Summer Body Countdown - Day 3

Summer Body Countdown - Day 3 Tip of the day - Get your sweat on almost every day! You should exercise somehow, someway 5 - 6 days per week. Get away from the belief that you need gym workouts and embrace sports, workouts with your kids, stroller workouts, yoga, swimming and running. Really, I suggest planning on working out every day. Then when a day comes up that you can't, consider that ...

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Summer Body Countdown Day 2

Summer Body Count Down Day 2 - Eat Real Food Have you ever noticed that you don't overindulge on apples or any other natural food product? Once it is processed or packaged, your body doesn't know what to do with it. As much as possible, get rid of processed foods and eat foods in their natural state. Can you do it 100% for just one day? Tell me about it!

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Summer Count Down - Day 1

Join us for our Summer Body Count Down- Each day, we'll share a different tip, task or homework to lead you to your best, healthiest body ever! Day 1 - Eat a Rainbow! Eat a variety of vegetables throughout your day, every day. It is virtually impossible to gain weight eating vegetables so I know you'll like them for that. The exception of course is if you are frying or processing them....

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Summer Body Count Down

As of tomorrow, there are just three weeks left until the first day of Summer. While I hope it means carefree days and time with family, I know it also brings an awareness of our body image. If yours is not where you want it to be, I want you to join me for the next three weeks. Each day, I will give you one SMALL homework or focus. Nothing overwhelming and nothing you can't do. But when it a...

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New Mom Injury Prevention

Every motion in life can lead to postural dysfunction, especially motherhood! Motherhood is both a life changing blessing and a profoundly physical challenge. The female body goes through some considerable changes throughout her pregnancy, mainly because of shifts in her center of gravity. The hormone relaxin allows for the joints to loosen during pregnancy so that the pelvis can expand beyond its...

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Nutrition Tips

1. Eating out? Halve it, and bag the rest. A typical restaurant entree has 1,000 to 2,000 calories, not even counting the bread, appetizer, beverage, and dessert. 2. Juice has as many calories, ounce for ounce, as soda. Set a limit of one 8-oz glass of fruit juice a day. 3. Vegetables are free! Try to get them in to as many meals as possible. You will feel full and be full with nutrition! 4...

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11 Behavior Tips To Keep You On Track

1. Use a salad plate instead of a dinner plate. 2. Be careful not to “diet” by day and binge by night. Or be good for the week and “treat” yourself on the weekend. See what happens when you stick to the plan! 3. If you are eating due to stress, focus on what’s really going on and work on your issues. Food is not a fix. 4. People who connect online about fitness and weight loss goals ar...

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What Would You Break An Arrow For? II

Last year I had a life changing experience at the Lorin Beller Blake Big Fish Retreat. Lorin, amongst other things, had peak performance leader Dan Boe lead us in an old tribal ritual where we literally broke an arrow (yes a real one) with our throats. The idea is that sometimes we quit before we even get started. Sometimes we don't take a single step forward just because of fear. And someti...

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I love Love n' Learn at Home!

We love working with and supporting mom entrepreneurs. One of our newest partners is Love N’ Learn at Home, created by former teacher, now mom, Kristin Miller. Love N’ Learn is an on-line curriculum for stay at home moms to use with their babies, toddlers, and pre-schoolers ages 6 months to 5 years old. This program was developed by a teacher, who is also a mom. Getting into the website and dec...

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I am Fit for Motherhood

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