The holiday season shouldn’t be about deprivation or dieting. It’s a time to celebrate with family and friends and to enjoy the festivities. The challenge is to do it without gaining weight. Am I right?? For the past several years, I have challenged myself to stick to a few simple healthy habits from Thanksgiving through […]
Plan Some Fun in Your Life (and a free planning printable to make it happen).
Planning a healthy life is more than just scheduling workouts, planning meals, and organizing our busy calendars. Relaxation and downtime is super important too! And, as busy women, that’s probably the area we most neglect. Especially this time of year. I saw a blog post called something like “19 things to do before 2019”. […]
6 Easy Ways to Hold Yourself Accountable While Dieting
Do you struggle with sticking to a healthy living goal, like eating more veggies or exercising times per week, or losing the last stubborn 15 pounds? You are not alone. Setting goals is easy, but sticking to them is not, so in this post I will share six easy ways to hold yourself accountable. […]
February Results and March 2018 Goals
Happy March! It’s time to update you on my February 2018 goals and share my March goals with you. I share my goals for accountability and to keep it real. Because goals, like life, can be unpredictable and messy. I also want to show you that sometimes we might set a goal and are really […]
January Results and February 2018 Goals
Time to update y’all on my January 2018 goals and share my February goals with you. (The January blog post included lots of tips on simple goal setting and you can read that here: January 2018 Goal Setting Also, I am making February my “month of gratitude” and I am really excited to share with you […]
How to Create a More Balanced Life in 5 Simple Steps
Do ever feel that life is like a train? Speeding into the station while you wait patiently on the platform. But instead of slowing, the train accelerates and passes you by. You’re left desperately waving your ticket while the caboose disappears in the distance. Maybe this is a little overly dramatic, but I’ve felt this […]
January 2018 Health and Fitness Goals (and How to Set Your Own)
Happy New Year! This month I wanted to share my personal health and fitness goals with you, as well as the process I use to select them. It will help hold me accountable and, since many of you have the Diet & Fitness Planner I use, it will give you tips and ideas to use […]
5 Simple Steps to Planning a Productive Day (Hint: You Don’t Need an Expensive Planner)
How do you get sh*t done as a busy lady? You have to plan. Now y’all have probably seen super fancy planners. Cute little books with perfect hand lettering, stickers, oh and one or two tiny to do’s. I totally love the look of fancy, scrapbook-style planners. But guess what? I don’t use one for […]
51 Unique Ways to Use a Calendar to be Healthier, Happier and an Organizational Rock Star
Would you believe you can use a calendar to lose weight, get fit, organize your home, plan vacations, nurture your creative side, and get your finances under control? Read on, for 51 unique ways to use a calendar to not only organizer your life, but to be a healthier, happier and more fulfilled person. All […]
How to Master Meal Planning in 7 Simple Steps
Mastering the art of meal planning will save you tons of time and money! Oh, and most importantly meal planning will save you stress. Imagine coming home from work to a house of hungry and cranky kids but knowing exactly what you will feed them for dinner. And having the ingredients in the house! […]
Free Mother’s Day Planning Checklist
Just a super quick post to share a printable Mother’s Day Planning checklist with you. You can use this printable to brainstorm creative ways to celebrate, create a menu and ponder gift ideas. Then use the checklist portion to remember important details like buying cards, mailing cards, making reservations and, of course, calling Mom! Download […]
4 Ways to Organize Your Health & Fitness Journey with an Erin Condren Notebook
I can’t help it, I’m obsessed with all things paper… notebooks, planners, Project Life Cards, sticky notes… you name it, I have it. My office looks like a combination scrapbook room and office supply store. Now I’ve added an Erin Condren notebook to my collection. It has a plastic laminated cover like the Erin Condren […]
A Free Spirit’s Guide to Effortless Healthy Meal Planning
Does the phrase “meal planning” strike terror in your heart? Every diet and fitness guru insists you must plan your meals every week. If “planning meals” wasn’t enough, you also have to “prep your food.” Food prep brings to mind images of mismatched, stained Tupperware containers lined up on a counter, each filled with four […]
New and Improved Printable Fitness Calendar
Hot off the press is the newly updated Exercise & Fitness calendar! Many of you have my 2014 Fitness Planner which includes exercise calendars for each month of the year. Now I’ve added a perpetual calendar so you simply print as many copies as you need. No need to update every year. I’m all about […]
Meal Planning So Simple Even a Gym Bro Can Do It - with Printables
Meal planning - the healthy person’s secret weapon! Having delicious, nourishing foods at your fingertips requires a little thought and planning. Unfortunately healthy meals don’t fall from the sky, but I’d be first in line if they did. Instead of waiting for a miracle, I’ve created a simple Meal Planning Worksheet and Shopping List. Filling in […]