The Ultimate Resource List for Optimal Health and Weight Loss

Here is the ultimate list of health and fitness resources I've sent to my personal training clients to help them reach their optimal health (and lose weight)! You’ll find the answers on how to lose body fat, what to eat for breakfast to lose weight, how to manage stress, why you’re not losing body fat, how to eat on the road, what drinks to avoid, how to approach fitness and prevent injury, how to improve your sleep, how to make your life more efficient, and much more!

Please share this list with anyone (friend, family member, colleague, client, etc.) who wants to change their life and finally see a difference in their health and lifestyle. Also, be sure to bookmark this page and return to it when you're frustrated with your results (which happens to everyone) or need a new idea.

    Tip: Skim through this list and find the headlines most relevant to your current goals and interests (then spend 20 seconds skimming the article).

WHAT TO EAT FOR BREAKFAST TO LOSE BODY FAT

• 6 Breakfast Items at Starbucks that Will Lead to Weight Gain

• The 17 Healthiest Breakfast Options from a Diner Menu

• "If You're Trying to Lose Weight, Don't Make These 10 Breakfast Mistakes" Review

• “5 Ways Your Breakfast is Sabotaging Your Weight Loss” Review

TIME TO REACH YOUR OPTIMAL HEALTH (AND LOSE WEIGHT WHILE YOU'RE AT IT)

• The Evolution of a Personal Trainer's Diet (My Story)

• A Simple 10 Phase Progression for Weight Loss

• The "All-In, I'm Sick of Trying Everything" 2 Week Weight Loss Plan (What I Sent my Client)

• The Grocery List that Will Help You Lose Weight (and Live Healthy)

• Friday Quick 5: Plant-Based Grocery Items You Need this Weekend

• How to Turn Your 13 Favorite Midwestern Meals into a Weight Loss Diet

• A Personal Trainer’s 3-Day Diet Log

• 4 Healthy Substitutes for the Foods I Crave the Most

• My Personal Training Client’s SPECIFIC Plan to Lose Weight

• My Advice to a Friend’s Frustrations While Trying to Lose Weight (And Why it Worked)

• Do This Every Day, and You May Lose 20 Pounds in 6 Months

• Your Business Plan to Lose Weight (or Achieve Optimal Health)

• 37 Snack Ideas for Weight Loss (And You Won’t Be Bored)

• "42 Ways to Beat Your Junk Food Cravings" Review

• The Secret to Losing Nearly 27 lbs!

• 7 Ways to Lose Weight After 50

• Will Eating at Night Really Make You Gain Weight?

• "6 Things You Can Do Every Day to Prevent Weight Gain" Review

• 5 Non-Diet Ways to Trick Yourself into Losing Weight  

MANAGING YOUR STRESS AND ANXIETY

• What Being a Parent Taught Me About Managing Stress

• 5 Morning Habits That Have Made Me More Successful (and Less Stressed)

• How to Overcome Your Anxiety at Work

WHY YOU'RE NOT LOSING WEIGHT OR BODY FAT

• "44 Ways You’re Sabotaging Your Weight Loss Goals" Review

• A List of my Personal Training Clients’ Worst Habits from the Last 13 Years (and Why it Affected Their Weight Loss and Fitness Efforts)

• "5 Bad Things about Detoxing You Don't Know" Review

• "Is vegetarian fast food actually good for you?" Review

• “Why Stress Makes You Want to Eat Everything in Sight or Nothing at All” Review

• “Just Say No to That Detox Diet or Juice Cleanse” Review

• The Underlying Influence on Your Weight Loss Failures

• 6 Diet Tricks That Are Actually Making You Gain Weight

• "Don't Fall for These 10 Weight-Loss Gimmicks" Review

WHAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE FOOD YOU’RE EATING

• “10 Trendy Health Foods That Can Threaten Your Waistline” Review

• Weird Facts About Your Food that You’ll Want to Know About

PARENTING TIPS ON HEALTHY EATING

• 5 Ways to Make Your Child a Healthy Eater

• "5 Mistakes Parents Make When Feeding Their Kids" Review

WHY SALADS MAY NOT HELP YOUR WEIGHT LOSS GOALS

• Why Salad is So Overrated

• "25 Salads That Have More Calories Than a Big Mac" Review

HOLIDAY WEIGHT LOSS TIPS

• "4 Ways to Approach Holiday Eating" Review

• "10 Foods to Give Up for Lent—and How Many Calories You'll Save" Review

• 9 Dishes Doctors Won't Eat at Thanksgiving

BEST SOURCES OF PROTEIN FOR WEIGHT LOSS

• Save the Cow! Here is a List of Non-Animal Protein Sources

• "45 Vegetarian Protein Sources You Should Be Eating" Review

• 36 Ways to Fulfill Your Protein Needs While Losing Weight

FOODS YOU WANT TO AVOID....AND WHY!

