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Fitness is an individual journey to become your best healthy self. That means you won't look like me nor will I look like you. Believing you can accomplish the goal of looking like someone else isn't realistic, possible, or the point of getting fit and healthy.  What I provide is motivation and guidance on adopting a healthy lifestyle which is an amazing opportunity for me and you. Agreed? Reaching Personal Goals During my early school years, I didn't always feel the best about myself. Through this time, I found motivation  and encouragement from my physical education teachers and coaches.   They made me feel accomplished and inspired me to do more and be more. It was at that young age I wanted to be like them. I wanted the ability to make young people feel inner strength, confident, and happy.   I felt strongly my goal in life was to be a P.E. teacher. Of course, I couldn't climb into their bodies and become them but imagining being them was pretty awesome. I...

Being fit is not a temporary condition but part of daily living. This means your choices ultimately define your health and fitness. Your initial motivation may have been to get back into those favorite jeans, but that's not what fitness is all about. Fitness is a lifestyle. Maintain Healthy Habits You are what you do. Unfortunately, many people settle back into  unhealthy habits   once goals are reached. That's not how fitness is supposed to work. Life is the event to be healthy for not wearing outfits or to look good in pictures. This happens naturally when you maintain healthy habits. How can you create healthy habits to last a lifetime? Have a Plan Success happens when you have a plan. Think about when your energy is highest for workouts and the best time for healthy cooking. Schedule your workouts around high energy peaks and select a day that fits your calendar to meal prep. Scheduling your workouts and planning days for healthy cooking helps you develop those healthy hab...

Life can have a way of making you feel not good enough. Whether from past circumstances or negative self-talk, it can really be a continual upsetting existence. If you let it. I have struggled with feelings of not being good enough and understand how destructive it can be to your confidence and well-being. I decided years ago this was no longer going to define me. It was probably one of my healthiest life-changing decisions. Accept Yourself Health and fitness require acceptance of who you are now in order to make the changes to become a better you. Your journey can't be about what everyone else is doing and worrying about what they're thinking. What matters is what you're doing to improve your life and how you feel about you. With me? Do What Works Best For You When it comes to fitness and especially workouts, I make them my own. I do what works best for my body and life. My  About Me  section explains why certain medical issues require modifications to some of my exercises...

We have been taught to believe getting fit means going on a strict diet. Why? Marketing for fad diets and quick fix scams have caused consumers to believe unrealistic claims. Sadly, these fad diets restrict important nutrients your body needs. There is nothing purchased in a bottle or package that is going to make you a fit person. The way to a fit and healthy body is eating right most of the time combined with a regular exercise program. Getting plenty of rest and water intake are also important. Eat Right Not Less Getting fit the right way includes eating right not less. This means tossing your unhealthy eating habits and consuming whole foods to improve your health and fitness. It will be helpful to refresh and read the blog post on Cleaning Up Your Nutrition for Results . Diets don't work and set you up for failure because they can't be sustained. Your body requires nutrients from all food sources (proteins, carbohydrates, fats). Many diets advise removing important carbohy...

Fitness is meant to improve the quality of your life not to feel like a burden. Agreed? The only hard thing about fitness is negative thoughts about the process. We think it means surviving on a boring diet and endless hours of exercise. This is far from accurate. Fitness is not meant to be complicated and is actually an enjoyable lifestyle. What needs to happen is rethinking and defining what fitness really means. Don't Worry So Much Think about your ancestors, many were farmers working crops from sunrise to sunset. They didn't worry about a diet. They spent hours doing physical labor, but it was a lifestyle and eating healthy was part of it. Nothing complicated, just some sweat, and eating home cooking straight from the garden. Their bodies represented how they lived. A simple, active life and eating mostly plant-based meals every day. It represents the best of living a healthy lifestyle. We would really benefit from this kind of simplicity and taking health and fitness back...