“How do you reconcile wanting to be in better shape while also accepting your body now? “ I got this question from one of my Instagram followers the other day, and it was immediately backed up by dozens of others affirming that they also had the same question. How TF are you supposed to “love…
I’m just going to come right out and say this bluntly. The fitness industry has a way of making people feel like crap. A really sneaky way. As in you probably feel kind of low key $hitty about yourself right now and can’t put your finger on why. Don’t worry, I can. Why am I…
I am a proud fitness professional. I love my jobs. Yet I’m the first to admit that there is a whole lot of BS in the fitness industry. Whether you work or play in the land of fitness, it can sometimes make you feel like crap about yourself if you let it. A few years…
I’m taking a good hard look at how and when I use the words “body positive” to describe myself and what I do. I think it’s important that we all do. I have no problem admitting when I’ve been wrong. I thrive on growth and change. So here goes: I think I’ve been doing this…
I’ve been pleasantly surprised to find that most of my co-workers seem to be genuinely interested in my approach to health and fitness–even the parts where I tell people it’s ok to eat carbs and take naps. The other day I was chatting with one of the other trainers at the gym where I work. He…
The other day I was talking with a new client who finally had what I like to call the “eff this I’m done moment”. It’s a magical moment when you decide that you no longer want to spend your life perpetually pursuing intentional weight loss. I had this moment for myself a little over two…
I got a text from a friend the other day. She had left a party (one we had both been at) early, because another friend of hers questioned what she was eating not one, not two, but three times. As in “Are you REALLY gonna eat that?” In her own words, she “pretty much had a…
The other day I was getting ready to teach a group fitness class when one of my regular students came up to me. She wanted to give me a heads up that if she seemed a little “off” or looked like she wasn’t trying it was because she was trying a new “lifestyle change”: intermittent…
Yesterday I was working out at the gym where I’m also a personal trainer, when I overheard a conversation between two of my male co-workers. One of them made the observation that whenever he sees women working out on their own, all they ever seem to want to do is lower body work. Or as…
To say that I have a strong dislike for the scale would be putting it lightly. I haven’t owned one for at least 3 years. When I go to the doctor, I request not to be weighed, and if they insist, I face backwards. If I hear someone mention getting on a scale I have…