I wasn't sure exactly how I was going to write about "getting back in shape" after baby {number two} besides simply doing what I always do, sharing workouts and tips for making time to train and prep food regardless of what else you … [Read more...]
Accepting Your Body During Pregnancy
I wrote a few months ago about how I struggled with my body image during my first trimester of this pregnancy. My second trimester was a lot better for me as far as maintaining a positive body image (and basically as far as everything). I … [Read more...]
Words Do Hurt You
I've been reading a lot about self-compassion lately. I think most of us would agree that we can all be nicer...to others, and to ourselves! I recently shared some of my own body-image issues that I experienced during the first trimester of … [Read more...]
4 Ideas to Stay Active in Winter
Before I announced that I am pregnant with my second child, I wrote a post about beating the winter training blahs. As a reminder, my tips to beat the winter training blahs were: Embrace each day. Be thankful every single day. Find the … [Read more...]
Snow Day Reading
It's been a crazy few weeks and with this snow, looks like this week is bound to be quite interesting too. I'll be back next week with a new post and some pregnancy updates, but for now I figured I'd recap a few things that have been going on over … [Read more...]
Pregnancy and Body Image as a Personal Trainer
Let me put a few things out there. I've been pregnant before. I wanted to get pregnant again. I am really happy and thankful that I am pregnant now. I also knew that getting pregnant meant my body would change again. A lot...proof below. (Here I … [Read more...]
Exercise Should Enhance Your Life
This seems simple, but unfortunately that's not always the case. Exercise should enhance your life, not control your life. There's a growing (awesome) trend in the fitness industry: finding balance when it comes to exercise and nutrition. Both … [Read more...]
Just Be You
Let's start with a few things {I believe to be true} about happy, self-confident people. They are usually genuine and real. They tell it like it is. They are confident in why they do what they do. They own their choices. They admit when they … [Read more...]
You Are Not Selfish
I talk about excuses all the time here. You’ve heard them (and probably even used most of them at one time or another). I’m talking about things like I’m too busy, I work too much, I have kids, I’m too tired, I hate running, I hate the gym, I … [Read more...]
Expect More
The Pygmalion effect, or Rosenthal effect, is the phenomenon whereby the greater the expectation placed upon people, the better they perform. Years ago, researchers conducted an experiment on schoolchildren. The researchers told the teachers that … [Read more...]
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