Jill

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Name: Jill Coleman
Date registered: September 27, 2010
URL: http://www.jillfit.com

Latest posts

  1. Trouble Shooting Fat Loss: 4 Reasons Why You Haven’t Reached Your Goal Yet — February 22, 2012
  2. Are You In Great Health? Here are 5 Ways To Know — February 20, 2012
  3. Body Dissatisfaction — February 16, 2012
  4. Dining Out? Stay On Track With These Tips — February 14, 2012
  5. Contest Prep: Knowing Your Strengths & Weaknesses — February 13, 2012

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  1. 30 Days of Fat Loss–Day #24: Recumbent Bike Intervals + Toned Arms — 313 comments
  2. Holiday Favorite 2.0: Low-Carb Pumpkin Cheesecake — 88 comments
  3. 30 Days of Fat Loss–Day #6: A Day in the Life of Figure Competitor Tara Ballard — 86 comments
  4. JillFit Feature: Interview with Fitness Model Lori Harder — 84 comments
  5. Fat-Loss on a Budget: The Walmart Menu — 83 comments
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Trouble Shooting Fat Loss: 4 Reasons Why You Haven’t Reached Your Goal Yet

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I’ve heard a lot of women say, “Jill, I am trying so hard! I do everything “right” and I am still NOT seeing results.” Ok, I get it. Fat loss is not always fair, but I find that many times it is not the plan or the training that is the problem. A lot of… Continue reading »

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Are You In Great Health? Here are 5 Ways To Know

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By Dr. Jillian Teta, ND Top 5 indicators of good health Health is so much more than the mere absence of disease. Here is a checklist of several key health parameters that you can evaluate yourself with and assess your health in a more global way. Body composition: Today, we have a greater than ever… Continue reading »

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Body Dissatisfaction

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I work with a lot of women who are, for the most part, pretty fit and healthy. But there is usually one common tune that most sing, and that is, “I just want to get a bit leaner, I know I am not at my full potential and I would feel so much better in… Continue reading »

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Dining Out? Stay On Track With These Tips

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By Tara Ballard Tell me if this sounds familiar: you’re going along being a good little fat loss lifestyle follower…prepping meals, eating lean protein and veggies, making sure you eat every 3 hours or so, always keeping a protein bar or something similar on-hand for emergencies, etc….when the unthinkable happens.  You are (GASP) invited out… Continue reading »

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Contest Prep: Knowing Your Strengths & Weaknesses

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By Jillian Teta It’s that time of year again! Contest season is getting underway, A quick peruse through Facebook or Twitter, and you’ll notice people posting about starting their contest prep. After a few months off for the holiday, competitors are getting back to business, as it were. Incidentally, I will be starting my prep… Continue reading »

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The All-or-Nothing vs. The Balanced Mindset

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Does this sound familiar to you? Eat perfectly Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (“Ok, maybe I have 1 glass of wine on Wednesday night, it’s just to get me through until the weekend.”) Thursday start to indulge in some light cheating (“I deserve this, I have been eating perfectly all week!”) Friday night go out to dinner,… Continue reading »

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Recipe: Cinnamon Apple Muffins

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Who doesn’t love cinnamon and apples? I was playing around in my kitchen last weekend, and we had a bag of granny smiths that we hadn’t been eating so I figured I would devise a new recipe. Here it is, hope you enjoy them! ox Jill Preheat oven 375 degrees F Spray inside of 12-muffin… Continue reading »

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At Home: Quick Upper Body Workout

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By Sara Baker During these cold long winter months, it is sometimes a challenge to get to the gym.  But if you have a few sets of dumbbells and a bench or chair, there is no excuse to not get your strength workout in.  Below is a quick at home upper body workout.  Lift heavy… Continue reading »

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Food Prep Emergency: What To Do When You Don’t Feel Like Doing Anything

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Has this ever happen to you? You go away for a long weekend or get back from a vacation later on a Sunday, just to remember how you purged the fridge of all your food before leaving, and now you have no food, no time, no energy and no motivation to get yourself food-prepped for… Continue reading »

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Emotional Alchemy

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By Jillian Teta In our fast-paced, institutionalized, ever-changing world, we are constantly inundated with messages and “lessons” about how we should be doing more, being more productive, sacrificing our time and sanity for others, and to above all, don’t value yourself, because there is always something else that you could do (or buy) to be… Continue reading »

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Recipe: Nicole’s Homemade Salsa Dip

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If you are like most Americans, you are getting ready to watch the Superbowl this weekend and if you are like most fitness gals you are already anticipating the snack situation. My strategy is always to go on offense at social gatherings and dinners and actually BRING my own healthy dish or dessert so that… Continue reading »

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4 Cardio Myths

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Love it or hate it, cardio can be an essential part of a comprehensive fat loss plan when applied correctly. However, the mistake that many make is that they use cardio (and more cardio, and more cardio…) as their #1 tool to lose fat. Long-duration cardio has a poor track record when it comes to… Continue reading »

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New Year’s Resolutions: Time to Check Back In

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By Kelley Vargo Goals. Most of us have made some weeks ago, we might have many, we might have few. Some people have what I like to call wishes.  The difference between a goal and a wish is having a plan of action and using it. I spoke to the IRS Chief of Council staff… Continue reading »

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Meaning-Making Machines

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“We are meaning-making machines.” Jade introduced me to this concept, and says it all the time. In essence, it means that we make meaning out of things, events, people, situations, etc based off our individual biases. In a very general example, you and I can both be sitting at a cafe when we see a… Continue reading »

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Muscle on Women: An Acquired Taste?

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I was perusing Facebook a few days ago and noticed a friend of mine had commented on a photo of a figure pro who was a few weeks out from her show (it was one of those bathroom shots, post-workout…you know the ones). WOW! This gal had an 8-pack, rock-hard abs, literally bricks, and a… Continue reading »

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Home Workout: Tabata Intervals – 4 Minutes to Fat Burning!

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By Tara Ballard Home Cardio Workout: No equipment needed! Tabata training is a form of high-intensity interval training consisting of 20 seconds all-out effort, followed by 10 secs rest, for a total of 8 rounds or 4 minutes. Here is a little background on Tabata training: in the mid-90’s, Dr. Izumi Tabata at the National Institute… Continue reading »

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A Tool to Boost Productivity: Your Monday Checklist

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I hear many clients and friends say that “they are all over the place” and I have been there many times too: so much to do that nothing gets done. The mountain of “stuff” seems too high to climb, so we just hang out in the valley all week, wasting time on Facebook, youtube, TV,… Continue reading »

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“Knowing” Versus “Doing”

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“The greatest gap in life is the one between knowing and doing.” –Dick Biggs, author This is a theme to which I think many women (and men) can relate. We know WHAT to do, but for God-knows-what-reason we just cannot DO it. Or at least with any type of consistency. Whether it’s eating for fat… Continue reading »

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5 Reasons We Don’t Get Into Bed Earlier & Solutions for Fixing Them

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You knooooooow you don’t get enough sleep. You knooooooooow you need to get in bed earlier. You knooooooooooow you would feel so much better if you just got more shuteye. And yet night after night you stay up later than you want to.  This is a classic example of the gap between knowing and doing.… Continue reading »

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Wednesday Workout: Lower Body Burn

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By Emily Saunders On Fridays, Tara and I usually workout together for a quick and brutal high volume lighter weight leg day.  By Friday we are both worn out from  lots of early mornings and usually pretty sore from the week’s workouts so we typically go for a shorter duration simple workout.  That, my friends… Continue reading »

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