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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

March Newsletter
21 October 07 02:26 PM | Trish | 1 comment(s)

This newsletter goes out in email and is posted on my website, but I want to keep a copy on this site for people who “live” here. This has been an exciting month! I launched my online personal training business a little over a month ago and I have enjoyed...

Filed under: Exercise, Weight Watchers, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout, Interval Training, Treadmill, Newsletters

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

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

Keeping a Positive Attitude
20 October 07 10:28 PM | Trish | with no comments

Some of my clients participate in a daily motivational email that I lovingly entitle the Booty Kicking List. This means a client has signed up to get a little push each day to help them keep their eye on the prize. Today I thought and thought about how...

Filed under: Chest Workout, Weight Watchers, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Arm Workout, Treadmill, Stairmaster, Cardio Directory, HIIT

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

Ms. Skinny Fat Is So Wrong
20 October 07 10:25 PM | Trish | with no comments

Here I am fixing to rant about something a client told me today. She had a weigh-in and “only” lost .4lbs. Being a Phit-N-Phat girl she knew that she had: 1. lost fat and not muscle 2. made great choices all week with food 3. exercised like a queen She...

Filed under: Fat Girl Thinking, Shoulder Workout, Client Results, Weight Watchers, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout, Interval Training, Elliptical

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

Avoiding Falling Off the Fatloss Wagon
17 October 07 05:57 PM | Trish | with no comments

Falling off the wagon, getting of our routines, and life getting in the way…those are the most asked about situations I hear. Today we’ll talk about a few tricks to avoid falling off the weight loss or fat loss wagon. Every day I send out a message to...

Filed under: Motivation, Fat Girl Thinking, Weight Watchers, Making Exercise a Lifestyle