Slow down
The faster you rush through the weight loss process, the less prepared you’ll be to maintain your progress.
Take your time developing the foundation that will be your lifelong active lifestyle. Trade the next few years getting this squared away, so that the decades that follow include a healthy relationship with food, fitness and yourself. Please. 🤗 👊🏻
Hey there. When it comes to fitness and weight loss, we are often told that the answer is more discipline, more willpower, and more hype. I bought into that for a long time too. But over the years, I have realized that the real solution is something very different. It is about building a calm, steady confidence that comes from working on your habits from the inside/out.
Hey there. For years I thought weight loss was about doing the actions. Following a plan. Checking the boxes. Sticking to the routine. But even when I was doing all of that, something still felt off. I wasn’t as happy as I expected to be. And I started to realize that it had nothing to do with my body. It had everything to do with my emotions.
Hey there. I’ve spent years unlearning what I thought I had to believe about my body. It used to be that every glance in the mirror became a chance to tear myself down. I’d start with my reflection and work inward, picking apart what made me different and assigning value—or lack of it—based on how I looked. But what if you didn’t do that anymore? What if you could quiet those thoughts instead?
Hey there. If you’ve been following along for any length of time, you’ve probably heard me talk about the “AFs” before. These are the three Always & Forever traits that I believe form the foundation for a sustainable health and fitness journey. They are Resilient AF, Confident AF, and Consistent AF. This framework has helped me stay grounded in my own process, and it’s one of the biggest things I try to pass on to others.
Hey there. If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the last five years, it’s that sustainable change with food doesn’t come from someone handing you a meal plan. It doesn’t come from tracking every bite or living in fear of certain foods. It comes from getting honest with yourself. About what you like. About how food fits into your day. About your emotions. And about how life shifts and how your preferences shift with it.
Hey there. You’ve probably heard it before. “The gym is my therapy.” I’ve even said it myself. And while I understand where that phrase comes from, I want to be clear about something. The gym is a powerful tool for your mental and emotional health, but it is not therapy.
Hey there. You’ve probably heard this before. The best program is the one you can stick with. It sounds obvious. But when you really start to unpack it, there’s so much depth in that simple statement.
Hey there. What if you appreciated your body at every stage of your journey? Not just when you hit a certain goal, not just when you looked a certain way, but all the time. I know that sounds like a completely different approach from what you’ve probably been told, but it can change everything.
Hey there. I used to spend a lot of time chasing what I thought was the “optimal” way to approach weight loss and fitness. Like many of you, I followed the advice of people who looked a certain way or quoted research studies that sounded really convincing. And for a while, I thought that was what I needed. If I could just find the best way to do it, I’d finally be successful.
Hey there. For a long time, self-deprecating humor was my thing. I’d make the jokes first. I’d be the one to point out my flaws before anyone else could. I told myself that if people were laughing with me, they weren’t laughing at me. But what I eventually realized is that every time I did that, I chipped away at my own self-worth.
