A Saturday chat :)

Hey healthy peeps :)

Tell me I am not the only person having a terrific week. I have had 8 new clients this week, 8!!! That's 8 peeps who I get to work with, get to know, get to teach and in turn learn myself. I feel like every time I work with a new client it is a learning experience. We all work different ways, respond to different things and have been on different walks. I love meeting new peeps! something you may know about me though is I am painfully terrible with names. I am working on it.

With all the new members and clients there are a few things I will mention;
1. We are a supportive place. Negative past experiences at a gym led me to want to open a fitness studio where it has total acceptance of others- No matter where you are on your health journey! Absolutely no negative comments will be tolerated either in studio or on this page. All love peeps <3
2. There will be no posting by others trying to sell on this page. This is MY business page but sometimes my status gets hacked with someone trying to promote their products. I will delete your comments. If it continues, I delete you. Or tackier still, if someone asks me a question and before I answer someone else will PM them with their product. These pushy tactics aren't what this page is about.
3. I keep getting asked how early you need to come to class or PT. I am running a home based business and many times I have clients booked back to back. 3-5 minutes prior to your workout is plenty of time to get in, get your shoes on and be ready to go. If I am still with a client when you get here, there are chairs in my office for you to wait :) I literally have a few minutes set aside for dinnertime some days so 20 minutes prior to class I am likely eating- ain't nodody wanna see dat LOL!

Now that business is attended to lets chat about the fun stuff. Running- I am a huge lover of outdoor running but lets face it when it is cold and icy out it sucks. I don't like the treadmill... Orrr dooo I? Earlier this week my daughter and I went to orientation at our local fitness facility (family fitness has been a struggle lately with the cold and my oldest child is old enough to come to the gym and track with me but requires orientation for safety reasons first). Anyways, we are there and I am like I don't like cardio equipment, I prefer to run outside in -20. Then she starts signing Amber up and I am like whoa hold up. I am signing up too! They have a virtual system on their tv screens that stimulates different trails. Like Stanley park. Crystal it is AWESOME! Like real life! Anyway when you go up a hill so does the treadmill. It is just what my brain needed to not be bored on a dreadmill. Er I mean treadmill. Now don't get me wrong I still love being outside but on cold days I will take a trail run in Ireland instead ;) How cool is technology?! It is a game changer for me!

Another game changer this week was attending my first freezer meal workshop last night. So one of the snobbiest foodies I know (That's a compliment. Meaning she is picky on ingredients and eating clean. I think she will like that title lol) was hosting it with her fabulous pampered chef rep so I knew it would be great. Like any recipe, you can modify it to suit your individual needs. The meals I made were very healthy. I added extra veggies to everything. Some of the recipes suggest to serve with pasta and I will likely serve with veggie noodles. You tailor it to you. I will for sure host some of my own and attend more! I have been doing meal prep for years and have been a little bored lately with the non "freshness" of reheated food. This is gonna be epic! Set your crock pot and voila dinner is served ;)

This week as I mentioned has been about family fitness. Getting busier in my business usually means less family time, so I got creative. I put family time and workouts all in one :) This momma managed 5 weight workouts + 2 runs with Mandie + family fitness every day. That's not a shabby week!

Switching it up is definitely the #1 piece of advice I give when peeps ask how I kept a massive amount of weight off for so long. When I get bored or something feels off I switch it up. There is no way I would continue eating healthy if I were feeling deprived on a super restrictive diet. That's why extreme dieting doesn't work. It is set up for short term results. Eating a balanced healthy diet and exercising regularly isn't a huge sacrifice because I am eating yummy foods, I am at the point that even if I don't love the workout I do it because I love the way I feel afterwards.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend healthy peeps!

Di