Leading a healthy lifestyle has no finish line and no stopping point. If you want to live a well-balanced, healthy life, it has to just become part of who you are. I default to mostly healthy choices each and every day. But sometimes, extra eats and drinks here and there add up, the stresses of life take over, and I find myself a few pounds heavier than I like to be at. Like many people, 2020 has been a challenging year for me. I never envisioned myself taking care of my 1-year old 24/7 while running my freelance content creation business, but here I am. I'm not comfortable having a nanny come to my home to watch my baby girl as I had been doing pre-pandemic, so I've done the best I can at making it all work well while still practicing self-care. Though I am very grateful to ... [Read More]
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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]
My HIIT Studio 6-Week Challenge Health & Fitness Results
Hello, hello! Last weekend marked the end of a 6-week challenge that I participated in with my favorite HIIT studio, The Fit Mill. I collaborated with the studio as the health coach for the challenge, and was a participant as well. We're all a work in progress, and I had goals that I was striving to reach at the same time that I was supporting the participants in reaching their own. The premise? A 6-week "Transformation" challenge to kick off 2016 in high gear. The rules were that participants had to workout at The Fit Mill 4 days each week, and then the studio and I provided goals, recommendations, tips, recipes, and support throughout the challenge. Pre-challenge and post-challenge evaluations were held to take measurements and gage fitness levels on a variety of exercises. The ... [Read More]
Weight Is Only Part of the Equation {Beets BLU Smart Scale Review}
When it comes to shaping your body through diet and exercise, sometimes people put too much emphasis on their weight alone (I've been guilty of doing this in the past too!). Of course weight tells you part of the story, but it's not the whole picture. (Source: Yahoo Health! via Shutterstock) Case in point: There's a woman whose 5'6" and weighs 140 pounds. She sporadically eats healthy but mostly eats a diet high in simple carbs, saturated fat, and sugar, and doesn't get consistent exercise. Perhaps she's lucky in that she has good genes allowing her to easily maintain a healthy weight, but she might also be "skinny fat" and have some internal things going on with her body that she's not yet aware of (like high cholesterol or being at risk for Type 2 diabetes). On the other hand, ... [Read More]
New 1:1 Health Coaching Offering!
My active, healthy lifestyle is such a big part of my life. As a health coach, I love getting the opportunity to share some of my knowledge and passion about health, and to help support my clients in reaching their healthy living goals. I believe there's no greater feeling than feeling healthy & happy from the inside out! That feeling transcends into every other part of life. Making an active lifestyle a priority, feeling like you have the power in your diet, and coping with stress in healthy ways are some of the things that I work on with my clients. Normally, I offer a 6-month health coaching program, where the client and I "meet" (via in person, Skype or phone) every other week to hold an hourlong session. In between those meetings, we often communicate via email, ... [Read More]
DietBet Week 4 Recap (I Made It!)
Hi there! Hope that everyone who has off from work for Memorial Day today is enjoying it. My weekend has been very low-key just as I wanted it to be, and has included a tennis session with my hubby, some shopping and cleaning, and renting a movie. If the cloudy skies clear out here, I'm going to head to the beach today, but before I hopefully become a beach bum for the afternoon, I wanted to share a recap of my last week participating in Jen Widerstrom's Summer Shake Down DietBet! In case you missed my past DietBet recaps: DietBet Week 3 Recap + 5 Ways to Drink More H20 DietBet Week 2 Recap | Persevering When the Scale Won’t Budge DietBet Week 1 Recap + Letting Go of the All-or-Nothing Healthy Living Mentality Since I knew that I'd be in Palm Springs the weekend before ... [Read More]