In your attempts to dominate 2017, have you spent any time reflecting on 2016? Social media is barraging us with messages about how awful last...
A Conversation About Stress I Didn’t Know I Needed
We cancelled plans with friends last Sunday because I was under the weather. I was frustrated, and sitting around all night trying to rest had me...
The Importance of Learning How to Workout
As a personal trainer and nutrition coach, I spend a lot of energy trying to convince people to develop healthy habits. I’m always excited when people...
Your Healthy Fall Bucket List
Ahhh Fall. We’ve been waiting for sweaters and boots, pumpkin spice lattes, bonfires, and snuggles for months. Fall is such a well-loved time of year,...
10 Easy Pre-Workout Snacks To Help Get You In Shape
People have been asking me what I recommend to eat before a workout, so here are my suggestions, along with some important things to consider for your...
My Favorite On-the-go Meal Recipe!
Friends, I promise I have not fallen off the face of the planet. I have been busy. Too busy. And things are finally slowing down....
Skinny Girls Have Goals, Too
If we’re being honest, you could replace the word “skinny” in the title to strong, thick, fit, overweight- whatever you want. Someone not supporting you is...
How To Take Body Measurements At Home
Now that you’ve started this endeavor of living a healthy lifestyle, it’s important to track your progress. We’ve all faced that excitement of losing a few...
Handling Setbacks: In Fitness and in Life
I’m excited to share with you some of my journey learning to handle setbacks. I’m focusing mainly on my health and my fitness routine, but the coping strategies...
Why You Need a Fitness Accountability Partner
Boost Your Fitness Success What if I told you that you could reach your goals with a higher success rate, faster, and without as many detours?...
5 Tips for Back to School Fitness!
Whether you are the mom who cried by the bus on the first day of school or the mom who opened a bottle of bubbly to...
20 Tips to Break Your Sugar Addiction
I’m so excited you are trying to learn more about kicking that sugar habit! Read on for tips on how, and join us for a sugar detox...
Is BPA Causing Your Weight Gain?
This Detox Your Life in a Year topic is one I’m extremely excited about! Ridding your lives of this chemical will help you to not only detox...
How much protein do I need?
Many people have misconceptions about protein. I get the question “How much protein do I need?” all the time. Let’s face it- living in this...
Keeping it Real: Confessions of a Personal Trainer
I think it’s safe to say that almost every woman is insecure about her body. Some are not, and honestly, I’m a little jealous of...
Fruits and Veggies: How to Lower Your Chemical Exposure
Welcome back to this exciting series! I’m pumped you are taking this time to learn how to detoxify your body. This is a gift to...
Why You Should Drink Lemon Water
Detox Your Life in a Year series: January Have you ever felt overwhelmed with the amount of health and wellness information that’s out there? In...
Posture Correction: Always the Bridesmaid Never the Bride
Dear reader: I must warn you the content of this blog post is incredibly important to your health! I must also warn you that its charisma-factor...
Too Busy To Exercise? Then Read This.
The Busy Trap plagues our society, leaving us stressed, with full schedules, and no time for ourselves. “Being __________ is time consuming, hard work, and...
Tabatas: The 4 minute workout
One of the biggest reasons that trainers hear about why people don’t workout is they lack time. If you’ve read my past posts, you know I think that...
Body Comparison: Why You Should Stop
We are from all walks of life, have different genes and varying body fat percentages; we have different careers and levels of education, but I...
How Rest Days Can Help You Reach Your Goals
What if I told you that you should NOT workout every day? That rest is vital to your weight-loss, your health, and your ability to build...
How to Set Goals You Can (Actually) Achieve
I’m sure by now you have all heard of SMART goals. I 100% believe in their effectiveness, and this is not the only blog I will...
How to trick yourself into enjoying exercise, even If your hate
Today I want to use Psychology to trick you into enjoying exercise even if you hate it. As many of you know, I was...
Healthy Holiday Eating Tips! (Part One)
Healthy Holiday Eating Tips There are a bazillion calories waiting for you during the Holidays- but good news!- there are also a bazillion tips on...
7 Tips For Surviving Holiday Parties
I know you have been anxiously awaiting Part 2 of my Healthy Holiday Eating Tips blog post! :) These are my tried-and-true ways to survive the Holiday Party scene...
How to Stick to Your Resolutions!
‘Tis the season for resolutions, goals, crowded gyms, and inspired people! I love this time of year (minus not being able to get an elliptical...
Why it is important for women to lift weights
Lifting weights is by far my favorite way to exercise. There are so many health benefits to it, and it’s good for those of us...
4 Awesome Reasons to Modify Exercises
Have you ever tried an exercise that was too challenging for you? There are many reasons why we may need to change an exercise to...