Getting In Touch With Your Story: An Aim for Fitness Emotional Management Skill
Do you dislike exercise? If so, you’re not alone. Not a week goes by without someone I know commenting on disliking exercise. On the other hand, we all know people who love to exercise—as if they were born with more of an inclination to move their bodies. What’s the difference?
Harnessing the Power of “No”: An Aim for Fitness Emotional Management Skill
Dawn was a busy person. Every time someone requested her time or energy, Dawn said yes…until she ultimately found herself carrying the heavy emotional weight of too many obligations.
3 Tips To Steer Away From Seasonal Pitfalls
Here in Detroit Lakes my family and I have been enjoying the brilliant red, orange and yellow orange foliage. We are noticing the cooler temperatures and therefore ready to change with the season. However, I have noticed with myself and others, this time of year can bring some challenges if you’re not sure what or how to change with the season in regards to your eating and exercise program.
The Real Secret to Permanent Weight Loss
Oh, I’ve got some juicy stuff for you to read today and I am so excited to share it with you!
I know you can read all you want in books, blogs, internet searches and the argument will be debated on what is the best way to lose weight. Is it Interval training, weight lifting, circuit training, Intensity, diet, protein, good carbs vs. bad carbs? No, Lifestyle is the key…need to control your stress, get your sleep eat nutrient rich foods; keep toxins out of the body, etc.
Kale-Avocado Salad
A wonderful summer recipe!
* 4-5 leaves of kale (sliced down to the big part of the stem)
* 1 ripe avocado
* Juice of 1 lemon
* ¼ cup of olive oil
* 2 Tbsp of raw pumpkin seeds
* Sea salt to taste
Tasty Black Bean Salsa
Get your fiber fix and a healthy dose of iron with this easy recipe:
* 2 - 15 oz cans of black beans (drained and rinsed)
* 1 small to medium jicama (peeled and chopped)
* 6 tbsp fresh Lime Juice
* 3 to 6 tbsp olive oil (as desired)
* 1 ½ tsp ground cumin
* ½ cup chopped red onion
* ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
* ½ tsp salt
* 1 cup peeled and seeded chopped tomato
* 1 tsp seeded and chopped fine jalapeño (use the whole jalapeño for extra spice)
4 Empowering Solutions to Gain Freedom From Self Judgment and Disappointment With Your Body
As I’m pulling out and trying on my summer clothing lately, I’ve been having some negative thoughts around my body. Having some yourself? It has been an energy drainer thinking about what I can and cannot fit into, and how tight these pants feel, and I haven’t even bothered trying on my shorts yet! These are just a few of the many thoughts that I have allowed to control my life and mood lately. Many people know how painful it is when you cannot control your own life, but instead let it be run by thoughts and emotions that do not serve your best interests. In this article I’m happy to share with you four empowering self-improvement solutions to take back your control and set you free from self-judgment, disappointment and pure frustration with your body and inner self.
What’s the Biggest Mistake You Can Make in Starting Your Workout Programs?
Mindset To Get You Motivated To Exercise:
I see and talk with many people who get started on workout programs, do well for a week or a month, and then blow all their progress when life “just comes up.â€
It’s time to take a look at this factor of “when life happensâ€, and how it works together with incorporating exercise into your lifestyle.
So what’s the biggest mistake you can make? Read more
Are you Still Making Excuses When it Comes to Your Exercise Routine?
If you have ever begun an exercise routine, chances are that you have found a myriad of excuses threatening to side-track your efforts.
Maybe you have discovered the secret to overcoming your excuses and, if so, congratulations on your success! But if the excuses won out and you have stopped exercising, or you still battle the day-to-day excuses while trudging through your exercise program, let me offer some solutions to getting and staying on track.
Excuse #1: “I am too busy to exercise.â€
The conventional answer to this would be “just do itâ€- find the time. While this sounds sensible, a deeper look into this excuse is needed. Read more
What Does it Take to Get a Little Work Life Balance Around Here?
If you’re anything like me, I’m sure you’ve asked yourself this question before! (if not in so many words!)
I have actually experienced work life balance in my own life – I’ve felt the reality of its wonderful, blissful peace wrap around me – but when you have four kids, a husband, and a business, it doesn’t seem to take much for that kind of peace to vanish just as quickly as it came!
Maintaining a sense of balance and harmony in your life is not so easy if you continually feel yourself reacting to the slightest distractions (you know, the types of things that seem to come along every day, all day long).
You may fall prey to the regular distractions of:
- E-mail (this is my biggest distraction when working in the office!)
- Phone calls
- TV
- The kids wants and desires
- And the list goes on…
There always seem to be numerous things there to pull you away from your hard won decision to find balance in your life and the actions that you try to take which will actually give you peace of mind and help lead you to a life of peace and joy.
As a Lifestyle Fitness Coach, what I have noticed the most among women trying to find work life balance is that the failure of achieving it is not from lack of trying, but from lack of direction.
How do you really start to LIVE this process of balance and harmony?
The hard part is putting in all of the effort and not seeing any fruition. Instead of a confident, strong woman with a glow like a beautiful jewel, the spirit becomes depleted and begins to show through, causing a lackluster look in many women as that depleted spirit begins to overcome the body.
The shine is gone. The bags under the eyes begin to appear along with the slouched shoulders, poor posture and the pounds that gradually pack on.
It is exactly this cycle of low energy leading to overwhelm and exhaustion that moves you into over consumption (self medicating with poor nutrient rich food to give body energy it needs), which ultimately leads to overweight.
Today, you can begin to move away from this and start moving towards your own personal glow!
Here are 3 steps to begin to get your shine back: Read more