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Do You Know Why You Drink A Margarita On Cinco de Mayo?

Or eat nachos, tacos and fajitas? Most Americans think May 5th celebrates Mexico’s independence, but it actually celebrates a battle against France 50 years after Mexico had become a nation. The History Channel has a cute, short video explaining why we suddenly stock up on Margarita mix and salsa…and why The United States celebrates the day on a larger scale than Mexico (we are a peculiar nation). Check it out: https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/cinco-de-mayo If you plan to Read more…

By Kim, ago

Unintended (Amazing!) Consequences

When most of us decide to focus on healthier lifestyles we’re dreaming of more energy, fewer aches, less weight, decreased medications and better sleep. Once we gain a little courage we broaden our goals to races, family outings, competitions and helping those around us live healthier lives. While those are all awesome (and worthwhile!) goals, it’s frequently the unintended consequences of our new choices that end up meaning the most to us. I was reminded Read more…

By Kim, ago

Running The Wrong Way On The Wrong Field…And Not Caring!

I have had the unexpected joy of finding a new pastime…watching 4 year olds play soccer. With the Spring we’ve had up here I wasn’t super excited to sign 4 of our kids up for soccer because I knew it meant crazy schedules and sitting outside in the cold for hours. But cabin fever is real and they needed to run. This is the first year our youngest has been able to play and she Read more…

By Kim, ago

And More Bright Spots!

Here’s part 2 of my client’s awesomeness! 🙂 When this comment came in last week it made my day because it rings with FREEDOM: freedom from old habits, freedom from not knowing how to make healthy choices that fit into her life, freedom from feeling like she had to be ‘perfect’ to make any progress. Rachael has been working with me for 10 months and she’s practiced these lessons many times until they’ve gone from Read more…

By Kim, ago

Bright Spots!

My 1-on-1 clients have had so many awesome successes and ‘Aha!’ moments recently that I’m breaking this post into 2 parts! Good job, ladies! 🙂 “[My daughter] is definitely in a different developmental stage, but she still doesn’t sleep all night. And schedules have been crazy so I have only been getting [exercise] in a few times a week but I am still trending down weight wise. I was 131 and I am down to Read more…

By Kim, ago

Would You Let Your 4 Year Old Smoke And Drink?

Ummm…NO. Obvious, right? Because we all know the dangers of smoking and alcohol and we wouldn’t expose our little kids to them. But there was a time when those dangers were not as widely understood and social norms were different. We know better now, so we (hopefully!) do better. But it begs the question, ‘What dangers do we accept today simply because we don’t recognize them?’ Here’s one: According to TheLancet global burden of disease reports, poor Read more…

By Kim, ago

When Change Is Slow

Some change is fast (cut back on coffee and lose the jitters) and some is painfully slow (frequently, weight loss). If you’re paying attention to most magazines, blogs, podcasts or daytime TV there seem to be countless ‘hacks’ to cut corners to make change fast…but how much of it is true? Which changes actually ARE fast? Which are necessarily slow? This is by no means an exhaustive list, but more of a series of patterns Read more…

By Kim, ago

How Does She Do That?

How many times have you wondered how a ‘fit’ mom got in shape? Part of why I got certified as a nutrition coach was to finally answer those questions…I was tired of wondering if the new ‘it’ thing on every podcast or best-selling book was real. Maybe it was. Or maybe I’d look like a fool 3 months from now for falling for it. I bet you’ve been there too. Does apple cider vinegar really Read more…

By Kim, ago

Time To Brag On My Girls!

Our Spring Cleaning For Your Health Challenge wrapped this weekend and it was a GREAT group! Over the course of 14 days we consumed over 210 servings of produce and 126 glasses of water…and that doesn’t include all the extra produce/water our families consumed simply because it’s what we were serving. 🙂 We all came away with at least 1 new recipe or idea for getting veggies into our day, proved we could face weekends Read more…

By Kim, ago

I’m Fixin’ To Start To Commence To Begin….Enough!

‘We’re going to start eating more vegetables tomorrow.’ ‘I’m going to ditch this soda and drink some water next week.’ ‘I’ve blown today so I’ll go with it and start my diet back over on Monday.’ We’ve all been there. We want to believe we’ll actually get around to making our lives match our values…but we never get around to it. It’s uncomfortable to acknowledge…so we stay busy. But when our minds slow down we Read more…

By Kim, ago