REALITY CHECK....DRINK COFFEE BEFORE READING I was reading a book yesterday that suggested that a preoccupation with dietary restraint and body weight is not synonymous with dieting and a light bulb went off in my head. This is why so many of us get frustrated. We truly believe that we are dieting and getting nowhere [...]
Here we are still in this awful relationship in a cycle that we cant find a way out of. We know we are suffering but we lack the energy to get up off the floor and do something. It feels like we are trying to get out of the ocean but the tide keeps pulling us [...]
Full transparency, today I feel like a pile stirfried dog shit. I started the day with a great workout, I did all the things, I was crossing stuff off my to do list like a ninja. Regardless, somewhere during the day I started to feel really raw. I still had quite a few client calls [...]
This past year has served as an eyeopener for many of us, priorities most certainly shifted. I have to be honest, prior to this pandemic I was so incredibly busy doing all of the things that I rarely stopped to question if any of what I was doing felt right. I would wake up some [...]
I feel awful for anyone looking to the fitness industry and diet culture to learn which path to take. It's seems overwhelming when many concepts, beliefs or approaches are so polarized. I work with the general population and my mission is serve as a link between the evidence based community (the folks that are grounded [...]
I was just searching recipes to share with my clients and half of them say skinny.....man that pisses me off... There are so many subtle messages being delivered to us constantly that let us know we aren't enough. We cant accept ourselves as we are. We have to look like this perfect ideal body whether [...]
I was reading an article the other day about the stages of readiness. And a lightbulb went off. Maybe the reason so many of us are struggling to get motivated or to maintain diet and exercise practices is because we dont first identify the stage we are beginning from. The stages of readiness are pre [...]
As we reflect back on 2020 we need to give ourselves credit for all that we did right. 2020 was filled with obstacles and challenges so before you look back at what you didn't do please look back at what you did accomplish. Us women don't celebrate ourselves or our accomplishments nearly enough. Stop right [...]
I have been working with Jessika for over a year. I had been struggling with depression and anxiety and had gained quite a bit of weight in a short period of time. When I looked in the mirror, I no longer recognized the person looking back at me. I was disgusted and knew I had [...]
Okay so maybe this morning you woke up bloated and a bit hungover from lasagna and cookies and you are disgusted. And now the panic sets in... PUH-LEASE LET THAT SHIT GO PAY ATTENTION!!!!!! How to you get rid of all of those extra holiday calories? lotsa cardio? A new diet???? NOOOOOOO [...]
