Q&A Wednesday: How Do I Get My Boo to Workout with Me?
Q: Erika help!!!! i love my man but i need him to workout with me! he just doesn’t enjoy it the way that i do and it worries me because i want us to grow old and healthy together!
The proud leader of the #bgg2wlarmy, Erika Nicole Kendall writes food and fitness, body image and beauty, and more here at #bgg2wl. After losing over 150lbs, Kendall became a personal trainer certified in fitness nutrition, women’s fitness, and weight loss by the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She is also certified in sports nutrition by Precision Nutrition. She now lives in New York with her husband and children, and is working on her 6th and 7th certifications because she likes having alphabet soup at the end of her name.
Q: Erika help!!!! i love my man but i need him to workout with me! he just doesn’t enjoy it the way that i do and it worries me because i want us to grow old and healthy together!
One black woman’s bout with post-partum depression, and how she is evolving from ‘strong black woman’ into ‘resilient black woman.’
A quick look at my haul from Forever 21’s athleticwear line, an accessible, affordable, and cute collection of workout gear!
Q: Can you help me understand what it means to be healthy while pregnant?
You cannot starve yourself into fat loss. You cannot cardio yourself to death for fat loss. You cannot only eat chicken breasts for the rest of your life. And that’s just the start of it.
Q: How many times a week do you need to do each type of workout to have it be worthwhile? I don’t want to waste my money if…
A reluctance to protect the planet is very much tied into a reluctance to protect our economy, and the people who contribute to it. This series defines sustainability, and makes a case for why we need it.
Not very legit at all, really. Phrases such as “clinically proven” or “dermatologist approved” have little meaning, because…
“She gained like 55 pounds in 9 months […] she was like an ‘eating machine’ […] I guess she ate a lot of everything.”
5 tips to help you control your portions, feel satisfied, and still shed the unwanted pounds.
The difficult thing about doctors prescribing low-carb diets to reverse conditions like diabetes? Most people struggle with sticking to them.
Q: I not only hit my goal, but I am 15lbs below it…and now I don’t know what to do! I don’t know what to focus on! I don’t know how to handle the attention! Help!
Q: Erika, I’m 300+ right now and I really want to get in better shape but I know I can’t run and I’m starting to get scared. What if the zombies come and I can’t save myself! Ha ha ha just kidding, but I need to know. Can I really walk off the weight?
The lawsuit alleged the company lied about its products’ ability to burn fat. The company settled the $5 million class action lawsuit out of court.
Since I missed my ability to present at the 2016 Women’s Fitness Summit about culturally-sensitive nutrition guidance, I decided to blog it instead!
Live video to give you a look at what Teyana does during her workouts to get and keep the body we saw in Kayne West’s ‘Fade’ video.
A beginner’s guide to understanding flexibility, and how to improve it step by step, begins with a basic question: what does it mean to be flexible?
Claressa, Jenny, Simone, and many, many, more, all showing the world their skill, their talent, and just how incredible they are as role models and inspiration.
Q: I was ill, had to stop eating for a few weeks, and I lost 39lbs…now that I’m no longer sick, I’m scared to start eating again!
Q: Have you already answered the question of “What do I do in the gym when I’m 300lbs?”. What are the do’s and don’t do’s when you are a newbie to working out?