Category Archive: Lifestyle

Clean Convenience Eating: 16 Easy Breezy Tricks to Save Time

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I hate cooking. If there’s a pan involved, it might be too much work All right, well I don’t go that far, but usually I try to maintain a one-pan maximum and also a 10 minute max on time. However, we all know that the reality is, the more you cook the better you look (shout …

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The First Step to Quitting the Deprive-Then-Binge Cycle

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I make it a habit to ask people who sign up for my newsletter what their #1 struggle is with nutrition, exercise, mindset, etc. This is important for me because it gives me insight into what JillFit gals are working to improve and how I can help. The answer I get the most is this: …

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4 Suuuuper-Simple Strategies for Healthy Eating While Traveling

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I realize I blogged about this a few weeks ago. And that’s not by accident. In the last month, I have slept in my own bed a total of 3 nights, ha! I am sure many of you who travel for work can relate. Though it’s been an amazing and fun 30 days, it has …

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Why Stress is Sabotaging Your Efforts & 6 Simple Ways to Decrease It

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Last week Jade, Gary and myself took the Metabolic Effect train to the UK, Paris and Spain for a number of Metabolic Effect trainings for fitness professionals. I recounted in a previous post my observations overseas, and how different Europeans both eat and live compared to Americans. I have to say, it’s actually striking–and a …

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The Now Approach & Why Overhauls Always Fail

Small Steps Big Results

“There is no one giant step that does it, it’s a lot of little steps.” –Peter A. Cohen Last night, I was catching up with my sister-in-law and JillFit Coach Jillian Teta since we hadn’t seen each other in over a month with travel and crazy schedules. You all know Jillian, and you know that …

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Fat Loss Travel: 8 Simple Rules for Eating on the Road

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This past weekend on the ME Lifestylers‘ community page, a member was lamenting having to travel for work and was worried about how to stay “on plan” while traveling. I love this problem! Why? Because I believe this about healthy eating and exercise: If you can make the right choices while traveling, you can make …

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Permanent link to this article: http://jillfit.com/2013/03/19/fat-loss-travel-tips/

The Beauty of Being Humbled: Yoga Retreat Wrap-Up

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Walking down the path to our 7am breakfast with fellow Lululemon’ed up fitness pros Jen Sinkler and Neghar Fonooni, I turned to them and said, “You know, this trip is an example of something I would normally never do.” It was Day 4 of a 6-day yoga retreat in Sedona, AZ and we were 5 …

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Permanent link to this article: http://jillfit.com/2013/03/12/yoga-humbles/

The Myth of the Superwoman

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Doing ANYTHING you want and doing EVERYTHING you want are two different things. I am a huge advocate of the former. I believe that literally anyone can make anything happen for themselves if they are passionate, tenacious, hungry to learn & grow and aren’t afraid of failure. But I think that believing that we can do …

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Permanent link to this article: http://jillfit.com/2013/03/07/superwoman/

How to Lean Out Your Legs

Reducing Cellulite

The most frequent request I’ve received from clients over my 12 years as a trainer is this: Jill, help me get rid of this belly! My stomach! Help me! I get it, and for beginners to living a lean lifestyle, usually it can seem that our waistlines are in the most dire need of attention. …

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Permanent link to this article: http://jillfit.com/2013/02/25/lean-legs/

10 Tips for Getting Your ‘College Body’ Back

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The following is a guest post from the founder of College Body, Danny Coleman (also my little bro), who is an ACSM and Metabolic Effect-certified personal trainer with 6 years in the industry and a current college student. Dan started College Body almost 2 years ago, with the goal of making staying lean in college …

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Permanent link to this article: http://jillfit.com/2013/02/22/college-body/

6 Simple Ways to CREATE Time to Get Lean

Focus Action Outcomes

“If you have more than 3 priorities, then you don’t have any.” –Jim Collins I can’t help but believe that we are just as busy as we make ourselves. I did this for many years, filling my schedule with anything and everything, with no discernment of what was important versus what was a waste of …

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Permanent link to this article: http://jillfit.com/2013/02/18/time/

Middle of the Night [Love Handle] Freak-Outs…

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Last week, I had what I call a “Middle of the Night” (MOTN) moment. You know those. When something seems so big and stressful in that moment, in the dark and quiet, like it’s the most important thing in the world. You get an adrenaline rush, brain buzzing, stressing-the-hell-out in that moment. Then, you wake …

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A Case for NOT Prepping All Your Food

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“The more you cook, the better you look.” Thank you to my friend and fat loss nutrition expert Dr. Chris Mohr for these words of wisdom. I agree with this statement. Besides, we know that in order to be successful in our fat loss journey, we need to be organized, prepped and ready. When we …

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Permanent link to this article: http://jillfit.com/2013/01/29/food-prep/

11 Ways to Make Your Postpartum Fat Loss Easier

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The following is a guest post by JillFit friend and fat loss expert Kate Horney, owner of Beyond Fit Physiques and creator of the Beyond Baby Postpartum Fat Loss System. Kate had her little Jackson in September 2012 and has been on the path of postpartum fat loss expert ever since. Below she offers some …

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Permanent link to this article: http://jillfit.com/2013/01/28/postpartum-fat-loss/

One Simple Tool To Help You TAKE ACTION

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There are many reasons why we don’t actually do the things we know we should do. Besides, knowing and doing are two very different things. Some reasons we may not implement the things we know: We can’t harness the willpower. Remember, willpower is exhaustible and when we try to change too many things at once, …

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Eating Well & Exercising Is Exactly As Miserable As You Believe It To Be

Physical Fitness for Women

This topic is particularly relevant in the new year when many people are giving their lifestyle an overhaul. I have seen plenty of people working hard, keeping their heads up and moving forward … and I’ve seen a few Debbie Downers who are drudging through the process I understand both attitudes. I do. But in …

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Permanent link to this article: http://jillfit.com/2013/01/10/dieting-misery/

14 Things Happy People Do Differently

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By Tara Ballard So, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about Happiness lately. It all started with a trip I took recently to attend a personal development seminar. During the week-long event, we did various exercises and practices to bring forth our true, authentic selves, as well as other exercises to get us laughing …

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How I Ran A Half Marathon in 1:30 While Training Only 3 Days Per Week

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I hate running. Ugh. And I would never call myself a runner. I’ve never had that “running build”–you know the one where the people look like it’s effortless, like their gliding over the ground, barely breathing hard? Instead of running, I always felt like I was “muscling.” And I guess in many ways I was, …

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Happiness Is A Choice

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By Sara Baker hap●pi●ness (ha-pe-nis) noun  1. The state of well-being and contentment: joy Back in October I attended a fitness conference.  I was very excited to see a lecture titled “The Pillars of Happiness.”   Though we have been delving into the mind body topic for quite some time at Jillfit, it was exciting to …

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Permanent link to this article: http://jillfit.com/2013/01/02/happiness/

Reflections on 2012 Part 3: BUSINESS

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2012: “The Year of Connection” for both Jill and JillFit  At JillFit, we launched our JillFit Lifestyle Online membership in January, sold over 500 memberships over the last 12 months, and launched the 1st annual Best of You Coaching Club where I worked up-close-and-personal with 14 women all year long in the realms of mind, …

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