warm, as I am sure a frothy monkey would be. Being in the fitness and nutrition business, I must say that I would love to see some healthier breakfast pastries, like maybe some spelt flour danishes, spelt cookies, spelt cinnamon rolls and local dairy yogurt with soaked almonds and berries. I know what your thinking, “spelt flour?” Yes! It’s easier to digest and unlike all-purpose flour or even whole wheat flour it will allow you to keep your energy up in the morning. Just a suggestion…

I am thankful there is a place where I can unwind or get a quick “pick me up” during my day. Thanks Frothy Monkey, you inspire community!

Chances are, yes… If you are answering the question above. But you are most likely not eating enough. It seems like everyday I see people who never have breakfast or eat breakfast and then nothing again till dinner. You must eat to lose weight, but more than that you must eat so you don’t send your body into “starvation mode”. This will only complicate things more.

When you are not eating and then on top of that eating NON-nutrient dense foods then you are fooling your body. Making it believe that this is all the nutrients it going to get, this will send it into store/starvation mode. This is when the body will store everything for fear of not getting any more. So you will store everything from good carbs to bad carbs, fats and oils, vitamins and minerals all this on top of or in your fat. The little nutrients you are getting will be burnt quickly for energy leaving the harder to burn toxins from bad foods and chemicals to be burnt later. This will compound the problem if you are looking to lose weight and achieve whole health, taking you longer to lose or to start losing the weight.

Calorie restrictions are fine just don’t obsess about the amount but do worry about the nutrient density. If you reduce calories make sure the calories you are getting are so packed full nutrients that you can feel it. Trading your soda for kombucha, coffee for water, nutri-grain bar for grass fed eggs and turkey bacon. Eat more and more nutrient dense foods often, you will retrain your body and start using the fat that you have store. Your body will actually start thriving instead of surviving, you will lose weight before you even step into the gym.

Eating well also helps you finish your day strong or get through that tough work out with that annoying trainer You will also save energy for digestion and your immune system. This will give you a much higher quality of life as well as the energy to live it.

Try eating every 3 hours but eating foods that don’t have labels, you know? Real raw foods. Throw in some cooked treats to but nothing starchy or with any sugar or sweeteners at all. Ask us how we can help you more!