Building Muscle

Hello fitness friends. I did not forget about you! It’s been insanely busy. I’ve committed to making most meals at home and working out almost daily. Tonight, I wanted to talk to you about building muscle. Muscle supports your skeletal system. Muscle helps your body burn fat. Muscle helps your body fight the aging process….

Stop Dieting

Aloha, my beautiful fitness friends. I want to talk to you about dieting. Yes the dreaded “D” word. It’s like a swear word to so many people. It’s all about what you must give up in order to look like a fitness model. Yes, if you’re a competitive body builder or fitness model, you will…

Refuse to Give Up

Hello wellness friends! In case no one has told you today: You are awesome! You can do this. You can make lifestyle changes to improve your life. Even if you’re not doing the 90 day challenge with us, I highly recommend you exercise regularly and eat healthy. As stated several posts back, you can be…

90 Day Get Ripped Challenge

Hello Fitness Friends! I wanted to let you know about a Get Ripped Challenge I started with my coworkers. The goal is to lose fat and gain muscle. The contestants have 90 days. I decided to join them because I think it’d be fun to see what I could challenge my body to do in…

Feast on Good Things

Last post we talked about ingredients. They are so important. The post before that we talked about having a negative mind. Today, I want to pull it all together. What you feed grows! What you starve dies! What you feast on is what will take root and bear fruit! What are you feasting on? This…

What Are You Eating

Hello my wellness friends. I wanted to do a brief post on ingredients. All food is not created equal. I was standing in my office break room a few weeks ago talking with a coworker. They had done the Biggest Loser contest at work with me before and tried Atkins, South Beach, Weight Watchers. They…

Negative Mind=Negative Life

Hello fitness friends. This blog isn’t just about fitness and nutrition. It’s about restoring the mind, body, and soul. Tonight I wanted to post some things that will hopefully bring restoration to the mind and soul. We spend so much time trying to fix what’s external. The problem with making the external the priority is…

Healthy Body Image

Hi my fitness lovelies! I wanted to post tonight about a healthy body image. I’ve been a woman my entire life (insert laugh here). As a woman I’ve listened to women compare themselves to other women, put themselves down because of their body, and attempt to starve themselves into looking like a woman in a…

You Can Do This!

Hello my fitness friends! How are you? Are you keeping up your fit and healthy lifestyle choices? You can do this! It’s easy to have momentum and then lose it. How do you keep going when you’ve lost motivation? Think about why you started? It’s good to reevaluate the reasons you decided to workout regularly,…

30 Day Shred and New Year Changes!

Hello Fitness Friends! I have not forgotten about you! You are thought of often. Life has been super busy and well, I’m sorry I’ve neglected you. What have you decided to do to improve your life in 2014? I’m constantly talking about lifestyle changes. Here are a few things I’m doing this year to improve…