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Eat, Eat, Eat
30 April 08 03:04 PM | Corinne | 3 comment(s)

Most of you know I'm training for my first competiton in August. It's pretty exciting because Bill from our site and Lisa my friend (and PNP member) are doing it with me. The training is going well and I wanted to spend today discussing lessons...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Children, stressful situations, time management

Day of Rest
21 October 07 02:30 PM | Trish | with no comments

When your muscles are screaming, you have hard time sleeping (and not just your four year old deciding to ride his tricycle at 3:00 a.m.), and you want to eat everything in the house you know it’s time for a rest day. I have found that I have six days...

Filed under: Diet, Making Exercise a Lifestyle

Oxygen Magazine Features Jen Hendershott
21 October 07 02:29 PM | Trish | with no comments

If you follow my workouts you know I’m doing the workout style taught by Jenny H. at her Phat Camps. By the way, if you have the means and the interest you should go because it is the best money you will ever spend on your fitness. This month she is featured...

Filed under: Diet, Weight Training, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Arm Workout

Working Out ALL DAY…or so it seems
21 October 07 02:28 PM | Trish | with no comments

Today is one of those days where I’m so busy with work and life that I am squeezing it all in when I can. Many of us forget that a workout doesn’t have to be XXX amount of time at X o’clock. It can be thrown at your body all day in shorter bouts with...

Filed under: Diet, Core Work, Exercise, Weight Training, Weight Watchers, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout, Treadmill, Eating Clean

Saturday and Sunday Combo
21 October 07 02:27 PM | Trish | with no comments

Busy, busy, busy. That’s the best way to describe things these days. Getting in the workouts takes creativity, scheduling, and flexibility. Eating right takes discipline and preparation. That’s what life is about, though, learning how to do all that you...

Filed under: Diet, Core Work, Exercise, Shoulder Workout, Weight Training, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Interval Training, Treadmill, Eating Clean

If I am sick, should I skip my workouts?
21 October 07 02:24 PM | Trish | with no comments

This is a question I hear often and one that I had to answer for myself this morning. Last night I had a sore throat and general ill feeling. You know, nasty taste in the mouth, tired, achy, sore throat; just not feeling well. The decision to carry on...

Filed under: Diet, Weight Training, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout, Treadmill, Exercising and Sickness

Be PROUD of yourself!
21 October 07 02:23 PM | Trish | with no comments

I am proud of myself. I had a cold, a right hip that is just not up to running, and a left hamstring that is tight as a drum. A year ago I would have easily pushed through the pain of the hip, maybe throw a stretch or two in for the hamstring, and forget...

Filed under: Diet, Fat Girl Thinking, Shoulder Workout, Weight Training, Weight Watchers, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout, Exercising and Sickness

Vegas Vacation…Friday
21 October 07 02:21 PM | Trish | with no comments

Do you struggle with exercising while on vacation? Many times a good fitness routine and healthy eating habits are thrown out the window the second vacation or travel begins. It doesn’t have to be that way. Throughout my nine day stay in Vegas I am going...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout, Arm Workout, Treadmill, Vacation

Vegas…What day is it?
21 October 07 02:19 PM | Trish | with no comments

I usually try to write something insightful other than must my mindless ramblings about what I have been filling my time with. Unfortuanately, my brain is fried today from a 13 hour poker session yesterday. Yes…you read that right. Chris and I sat at...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Making Exercise a Lifestyle

Five Tips to A Good Night’s Sleep and Why Your Muscles Need It
21 October 07 02:18 PM | Trish | with no comments

One of the undervalued aspects of a good workout program is your sleep habits. At rest, our bodies work very to repair all the damage we do during the course of the day. It is also when we burn through fat (or muscle depending on how well you are eating...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Weight Training, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Vacation, Sleep

Life Doesn’t Control Me…I Control My Life
21 October 07 02:17 PM | Trish | with no comments

Rarely will you ever do anything harder in your life than try to lose weight. Alcoholics can stop drinking, smokers can stop smoking, but when you have to lose weight you can’t just stop eating. The temptation is all around you. It’s the one “addiction...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Shoulder Workout, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Interval Training, Treadmill

Five Tips to Leaving Vacation and Getting Back to Healthy Living
21 October 07 02:17 PM | Trish | with no comments

Do you have a hard time getting back to the gym and healthy eating after a vacation? It can be tough. You probably indulged in sweets and carbs you normally don’t. Activity is usually limited or non-existant. All of this makes it tough to jump back in...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout, Vacation

This Is Your Life!
21 October 07 02:13 PM | Trish | with no comments

The diet industry has done a good job over the years convincing us that you must deprive yourself and sweat your butt off if you want to lose weight. While some of us do enjoy a good workout, it’s not for everyone. The best way to lose weight and keep...

