Fitness
Most of us are all pretty clear on why we need to get eightish hours of quality sleep each night, but HOW?
If you are like me, you’re working all the time, your family has needs, and shutting your brain down at night can sometimes seem impossible.
TAAAAA DAAAAA!
Here are six things you can do to help make sure that Mr. Sandman finds you:
Fitness
I have big bones.
Diets don’t work for me.
Being overweight runs in my family.
I don’t have time to make healthy food.
Eating healthy is too expensive.
I’m too old to lose weight.
I don’t like to exercise.
I have a slow metabolism.
My meds make me gain weight.
I’m starting a diet next Sunday.
I have a thyroid problem.
I just love food.
It’s easy to make excuses and find ways to blame weight gain on someone or something else but the truth is: if you ate it, you own it. We all have outside factors that make an impact on our weight. Some people do have naturally thinner body types. Some people build muscle more easily. Some people are over fifty (wink, wink) and battling a slowing metabolism. But every one of us is in charge of how much we move and what we chew and swallow.
Body Science
Losing weight is great but if you want to do so in the healthiest way possible, body fat is where it’s at.
When you embark on a weight loss journey, it’s almost guaranteed that you will be saying “Bon Voyage!” to some muscle mass and for women over fifty, that’s a recipe for disaster. You can counteract this phenomenon by losing weight slowly, eating an adequate number of calories, while pumping up your protein intake, and working out. The goal with any weight loss plan is to lose fat and maintain as much lean mass, or muscle, as possible.
Fitness
What you think may be keeping you fat.
That was blunt but the truth is that your brain may be the biggest thing standing between you and weight loss. From your ability to make healthy decisions to your stress levels your brain is working overtime when you are in weight loss mode. And if your brain isn’t on board with your weight loss goals, you can’t expect to be successful.
Fitness
You don’t have to throw tires to get healthy. You don’t have to run marathons either. Let’s take a look at some more reasonable regulations.
Read more “Yes, You Can Get Fit Without Ever Throwing A Tire!”
Fitness
We’ve all heard the usual motivators for getting to the gym. You’ve probably tried getting a workout buddy who keeps you accountable or promising yourself a reward after you finish. You’ve bought a smaller pair of pants to work your way into or purchased a gym membership hoping that the membership card alone would motivate you to exercise. But sometimes those tried and true motivators just don’t cut it and then you need to bring out the big guns.
What can you do that could possibly motivate you to get your butt moving after a gruelling day at work, in classes, with the kids…etc?
This is your time, a new opportunity to set your fitness goals and smash them. Don’t let fatigue, stress, or negative self-talk keep you from achieving your fitness goals.
Fitness
Yep, you read that right: studies suggest that sitting for long periods of time without movement is as bad for our bodies as smoking!
That might seem extreme, but consider this: human beings are meant to move. Our bodies are designed to run, jump, lift, squat, swim and do all kinds of movements that we just don’t do anymore on a regular basis.
Many of us find ourselves in sedentary jobs that require us to sit for long periods of time. That sitting only makes us more tired and lethargic. Ever noticed how, after a long day at work, all you want to do is go home and crash on the sofa? Sitting begets sitting.
Read more “Sitting The New Smoking – Humans Are Meant To Move!”
Fitness
Success doesn’t just happen.
Successful people are almost always focused, motivated, and decisive. You know what else? They own their actions. From their fitness to their portfolios, successful people “own it.”
Why? When you take 100% responsibility for your thoughts and actions, what you are really doing is claiming your power. You are putting yourself in charge. For some folks that sounds intimidating. But if you aren’t happy with every aspect of your life, the universe is telling you it’s time to make a change and own your choices.
Read more “Own it: Change Your Life By Taking 100% Responsibility”
Chrystal's Journal
I am forever being asked about my favourites. What’s my favourite protein powder? What exercise equipment do I recommend? Etc. Etc. I decided I might as well make a page of it, you know – for easy reference. I present to you my picks.
On this page, I’ll highlight the things that I use and/or have tried that I am forever recommending to people because they are that good. Enjoy!
Since I’m doing this, I figured I might as well try and make some money out of it. So note: This page contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something I may earn a commission. Thank you!
These are the Whey protein powders I like (the flavoured ones mix awesome with Greek yogurt!):
These are the Casein protein powders I like:
I’m also always referring people to:
Fitness
To understand functional fitness we first need a baseline. We need to know what fitness itself actually is. In most dictionaries fitness is poorly defined as the condition of the body being physically fit and healthy. This leaves one to question who then has better fitness: the marathon runner or the world-class weightlifter? What about the Olympic gymnast, pro basketball player or even the super strong looking dude doing countless biceps curls while checking himself out in the mirror at your local gym? Read more “What is Functional Fitness?”