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Factory reset. Long story short. Two weeks of my Fitbit blanking out my HR during my classes, it was finally suggested to hit “factory reset.” Famous last words, right? There goes three hair raising hours on a Saturday afternoon. 🙍🏻‍♀️ Don’t we all sometimes need a factory reset? Life gets going too fast, too muchContinue reading “Factory Reset”

Your body will achieve what your mind believes. Your first goal may not be a bikini body, but simply walking up a flight of stairs. It might not be to run a 5K, but to walk from your car to the store. Whatever the goal, let it be small. Many small goals will equal aContinue reading “Action”

Spinach, Tomato, and Quinoa Breakfast Casserole Make this pan of veggie-packed egg and quinoa casserole and you’re set for a week’s worth of breakfasts! It makes five servings of hearty, protein-packed meals. Just reheat briefly in a microwave or toaster oven, and go. Quinoa might sound like a surprising choice for a morning meal, butContinue reading “Meal prep”

Simply stopping to breathe and stretch your shoulders and neck can release tension from a busy day and/or your workout. Because we spend too much of our day hunched over our phone or working on a computer, we hold tension in our neck, shoulders, wrists and forearms. I routinely use this sequence with my clientsContinue reading “Yoga for quick stress relief”

To maintain my personal trainer certificate, I go through continued education courses throughout the year and I recently completed and received my behavioral change specialization certificate. 💁🏻‍♀️ With that comes advanced knowledge to understand the how and why people go about wanting to change their health and fitness behaviors, then helping them follow through withContinue reading “BCS”

Never go to a restaurant full on hungry. You have no idea how many people I know that will “eat light” all day to “save up” to go out to eat later on. That’s the equivalent to not going clothes shopping for a year and then walking into Nordstrom’s. 💁🏻‍♀️ It’s a recipe for aContinue reading “Restaurant”

150 minutes of moderate exercise a week is only 21.4 minutes per day. That’s it. 21.4 minutes. 👈🏻 What can 21.4 minutes a day do? Regular, moderate physical activity such as brisk walking can increase life expectancy by several years, even for people who are overweight, a new large study shows. While higher levels ofContinue reading “21.4”

You don’t have to go hardcore everyday with your workouts and eating habits, just make everyday something. 👍🏻 If exercise just isn’t your thing, it’s not the only way to have good heart and muscular health. If you don’t like eating veggies and baked chicken all the time, that’s not the one and only routeContinue reading “Something”

Two words. I can’t. “I can’t do (that), so it would be a waste of time.” Define (that) because we say this to ourselves every day with various different (thats). I don’t know how to eat healthy, so I’ll just continue as is. I wouldn’t be good at exercise, so I’m not even going toContinue reading “Negative nilly”

It finally feels like Fall in South Texas!!! 🍂🍂🍂 And next week the temps are back in the 90s.🤔 I started working on my newsletter for November and the big subject I am touching on is KISS. Keep it simple silly. Too often we look so much at the big picture that we don’t focusContinue reading “KISS”