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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 in the forums at PNP and it will be great to...

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 learned from the first four weeks of training. Attention...

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. ______________ "Last place is the girl...

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 to remember that regardless of our circumstances...

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, eat enough, get moving with intensity, and clean...

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 fridge down to soaking the drawers and organizing...

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." I think we often use our reasons we can't...

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" in mind. They are going to work hard, eat...

“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 hard. 2. When you aren't getting the results you...

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 and now we focus on cardio. Cardio is essential to...