Dr. Jim Lavalle is a national nutrition and health expert who has worked with the likes of the Chicago Blackhawks among other professional sports organizations. If you've hit the wall on that new year's resolution to get in shape and lose weight, he says it may be time to re-adjust your goals.

 

 

Lavalle encourages anyone wanting to excercise to pick some sort of fitness and do it three to four days a week, and do it consistently.

 

 

Lavalle explains there is a fable associated with fitness that fat turns into muscle. He says that is not the case, so you want to cut out those calories and start to exercise more to burn more calories.

 

 

Lavalle adds, sports drinks need to be avoided as they are sugar water. He instead recommends protein for your post workout. 

 

The best to workout is in the morning, Lavalle says isn't completely accurate. He encourages you to find a time that you can get some exercise, and then do it consistently.