Taking control of your health and loosing weight can change more than just your pant size. It can change your life. Often, evaluating and changing eating and workout habits can cause you to examine other unhealthy patterns in your life as well.

This week we talked with Barry Jay of Barry’s Bootcamp fame. With thousands of people coming through the doors for his hard core month long Academy Training program, Barry has seen more than just bodies change. “They have a whole new outlook on life and motivation level when they complete the program,” adds Barry.

He also shares some of his own partying and addictive habits that were not serving his best interests and how a good work out and faith in something greater helps keep him centered.

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Caffeine is extremely present in our instant fix society today. There are places (Astor Place in New York) where you can literally see, without turning your head, two or more Starbucks or other cafes. Nearly 52% of Americans over 18 years of age drink coffee every day.

Caffeine can creep into our diets in other ways too. Caffeine is a popular additive in weight loss pills. With all this caffeine around us, do we really know how it affects our bodies?

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