The holiday season is in full swing, and Christmas is THIS WEEK! This year has been all kinds of weird, and the holidays look and feel different. Not traveling, not sitting across the dinner table from loved ones we might only see sparingly as it is, no mall Santas with accessible laps, no company Christmas parties…or any Christmas parties for […]
I’m 2 years and 7 months into my fitness journey now (crazy!), and I’ve learned a thing or two. If you really learn something new every day, I’ve actually learned at least 942 things. But I’ll give you the truncated, health & fitness specific version. After all, you don’t need to know that I’ve learned that when potty training a […]
To snack, or not to snack: that is the question. More often than not, snacking is the answer. I mean, if you’re hungry, have a damn snack. I’m not here to tell you to ignore legitimate hunger. What I’m here to address is the uber-common scenario where you’re tempted to snack out of boredom, a shitty mood, or just because […]
Totally blew your diet yesterday, didja? Epically fell off the wagon? Ate your weight in chips and queso last night? Ended your evening next to a mountain of empty Halloween candy wrappers? GOOD! I’ll get to why that’s good in just a minute. But first, here are my credentials: I have been at this whole fitness thing for 2.5 years […]
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 […]
How to Make a “Skinny” Pumpkin Spice Latte at Home Pumpkin Spice Season is Here! It’s OFFICIALLY pumpkin spice season, y’all! I never say y’all, but it seemed appropriate, as I will be sitting on a hay bale in a trailer being pulled behind a tractor while wearing skinny jeans, a flannel shirt, and knee-high boots at some point in […]
Calorie Cycling FAQs A few weeks back I posted Calorie Cycling: Why I Cycle My Calories and Why It Might Be Right For You, Too. A great big THANK YOU to those of you who read it and shared your thoughts. I’ve heard from a number of you with questions, general appreciation, and your own experiences after giving calorie cycling […]