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PNP Spotlight Member of the Month! It's Jill!
01 May 08 09:17 AM | Corinne | 4 comment(s)
http://phit-n-phat.com/content/may2008spotlight.aspx Jill is a fabulous example of reaching deep and doing things that are way out of your comfort zone. This weekend she will compete in her first triathlon. We've all been following her wonderful story...
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Eat, Eat, Eat
30 April 08 03:04 PM | Corinne | 2 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...
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Is Last Place So Bad?
11 April 08 05:53 AM | Corinne | 5 comment(s)
Before I go further, I want to make sure you all know about Trish's blog she wrote on our other PNP blog... Life Changes and Menu Plan . Ya'll give her a little love because she is also without computer right now which is the double-boredom whammy...
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Facing Life's Issues
26 March 08 06:45 AM | Corinne | 1 comment(s)
We all have stress. There isn't a single person reading this blog right now who can say their life is perfect. What is "bad times" for one person is a "walk in the park" for another, but we CANNOT judge others by this. We all have...
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Weightloss and Fitness Essentials
14 March 08 01:35 PM | Corinne | 3 comment(s)
A funny thing happens when people see me and ask what I do for a living. First, I tell them I own a fitness and lifestyle community. Next, they start asking how do lose weight the FASTEST. I go into the same things I tell my girls everyday: eat right...
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Cleaning Out Your Fitness Life
18 February 08 03:17 PM | Corinne | 1 comment(s)
This weekend the girls at PNP had a challenge to clean out the pantry/fridge . We do a lot of talking about setting up our lifestyle to be one that is friendly to losing weight, exercising, and keeping our health a priority. I totally cleaned out the...
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What's Your Secret to Losing Weight?
12 February 08 12:20 PM | Corinne | 11 comment(s)
My husband has always said to me, "Why do you spend time thinking about reasons that hold you back? Figure out how to do it, learn about it, and go for it. If it is really worth it to you, you will find the time to focus on what you NEED to be doing...
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What It Takes Maintain Your Weight
05 February 08 06:33 PM | Corinne | 4 comment(s)
It's funny, last year I learned a lot about maintenance. I was in maintenance most of the year and a few of my clients were in maintenance...intentional or not. It's hard both physically and mentally because people start a diet with an "end"...
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What Is Your Body Telling You?
31 January 08 01:51 PM | Corinne | 3 comment(s)
“When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt.” ~ Henry J Kaiser I came across this today and it left me thinking two things: 1. When someone says something nice about your physical appearance, smile, say thanks, and I've been working really...
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Cardio That Burns Fat
09 January 08 06:46 PM | Corinne | 3 comment(s)
This is the last of our three-pronged approach to burning up the fat and avoiding weight loss plateaus...cardio. We talked the last two days about changing how we strength train to trick the body, shifting our menus to ingnite the fat burning furnace...
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Getting Fit and Losing Weight in 08: Tell Everyone You Know with a GOOD ATTITUDE
18 December 07 10:29 PM | Corinne | with no comments
Last night I went to dinner with my husband and son for the first time in awhile. We had some good news, it was late, and to be honest, I had no desire to clean up the kitchen. We went out and by the end of a pretty healthy meal I said to my husband,...
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Getting Fit and Ready to Lose Weight in 08: Design A Workout Plan
17 December 07 09:41 PM | Corinne | with no comments
This week I have been working in a corporate fitness center introducing people to the machines, strength training, and basic workout information. It's been enlightening to say the least. I am amazed at how little most people know about exercise, eating...
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Getting Fit and Losing Weight in 08: Exercise Everyday!
14 December 07 02:41 PM | Corinne | 1 comment(s)
You read that right. As a beginner to the whole losing weight and exercising game, you need to focus on establishing healthy habits. A habit takes 21 days to form and sometimes longer depending on how bad the habit you are replacing is. I encourage all...
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Getting Fit and Losing Weight in 08: Making a Schedule
13 December 07 11:12 PM | Corinne | 1 comment(s)
We all know that part of getting the weight off in 08 means you have to get your exercise in and to do that you have to make a realistic schedule and stick to it. People who say, "Oh, I'll get in six workouts this week" and then never sit...
