Alright ladies, let’s talk about BODY POSITIVITY. For those of you who don’t know me, I have always been a skinny girl with very little curves and this runs in my family. Or as they call us in the fitness world; an ectomorph. For almost my entire life until the past year or two, I’ve been told to “go eat a burger” or “you need to put some meat on your bones” or regularly asked if I’m anorexic or even close friends stating they are “worried” about me and asking me if I’m eating enough/ telling me how I’ve “shrunk down”. After many years of hearing this, I started to believe it. I would constantly hide my body and would...
Are you constantly struggling to achieve your fitness goals? You keep trying new diets, workouts, but none of them really work for you and because of that you get tired of failing and end up giving up? This was me in the past; and with this post I want to share with you the simple steps I used to successfully build a healthier lifestyle and lose weight; which can also be used to tackle any type of goal outside of fitness. I struggled with weight loss the majority of my life, ever since I was a little girl. I tried all different types of diets; I even went to doctors who prescribed me weight-loss pills. As you probably have guessed, nothing...
How To Cope With Plateaus During COVID-19? Have you hit a plateau? Do you lack motivation? Are you eating out of boredom? Guess what? You’re not alone but that doesn’t mean you can’t change that. How? Recall what you did pre-pandemic. What did you do to overcome a plateau or get motivated? Much of the time it helps to be accountable to someone. This could include connecting with a coach online, a friend, someone in your household but basically you’re looking for an accountability partner. Do you ever feel like your goals/intentions are crashing? When my computer crashes, I do a reboot and similarly when we feel like we’re crashing we need to reboot, specifically reboot our mind. We do...
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