Friday, June 24, 2011

Find your inner strength

Hello, hope you all have had a fabulous week. I have no complaints. I've been a busy little bee.....but busy is good for me. After I trained a few clients this morning, it was time for my session, and let me tell you, I was a tired.

We all have an inner strength that we find deep within ourselves. This is why when you work with a personal trainer you see faster results. As a trainer it's my job to push you to find more strength. When you think you can't do another repetition....I make you do three.

Today while I was training, I found mine. I pushed myself so hard today, and when I was truly ready to quit, I added one more difficult exercise. I find my inner strength by talking to myself and visualizing. I might look a bit like a crazy person in the gym, but I don't care, I'm there to train.

Today while you are performing your fitness training, whatever that may be, when you are ready to quit, push yourself a little more. Find your inner strength and you'll feel great!

Thank you for reading and no matter what shape and size you are, always love yourself!!!

xoxo
Michelle

TIP OF THE DAY:
It's Friday and for those of you who are going out, try and limit yourself to only two alcoholic bevereges. Drinking high volumes of alcohol is a sure way to put on the pounds. Alcohol is basically empty calories that add up. I drink red wine while I'm out because I drink red wine slowly, so I'll only have one or two glasses.

Monday, June 20, 2011

It's all about balance!

Good afternoon, sorry for my hiatus.....I had a lot of important matters to deal with. It's why I have decided to write about balance today. I'm not talking about physical balance, that will be another day. When I say balance, I'm meaning with your lifestyle, the way you spend your time.

I often don't have balance in my life. I'm extreme, when I'm in it, man, I'm in it. I realized how necessary it is to make time for all areas of your life. I become a workaholic, where that's all I do is work, work, work, don't get me wrong, I love what I do, but sometimes I forget to have fun.

Having fun is essential in life, but you can't go crazy and need to still take care of your responsibilities. Family is very important to me, and sometimes I go months without a trip home. Do you see where I'm getting at? The one balance I have in my life is my health and fitness regimen, but that's easy for me.

I took the last couple of weeks off from writing because I realized different parts of my life were off balance. I took the time to figure out what I needed to do to change this. Now I have a plan. Today sit down and really analyze yourself and see if you are off balance in an area. Are you working to much?, spending to little time with the family?, not filling your spiritual cup?, not getting your intimate needs met?, etc. Try and find a healthy balance.

Thank you for reading and no matter what shape and size you are, always love yourself!!!

xoxo
Michelle

TIP OF THE DAY:
It's Monday, the start of the week. I challenge you this week to cut out all fast food. Fast food is one of the worst things you can injest in your body. It's mainly processed, full of sodium, and bad fat. Go one week without fast food and you'll probably not go back.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Do me a favor and EAT!!!

This blog is going to be short and to the point. I am the smallest I have ever been, but weigh the same as I did a year ago. I have added muscle and lost inches. This was my personal fitness goal. I changed a lot in my health and fitness regimen, one thing that is essential for EVERY person's fitness goal, whatever it be, is to EAT!!!!

I am very small, people ask all the time if I eat, I find it actually insulting when this is asked to me. My response and what I want to share with all of you is that, "I AM CONSTANTLY EATING"!!!! Granted I eat small portions, that are healthy.....but I eat all the time. Every few hours I am noshing on something.

It is a fact if you eat small meals frequently throughout the day, starting with breakfast within 60 minutes of rising, it keeps your metabolism up. If you want to drop a some pounds, this little adjustment alone, with no exercise, will help, and you will see results. For the love of god, don't starve yourself and please EAT!!!!

Thank you for reading and no matter what shape and size you are, always love yourself!!!

xoxo
Michelle

TIP OF THE DAY:
Change doesn't happen in your comfort zone. Today, take your training up a notch. Whether it is increasing the speed on your cardio, adding heavier weights to your lifting, or adding another set to an exercise.