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Remembering Your “Why”
Is there a Perfect Diet?
There will always be some people that experience success with any number of diets, however that does not mean that there is one correct diet plan for everyone. We have probably heard of and are all familiar with today’s most popular weight-loss diets: Paleo, Keto, Gluten-free, Intermittent Fasting, Macro, the list goes on and on. With endless options and information it quickly becomes overwhelming when considering how best to fuel our bodies for optimal health. What do these fad diets really mean, and how do they work, if they really do work?
How to Avoid Emotional Eating (Quarantine Edition)
To be honest, I feel fortunate that being thrown into this current self-isolation situation has not altered my day to day life too much. Of course I miss working out and running with friends in person, and seeing clients face to face on a daily basis; however I have been working on my own for so long that many of these work from home habits are now routine to me. My standard protocols such as setting a daily schedule for waking up, work times, exercise and meal times, etc., have been helping me stay productive and feeling grounded during a time of great uncertainty for many.
How to Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals to Make Your Exercise Resolution a Reality!
It’s here! The start of the new year! The holiday celebrations have come to an end and we are left with our annual to-do list of resolutions. It is so invigorating to start a new year with a sense of renewed energy, a vision for your future, goals, and…a plan? The distance between our goals and the “how” of actually getting there can look like Mount Everest as we stare up at our lofty ambitions from below, imagining all of the hard work we will have to do to get there. Exercise-related New Year’s resolutions seem to top everyone’s list around this time of year. However, up to 80 percent of health-related resolutions- including ones to add in more exercise- are abandoned as early as February. Why is this? We all know that exercise is good for us, that it is something we need for lasting health and longevity. So why do we put off getting more exercise, or a better question might be: Why do we start exercising but then can’t seem to maintain consistency?
Discovering Your Why
Listening to Your Own Inner Expert
When I meet with a new client for the first time, the question I always ask them is, ”why? Why are you here seeking out a health coach at this time in your life?” Too often in the fitness and health industry we as consumers are advertised to and sold products/services based on what the seller tells us we “should” be doing. With the influence of social media turning everyday gym enthusiasts into overnight “experts” and the never-ending scroll of information (quantity over quality really applies there), it can feel like everyone has the answer and yet nothing is working for your life when it comes to losing weight and getting healthy. With so many people telling us what we should be doing it can be difficult to remember our own motivations for wanting to improve our health habits- our “why”. There are so many loud voices telling us what to do that it is difficult to drown out all of that noise and listen to our own selves.
How Mindful Eating could help You Lose Weight for Good
The psychology of behavior change has been proven to be a key factor in long-term healthy weight loss and weight maintenance. Scientific studies now show that successful (that is, long-term and sustainable) weight loss has more to do with creating new habits and changing our behavior, and way less to do with one specific diet or exercise “plan.”
Summer Sustainability
How to Keep Your Healthy Habits Sustainable
Summer is here! The summer months often inspire us to jump into new workout routines to help us achieve a “beach body” (whatever that is!), or to try quick fix diets and cleanses in order to slim down before we have to shed our layers of winter clothing. Neither of those options work in the long (or short) term- especially during times when we are not on our normal schedule. Summertime can be a very busy and hectic time for most of us, and not the ideal time to suddenly decide we need to drop twenty pounds. With so much going on during summer- the kids are out of school and we need to shuttle them off to their various summer activities; we often plan longer family vacations during the summer months- our routine can get easily thrown off, so best not to begin a rigorous new exercise or overly restrictive diet right now. Instead, focus on how you can maintain your existing healthy habits and create strategies to keep your activity and nutrition patterns sustainable! Here are my top 5 tips for keeping your summer healthy and happy!:
Travel Tips for a Healthy Vacation
Traveling for the summer months can mean getting thrown off of our regular routine. Maintaining a consistent exercise and clean eating regimen can be a challenge at times, and traveling out of town can make staying on track that much more difficult.
Vacation often means indulging more than usual in less-than-healthy food and beverage choices, as well as a more relaxed approach to maintaining a structured workout schedule. While traveling for pleasure should be just that- pleasurable- this does not have to mean packing on the customary travel bloat often associated with a fun getaway.
So how do you strike the balance between relaxation and maintenance of your healthy habits? Here are some travel tips for enjoying yourself without losing sight of your fitness and health goals!
Exposing Diet Industry Myths: The Solutions the Diet Industry Don’t Want You to Know
In a culture obsessed with the newest advances in weight loss products and services we are constantly bombarded with advertisements for quick fix solutions to our health problems. Americans spend upwards of $60 billion (BILLION! With a “B”!) on weight loss and diet products each year. How can we be sure that what we’re paying for in these products actually works? What I will illuminate for you in this article is how the diet and “health” industries manipulate real scientific data to misrepresent their products in order to sell us products that they never intended to work in the first place. Why? Because if their products worked and we achieved permanent weight loss/a slimmer waist/long term results of any kind, those companies would no longer have any customers! Read on as I debunk some of today’s most popular diet industry deceptions- as well as the science-based practices that have proven to be effective in helping people improve their health.