How To Keep Your Fitness in Check While Traveling I used to cringe when I thought about traveling and my fitness regime. What type of gym will the hotel have? Better yet, will it even have a gym? I would literally Google and scope out the gyms in the surrounding area prior to my trip […]
Keep Your Nutrition on Track While Traveling Do you find it hard to stay on track with your nutrition while traveling? Do you feel that you are going to “blow your diet” as soon as you get out of your every- day schedule? Many people feel this way, but it doesn’t have to be the […]
Counting Macros for Weight Loss Calories vs Macros So what’s with this popular new phrase “if it fits your macros?” What does it mean? And how does it differ from just counting calories? Counting macros is more or less the same thing as counting calories. Macronutrients are carbohydrates, fats, and protein, and they are the three […]
Constantly Hungry? How to Feel Full Being Constantly Hungry Are you constantly hungry? Do you feel like you are always grazing throughout the day or never quite feeling full? Does it seem like you keep eating without ever feeling satisfied? First off, it is important to pinpoint the reasoning. Many times, non-stop eating may be related to boredom, […]
Balance Balance can be interpreted in many ways but to me, it is being equal. I found myself always striving to be balanced with my fitness journey. There needs to be balance between lifting weights and cardiovascular exercises, there needs to be balance between my upper and lower body and right from left. Even my […]
Just Going through the Motions? There are many task in every day life that we can get caught up in “going through the motions”. It’s easy to be distracted as you are going through a daily or even weekly routine. Fitness is no exception to this. Health conscious individuals know they need to workout in […]
Weight Loss Journey My journey began about 14 months ago. I had gone shopping for some clothes and ended up crying in the dressing room because I realized I was a much bigger size than I was squeezing myself into. I was tired of being uncomfortable in my own skin and knew that I needed […]
Strength Most people think of strength as being able to move or carry a lot of weight. A person that squats 400lbs is looked at as strong. To me strength has a much more deeper and powerful meaning, strength can define you as a person both physically and mentality. I grew up in a very […]
Flexible Dieting The flexible dieting approach is similar to counting calories, but rather counting your intake (in grams) of the macronutrients (carbohydrates, fats, and protein), which provide calories to our bodies. In terms of weight, it really does just come down to calories. 3500 calories yields one pound of body weight. Restricting calories will result […]
McKenzie Flinchum on Fitness & Training I believe that nutrition is to fuel our bodies, but I also believe that food should be enjoyed! Food is incorporated in so many different things, from eating out with friends, dates, birthdays, Super Bowl parties, holidays, and it should be enjoyed while also providing our bodies with all […]