TAKING ACTION: ✅Share your weekly win or NSV below! Let’s celebrate them all today! 🎉 ✅Don’t forget to share your nutrition today, and make a plan for your weekend! Planning is key, especially on the weekends! 💯 It’s FRIDAY, and you know what happens on Fridays—we take a little break and celebrate! What I love so much about celebrating our weekly wins is the fact that we celebrate them all, big or small. Throughout the week, there are dozens of opportunities to snag a small win, but if you aren’t looking for them—if you aren’t aware (like we talked about a couple of weeks ago)---you’ll let them pass you by without even noticing them. 🎉Did you buy any seasonal food at the grocery store or choose a seasonal salad at a restaurant this week? 🎉Did you participate in the bonus ab circuits this week? 🎉Did you show up in our small group and engage this week? 🎉Did you pick up heavier weights on at least one set this week? 🎉Did you choose whole food nutrition when you were tempted to grab something processed? As you can see, anything counts as a small win. What matters the most—and what builds long-term habit change—is found in the small steps. Success is found in the small wins. 💯

Saw this and thought I’d share

Yesterday, I challenged you to practice awareness of your thoughts about yourself. This is important because your thoughts always precede your actions. The only way to change your thoughts is to question them. This is what awareness is. Once you change your thoughts, only then can you change your actions. 💯 As with anything else, awareness (for the sake of changing) is an ongoing process. That’s not to say it doesn’t get easier. It does. The more you practice awareness around your thoughts and actions, the more it becomes a part of you. Ultimately, it’s just like building any other habit—but we all know habits don’t build themselves. Habits are the product of doing something over and over until it sticks—until it becomes second nature. According to Tracking Your Food Intake for Awareness: Practical Guide to Healthy Eating, “Psychologists note that self-monitoring changes behavior by reducing ‘blind spots.’ When individuals track their food, they are less likely to underestimate portions or forget snacks. This process of tracking your food intake for awareness taps into accountability—when meals are recorded, it’s harder to ignore choices.” If you have extra time, feel free to check out the article today and learn more about why tracking is beneficial for better awareness!

TAKING ACTION: ✅ Share your rest & recovery day plans with me below! I want to hear from everyone today! Happy Sunday, friends, and happy rest & recovery day! Remember, rest & recovery are part of the equation. It doesn’t matter if you do everything else perfectly if you’re not allowing your body to rest and recover. You can’t build muscle without it, not to mention the fact that without it, you’re headed straight for burnout. 💯 If you’re putting in the work without proper rest/recovery, and aren’t getting the results you desire, consider that it just might be the missing link in your overall plan.

TAKING ACTION: ✅ Read today’s post and share how you personally navigate situations that are out of your control. Also, share your weekly win below! 🎉 It’s Friday, and we’re always up for a little fun around here on Fridays! For one, we always celebrate weekly wins, but generally speaking, our Friday posts are lighthearted and interactive. 🎉 With the weekend approaching (and our conversation about awareness this week), I want you to also consider the following question, and let’s chat about your answers in the comments below. ❓ How do you handle situations that are out of your control? Some examples include: 👉Going to a restaurant that doesn’t have many (or any) healthy options. 👉Going to a party or gathering where you’re not sure what will be served. 👉Getting stuck in a situation where you end up getting way too hungry. 👉Going on vacation and not having access to workout equipment and/or a gym. I’m sure we’ve all been in situations where we feel like we have no control. While these situations certainly arise now and then, I often find that we sometimes also use them as excuses and avoid trying to navigate them. We give up without giving our potential success a fair chance. We turn a blind eye to awareness because the lack of it feels easier. Friends, this will never get you to where you want to be. Awareness + Action = Results 💯