Author: Pamela
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Fear of Going Backwards to Where You Started
Starting a wellness journey is daunting and worrisome but maintaining once you’ve reached your goal can be just as worrisome. I’ve found myself thinking about this a lot lately as I prepare to possibly do something that will put me on the sideline for a short period of time from my regular workout routine. A… Read more
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Managing Your Stress to Avoid Emotional Eating
Often, we don’t consider how our stress impacts our eating habits. Stress can play a role in so many areas of a wellness journey. When it comes to eating, many people, including myself, tend to emotionally eat. This means when we are stressed or feeling good it can impact how much and how often we… Read more
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Taking a Break to Allow Your Body and Mind to Reset
During a wellness journey there are times when your body and mind feel overwhelmed by the constant focus on getting your life right. Often, we get so focused on every aspect of our life choices that we forget to enjoy the moment. We spend so much time focusing on whether we’re eating right. Are we… Read more
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How Sleep Quality Impacts Hunger and Weight Loss
At the beginning of a wellness journey, we may not think about how sleep quality will impact us, aside from feeling tired when we go to exercise. As we work on the 1% rule of getting a little better each time we exercise, this can be the same for sleeping and eating. When we sleep… Read more
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Challenging Yourself Beyond What You Thought Possible
As I write this I just finished my second half marathon in less than a year. I never thought I would write or say this. I never considered running any distance because of my physical health. As my physical health improved, I began challenging myself to try harder things. I learned that part of my… Read more
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Embracing Seasons and Cycles to Achieve Long-Term Wellness
As we go through a wellness journey, we’ll notice that we feel differently at different times of day and seasons. As the weather changes, it can impact our mood and how we feel physically. Our body’s natural rhythms change weekly, monthly and throughout the year. This can physically and mentally take a toll on us.… Read more
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Enjoyment-Based Life: The Secret to Sustainable Wellness
As we begin a wellness journey, we’re so focused on getting to the gym or watching how much we eat that we find our moods shifting. We become so caught up in becoming who we want to be that we forget to enjoy our lives. This is common when we dive into a wellness journey… Read more
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Practicing the 1% Rule: The Compound Effect for Sustainable Wellness
Creating systems to develop sustainable habits isn’t only important for maintaining motivation, it also helps grow your wellness and weight loss progress. To build onto the sustainable systems you’ve developed, practicing the 1% rule can have a lasting impact on creating sustainable, long-term success. While the 1% rule impacts weight loss, it can be applied… Read more
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Building Systems to Make Sustainable Healthy Habits
Goals are important to supporting your weight loss. That’s why when you begin your weight loss journey, you start by identifying your reason and your goals. Setting your SMART goals helps define what you want to accomplish and how you will track your progress. However, your goals need to be supported. Building systems help you… Read more
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Setting Yourself Up for Long-Term Success: Starting with Self-Identity
After determining why you want to lose weight and setting up your goals, there is still no guarantee for success. Unless we develop some long-term success strategies, then once we reach our goals, we can get off track. This has been my experience, but creating long-term success strategies that are continually adjusted has helped me… Read more