Eating a healthy diet doesn’t need to be hard or complicated! Incorporating some simple changes into your daily routine, can have a huge impact on your health and your waistline. Often, we jump into the deep end to quickly… adopting an "all or nothing" personality. Unfortunately, this thought process typically ends up sabotaging our goals and derailing our efforts.
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While you can eat a healthy meal by following the recipe (yay), if you don’t follow the portion guidance you can easily eat extra calories and find yourself plateauing with your weight-loss goal (boo). Learn how to use your hands to help you judge portion size.
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A popular beverage that seems to have much controversy around whether or not it’s “good for you.” It offers many benefits and nutrients that can in fact help support your health and fitness goals. So let’s review some of them!
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Not only can it lead to a weakened immune system, high blood pressure, digestive issues, and chronic aches/pains … Stress can ALSO inhibit you from reaching your weight loss or fitness goals due to increased cortisol levels.
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So, what if you aren’t having luck seeing a lower number each time you step on the scale? (We’ve all been there at one point or another)…
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We’ve all been there. From those trying to find a fitness routine, to the exercise enthusiasts. We have ALL experienced a day where we could find 1,001 LEGIT reasons why workouts can wait til tomorrow.
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Week after week, grocery shopping inevitably makes it onto our to-do list. In some cases, we might find ourselves at the store every few days. So, how can this weekly chore become less painful, less expensive, and less time-consuming?
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Not only are diets high in sugar a concern for type 2 diabetes, but can also raise blood pressure, cholesterol levels, increase the risk of heart disease… and also cause weight gain.
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Whether your goal is weight loss, muscle gain or increased endurance… everyone hits a plateau at some point in their fitness journey. Results stop. Frustration enters. And we enter a crossroads of throwing the towel in or making a change. But WHAT change should we make?
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For those days when you just can’t squeeze in "a real workout”, learn some creative ways to get your cardio in. As long as you’re moving, you’re elevating your heart rate, keeping your muscles engaged and metabolism stoked. And all of these factors equal calories burned. Every effort counts and should be celebrated.
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Before you are conditioned for it, running is hard and sometimes downright miserable. Here are a few tips that can help you through that initial phase of suck and into the holy grail of being a happy runner.
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Although fat got a bad rap in the carb-crazy ‘90s, fat is actually very important to a healthy diet, especially for women! Fat comes in two main forms: unsaturated and saturated fat. Unsaturated fats are oils — the kind that are fluid at room temperature (such as olive and avocado oils). Saturated fats are solid at room temperature (think butter or coconut oil).
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It seems that no matter what exercises you do, regardless of what diet you try…. that belly just doesn’t seem to tighten or flatten. To make matters worse, you might even (insert face cringe) - leak a bit when you run, jump, sneeze, or even laugh. You start to feel defeated and begin accepting that this is all just part of normal “mom life” and (gulp)… the “mom bod.”
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“Flexible dieting”, or “If It Fits Your Macros” (IIFYM), provides a more sustainable solution to living a healthy lifestyle. This approach allows people to stick to foods they enjoy, and offers flexibility when traveling or in social settings. Flexible dieting revolves around tracking your macronutrients (proteins, fats and carbohydrates), as well as total caloric intake. It’s important to be mindful of micronutrients as well, including daily recommended fiber intake.
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Learn key time saving trick in the kitchen while still packing a hearty, yet healthy lunch… regardless of whether you work from home, in an office, or on the road.
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Has preparing for a fitness competition been on your bucket list? Or maybe you’ve just seen images of fitness competitions and wonder what it is all about. There are so many aspects to talk about, but here are a few things to get started.
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A debate that has raged since the first weight was lifted: Is it better or worse to work out on an empty stomach?
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Any simple Google search will get you 10,000 answers to this question. Some are in the form of blogs like this, some are studies that break down the numbers, and some are trainers with clients who’ve had spectacular results. The options are endless and the opinions are varied.
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Your body NEEDS water to function properly. We find that one of the biggest struggles for busy working women when starting a new healthy lifestyle is getting into the routine of drinking enough water to support their goals.
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