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Fitness Personality Rocco Castellano lets you into his kitchen to show you how to prepare the easiest “Diet” food in the world. Rocco’s favorite winter “Diet” food is “Soup”.

Watch how Rocco prepares his favorite recipe for Chicken Soup. Have some fun with bringing yourself back to the kitchen and watching Rocco’s hilarious explanation of cooking Chicken Soup.

Chicken Soup

1 32 oz Container “Kitchen Basics” Unsalted Chicken Stock

2 Chicken Breasts

1/2 bag of Kroger 3 Pepper and Onion frozen Vegetables

1/2 inch diameter of Barilla “Angel Hair” Pasta

2 teaspoons minced garlic

1 teaspoon minced roasted garlic

1 teaspoon celery salt

2 tablespoons fresh basil

3-4 turns of a peppercorn mill (1 teaspoon)

2 teaspoons of Franks Original Red Hot Sauce

Watch the video to see how I make it.

Setting and attaining your goals can be an overwhelming process especially if you have a bunch of weight to lose.  Although it can seem a little (to say the least) daunting, there are ways to relieve your stress of setting and attaining your weight loss goals.
1) Set one or two goals at time.  Once you have attained that goal set another and attain it.
2) Celebrate the small victories of those challenges
3) make certain that you take the weight off in small measurable chunks
4) Set realistic goals so that they will be attainable

To further help you with attaining your weight loss goals, I have sat down with my favorite registered dietitian Jayson Hunter to get his take on setting and attaining goals for 2009.

Watch my video now!

What’s a “good” carb?  Why are carbohydrates “bad” for me?  I was told I can’t eat Pasta any more…is that true?  How do you know what’s good for you any more?

I get bombarded with these questions on a daily basis. So I decided when Registered Dietitian and good friend Jayson Hunter came to visit that I would put this controversy to rest once and for all.  I know that there are a bunch of stupid people out there that just won’t let it die but that’s their issue.  For all the semi-intelligent and intelligent people that read my blog I have sat down with Jayson to ask him to dispel the truth…and the lies… that pertain to consuming carbohydrates.  As with all my talks with Jayson Hunter they are very informative, entertaining and downright awesome.

Now go get some “organic” popcorn and watch the video. “Organic” popcorn…come on people!…saturated in”Organic” butter with “Organic” salt sprinkled on top. Sometimes I just write this for myself ;)

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This is one subject that brings me many e-mails, so I decided to show you how I use my Sunday’s to prepare some of my weeks meals.  In this video I show you how it only takes me less than 45 minutes to prepare several meals that can be stored in the refrigerator.

It is very important for you to keep your eating habits consistent in order for your body to learn to burn fat. The more meals you eat the more your body knows that it will have fuel to do the work it needs. Watch my video to see how I do it on a Sunday.

I enjoy eating foods that I like and will enjoy.  I’m funny like that.  I also like to be somewhat adventurous with my cooking but only if I know it will be at least semi-healthy.  I use an online meal planning software that I think is the best stuff out there, especially when I need my clients to lose weight fast.   When I began using it I thought that everyone should use it because it has helped so much with creating my healthy meals that I decided to offer it free to everyone who bought my Lose 30 in Thirty Fitness Program.

The really cool thing about the online meal plans is that YOU create the meal and it gives you a report card on how healthy the meal is.  It also gives you how many calories you should be taking in and how each meal corresponds to that daily requirement.

This is where it has really helped me.  As a fitness expert I’m pretty familiar on how to eat healthy but when I put my meals into Nutrition for Results I realized that I wasn’t getting my daily requirement of certain nutrients like Omega-3 fatty acids and Vitamin A.  Check out the demo here.

I use this everyday to keep my eating habits as healthy as I can make them and the only way you can get this awesome Online Meal Planning software is if you invest in my Lose 30 in Thirty Fitness Program.

The Online Meal Planning usually costs $9.95 a month for a subscription from health club chains (click here if you think I’m lying) or personal trainers.  12 months would cost you  $119.40 just for the meal planning.  My Lose 30 in Thirty Fitness Program gives you my 30 day exercise plan plus a free 12 month subscription to Nutrition for Results

Have fun this Thanksgiving, don’t stuff yourself too much and try to enjoy this time of giving thanks. I know I will.