How I planned my workout routines for the gym during my weight loss transformation
I actually still workout this way. The magic will be when I get more consistent with my workouts, but that’s another post. Anywho… This is how I planned (and plan) my fitness routine and workouts to lose 45 pounds in 4 months. I am currently using this same routine and schedule to reach my current weight loss goal of 50 pounds. Below, I’ve also included ways I get more out of the gym during my workouts. Go during a time when there’s less people, more space I like to go to the gym when I don’t have to wait for a machine, weight, or attachment. There’s nobody I have to…
How to Transform Your Life Using a Planner
“Transform your life” sounds like such a huge task doesn’t it? But with some good old decision making, goal setting, and planning, transforming your life can be broken down into a very doable project, or few. And you can keep track of your transformation goals in a planner. Below I detail how to transform your life using a planner in 7 steps. Decide how you’d like to transform your life “We don’t have as many problems as we have decisions to make.” – You Were Born Rich lecture When we make decisions, we cut off other choices, get focused on what we want, and channel our energy towards achieving our…
15 Keto Thanksgiving Sides That’ll Help You Eat Clean This Holiday Season
Thanksgiving already? Yes, Thanksgiving already. Over the last few years, I’ve set the intention to cook a keto meal, but things haven’t worked out yet. Probably because I’m the only one that eats a ketogenic diet and although my family has made adjustments for the only vegan in our family for the last 30 years, I know preparing keto meals is something I’m going to set the tone for myself. This year, I made the decision to put together a menu of keto-friendly Thanksgiving recipes for me to eat and others to try. My family loves my cooking so I think they won’t mind trying keto versions of the classics.…
20 Keto meal prep ideas for starting intermittent fasting
Jumping right into intermittent fasting without properly preparing your body can make intermittent fasting way more challenging than it has to be. Cutting back carbs while cutting back on how often you eat is like stacking hungry on top of hungry. Making it harder to stick to intermittent fasting and take advantage of it’s benefits. If you’ve struggled with sticking to intermittent fasting, or just getting started, improve your ability to intermittent fast by starting with three meals a day. Eating three low-carb meals a day allows your body to regulate appetite, handle cravings, and get used to having lower blood sugar. Getting your body to this stage is what…
33 healthy real foods I avoided to lose 45 pounds
I’ve learned a lot about what’s healthy eating since I’ve started working on my weight. I mean… A. LOT. For instance, I learned soy was a very unhealthy food for humans, a bowl of fruit can cause cravings like a bowl of frosted flakes, and some humans just don’t do well digesting raw vegetables. I learned there are healthy, real, wholesome foods that can also cause stalled weight loss or make weight loss way more challenging (or slower) than it has to be. Releasing weight, for some, will require more than avoiding heavily processed foods and restricting calories on a real foods diet. Below I discuss a few things I’ve…
8 keto diet meal ideas for weight loss that helped me lose 45 pounds
Recently got a request to share some of my go-to keto diet meal ideas I ate to lose weight. So I went through my Instagram to gather my go-to, easy, nutrient-dense keto meal ideas for weight loss. These are the keto diet meal ideas I used to help me lose weight. These meals are also simple meal combinations. What helped me simplify weight loss and stick to my routine was keeping my meals super simple. I was also able to keep better track of my macros and caloric intake with simpler meals. Disclaimer: This post may contain links where if you purchase via my links I receive a commission at…
How to write a keto diet meal plan in 3 simple steps
Creating a meal plan seems complicated, but it really isn’t. It does take some time and balancing, but nothing that’s too hard that it can’t be done by your average healthy eater. I’ve been putting together my own meal plans for a few years now. I even lost 45 pounds in 4 months planning my own meals. Not as consistently as I would like, but still enough to know meal planning is really just 3 simple steps. Step 1: Figure out how much you need to eat This is a step that only has to be done once a month as your caloric intake highly likely won’t change from week to week.…
How to choose the best intermittent fasting method FOR YOU
There are a few things to consider when choosing an intermittent fasting method besides thinking about which one works the best for weight loss. Choosing an intermittent fasting method that doesn’t work for you is like suffering unnecessarily and making intermittent fasting way harder than it has to be. You might choose to fast for 20 hours a day because the weight loss results you’ve seen look fantastic, but you started out KNOWING you struggle to go from meal to meal without snacking. That’s a set up for failure, girl. Jumping from eating a total of 6 times a day to eating once will hurt. And it is an unnecessary…
What action steps I took to get unstuck and manifest
And when I say real flow, I mean that flow that moves you forward. I think sometimes we get movement mixed with flow. We can be moving and getting busy, but still experience feelings of stagnation and the frustration of being stuck. Movement can bring about flow, but understanding what type of movement generates flow helps a ton. I went through a whole year of doing plenty of moving and being busy, but when I looked around at my results, they just weren’t happening. I wasn’t making the type of progress that allowed me to feel unstuck and like I was flowing. That type of “stuck” led to festering negative…
15 Grab-n-Go Keto Breakfast Recipes That are Deliciously Guilt-Free
Eating healthy is already a challenge, but coupled with a busy schedule makes it seem impossible. This was definitely something I’ve too struggled with that made weight loss hard and eating clean a struggle. If you’ve also struggled with eating healthy on a busy schedule, this list is for you. These are 15 keto breakfast recipes you can easily prepare on a day off and have ready for the week. And a good amount of them don’t even require a plate! You can eat them in the airport, on a plane, in the car, on the train, (oh snap, that sounded like Dr. Seuss) on the bus, on your walk…
