Hello and Happy New Year! It’s already the middle of January, and truth be told, the vast majority of people have already given up on their New Year’s resolutions. It’s easy to set goals, but usually not so easy to achieve them - and when the going gets tough, most people give in and quit. Just what are people missing when it comes to setting New Year's resolutions and then having the wherewithal to rise to the challenge? Consistency! Consistency is showing up 25 days out of 30, and being proud that you showed up and gave it all you had. Perfectionism is showing up 5 days straight, missing the sixth day and completely giving up. We cannot expect perfection from ourselves. It’s unrealistic to set the expectation that we are going to do things perfectly and that life will go exactly ... [Read More]
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3 Healthy Living Mantras to Implement When Life Gets Stressful
Do you live by the idea of 'no excuses' when it comes to healthy living? I consider myself to be pretty self-motivated and consistent when it comes to leading a healthy lifestyle, but lately I've been thinking about the reality of keeping up with healthy habits when life gets tough. I try to live by a 'no excuses' type of mentality, but the reality of it is that sometimes "excuses" are, well, very valid reasons why your eating, fitness, sleep, and mindset may not be 100% on point. While I usually have an optimistic mindset, I also believe in being real, and the reality is that my life has been chaotic, stressful and anything but smooth for the last couple of months. Selling my house in California has been a huge headache, and a buyer just backed out out of purchasing the ... [Read More]
5 Ways to Spice Up Your Hydration Routine & Drink More Water
Often when we talk about health, we focus on diet and exercise, but we all know that there are a lot of other factors that go into us feeling our best. Some other things that I think are super important are keeping stress levels at bay, getting enough sleep and proper hydration. Our bodies depend on water to survive and thrive. Every cell, tissue, and organ that you and I have needs water to work properly. Being properly hydrated helps to boost brainpower and mood, prevent headaches, improve workout performance, aid with weight loss, and even prevent disease. The standard recommended amount is 8 8-oz glasses of water a day, but everyone is different. I know that I drink more than that, as I'm constantly thirsty and continuously sipping on water throughout the day! Summer is here ... [Read More]
5 Ways to Simplify Your Healthy Routine + Daily Harvest Review
Everyone that knows me knows that I'm passionate about healthy living. But just like everyone else, sometimes my life gets hectic, so to help me stick with my healthy habits, I implement some go-to timesaving techniques. Today I'm sharing some of the ways that I make my healthy routine more efficient - particularly when life gets a little cray cray! These tips make healthy eating and working out a bit easier, and help to set me up for success when I've got a lot going on elsewhere. 1.) Make a big portion of grains + snacks for the week. I'll be honest, I don't do meal prepping in the convention way that most people think of for a couple of reasons: a.) Pre-planning entire days of meals isn't my thing and I kind of dread the thought of it, b.) I eat depending on what I'm in the ... [Read More]
7 of My Go-To Healthy Habits While Traveling
Hello, hello! I'm back home in California after a successful work trip in Las Vegas, followed by 5 days full of family celebrating my brother getting married in New Jersey. It was quite the trip, and as per usual, I'm feeling like I love traveling, but I also love coming home. I'm ready to be home without life being quite so chaotic as it has been the past month! {Check out my Instagram for more wedding weekend photos!} On my flight home last night, I started thinking about the healthy habits that I routinely do when I'm on the road. I tend to splurge more when I'm traveling [translation: eat dessert a lot and enjoy alcoholic beverages daily!] than I do when I'm home, and these habits help to offset those extra things & make me feel healthy & happy. Here are 7 of my ... [Read More]
Health Benefits of Stretching + 6 Ways to Fit More Stretching in
Back in high school, I was a competitive cheerleading coach (and a competitive cheerleader myself). I remember telling my cheerleaders how important it was for them to practice stretching exercises often to improve their flexibility, and how I stretched every single day. Here am I, over a dozen years later, and while I'm no longer throwing girls in the air for stunts and memorizing choreography routines, stretching is still a practice that I implement into my active life on a daily basis. Some ways that stretching improves your health include: While you know that stretching obviously improves flexibility, it also improves the range of motion in your joints and blood flow to the muscles. This is why stretching can decrease risk of injury - and we all know that injuries are no ... [Read More]