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How to get back on track after falling completely off the weight-loss wagon
The weight loss goals have gotten away from us and we’ve decided to get back on track… Sometimes I wish I was a Sim and someone could just speed me through my weight loss journey and put me back at normal speed in 90 days or so when I’ve achieved my goals. That way, we won’t need to get back on track. We’ll be moving too fast to get off of it. Anyways… Weight loss. Tricky stuff when we let it be. Actually, many of us are good at losing weight and have done so several times. It’s the “keeping it off part” that’s tricky. I would know. After losing…
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Best intermittent fasting for weight loss – What you need to hear
Locking in the best intermittent fasting for weight loss routine for you and your lifestyle doesn’t have to be as complicated as it might seem. I’ve been doing this now for a few years for weight loss and I’ve been learning that what is the best for Suzi might not be the best for me. And what might be the best for me, might not be the best for you. So you don’t want to pick a method based on how it worked for someone else. Instead, you want to take note of people’s experiences and find something for yourself. Trying out intermittent fasting schedules and working them into your…
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Lose weight without calorie counting and portion control: 13 lbs lost in 12 days
Yes. It is possible. You can lose weight, lots of it even, without counting one calorie or caring one bit about your portions. I just did it for almost 2 weeks and dropped 13 pounds. Granted, it’s likely mostly water weight, but I did lose a notable amount of bloat and 3% body fat according to my scale. My face is slimmer and the belly fat is going down. I’ve also been able to comfortably intermittent fast, I have plenty of energy for my workouts in the morning, and I feel awesome. All while eating until I am FULL without caring about calories or portions. I’ve just been letting my…
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10 Popular Plus Size Workouts and Workout Routines You’ll Want to Do
On the hunt for some plus-size friendly workouts and workout routines, I gathered 10 popular plus size workouts women are loving to add to my routines. Whether you’re working out to maintain your healthy, curvy figure, get toned, or lose weight, these home and gym exercises and workout routines can help you with that. My weight loss and fitness goals are to tone up and lose some inches but keep my thick legs and butt with a bit of jiggle. I am a fan of keeping a bit of jiggle on my body. A little grip. As my ex calls it. lol Funny story. My ex called me the other…
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How to start a weight loss journey for THE BEST results
This guide includes the best of the best I’ve learned so far about weight loss since getting started. It also includes wisdom from the weight gain I experienced after losing weight. Something that happens to over 98% of obese dieters. You see, I’ve learned a weight loss routine is going to involve way more than the basics like healthy eating and exercising if you’re going to actually achieve your weight loss goals. A solid weight loss routine that is going to take care of all the factors that cause weight gain is going to have to include an entire lifestyle plan, scheduling, mindset work, and some tools for those inevitable…
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My Home Gym Setup: Exercise equipment that’ll build your curves at home
In California, as I am writing this, we are on lockdown and a home gym is essential to keeping up with our fitness goals. To put together our home gym, we chose equipment that can be used for many different exercises as well as an ab machine. I might be adding a squat bar and some more weights, but so far our gym is functioning awesomely. I love it. Below I share the affordable equipment we’ve found to give you some ideas for exercise equipment that can be purchased on a budget. And equipment that works for butt and leg workouts. Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are…
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20 min full body HIIT workouts for home… for when you sorta don’t wanna
I like getting in one of these full-body HIIT workouts at home on those days I don’t feel like working out. It’s those days when my mind is just “this” close to convincing me to skip exercise, shower, and just get to working. I bargain with myself and end up with a quick 20 minute powerful HIIT workout that zooms right by. The workout is finished before I know it and I’m good to go. Today, I’ve gathered 10 favorite go-to HIIT workouts from YouTube that are full-body, QUICK, and make you feel like you’ve actually done something when you were thinking about not doing a damn thing. Cool right?…
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10 powerful weight loss hacks for women tired of struggling
Instead of giving you weight loss tips on things like healthy eating and exercise, these hacks have got to do with your mindset. Our mindsets are usually, if not always, what is actually holding us back. Your mindset determines what your boundaries and capabilities are. Struggling to lose weight is a boundary your mindset has set. That boundary can be in a bad habit and the cause of your self-sabotage. That boundary can show up as a line of thinking that typically leads to eating off plan for you. These weight loss hacks are ways you can update your mindset, expand your capabilities, and begin thinking in a way that…
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How to avoid holiday weight gain – 5 tips to keep you on track if you want to be
Sometimes Thanksgiving and Christmas are a little too close for me. Especially with New Years Eve being right after. I walk into Thanksgiving, party through my birthday (Christmas season baby in the house!), enjoy Christmas, and then roll my stuffed behind out of New Years Eve. People say it’s the renewal of the first of the year that inspire people to make weight loss resolutions. I think it’s the super stuffed feeling and “shocking” weight gain we become aware of when we finally step on the scale after spending months turning a blind eye. By New Years Eve, I’m so full, stuffed, and bloated I don’t want to do anything…
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Weight loss: 10 things I wish I knew before getting started that would have changed the game
These 10 things will help you overcome common weight loss failures, achieve your weight loss goals much sooner, and skip many of the mistakes that make weight loss unnecessarily hard and lengthy. They’ve helped me get on the right track, see better results, and live healthier overall. I tried my first diet when I was just the tender age of 15 and weighing 245 lbs. Since then, I’ve tried all types of diets, learned all types of stuff about healthy eating (some of it dead wrong and some of it spot on), and implemented what I could. I’ve lost a total of 75 lbs but gained 30 pounds of it…
