Motivation and Mindset
You Can’t Feed Emotional Hunger
“You can’t feed emotional hunger.” That’s what a client sent to me in a message this past week and although it’s not something new, it finally clicked for her. Do…
How to Use Gratitude to Get Fit… Faster!
Did you gain the covid-10? Or is it the covid-15 or -20? Who wants to exercise or eat right when we have all this other stress hanging over our heads,…
Guide: How to Lose Weight for Women Over 40
In this How to Lose Weight for Women Over 40 guide, I’m going to teach you ten powerful ways to get motivated to lose weight – especially if you have…
Over 40? Try These 3 Tips for Successful Weight Loss
I founded my business, It Fits Me, to help women lose weight in order to live their best lives. My philosophy is that we should keep it as simple as…
From High Intensity Interval Training to Yoga
I needed to complete a presentation as part of the YMCA’s yoga training certification and I thought I would share my notes and thoughts about the whole process. I thought…
Thought Upgrade to v2.0
What’s that little voice in your head saying about you and your goals? Is it time for an update? Your thoughts will control your success and this post will help…
The surprising effects of stress on your health…
Stress can be good and bad. If it is left unchecked, stress can be terrible for your health. It’s important to recognize signs that stress is overwhelming you, and know…
Be Your Own BFF! You’re amazing!
Listen to your inner voice. Are you your own best friend or worst enemy? Working in the gym I come in contact with a lot of people and most of…
Happiness for Your Health!
“10% is related to our environment? That leaves a whopping 40% that is actually up to us and what we decide.” That’s enough for me to decide my happiness. How…
Resolutions or Renewed Focus
I have been asked a couple of times but my New Year’s resolution is. I don’t think that I actually believe in New Year’s resolutions because what they imply. Expectations!…
Everything you want is on the other side of hard work.
We are living in a society of shortcuts, hacks and quick fixes. All I have to do is look at the ads that fill our newsfeeds and commercials on the…
Online Personal Training
Are you looking to find out what online personal training is all about and whether it’s right for you? You’ve come to the right place! Online personal training is fast…
Sleep! It’s Important!
SLEEP! It’s one of those things that most think isn’t important. You don’t need me to tell you how amazing a great night’s sleep is. It can make or break…
8 Phases to a Healthy Lifestyle
All my life I struggled with weight and yo-yo dieting. I went through various phases until I came out the other side. 10 years ago, I was a self-proclaimed package…
What is Wrong with my Lifestyle, Anyway?
Photo by Hannah Busing on Unsplash So you decide one day you want to lose a couple of pounds. If you are like most you look online for more information and you start…
What would it look like if it were simple?
What would it look like if it were simple? When was the last time you asked yourself that question about your health and nutrition? I don’t know about you, but…
The Ultimate Guide to Dropping Those Last Stubborn Pounds
… Without going the gym or needing any fancy equipment! I wish I had a magic wand to wave over all of my clients who want to lose those stubborn…
Are You into Wearable Technology?
Photo by Crew on Unsplash Do you have any of these fangdangled bracelets? They seem to have taken the world by storm and they are everywhere. Some are basic and some come with…
10 Top Tips to Get Moving this Spring
Next, to New Year’s, I’d say that Spring is the next most popular time when people think about getting fit. We start to think about being outdoors more and wearing…
Cheat Meals… to cheat or not to cheat?
At one time, I used to have cheat meals and I used to look forward to them! They were my opportunity to indulge and have those foods that I wouldn’t…
Tips for Entrepreneurs
Being healthy and making healthy choices can help in so many ways beyond your physical appearance. If you are not paying attention to your eating habits and daily exercise you…
You Have Two Lists. Vent or Change
You Have Two Lists. It’s OK. Forgive Yourself. It’s Normal. Have you ever wondered why it is so hard to CHANGE a habit or a routine or to CREATE…
Love Yourself and Think Prevention Instead of Medicine
Here’s a fact to ponder: “8 in 10 cases of premature heart disease & stroke is preventable through healthy lifestyle behaviours.” It’s true! Many of the risk factors for heart…
Use Your Disappointment
Disappointment can be a gift… Really? I read this great post recently and I thought I would share my spin on it with you. “The Gift of disappointment is to…
Not Everyone Works With a Personal Trainer for the Same Reasons
The reasons to seek help from a personal trainer are different for everyone. How I train people will depend on why they’re coming to me. Each person’s goals are different…
Putting ‘Personal’ in Personal Training
Everyone has a unique reason for reaching out to a personal trainer. And, in turn, I have a unique and personal approach with each one of my clients. We set customized…
12 Days of Christmas Tips
On the 12th day of Christmas, Coach Lisa gave to me … 12 easy tips to stay healthy … For the singers out there, you probably got caught up in…
Are Hormones Keeping You Awake
In my last post, I talked about different ways of creating a sleep ritual and why getting enough sleep is important. There are times when doing simple things isn’t quite…
Why is Sleep so Darn Important Anyway?
