Zoey’s original due date was slated for July 10, which meant Rob would have only one week with her before heading back to work for the school year. Rob’s return to teaching made me really nervous as I would be home on my own with a one week old as a new mom. As a...
Why You Need To Label Your Food As Good And Bad
I used to tell clients not to label their foods as “good” or “bad.” I used to tell them that I didn’t want them to label what they eat because of how it would affect their mentality: This is too restrictive. This is an unreasonable diet. I am a failure if I eat...
I Get Home Too Late To Cook Dinner
It seems to be the plight of every working person, that getting home to cook a meal after a full work day seems nearly impossible. In fact, just a few days ago, when I asked a client what she was planning for her dinners for the week, she responded with, “I get home...
7 Ways to Enjoy the Holiday Season and Not Stress About Food
With Thanksgiving behind us, we are now officially into full holiday season swing. This means holiday parties, work gatherings, and the countdown to New Year’s Eve is on. With all that fun comes some stress in terms of making good choices around food and staying...
8 Common Barriers to Exercise and How to Overcome Them
This post contains affiliate links. I appreciate your support! Happy Monday! This is a particularly bittersweet Monday for me as Zoey is starting full time daycare and I am heading back to work. Since I’m a teacher, I’ve been lesson planning behind the scenes for the...
Working Out is Only Half the Battle: Why You Need a Health Coach
While studying to become a personal trainer, I learned a great deal about the human body, especially the chapter on over and under active muscles. Even with all this knowledge, I felt like something was missing. While the program touched a bit on the mental side of...
6 Questions to Ask When Re-Evaluating Your New Year’s Resolution
Ah, March. The time of year where the majority of winter is behind us, spring break is on the horizon, and New Year’s Resolutions have long since been left behind. We don’t spend time reflecting on, and analyzing, the ways in which we want to better ourselves for an...
Embracing Your Body and Health Journey
Welcome to another week everyone! I hope you had a fantastically relaxing weekend. Things were dusty around here as Rob and I prepared for a garage sale we're having this weekend. If you remember, we bought a hoarders house "as is" and as such, inherited a lot of...
Recognizing Your Hunger and Fullness Cues
One of the main reasons we overeat is because we do not listen to our hunger cues. Meaning, we wait until we are so hungry we cannot think and then attack the first things we see, which tends to result in eating too much and eating poorly (hello all the chips!)....
Quick Tips On How To Drink More Water
Water. Some people love it. Some people hate it. Honestly, I think I’ve met more people who hate it and just can’t seem to drink it than I have those who drink it almost exclusively (Rob being one of those exclusive people). Whatever your current relationship with...
9 Questions to Ask to Stop Being So Tough On Yourself and Start Embracing How Far You’ve Come
We live in a world of instants. Instant communication, instant coffee, instant results. In fact, much of the fitness industry is built on “instants”. Lose 10 pounds in 2 days, 24-hour detox, 6-pack in 6 minutes a day. All these thing promise quick results with little...
“I Wish I Had Your Willpower and Self-Control”
Many of my clients claim one of the reasons they are where they are fitness-wise (a few pounds overweight, lacking muscle, “slow” in their times) is because they don’t have enough willpower or self-control to resist certain things (sweets, sleeping in). In fact, I...