Lifestyle

4 Ways We Sabotage Our Healthy Eating

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  Today, I want to talk about how we sabotage our healthy eating and weight loss efforts. But first….a quick announcement that my Online Group Coaching Program, The Small Change Project, designed to get you on your way to losing your next 10-20 pounds, increasing your energy, and feeling happier and more confident in your clothes this summer is open for enrollment until Sunday, 6/12/2016.  The program starts June 15, 2016.  Grab Your Spot Here.     Now back to self-sabotage…..We’re all tired of feeling like we’re always starting over, but we just can’t help ourselves.   We’ve done a ton of diets &/or meal plans that are restrictive or packed with foods that we don’t like, but we continue to white knuckle and willpower our way through every miserable moment of it.   But then, LIFE HAPPENS, and we “fall off the wagon” and have a “forbidden” food not […]

How to Stay Healthy on Vacation & Avoid Peer Pressure

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If you’ve ever been on vacation with a group of people, you may know what I mean by vacation peer pressure, especially if you’ve been working to achieve certain health and fitness goals during this time and don’t want to get off track. And if you don’t know what I mean, it usually sounds something like this, “Oh…go ahead and eat that.  It’s no big deal, you’re on vacation.” “Come on….You don’t need to workout today because you workout everyday at home.  It’s okay to take a few days off.” “One little bite isn’t going to hurt you…..” It’s true, probably one little bite won’t hurt us, but for some of us, one little bite turns into a lot of bites, and then a full on binge, so why even get started…..if you DON’T WANT to. Now I truly believe that the person saying these things isn’t meaning to really grow […]

Healthy Snacks to Take on The Road

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  Summer is in full swing, and I bet that some of you have some road trips or vacations planned.  You could be heading to your favorite amusement or water park, to visit friends and family at the lake or river, or to just go camping for the weekend.   I had the priviledge of going to the Grand Canyon last summer.  That’s about a 8-9 hour road trip from San Diego, each way.  Now, I don’t know about you, but I don’t really like to get out of my normal healthy eating routine and exchange it for one filled with junk food and fast food.     I also don’t want to be a weirdo and alienate myself from my friends and pack too much food, that may go to waste.  It’s inevitable that while you are on the road, that you are going to eat some processed food. […]

10 Tricks for Eating Healthy When Dining Out

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  Ever leave a restaurant feeling so stuffed that you can’t wait to get home to unbutton your pants and crawl into the fetal position?  I know I have.   We can get carried away in the moment with all of that rich, delicious food that we can’t wait to eat, while distracted by the conversation with friends.   We sometimes don’t even realize how much we’ve ate, until we feel that feeling…..You know it, too!  Oh man…I just ate to 120% full, prepare to enter FOOD COMA!   We’ve all been there, and we know it doesn’t feel good.  I think it is wise to always think about your food choices when you are at a restaurant and really ask yourself, “How is that food going to make me feel after I eat it?”  Is it going to make me feel energetic or lethargic, guilty or regretful, or will […]

5 Ways To Create a Happy & Healthy Relationship

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I’m not a relationship expert, nor do I claim to be.  And, if you were to ask Augie, my boyfriend, he’d probably tell you that I can be a real pain in the ass to deal with at times, so you probably don’t want take any advice in this department form me ;). BUuuuut, seriously though, it’s hard not to get caught up in our own stuff that we are dealing with in our everyday lives like our kids, activities, errands, &/or work stress, that our relationships can take a back seat and get a little neglected sometimes. A couple of years back, I made a collage of words/traits that I thought made up a healthy and happy relationship, and I made a mini vision board out of it.  I still have this up today because I still feel they’re important to keep in my thoughts as I go about […]