March 29 – New Year Resolution Check!

Hi just checking to see where you are in regards to your New Year’s resolutions! It’s just about a quarter through the year. Have you been consistent? Could you be better in some areas? Do you need a healthy break?

Take time to reevaluate your goals for yourself. Scale back, add more – figure out where you are NOW vs in January. Life has ebbs and flows so take the time to recognize where you are and how to come up with a new more refined set of goals. Check in on yourself in June!

If I can help you in any way – I’m always here! Shoot me a message!

You are what you eat!

I’m a little behind on my goal of posting 2x a month but here I am back at it!

There are a lot of benefits to the “fitness influencer trend” – What I eat in a day! or What I eat Wednesday. It’s great for ideas for snacks or meals you may not have thought to try. New recipes, more options. But also – at the end of the day it’s just that IDEAS.

If you and I ate the same thing we would still look different! Our bodies all burn calories differently, metabolize foods differently and so many other things come into play! YOU ARE YOU and you don’t need to be anyone else!

On vacation I am not going to eat what I usually eat but it’s also about the basics I usually stick with! Focus on protein at every meal – add some veggies and fruit then maybe I add dessert and a drink (or 5). Vacation is supposed to be disruptive in a sense. You get out of your routine to relax, explore, learn and try new things! One week of indulging isn’t going to throw your goals off track – it may even help and prevent a binge later on!

SO my tips for enjoying your vacation – do what you want, eat what you want and when you are back, jump back into your routine and keep it moving!

I’ve said it a million times – “We are what we repeatedly do!” (excerpt from the Aristotle quote “We are what we repeatedly do, therefore excellence is not an act, but a habit”)

Consistent habits OVER time make you who you are, not a few days away!

Comparison is the stealer of joy

I’ve heard this quote before after my second pregnancy and birth and it really resonated with me.

Comparison is the stealer of joy

There is zero benefit to compare your life, journey, status, looks, career, circumstances… Whatever to someone else. It really serves no purpose. Everyone is dealt a different hand and everyone has their own insecurities and worries.

With social media is it easy to go down that rabbit hole, thinking someone has it better than you, or if I could just do this like them my life would be better. No joy comes from comparing your life to someone else’s.

Here are some tips to keep the focus on where it should be .. YOU

  • Wake up and tell yourself 3 things you are grateful for
    • When you focus on the skills, knowledge and things you have it helps provide perspective
  • Celebrate big and little wins
    • You got a hot cup of coffee for the first time this week — celebrate it!
    • You got through a to do list — celebrate it!
    • You got an award at work — celebrate it!
    • Don’t be so quick to move to the next thing and celebrate all wins!
  • Be your own biggest hype person
    • If you don’t cheer for yourself root or believe in yourself you can’t expect someone else too!
  • There will never be another you, you are you for a reason.
    • You have skills, knowledge and life experiences unlike anyone; even your siblings.
    • You are meant to be you — embrace what makes you you!

Live your journey, on your timeline because the only thing you should compare yourself to, is where you started to where you are now!

Go make it a great day!