No More BABY WEIGHT!

How many of you moms had every intention of working out while off on mat leave, having all this time to prep meals and workout with your baby? And how many actually have done that?!?! IT'S REALLY HARD! Babies don't sleep through the night, babies need fed ALL THE TIME, babies need held or get sick or your boobs are sore or you are healing from delivery...and so on.

First of all, THIS IS NORMAL! So don't worry about or feel bad that you haven't done what you intended to do because LIFE happens. Also, don't look at anyone else and compare yourself to them, you have no idea what they are struggling with or what their life is like. Your body created an incredible human being....HEEEELLLLLOOOOOO! That's WICKED! Be proud of that and let's work on creating a happy healthy you in the time that is reasonable for you to commit to,

I have recently revamped how I am doing my own workouts and how I train my clients to get optimal results in a shorter amount of time. EFFICIENCY is the key! And how do we do it??? TABATA Training.

Tabata Training is when you choose 1 exercise/movement and do it for 20sec then 10 sec rest and repeat that for 8 rounds (it totals 4mins), then you move on to a new exercise/movement. This doesn't sound like it would be that hard, but don't be fooled it's intense. The best thing is that people can wrap their minds around 20secs and knowing that after 4mins they never have to see that exercise again (that day) it makes it manageable. Tabata is so efficient because it burns a TON of calories in a very short period of time....THAT'S THE KEY.

25mins a day, 4 days per week...can you do that?! You need to ask yourself a question; How unhappy are you with where you are at and how badly do you want to change and feel back to the real YOU? If you are ready to make a change then you will MAKE time for these workouts.

Here is an example of a Tabata workout that can be done at home;
#1- wide squat with bicep curl and shoulder press (this one is great to start with because it warms up the whole body)
#2- Bentover Row
#3- Plank
#4- Plie Squat with Overhead Tricep Extension
#5- Push Up with Rotation (toes or knees)
Then stretch!!!


I combine tabata training with clean eating and many clients use the Transform30 to kickstart their routine for the first 30 days. I have a website, recipes, support and more during that program as well. Here is a link to the T30 healthy eating program if you're interested

If you'd like to really get yourself back on track, healthy lifestyle not just weight loss, fit not skinny and HAPPY IN YOUR BODY then email me and I'd love to connect via skype, zoom, Facebook, etc.

Fit Mama...even with no time!

So I'm a personal trainer, owner of Performance Fitness training studios AND a Senior Sales Coordinator with the Juice Plus Company on top of a mama of 4 little girls...BUSY BUSY BUSY! But I wouldn't change it for the world because I thrive on being busy.
My biggest issue now though is when do I get my own workouts in? I need them for my sanity (and my husbands) as well as staying fit is important to me and important for my job!
So I've decided and designed my own Tabatta workouts to be done at home and all in 25mins! It's wicked and NO EXCUSES! Currently i'm sitting here feeling my Chest and Triceps from Sundays workout and tonight is a focus on Back and Biceps along with core and cardio always. My goals is to do 5 days/wk for the next 30 days and do a before and after pic of myself and my hubby.
You don't need to do 60mins, you just need to be efficient with your time. The more doable you make it the more successful you will be. Consistency is the key to results, stick to a plan that works for you and you'll see results and FEEL MOTIVATED.

Holiday Healthy Tips

Hey Everyone! How have you been over Christmas (if you celebrate) or over the Winter Break with staying active and not over indulging too much? For me, I would rather drink wine than eat desserts to be honest and that was my plan, a little wine but saying no to too much dessert....how do you think that went when the homemade goodies came out?! FAIL!!!
So i had my wine then i also had the dessert! CRAP!

Here are my top 5 tips for the rest of the holidays though, no matter what happened over the past week;

1. Forgive Yourself and MOVE ON! You can't change what you ate or drank but you can chose going forward what you're going to put in your mouth
2. Enjoy Yourself...within reason! If you know you're going to have a free-for-all New Years night, then be super clean the rest of the day leading up to that. Drink water, Have smoothie for breakfast and protein and veggies for lunch and snacks.
3. Be Active; Get out and go for walks/runs, play in the snow (now that we have some) or get to the gym. You don't want to come out of the holidays and take the next 6wks to feel back to normal
4. Rest and Recover; we all most likely went into the holidays super busy and super stressed, take this time to get at least 8hrs of sleep and possibly nap
5. Write down some personal/business/family goals for yourself in 2016. Write down a BIG goal then a few 6 month goals and 3 months then by the end of Jan goal. When you write them down they are MUCH more likely to get done.

My passion has been reignited!

I have been a personal trainer for almost 14yrs now and i love it more with each passing year. I have been the owner of my own studio for over 3yrs now and it has been an incredible growing experience for me in so many ways, but most of all I have developed a deep passion for whole food nutrition.
Real food and how it effects our bodies is completely under utilized; we turn to pills and multi-vitamins to "fix" us instead of working on using the nutrients in whole foods to prevent or heal MANY issues.
I take pride in the training programs I design and the results I get for my clients BUT without the right eating plan, those results are limited. I have gained a lot of nutritional knowledge over the last 2yrs but not qualified to assess a clients current patterns/habits and then design a program based on thier symptoms, issues and goals.
I will be a certified nutritional coach in 3 months and I am BEYOND excited about what that will allow me to do for my clients.
I hate seeing clients struggle with weigh-ins and motivation. We all have stresses and struggles and we have many things happening in our bodies that we may not even be aware of and those factors are stopping our progress; unbalance digestive enzymes, adrenal glands that are overworked, not enough micro nutrients so that our bodies cannot absorb the proper nutrients or MANY other option but how would you know?
I am SO excited to be learning more and bringing this to regular and new clients a like! Be ready to transform your bodies people! This is going to change the way you looks at Health!!!!

As I learn more, I will be blogging about it so be ready to pick up lots of tidbits of info that will help you on your journey.