The Fit Parent Blog
Welcome to the blog! My blog is here to provide fitness strategies & nutrition tips to help you on your weight loss journey. I try to provide education on fitness and nutrition myths you may find on other health & fitness blogs. No, strength training will not make you bulky and no, eating fruit will not make you fat (even though it’s “high in sugar”). Check back weekly for the latest post, or subscribe to my newsletter to get alerted when a new post is live.
These things are keeping you from losing weight… (it’s a long list)
Nothing is normal until it is. We have to push through the discomfort in order to change.
Change Your Normal To Change Your Life
Nothing is normal until it is. We have to push through the discomfort in order to change.
Our Lows Don’t Lie
Focus less on what you do on your best days, and more on what you do on your worst days.
The Building Is The Best Part
All the best things in life have no end goal. The building is the best part.
How To Activate Your Motivation Cycle
Action leads to results, which leads to motivation, which leads to further action.
Consistency Trumps Intensity
We have the power to make decisions now that are going to greatly set ourselves up for success later. Stay ready so you don't have to get ready.
Don’t Let Summer Slow You Down
If you treat June like it’s Friday afternoon, don’t be surprised when September feels like Monday morning.
Lose 10 lbs For Summer
I’ve got the blueprint for getting toned, fit and confident for the summer.
How To Get Out Of A Rut
When you’re in a rut, everything feels difficult. But the biggest challenge by far is getting out of it all together. Here are my lessons for what to do to get yourself back on track.
Aging Isn’t An Old Person Problem
It’s a young person problem and the symptoms show up when we’re older.
5 Lessons From 5 Years Of Training
5 years ago I quit teaching and started training full time. While I still have a lot to still learn, there are 5 key lessons I’ve picked up along the way and want to share with you. I hope you will find them as valuable as I do.
Fitness Is About Freedom
If your fitness routine or nutrition plan are keeping you from doing or eating the things that you love than you’re doing something wrong. Fitness is about freedom, not restriction.
Are You Living Your Fit Life?
When it comes to your fitness journey, we need to think more about the lifestyle we will be living than the final outcome we are trying to reach. If you could define your “fit life”, what would you look like? How would you feel day to day? What would you be doing?
How To Ditch The Extremes & Start Living With Intention
The extremes (throwing your diet into the wind on a Friday or starting a new “30 day to a bikini body” routine) can feel thrilling, but once you can learn to live in the balance of the middle long enough it becomes more fulfilling than any extreme plan ever could. Just take it from Nichole Sweeny.
The 6 Things You Need To Be Doing To Maintain Your Weight Loss
The things we need to do to maintain weight are the same things we do to lose weight (with one large exception). So if you’re not willing to do it forever, it’s probably not worth doing in the first place.
6 Lessons From Fitness Industry Leaders
There are 6 major leaders in the fitness industry and I had the privilege and pleasure of spending time with them at the Raise The Bar conference over the weekend. Here are 6 lessons they shared and my thoughts on them.
Facts Don’t Care About Your Feelings
Our feelings can lie to us. Thoughts like “I feel like I’m eating healthy” or “I feel like I haven’t lost any weight” can lead to failure because they don’t tell us anything about what’s really happening. When it comes to your fitness, trust the facts.
Why The Scale Isn’t The Best Way To Track Fat Loss
How we measure progress is essential because it determines what we do next. The scale doesn’t tell the whole story, but these 3 other methods for tracking will tell us what we need to know.