• "25 Awful Ingredients Everyone Still Uses—But Shouldn’t!" Review

• 11 Foods to Toss Out of Your Kitchen For Good

• “21 Foods that Sound Healthy, But Are Not!” Review

WHY YOU SHOULD AVOID THESE DRINKS

• "20 Coffee Drinks with More Sugar Than a Can of Coke" Review

• How To Fit Alcohol in Your Diet without Ruining Your Weight Loss Goals

• "70 Most Popular Sodas Ranked by How Toxic They Are" Review

•  “The Most Unhealthy Drink Orders at the Bar” Review

• "The Best and Worst Booze to Drink if You Want to Lose Weight" Review

• 4 Ways To Beat Your Diet Soda Addiction In One Week

• How Caffeine Could Prevent You From Losing Belly Fat

HOW TO EAT AT RESTAURANTS AND AIRPORTS AND STAYING HEALTHY ON THE ROAD

• The "No Messing Around" Guide to Eating Healthy on the Road as a Professional

• “23 Restaurant Foods with Crazy High Amounts of Sugar” Review

• The Personal Trainer's Guide to Staying Healthy While Traveling

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FITNESS

• You’ll Want to Try this At-Home Core and Butt Workout over the Weekend!

• Do you have what it takes to pass this physical test to join the FBI?

• 5 Easy Ways to Amp Up Your Workouts

• 4 Simple Ways to Flatten Your Stomach

• You Should Master These 6 Exercises Before the New Year (And Here's How)

• 12 Workout Myths That Just Need To Die

• The 15 Most Common Mistakes Personal Trainers See in the Gym

• “7 Myths About How to Stay in Shape” Review

• “20 Ways to Ensure Workouts Happen Every Day” Review

INJURY PREVENTION

• How I've Prevented More Lower Back Pain in the Last 12 Years (After 2 Bulging Disks)

• End Your Lower Back Pain Today

• "The 21 Worst Things You Can Do For Your Body" Review

• Why Your Office Desk Is Destroying Your Posture (And What You Need To Do)

• Personal Trainer Wisdom: 1 Fitness Myth Unraveled

THE KEYS TO IMPROVE YOUR SLEEP AND REDUCE FATIGUE

• "10 Nighttime Habits that will Transform Your Tomorrows" Review

• 49 Reasons You're Always Tired

• 11 Ways To Sleep Better Tonight

• This simple addition to your bedtime routine could make a huge difference in your sleep

QUOTES

• 4 Quotes That Steer My Approach to Life Right Now

• 12 Inspirational Quotes that Have Shaped My Life Over the Last Year

• My 10 Favorite Life-Guiding Quotes from the Stoic, Marcus Aurelius

MAKE YOUR LIFE MORE EFFICIENT

• 19 Hacks to Solve the Biggest Problems in Your Life

• How to Create More Time Each Week (And It’s Easier Than You Think)

RESOLUTIONS, GOALS, RELATIONSHIPS, AND THE REST OF LIFE

• The 1 Article that Will Make You Rethink Your Day-to-Day Approach

• 7 Ways that Keep My Personal Training Clients Motivated

• Why 'Follow Your Dreams' May Be the Worst Advice You Ever Heard

• Advice My Future (10 Years Older) Self Would Tell Me Today (And Why I Need to Listen)

• ”13 Weight Loss Resolutions You Shouldn't Make" Review

• My List of New Year’s Resolutions (and How I’ll Achieve Each)

• My List of Intents for 2020 (and How I’ll Achieve Each)

• The Best All-In (Life Changing) Fitness Plan

• "9 Ways to Ensure Your Relationship Is Built to Last" Review

• Excerpt from the book Redefine Yourself: Define Your Purpose

• 6 Principles That Will Transform Your Professional Approach

TRAVEL ITINERARIES (AND WHERE TO EAT)

• The Detailed Itinerary You Need for a Journey to Lisbon, Porto, and Madrid and the Best Restaurants in Each

• The Detailed Itinerary You Need for a Long Weekend in London and a List of 141 of their Best Restaurants

• The Detailed Itinerary You Need for an Adventure in Australia (You’ll Need to Save This)
  
  Picture Credit: elegantmedia .com – Is it time to redefine your approach to old habits?

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About the Author: Michael Moody, Wedding Officiant

Michael Moody—author of the self-improvement book Redefine Yourself: The Simple Guide to Happiness and host of the “The Elements of Being” podcast—is an ordained minister serving Denver and other towns across Colorado. He is a 2023 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Award winner in both Denver and Chicago (his eighth consecutive year), was named “Best Business of 2024 and 2025” by Three Best Rated, and earned “The Best Wedding Officiant in Commerce City, Colorado for 2024” from Quality Business Awards USA. Since 2012, he has officiated more than 300 weddings.

Specifically, Michael officiates wedding ceremonies in the Denver neighborhoods of LoDo, River North, Washington Park, Cherry Creek, City Park, Central Park, Capitol Hill, Cheesman Park, Park Hill, Highland, Platt Park, Lower Highlands, Sloan Lake as well as the zip codes 80215, 80214, 80204, 80203, 80205, 80207, 80218, 80219, 80222, 80223, 80224, 80246, 80238, 80221, 80022, 80230, 80231, 80202, 80209, 80247, and 80210. Michael also serves as an ordained minister in Golden, Boulder, Breckenridge, Frisco, Aspen, Vail, Estes Park, and more.

If your Denver neighborhood or Colorado town isn’t listed here, no worries! Please contact Michael to propose a wedding ceremony location in a different area!