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Getting Fit and Ready to Lose Weight in 08!
12 December 07 03:28 PM | Corinne | with no comments
It's that time of year! Resolutions are right around the corner, the gyms will be packed with people getting the 07 weight off, and everyone you know will be on a diet. It's the one time of year you won't have many people sabotaging you.....
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I Want To Lose Weight. Where Should I Start?
19 November 07 04:28 PM | Corinne | 3 comment(s)
You should start with Phit-N-Phat. Ya'll have a great day! Just kidding, sort of, but this is a popular question I get asked online and in person. We all know that what you eat has a lot to do with it, but I find more people are successful when they...
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Rewind...What Stage Are YOU In???
02 November 07 07:31 AM | Corinne | 8 comment(s)
We have lots of new girls here at PNP since we opened the doors for new business again and that means we have people in lots of stages along the fat loss journey. Let's refresh our memories from an old post of mine that many of you loved. When you...
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Prepping For a Stressful Day
31 October 07 05:58 AM | Corinne | 6 comment(s)
Today my mother is having a heart cath done. She's been having heart problems lately on top of other issues and today we will find out exactly what is going on and where they want her to go from here. Being a Personal Trainer and someone who's...
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Five Must Have Items for Your Home Gym
21 October 07 02:32 PM | Trish | with no comments
Frequently I am asked “What is in your gym,” and “What do I need in my home gym if I want a good workout?” The answer is simple…NOT MUCH! You can outfit a room or corner with little money, minimal space demands, and get a solid workout day after day....
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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...
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Splitting Workouts Into Two Sessions - Can You Do This?
21 October 07 02:29 PM | Trish | with no comments
There is evidence that shows splitting your workout into two different sessions during the day is better for your performance and fat burning capabilities. This is true, but it is also true that finding motivation to do one workout a day is hard enough...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Cardio in the morning???
21 October 07 02:27 PM | Trish | with no comments
I happened to find this link today while researching a competely different topic and thought it was full of such valuable information that everyone should read it. It talks about: - EPOC: Excess Post-Exercise Consumption - Afterburn Effect - Cardio on...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Fat Burning…What You Need To Know
20 October 07 10:46 PM | Trish | with no comments
The burning question these days is, “I want to lose weight. What is the best way to burn fat?” With loads of information about fat burning zones, when to eat, and how much to exercise, it can be confusing to even seasoned waist watchers. Here are things...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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How Do I Exercise and Travel?
20 October 07 10:34 PM | Trish | with no comments
I have two differing ideas on fitness and travel that I use with my clients: 1. If you are hardcore with your exercise…you know, in the gym an hour or so a day six days a week, strength training like there is no tomorrow, and all about eating the right...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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You DESERVE It
17 October 07 05:55 PM | Trish | with no comments
I write this post tonight because I want all of you to know how seriously I take my role as a fat loss inspiration. So many of you read my posts for different reasons: inspiration, knowledge, facts, funny stories, food journals, etc. Whatever brings you...
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When Life Doesn’t Cooperate With Your Goals
17 October 07 05:49 PM | Trish | with no comments
Each of us has fitness and health goals or we wouldn’t be spending time on the PNP websites. When life is going good it so easy to keep your head in the game, eat right, exercise, and take your health to new levels. It’s a no brainer when all you have...
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How Long Did It Take Me To Reach Goal?
17 October 07 05:46 PM | Trish | with no comments
My own trainer and I were talking about realistic expectations today as we were doing my leg workout. It’s amazing how much stuff we talk about standing around two to three minutes between sets. What a far cry from my leaning out workouts just a short...
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It Ain’t Called Stumbling Block for a Reason
17 October 07 05:44 PM | Trish | with no comments
Stumbling blocks come in many forms when you are trying to lose fat and get fit. Do any of these people or things sounds familiar? Friends going out for drinks and dinner at a restaurant that has NOTHING on the menu you can eat. Family members who refuse...
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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...
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Moving Out of the Funk
17 October 07 05:41 PM | Trish | with no comments
Yesterday I talked about Stage Two of fat loss. This is where you are unmotivated, feeling like you will never lose the weight, beating yourself up emotionally for your past mistakes, and just feeling like you should throw in the towel. How do you break...
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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 th