Yeah, yeah, I know…”diet” is a 4-letter word. And “low-fat” is like a dagger in your soul. Just bear with me here. The word “diet” is simply referring to the way you eat. It’s not the word’s fault you associate it with restriction and unhappiness. It’s your nutrition and nothing more. You could eat a “diet” of Doritos and full-sugar […]
My Postpartum Fitness Journey with the SWEAT App Two-and-a-half years ago I was a recently postpartum mom to a 3-year old and a newborn. Honestly, so much from that time is a sleep-deprived, tear-fogged blur of nursing around the clock, working through the big sibling transition, and trying to survive. My days…& nights…well, my whole life revolved around the feeding, […]
How Being “Fit-Shamed” Made Me Feel. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. The Bad These last couple weeks have been kind of a shit-show. It all started when I injured my back, triggering a chain reaction of chaos in my life. I’ve been dealing with a lot between scheduling and figuring out childcare in order to see multiple medical […]
Halloween Candy and Fitness Goals: You Can Have Both October is officially here, which means fall color, sweater weather, pumpkin patches, and apple cider. It also means that Halloween is upon us. Yay, right? Halloween! Costumes, ghosts, jack o’ lanterns, horror movies, and tricks and…DUN DUN DUNNNNN…treats! EEEEK! If that last part scared the bejeezus out of you more than […]
9 Sneaky Ways to Increase Your NEAT Are you working hard and burning a bunch of calories in the gym but not seeing progress as quickly as you’d like? Maybe you need to focus some attention on what you’re doing the other 23 hours of the day. If you sit most of the time, either at work or for your […]