Disclaimer: This post contains sponsored links. As always, all opinions expressed are genuinely my own. Happy February friends! How have you been keeping up with healthy habits in 2019 so far? An upper respiratory thing kind of bogged me down for a lot of January (It kept coming and going and I couldn't shake it for weeks - so annoying!), and even though I was feeling under the weather, I was still determined to make mostly healthy choices. I'm looking forward to February being a month with lots of good sweat sessions, healthy, delicious food and positive vibes. I have a busy month on my weekend social calendar, with plans to have a girls' day in NYC, have friends from Boston visit one weekend, and to take my mom to a play in Jersey one night. I'm also in the process of ... [Read More]
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Now’s the Time to Take Control Of Your Health
Hi friends! Today we're focusing on the topic of health. Time for some real talk: In both working in the health & wellness industry and just randomly talking to people in my life, one thing that I've noticed is that people love to make excuses when it comes to their health. There certainly may be obstacles in taking charge of your health, and sometimes eating well and exercising often are not easy, but when it comes down it, they're excuses used to justify why people are giving up on themselves. The other day my neighbor and I were talking. He's a middle-aged guy, and was telling me how his sister just passed away. She was in her 60s and died of a heart attack. "People in my family just don't live long. We don't usually make it past 60, it's just the way it is," he ... [Read More]
Striving for a Healthier Lifestyle? Surround Yourself with Healthy People
It's been said that you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. While we often think about healthy living as largely a sum of eating habits and activity level, sometimes we tend to forget about the importance of mental health and surrounding ourselves with healthy, positive people to help us lead healthier lives ourselves. When I was a student at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition to become a health coach, we talked a lot about what we refer to as 'primary food' - the things that feed you that aren't food, like relationships, career, physical activity and a social life. Relationships are such a big aspect of health, and they have the power to bring us up or hold us down throughout our lives in such significant ways. I got to thinking about this topic ... [Read More]
Introducing My Custom Meal Planning & Health Coaching Program!
Happy February! How's everyone doing with their New Year's resolutions & goals for 2017? According to Forbes, only 8% of people actually achieve their resolutions. JUST EIGHT! Not surprisingly, I've also read that the #1 New Year's resolution for 2017 is to lose weight & eat healthier. Personally, I'm less of a New Year's resolution person, and more of a make-goals-at-any-time-and-crush-them kinda girl. Why? Because while I like the idea of a fresh start with a new year, I believe in the power of hard work & consistency to make changes in any month. I also believe that if you've already given up on your resolutions, you always have the power to start again with a renewed sense of motivation - no matter the time of the year. When it comes to weight loss, eating ... [Read More]
Focus on Gratitude with a 2017 Positivity Jar
Here at Foodie Loves Fitness, I practice & preach the concept of moderation when it comes to most things. But, if there's one thing that I think you can't have enough of, it's gratitude (well... and love). Longtime readers probably have heard me talk about the concept of practicing gratitude daily. I believe that doing so brings lots of positivity into your life, and as with the law of attraction goes, it also attracts new good things. I've noticed that a lot of people tend to harp on the negative, and instead, I invite you to focus more on the positive this year. If you're wondering about techniques to be more consciously grateful, you're in luck, because today I'm sharing one new way to bring more gratitude into your everyday life. It's called a positivity jar, and ... [Read More]
Cultivate Gratitude by Switching Your Mindset from “Got to” to “Get to”
Hello, hello! Today I want to talk about a concept that I've been sharing with my health coaching clients and loved ones this week. The idea first came into my consciousness during a yoga session last weekend. I'm usually an optimistic, genuinely happy person, but since I share real life stuff on this blog of mine, I don't mind admitting that I've just been experiencing a bit of a down feeling that I haven't been able to quite shake. When I woke up last Saturday morning feeling like I was kind of in a funk, I decided that I was going to start my day with a yoga practice to stretch my sore muscles and soothe my soul. I did a class via YogaDownload, and decided to do a post-class meditation afterwards to further clear my head and open my heart. The concept of the Outlaw Yoga ... [Read More]