Chris Freytag

Chris Freytag is a nationally recognized health and wellness expert with more than 20 years of experience in the industry. Chris is a certified group fitness instructor, personal trainer, weight management coach, published author and speaker, and serves as chairman of the board for the American Council on Exercise (ACE). She is a contributing fitness editor to Prevention magazine, and the author of Two Week Total Body Turnaround, Move to Lose, Shortcuts to Big Weight Loss and Choose This. Chris has also created dozens of fitness DVDs, including “The 10lb Slimdown Xtreme."

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8 Ways to Trick Yourself Thin

Posted by: | July 23rd, 2012 | 3 comments

The formula for weight loss may be simple—take in fewer calories than you burn, and increase your exercise to burn even more calories—but oftentimes, it’s easier said than done. The best way to make this formula work for you is to create solutions to your biggest challenges and find ways to make the process enjoyable. If you want to improve your results, try some of my strategies to trick yourself thin. View Full Post

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What Your Jeans Can Tell You

Posted by: | July 11th, 2012 | 1 comment

I know so many women who are married to their scales when they should be married to their jeans. If you vacillate from triumph to despair depending on those three numbers on the scale, remember that your weight can vary depending on the time of the month and other factors. A more accurate gauge of how you are managing your weight is to put on and zip up those jeans in your closet. Your jeans could suddenly be baggy (score!), fit as they always have (terrific!), suddenly be snug (red flag!) or be too tight to get on (alarm bell for behavior change!). View Full Post