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 health, fitness, and life in general, the most important thing I’ve learned is that you have to create your own path. For years I tried to follow what others said was the right way. The diet plans, the quick fix workouts, the endless tips and tricks. And what I found was that none of it truly stuck, because it wasn’t built for me. It was built for someone else.
Hey there. There are moments in life when you look back and think to yourself, I’ll wish I had the time back. It usually isn’t about the big things. More often than not, it’s about the hours I gave away to things that didn’t matter. The times I obsessed over the scale, or the workouts I skipped because I was too busy beating myself up mentally. I can’t get those hours or days back. But I can learn from them.
Hey there. For years my life felt like it was going sideways. I had goals and dreams but the follow through was shaky. I had setbacks that turned into seasons and in some cases those seasons turned into years. If you’ve ever felt like you lost decades of your life to mistakes, distractions, or circumstances, I want you to know you are not alone. And I also want you to know that you can come back stronger.
Hey there. There have been times in my life where I felt completely mishandled by people I trusted. It could have been something they said, something they did, or the way they chose to treat me when I was vulnerable. For a long time, I thought the only way to handle those situations was to get defensive or to replay everything in my head over and over. What I have learned is that I cannot control how others treat me, but I can control how I respond and how I carry myself forward.
Hey there. Failure used to terrify me. I thought it meant I was doing something wrong or that I wasn’t good enough. Over the years though, I’ve come to see failure differently. Failure is actually proof that I’m trying. It means I’m stepping into the unknown, pushing boundaries, and figuring out what works for me. That shift has been life changing.
Hey there. When I think about the number one goal of any workout, it isn’t about burning the most calories or lifting the heaviest weight. It’s about being able to show up and do your next workout. That shift in perspective changes everything. Instead of obsessing over perfection, I focus on building consistency that lasts.
Hey there. I’ve learned that the most important relationship I have is with myself. That means I have to show up with kindness, compassion, honesty, and directness. If I don’t, I end up fighting an internal battle that only takes energy away from the things I want to do in life. It’s easy to think being kind to yourself means letting yourself off the hook. But real kindness comes from being honest and direct with where you are while still offering yourself compassion for what you’ve gone through.
Hey there. I’ve been in the fitness industry for a couple of decades, and I’ve seen how often it positions weight loss as the ultimate goal. The message has always been that if you just lose the weight, you’ll finally feel confident, happy, and worthy. But I’ve come to see that the real story is different. Weight loss is not the goal. It’s the byproduct of the actions you take and the mindset you choose to build.
Hey there. When I think about weight loss and fitness, I don’t just think about workouts, calories, or even body composition. I think about who we believe we are and how we decide to show up. That is the real starting point.
Hey there. When I think about the journey many of us have been on with weight loss, I realize just how important it is to own your story. If you are like me, you have probably been on this path for years, maybe even decades. You may have had periods where you were consistent, times where you stopped altogether, and even times when you reached your goal only to look in the mirror and not like what or who you saw. That feeling is one of the biggest traps in the fitness industry. The industry profits off of our insecurities. My answer has always been the inside/out approach.
