Tired of the diet roller coaster? Does it feel like nothing works? I know I struggled with this and after trying everything over 20 + years, I’ve learned one of the biggest issues with “dieting” is the word itself. It does something in our minds; it reads as restriction, maybe even punishment. It also implies…
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The Three Components of Whole Health
Here are the three components of whole health and ways you can start integrating these into your daily routine and improve your health. The three components of whole health are: If you’re like me, many of you may struggle not just with weight loss or trying to achieve that ideal physique you dream of, but…
How to Get Started on Your Whole Health Journey
I have battled my weight most of my life, but after four pregnancies, three c-sections, and crossing into my mid-late thirties, it had become almost impossible to lose weight. I tried everything you can name, low-carb, low calorie, extreme exercise programs, etc. By the time I was 38, with three children under the age of…
Macro Tracking
So, I’ve been working to lose the baby weight from my last pregnancy for two years now. For the past year, I’ve noticed a pattern. I will loose two to four pounds then get stuck for several months. Sometimes I’ll lose inches on some of my measurements, other months, I don’t see any change. This…
Joy
While joy is synonymous with happy, it feels different to me. Joy is deeper than happiness; like a more intense happiness. It’s something you feel in your whole being. It beams from within. It is a state of being and we can choose to enter this state by shifting our mindset. I wish so badly…
Fitness
There are different ways to think about what fitness is. So, I did a little research and found several different definitions. Merriam-Webster defines fitness in two ways: 1) the quality or state of being fit, or 2) the capacity of an organism to survive and transmit its genotype to reproductive offspring as compared to competing…
Faith
Faith encompasses many things. Faith in yourself. Faith in other people. Faith that things will work out for the best. However, the first thing that always comes to mind when I hear the word “faith” is God and/or religion. It is something I have struggled with most of my life. It wasn’t until I was…