weight loss

21 Day Detox Cleanse: Week 3

by Liz Hurley on April 23, 2013

Cleanse Blog Week 3 – Becoming Powerful. Week 3 of the cleanse was a breeze. I kicked up my workouts a notch because I heard sometimes in the third week people hit a little bit of a plateau in terms of weight loss.  I had my routine down and it really flew by.  I was [...]

21 Day Detox Cleanse

by Liz Hurley on April 8, 2013

Liz Hurley Style – Week 2:  To kick off week 2 of my cleanse experience I was going out of town.  Yikes. My younger sister was running her first half marathon in Virginia Beach, and for the first time I was going to be on the cheering squad at a race (mixed feelings about this, [...]

21 Day Detox Cleanse:

by Liz Hurley on March 27, 2013

Liz Hurley Style – Week 1: For those of you that do not know me…my name is Liz Hurley, I am the group fitness coordinator and a personal trainer at EMPOWER.  This is my summary of Week 1 on “The Cleanse.”  If you are unfamiliar with it- the cleanse is a 21 day liver detox [...]

Alec’s Blog: Family Weight Loss Challenge Update

by Liz Hurley on March 27, 2013

Family weight loss challenge update 3/7/2013: I’ll be honest, the first two weeks of February were tough.  With the Super Bowl, my busiest season at work, an out-of-town engagement party, and the first Carolina-Dook game, there were many reasons to both celebrate and drown my sorrows in food and beer (based on how I spelled [...]

Part 1: Why I decided to get a personal trainer: I have always struggled to be fit.  I am the stereotypical yo-yo dieting, fitness DVD-buying, fast-food loving, red-blooded American (can I get a hell yeah?!?).  I have been as heavy as 280 pounds and as light as 190 pounds (and everywhere in between a couple [...]