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Client Success: Building Muscle in Your Forties

Author: Rachel TrottaOn: Aug 28Categories: Fitness

Client Success: Building Muscle in Your Forties

Once a month, I love to feature a client who has a healthy mindset, who does a great job of following their training program, who implements the nutrition tweaks I suggest, and who (as a result) experiences...

10 Strategies for Better Body Image

Author: Rachel TrottaOn: Jun 26Categories: Fitness

10 Strategies for Better Body Image

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10 Strategies for Better Body Image Do you ever catch a momentary reflection of yourself, or see a photo, and feel absolutely awful about your appearance? Does this “motivate” you to get more...

5 Reasons You’re Struggling with Consistency

Author: Rachel TrottaOn: Jun 26Categories: Fitness

5 Reasons You’re Struggling with Consistency

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5 Reasons You’re Struggling with Consistency … And How to Overcome Them If you’re struggling with consistency, the first thing I would like to point out is that consistency isn’t...

Fitness, Time Management, and 8 Books I Want You to Read

Author: Rachel TrottaOn: Mar 01Categories: Fitness

Fitness, Time Management, and 8 Books I Want You to Read

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Fitness, Time Management, and 8 Books I Want You to Read Do you ever make goals to exercise more, cook healthier food, and get less takeout… only to find that your old routines catch up with you?...

Simple Tricks for Eating Leaner

Author: Rachel TrottaOn: Jul 25Categories: Fitness

Simple Tricks for Eating Leaner

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This blog post is for you if you… Don’t want to count every calorie Cook a lot of your meals Eat a lot of meals at build-your-own salad/bowl fast casual restaurants Would prefer to use broad...

How to Eat Out Healthy

Author: Rachel TrottaOn: Jun 15Categories: Fitness

How to Eat Out Healthy

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If you’re trying to… How do you eat out (especially socially) without going to EITHER extreme of being a restrictive stick in the mud, or eating like we’re going to the chair? But even if we’re...

Holiday Tips for Maintaining Balance – 2021 Edition

Author: Rachel TrottaOn: Nov 23Categories: Fitness

Holiday Tips for Maintaining Balance – 2021 Edition

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Thanksgiving is just days away, and I know that we’re already full tilt into holiday prep. Not only is our chicken thawing in the refrigerator, but our Christmas tree is up, the garland is on the...

September is the New January: The Power of the “Clean Slate”

Author: Rachel TrottaOn: Aug 30Categories: Fitness

September is the New January: The Power of the “Clean Slate”

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The Benefits of a Clean Slate Whether you have kids in school or not, Labor Day tends to be a collective transition. It’s a doorway we pass through into fall. Our schedules settle down; there are...

Thinking About a Diet? Think Again.

Author: Rachel TrottaOn: Aug 24Categories: Fitness

Thinking About a Diet? Think Again.

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When I start work with a new client, they often think that I’m going to be starting them on a strict, no-nonsense diet right away. But this couldn’t be further from the truth. The reality is...

“Decide Not to Decide” (Gretchen Rubin)

Author: Rachel TrottaOn: Mar 15Categories: Fitness

“Decide Not to Decide” (Gretchen Rubin)

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A Thought from Gretchen Rubin’s “Better Than Before” This March and April, I’m running a book study in my Facebook group, Healthy Habits Mastermind. For eight weeks, we’re...