The other day I created a post on Facebook asking people to like the comment if they got 8 hours sleep per night or comment if they got anything else.…
Go Ahead – Take That First Step
Learning anything takes time, patience and practice. Too often, we have such high expectations of ourselves that we have a tendency to beat ourselves up for not being able to…
You set your limits. How high are they going to be?
I learned some fabulous things over my holidays and I want to share them with you. The Climb On the last day of my vacation, before I was going to…
Body Shaming – Are you sure you aren’t guilty of it?
Do you ever notice how things just kinda show up when you need to read them ( or see them, hear them, whatever)? Today is one of those days and…
Seven Myths People Believe About Fat loss
With the vast amount of information and advertisements about weight loss, it’s difficult to understand fact from fiction when it comes to fat loss. If you’re not seeing results with…
Organize Your Life & Fitness
One of the most common things I hear people say about fitting in exercise and fitness plans into their daily lives is that they’re “too busy.” As a health and…
Diets Don’t Work—Here’s Why
Diets are so common. We see them advertised online and in commercials, and overhear our friends and colleagues talking about the latest and greatest way they’ve found to lose weight.
10 Ways to Incorporate Accountability into Your Fitness & Health Goals
Fitness goals. We all have them and sometimes we work on them and well, sometimes we don’t. Have you ever wondered why that is? You have these great intentions that…
Why Clothing Size Doesn’t Matter
Recently, I came across an article in The Huffington Post about a young woman who posed for photos in different sizes of pants… All of the pants fit her –…
The Journey of Personal Growth
In this world of email and social media, we’ve become accustomed to receiving things instantaneously, instead of having to wait. Sometimes, when we have to wait for something, it can…
The Secret to Achieving Your Goals
Do you ever feel like you’re on a hamster wheel? You know, where you’re constantly running, but you don’t seem to be making any progress or getting to where you…
Self-Love: The Key to Your Fitness Plan
Why is it so difficult for us to love ourselves, yet so easy for us to give love to others? Have you ever thought about how easily we can point…
Change Your Diet Story
Is this Your Diet Story? Do you have a diet story? Many people tell themselves a story about how things “should” go, which is often linked to how things have gone…
Healthy Eating for On-the-Go Families with Picky Eaters
This week, I wanted to share a case study with you. I discovered it as part of my ongoing training with Precision Nutrition, and as I read it, I was…
Want to Get Fit? You Just Need to Start!
Have you ever stopped yourself from doing something because you weren’t sure if you could do it? You worried about doing things a certain way, or having things look a…
Overwhelmed and Overeating
Feeling Overwhelmed and find yourself overeating? Do you ever feel that you’re overwhelmed? How about overworked, and—even worse—underappreciated? Maybe others appreciate you, but you don’t appreciate yourself… And the next…
How to Restart and Refocus
Have you fallen off your exercise wagon? Do you find yourself starting to lapse back into old habits and routines that move you farther away from your fitness goals?
7 Things Fit People Do
You’ve heard that being fit is all about the lifestyle, and not the quick fix, so today I’d like to give you a glimpse the habits that fit people have.…
Can’t Lose Weight? 7 Reasons Your Weight Loss Plan Isn’t Working
You made the decision to get fit and lose some excess pounds. Then (hopefully) you started an exercise plan and backed that up with a nutrition program. And that was all you…
Need to Know How to Relieve Stress?
Just in time for the arrival of spring, which often brings milder temperatures, longer days and more sunlight to brighten our moods, April is Stress Awareness Month. What better time…
10 Benefits of Exercise for Baby Boomers
We all know about the importance of exercise, but did you know that it’s still just as important for aging adults to get a proper amount of exercise?
7 Weight Loss Blocks – and How to Knock Them Down
Have you been actively trying to lose weight, but find your results aren’t where you would like them to be? If you’re trying to figure out what’s stopping you from…
Be Mindful When You Eat (and Get Fit Faster!)
Our environments affect what and how much we eat more than we care to admit. It could be our physical environment (the kitchen, the office, the bus on the way…
We Make Time for What Is Important
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. The day is an opportunity to celebrate your love and affection for your ‘other’ half in a romantic way. Thankfully, I don’t need…
Ever thought About Bringing Play back into Your Life?
