TAKING ACTION: ✅After looking through the best produce to choose in September, tell me which is your Fall fruit and vegetable! Let me know in the comments below! “Live in each season as it passes: breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit.” –Henry David Thoreau It’s officially September, and the countdown to the holiday season is on. ⏳ In following the quote above, I wanted to talk about a topic we don’t discuss much—the importance of consuming seasonal produce. 🍎 If you’re like most people, you don’t really consider the benefits of eating seasonal foods. These days, grocery stores are stocked with almost every fruit and vegetable year-round. With that said, the benefits of eating food that is in season are numerous! Not only is it beneficial for you nutritionally, but it also supports nature and the environment. We’re going to discuss this in more depth throughout the month, as well as learn more about the benefits of walking—so be sure to stay plugged in! In the meantime, check out some of the best produce to choose in September! ⬇️ September Produce: Guide to Seasonal Vegetables and Fruits

TAKING ACTION: ✅STEPtember challenge this month! More details to come. ✅September is a transitional season into fall and when our bodies innately want to slow down and reflect- who is interested in doing a one-week No Background Noise Challenge this month?! Let me know in the comments!! Happy Monday, friends! Can you believe September is right around the corner? Wild, huh? 🤯 The good news is that next month also brings something else—our STEPtember Walking Challenge! This is one of the most fun challenges we do all year long and is the perfect way to ramp up our daily activity, improve our overall health, and shed a little extra fat! (Hopefully September is also going to bring some cooler weather, but I digress. 😅 ) We’re going to have a lot of fun this month, and of course, we’re going to learn! I’ve done my research and am collecting the most valuable (and interesting!) information on the benefits of walking—and I can’t wait to share it all with you! I encourage you to take advantage of our programming this month. This month’s activity (or lack thereof) will set you up and help you build habits for the upcoming holiday season. Now is the time to dig in, friends. Let’s go. 🔥

TAKING ACTION: ✅New clients: If you’ve just hopped in and aren’t sure about participating in Feast Day tomorrow, comment below. Let’s discuss! Happy Tuesday…Today, we’re going to fuel our bodies with healthy fats (and protein, of course!) and burn through our glycogen stores, which helps our bodies burn more fat. Eating more healthy fats to burn fat sounds counterintuitive, but it’s quite the opposite. When your carbs are low and fats are high, your body is actually able to use fat for fuel. 💯 Tomorrow is our monthly Feast Day, where we consume 25% more nutrients (fats, carbs, fiber, protein). Our Feast Days are in place for a couple of different reasons. One reason is physiological. Eating more sometimes gives your metabolism a little more energy to work with and a slight boost. Another reason is psychological. Strategically eating more helps your mindset, which boosts your motivation, mood, and desire to keep pushing forward. ➡️ Speaking of mindset, we’re weaving that subject into this week’s focus. “Don't pretend to be what you're not; instead, pretend to be what you want to be…” ― Michael Bassey Johnson If you want change, you have to change. Start acting like who you want to become, and you will become that person. I can help coach you, but ultimately, you’re the creator of your future. The power is in your hands, and trust me, you are already powerful—it’s time to start acting like it. 💫 Copycat Chili's Shrimp Fajitas - Clean Eating Kitchen

TAKING ACTION: ✅VIP Clients: What is your favorite healthy fat to eat? Happy Tuesday, friends! it’s the perfect time to discuss how healthy fats impact cortisol. Foods like avocado are rich in healthy fats and potassium, which help stabilize blood sugar and support adrenal function, both of which are important for lowering cortisol. Foods high in Omega-3 fatty acids, like salmon, help reduce inflammation and regulate cortisol. Other foods high in healthy fats like eggs, almonds, walnuts, and even dark chocolate are also beneficial. If you haven’t noticed, all of these foods fall under one category—whole-food nutrition. While I’ve given you several tips to support healthy cortisol levels, the truth is that your nutrition matters as much as anything else. 💯 Check out this website, full of healthy recipes to help with your cortisol balance efforts! 31+ Delicious Cortisol-Balancing Diet Recipes – Savorly Kitchen

TAKING ACTION: ✅New Clients: Skip straight to the bottom of this post and check out the ⭐️ NEW CLIENT INFO! ✅VIP/Veteran Clients: Do a mindset assessment today and tell me how you’re doing overall. Where do you feel strong? Where do you need support right now? Two weeks down, and two to go! Let’s finish the last half of Strength + Cortisol strong! 💪 Workout in comments!! Last week, we took a deeper dive into some of the AM and PM cortisol balancing strategies. We’ll continue touching on some of those tips this week, but we’re also going to focus on the other portion of our August theme—strength. Before we get too far ahead of ourselves, let’s take some time today to do a little mindset check. ✅ How’s your mindset now that we’re two weeks into August? Do you feel disciplined and confident in your ability to stay consistent over the next couple of weeks? Is the extra fuel this month improving your mood and stress? Take a moment today to check on yourself. Slow down. Use the breathwork session today to tune into how you’re feeling overall—and ask yourself, “What does my body need right now?” Asking these questions is important and is critical for your long-term success. If you’re just going through the motions, that stops today. It’s time to tune back in. 💯 ____________________________________________________ ⬇️⭐️NEW CLIENT INFO and TO-DO’s⭐️⬇️ Let’s recap how far you’ve come and what all you’ve learned in just two weeks ⬇️ 📌The importance of our Three W’s—whole food, water, and workouts! 📌The benefits of intermittent fasting 📌Why we pair our workouts with our nutritional cycle 📌Why it’s important to celebrate your weekly NSVs and wins! 📌And much more! You are probably noticing some slight changes by this point in the journey. It’s important to remember that this is a long-distance sprint, not a race. It’s important to focus on today. Not tomorrow. Not a few weeks from now. Not a year from now. Focusing on one day at a time keeps you from getting overwhelmed. One day at a time is also the answer to conquering consistency. “Rome wasn’t built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour.” The answer is brick by brick. Day by day. Hour by hour.