Tag: iifym
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Tracking Macros – Is It Healthy?
Tracking macros seems to be the popular thing to do now-a-days. All of the fitness influencers are doing it and it looks like a great tool to utilize to get results. But is it healthy? Personally, I think “healthy” is a relatively subjective term so I’m going to start by telling you my experience with…
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Benefits of Meal Prepping
Most of us have heard that losing weight or achieving your fitness goals is significantly easier when you prep your meals for the upcoming week, but there are also a ton of other benefits to meal prepping that you shouldn’t overlook. First and foremost, you’ll have healthy snacks/meals on hand and available. While eating healthy…
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Common Fitness Mistakes
As someone who started their fitness journey over 3 years ago, there were a lot of mistakes I made. Over the years, I’ve realized what those mistakes were and am on a mission to help other people avoid the same mistakes I made. Below are a few common fitness mistakes that I see a lot…
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Should You Track Your Macros?
With summer just around the corner, it seems like everyone is hoping on the macro train and trying to lose weight. So I thought it would be a good topic to address and explain what exactly macros are and if you should be tracking yours too. Macros are short for macronutrients. Macronutrients are comprised of…
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The Good Kind of Fat
As someone who used to not understand the importance of fat, I now make sure to get enough healthy fats into my diet. When I started my fitness journey (and even before), I was afraid that eating too much fat would make me fat. While this can be true, it’s important to realize the difference…
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5 Reasons to Work Out in the Morning
I can’t believe it’s already Spring! This year has been flying by and I hope you all have been sticking to your New Year’s Resolutions. I know I’ve had a few weeks where I’ve slacked but for the most part I’m really happy with my health and fitness routine this year. That brings me to…
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Full Day of Eating
TGIT! I hope you all are as excited about the weekend as I am. I decided to write another blog about what I eat in a day to give you some ideas of healthy recipes and show you that eating healthy doesn’t have to be boring. Below is what I ate on Wednesday, February 8th. I…