Often times, when children return from playing, they look quite exhausted and ready for a nap. This is the most accurate description, and also quite the truth, as playing is…
Change Your Life by Changing Your Posture!
Can you imagine being able to change how you feel about yourself and your confidence level with just changing your posture? Oh, the possibilities! It could change so many things,…
Stop Eating Until You’re Full! Seriously!
Do you often eat until you are full? Or even stuffed? Do you know that eating until full or over-full is a habit that can be changed? One of the…
Three Simple Steps to a New You in the New Year
It’s that time of year again. The time when we take steps to a new you in the new year. We make resolutions to eat better, exercise more, take better…
Do Something You Enjoy This Holiday Season
The holiday season is so often referred to as a time to spend with family and friends. My hope for you is that you enjoy this time however you choose.
7 Polite Ways to Stay on Track over the Holidays
Most of us think that there are only two ways to handle Holiday food temptations. You could say “No” to everything and get the reputation of being a Grinch. Or…
What Does Being Thankful Have to do With Fitness?
Where has the time gone? It’s been a year since I started my training business, and I’m so very grateful for everything that has transpired over the past year. Don’t…
Think if You Are Short On Time You Can’t To Lose Weight?
We all live busy lifestyles and never feel like there’s enough time to get everything done. We’ve all said, “I’m so busy,” or, “There just aren’t enough hours in the…
Lipedema- Have you heard of it?
image from http://lipedemanetworkcanada.com/ Have you heard of Lipedema? It’s a disease that affects up to 11% of women and causes what is considered an ‘abnormal fat’ to be distributed in an…
5 Healthy Tips so You Can Enjoy the Holiday
Two important summer holidays are quickly approaching. Canadians celebrate the country’s birthday on July 1st and just a few days later, on July 4th, our American friends south of the…
How Will Your Summer Sizzle?
The Victoria Day weekend – widely referred to as May Two-Four – has finally arrived. It’s the weekend we all wait for during those long, cold, dreary and snow-filled winter…
For all the moms
I may be a bit biased, but seriously: What would we do without moms? Moms give their all for everyone around them, usually while putting…
Reset Your Goals and Spring Into Action
Warmer temperatures have finally arrived to call us out of our winter hibernation. Flowers are starting to push their way up toward the light, buds are forming on the trees…
7 Awesome Reasons To Be FIT
I spend a lot of time talking about what it’s like to be working towards your fitness goals, with your perfect body somewhere off in the distance.
Need an excuse to spend time outdoors? Here’s 7
This time of year is so invigorating for me. Some people like the autumn when the temperatures start cooling down from the summer heat; I love spring because the days…
Do You have the Luck of the Irish?
[ut_two_thirds] It’s already March – springtime and St. Patrick’s Day are just around the corner. Soon everywhere you look, the world will fill with folks wearing green t-shirts, hats, and…
The Year of the Wood Sheep
The Chinese’ New Year’s Day officially occurred on Feb. 19, but similar to the Christmas holidays here, celebrations and festivities occur over a few weeks. There are 12 different animals…
Ever wondered what it would be like to have a Trainer?
Do you get nervous about doing something new? I do. I’ve heard its instinct because you don’t know if you are headed into danger so your senses are heightened and…
Change your mindset and reach your goals
What sort of stories to you tell yourself? Our mind is so powerful that it will do whatever we tell it to. Really, it will. So what sort of things…
Think You’re Cut Out For Doing a 30 Day Challenge? Take This Quiz.
Wow! It’s the beginning of a new year already! With the start of the New Year it’s also the start of New Year’s Resolutions. So many decide that this…
Start Living Your Dreams
If you keep doing the same things, then you will keep getting the same results.
Let me be Frank
Last week I talked about setting up goals and your New Year’s resolutions. This week I thought I would get a little more serious and talk about some of the…
8 Tips to Keep the Winter Blues From Settling In
[two_third last=”no” class=”” id=””]It’s that time of year when the days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer. We go to work in the dark and come home…
Beat Stress with Regular Exercise
Even though exercise may not be the most exciting word in your vocabulary, it sure is a word with a lot of benefits. Participating in daily exercise will not only…
30 Day Challenge It Fits Style
Happy Friday, Everyone: the weekend is here. What do you have planned? We only have so much time before all the leaves are off the trees and the colors will…
Thankful and Grateful – for your health
What does being thankful and grateful have to do with your health? The answer to that is… More than you may realize. If we are unhappy, angry, frustrated, or…