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Continue reading →: Hot Girl SummerAbout ten years ago, Khloe Kardashian went through a break-up and got really into fitness. Her body changed visually and dramatically and I remember seeing magazines at the checkout counter with bylines about her “revenge body”. I have been (mostly) happily married for fifteen years, I don’t care about the…
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Continue reading →: Running MantrasSometimes I believe that tricked myself into running a marathon and losing 90 pounds. I have found mindset and mantras to be valuable to my success and here are a few of my favorites: Run the mile you’re in. In other words, focus on the step in front of you…
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Continue reading →: What your finances reveal about your fitnessThere might be more similarities than you think! 1. Under/over reporting. How often do you look at your bank account and feel surprised by how much you spent? For me, and likely most of America, it’s way too often. I have to look at my bank account daily, hourly even,…
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Continue reading →: My Body, My ExerciseI grew up in the ‘90s with a lot of Disney movies and then cheesy teenager rom-coms. Have you ever noticed that the Disney princess or heroine is usually young and beautiful, and the villain might be old, ugly, or fat? The backbone of every great teen rom-com includes the…
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Continue reading →: How to start your fitness journey before you start exercisingTalk yourself into it, not out of it. When the voice of defeat and negativity creeps in (“you can’t do this”), imagine a giant red stop sign in your face and stop those thoughts in their tracks. Remember: just because you think it, doesn’t mean it’s true. Stop the thought…
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Continue reading →: Misconceptions about ExerciseYou have to know what you’re doing before you start doing it. The gym is the perfect place to practice. You don’t need to know how to do the moves before you come take a class: an instructor will demonstrate the moves and you can follow along imperfectly until you…
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Continue reading →: Healthy-ish Fast Food
If you were to make a graph depicting the number of times I get fast food and my weight in pounds, there would be a direct correlation. Here’s the thing about fast food: literally anything I make at home is healthier than anything I get in a drive-through line. Drive-through…
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Continue reading →: A Picture of Health“Healthy” is a term that has become a trigger word for me. I have learned from my own fitness journey, my journey through motherhood, and working as a personal trainer that “health” is difficult to quantify and different for everyone. I was sitting in a graduate-level class recently and we…
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Continue reading →: A Few of My Favorite (Fitness) ThingsChristmas gift ideas for your fit friends, those aspiring to be fit, or for yourself!
Hello,
I’m Kate
Thanks for joining with me as I share my journey of losing 90 pounds and how I went from being an overweight and overwhelmed mom, to marathoner and personal trainer.
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