Working with disordered eating at Shape Up Fitness & Wellness Consulting

Stop Obsessing about Strength, Beauty, Weight, Fat….

It is time to let go. The USA is one of the countries with the most obesity in the world. Yes, we are no longer #1. Mexico is. Regardless though it seems that we have an obsession with fitness, youth and being thin. Why is there such a gaping difference between what we want and…

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Our environment influences our fitness success

Your Environment Can Determine Your Success!

Many of us think of ourselves as doers. As people who don’t need anyone. We take care of business. We handle our lives independently…or so we believe. It is time to wake up. The “Lone Ranger”, the person “Who Can Do Anything” is a myth, and the faster we stop believing our own bullsh**t, the…

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Shape Up Fitness & Wellness Consulting personal trainers can help when the scale does not budge

When the Scale Won’t Budge

In Short You might not be eating enough Your protein intake might be too low Exercise 5-7 hours/week for optimal fat loss Include strength training Leave steady state cardio behind Replace rice, potatoes, etc with non starchy vegetables You have been doing everything: You have exercised regularly. reduced your food intake and…. the damn scale…

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When Motivation To Work Out Fades

You have done it…what now? There are two different scenarios for loss of motivation: You have worked so hard for it. For months if not years you have worked on accomplishing your goal. You have got the job, you accomplished your weight loss, you did your race,… you name it. Now you feel sort of let down…

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Fear to Commit

Have you ever been  afraid to commit to something? It might have been a relationship, it might have been your fitness goals or a goal at work! How we try to cover up our fear I just don’t have time to do it It is not the right moment I am too busy I am…

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Extreme Makeover vs. Slow and Steady?

Fast changes in nutrition & fitness versus the turtle approach! We are always looking for a right and a wrong. Maybe we need to forget about that… at least when it comes to fitness. One approach rarely is for everybody. We are all created not equal but equally different. Our individual minds differ very much,…

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Nutrition: One Habit 80% Success, Two Habits 20% Success?

Changing more than one habit sets you up for failure! We all know the feeling of New Year coming around. A new beginning. A new way of getting it done. This time I will go to the gym, eat healthy, cut out soda, eat veggies, stop eating fried food….The list is almost endless. This is also…

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Change – What Makes It Happen

I am obsessed – obsessed with finding ways to help myself and others accomplish what they seek when they come to our personal training program In that context, I  have been reading again (I think I always have 2-3 books I am reading at a time). This one I actually listened to. The book is by…

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It Cannot Be Always Fun!

Life or Training is not always fun – Go deeper! We are in a fun centered society. We want to have fun in everything. Well, I am sorry to have to break it to you. The world is not always fun and play. Sometimes we have to put our back into it, really grind it…

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I did it! Did you?

Can you do it? “I did it, I did it, I did it!” These were my son’s words once he mastered the biggest obstacle slide at his favorite bounce park here in Charlotte.. Just a couple of minutes prior to this he had cried out: “Papa help!” I don’t know about you, but when my…

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