The Scale – Friend or FOE

How are you rating your fitness progress? Is it the scale and you are frustrated because the scale is not moving or is moving forward?, say what. The scale can be your FOE if you have not weighted the components of your progression.  Are you lifting weights,  a new addition to your workout, if soContinue reading “The Scale – Friend or FOE”

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Workouts

  Yes, yes and yes.  I have RA but I  do not allow it to prevent me from working out. There are days I am good and go full speed with any Beachbody  workout.  I currently am with Autumn Calabrese- 80 Day Obsession.  There are days however I have to modify the modifier’s move. No excuses. Continue reading “Rheumatoid Arthritis and Workouts”

Negative Environment and Achievement

Establishing a goal especially if it involves a fitness program can bring out the negativity in your close friends.  Maybe you do not have these type of friends or maybe it is just that one.  I do have a few friends that are sarcastic negative. “How long are you going to do this?”   “At yourContinue reading “Negative Environment and Achievement”

Is it Fatigue or Lazy

Is there a difference?, absolutely. Fatigue as I am sometimes, so tired that 5 minutes seems like 25 minutes  when I close my eyes and I am not able to focus without batting my eyes seems like 40 times. Laziness is when any excuse to sit and avoid what I should be doing. I knowContinue reading “Is it Fatigue or Lazy”

The Travel To Health and Fitness

I am traveling on a  journey  to HEALTH and FITNESS. Having experienced years of an eating disorder I now just aim to be be FIT. In my journey I had to cross the bridge to being healthy and fit.  I have experienced a weight that took me to size 18, I binged and binged andContinue reading “The Travel To Health and Fitness”

YOGA -The Many Purposes

Yoga has its many purposes. After a week of kick butt workouts, weights, aerobic, treadmill, elliptical  (I  mix it up). My muscles are tight usually  my quads.  I need to stretch. Beachbody has several yoga workouts that satisfy my muscles. I am not following the said calendar of the program, but I choose the oneContinue reading “YOGA -The Many Purposes”

Life Style Change

On my journey to a better, healthy, fit lifestyle I am learning so much. Last week I learned I needed to tweak my schedule as my life style change. Life style change not only means I have to adjust my workouts but also my intake. As our activity increase or decrease or as weight liftingContinue reading “Life Style Change”

FOCUS

Focus is a very song and powerful word. On my weight journey not only must I outline my weekly goals, broken down to daily I must stay “FOCUS”. It is easy to make an  outline, but it has no meaning without follow through. To follow through it is so necessary to stay focus.  In myContinue reading “FOCUS”

Know YOUR Limits

The road to success has curves, hills, rocks, and then you reach your destination.  However would you travel anywhere without proper preparation? Say on an empty tank? No oil? Flat tire? Or would you stop in the middle of flowing traffic without cause? How would you reach your destination. This applies to exercise, or anyContinue reading “Know YOUR Limits”