The Fit Girl’s Christmas Wish All I want for Christmas is… my weight loss progress! Sound familiar? I feel you, girl. I feel you hard on this one. The holidays are about family, food, and fun! It’s gift giving, gathering around the dinner table, stocking candy and hot cocoa. There’s decadent desserts and Christmas movie cuddles (& popcorn!). Baking traditions, […]
My Top 5 Productivity Boosting Tips: How to Get More Done! Life gets busy. It can get downright overwhelming some days. Somehow, some way, I manage to get a lot accomplished and stay on top of the tasks, errands, and chores that demand my time and attention. I’m not saying I do it all and do it all well, every […]
Something’s Gotta Give: A Busy Woman’s Guide to Letting Things Slide Doing it all! Every woman’s dream, amiright? I don’t know about you, but I want both my home and my body to be clean, well kept, beautifully decorated, and nicely manicured. I want healthy, home cooked meals and polite children every day…to work on personal and professional growth and […]
The Key to Nutritionally Navigating Your Vacation The pre-vacation fitness freakout Woohoo! Vacay! Let’s have some fun! Oh, but wait…vacay…more eating on the road, more dining out, more alcohol, more indulging. Hm. What about my gains? What about my macros? What if I gain it all back? I don’t wanna lose my progress! Oh no! Vacay! Let’s have some stress! […]
How to Get Back on Track after a Diet and Exercise Break When it comes to diet and exercise, I am the consistency QUEEN. For reals. Over the last 3 years of conscious, regular effort I’ve managed to lose and maintain a 30 pound weight loss, and drastically alter my body composition. But ya know, even queens get beheaded sometimes. […]
How to Talk About Diet and Exercise Around Your Kids Saying the right thing in any given parenting situation is hard. So hard for me, in fact, I usually get it wrong. It’s actually a huge source of anxiety for me. I’m worried my behavior and word vomit is going to negatively impact my now 6-year old and 3-year old […]
If you’re on a fitness journey and feel like you’re getting nowhere, or you’re just starting out and totally overwhelmed, let me give you some advice based on my nearly 3 years of experience: Strive for average. I understand that may seem like the opposite of good advice. You want to be extraordinary, no? You want to kick ass and […]
TCOB. Taking care of business. Getting shit done. It feels so good, right? I know I feel much more content at the end of the day when I know I’ve checked things off my to-do list. Bonus points when I complete a task that’s not on the list, add it to the list posthumously, then check it off. I love […]
It’s no longer January 1st, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late to get moving on those fitness goals of yours. Just think of it as having an eleven-and-a-half month head start on 2022 rather than being 2 weeks behind on your 2021 goals. How do you like them apples? Because if you’re already counting yourself out for the year, […]
Everywhere we look, we are surrounded by temptation. The temptation to binge watch Netflix instead of going to bed, to snack on Doritos instead of eating carrots, to scroll Instagram instead of folding laundry. Why do we constantly sabotage ourselves, our productivity, and our well-being with time-wasting, unhealthy habits? Because it’s easy. Taking the path of least resistance is easy. […]