Filed under: Diet, Weight Watchers, Making Exercise a Lifestyle

Always Lead By Example…You never know who’s watching
20 October 07 10:48 PM | Trish | with no comments

Twice today “Lead by Example” has been brought to my attention and it inspired me to write to all of you…especially all of my Mommies out there searching for a healthy lifestyle they can share with their children. (Click on More… to see the rest of this...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout, Children, Arm Workout, Treadmill, Cardio Directory

Scheduling Your Healthy Life
20 October 07 10:44 PM | Trish | with no comments

Being fit and healthy can be a daunting task. One method I have incorporated into my lifestyle that Weight Watchers taught me was to plan my eating and exercising just like I would plan my workday. At the beginning of each week, I plan my weekly workout...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Treadmill

What Keeps You Motivated?
20 October 07 10:40 PM | Trish | with no comments

What keeps you motivated has to be in the top five questions I am asked by my clients and readers. Motivation is such an individual thing; what works for one doesn’t always work for another. I decided to list some of the things I found helpful along my...

Filed under: Diet, Chest Workout, Exercise, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Children, Treadmill

Personal Goals
20 October 07 10:37 PM | Trish | with no comments

It is important for each of us to have goals in our weightloss journey. A deadline looming, a shiny carrot dangling in front of us…both make the journey fun and rewarding. My goals have always been fitness related rather than weight related. I can’t say...

Filed under: Diet, Core Work, Exercise, Back Workout, Making Exercise a Lifestyle

Changing Your Lifestyle
20 October 07 10:26 PM | Trish | with no comments

Does this sound like you? It’s Sunday night, you have all fresh fruits and vegetables in the house, you are determined to cook all week and not eat out, the alarm is set for 5:30 a.m., and you are determined to workout six times this week for one hour...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Weight Watchers, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout, Interval Training, Cardio Directory, Elliptical

How Do I Begin an Exercise Program?
20 October 07 01:22 PM | Trish | with no comments

Today we’re going to talk about the basics of a good workout plan for fat loss. This entire week I’m going to lay out some schedules for different types of workout schedules that are designed to get your body into fat burning mode IF you are supporting...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Making Exercise a Lifestyle

Intermediate Schedule
20 October 07 01:19 PM | Trish | with no comments

If you followed yesterday’s advice, you are well into a couple of months of exercising. Now it’s time to kick things up a notch. This next couple of months you will be adding in some additional cardio time and changing your workout routine. Change is...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Shoulder Workout, Weight Watchers, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Arm Workout

Advanced Schedule…Are You Ready?
20 October 07 01:00 PM | Trish | with no comments

Ahhh…you have hit the sweet spot. You made it through the beginner plan, turned it up a notch with the intermediate schedule, and now you are ready to go full force with some heavy workouts. Be warned, following a schedule like this is tough and takes...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Weight Watchers, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Treadmill, Stairmaster, Cardio Directory, HIIT

Seeing the Results of Your Weight Loss Efforts
17 October 07 05:57 PM | Trish | 5 comment(s)

How long before I can start seeing results of all my dieting and exercising? That is a great question and I wish I had a simple answer. It’s not terribly hard, but it does take a little explaining to get to the right answer. Seeing results can be misleading...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Client Results, Leg Workout, Weight Watchers, Making Exercise a Lifestyle

Every Decision Counts
17 October 07 05:42 PM | Trish | with no comments

“You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.” - Brian Tracy Losing fat and changing your physique is a slow process. It takes thousands of tiny decisions that don’t seem like...

Filed under: Motivation, Diet, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Directory

What Stage Are You In?
17 October 07 05:41 PM | Trish | with no comments

Back when I was a corporate trainer I had the opportunity to go through Situational Leadership II. It was a great program that I taught to managers and it dawned on me last week how applicable it is to the fat loss journey. Many of my girls are in different...

Filed under: Motivation, Diet, Fat Girl Thinking, Shoulder Workout, Leg Workout, Making Exercise a Lifestyle

No More Excuses
17 October 07 05:40 PM | Trish | with no comments

“Eating healthy doesn’t take any more time. It’s just choosing better.” Michael Kirkbride For years I was under the delusion that having a healthy lifestyle was hard or it was too time consuming. Working with clients and loyal Phattie Phollowers, as one...

Filed under: Motivation, Diet, Fat Girl Thinking, Exercise, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Arm Workout