At F3, we believe more in positive and healthy habits that are realistic and easy to implement into your busy life and less in restrictive eating, which is excellent for the women who purchase our products! Because nutrition plays a vital role in fitness and health, the eating experience helps us achieve our fitness/healthier lifestyle goals AND stick with them over the long term. Constant restriction or yo-yo dieting doesn’t do this and can, in fact, sabotage our effects when it comes to long-term goals.

So, after food journaling, rating our hunger, and removing distractions when we eat, let's talk about gratitude.

Here at F3, we believe in realistic eating that conforms to your busy schedule versus dieting, which can leave you feeling restricted when it comes to your meals.  Because of this, let's continue our discussion of mindful eating and how it can be an excellent tool for achieving your fitness and health goals. You can check out my previous posts on food journaling when it comes to mindful eating here, as well as my earlier blog post on rating your hunger here. 

In this post, we’ll discuss removing distractions when it comes to mindful eating and how this can help us achieve our goals.

Here at F3, we believe more in realistic eating and less about restrictive eating.  Because of this, let's discuss mindful eating and how it can be an excellent tool for achieving your fitness and health goals. Let’s discuss rating our hunger and how this can help us achieve our goals.  

Paying attention to your hunger scale is the second area that helps with mindful eating. Specifically, noticing the difference between physical and emotional hunger (aka emotional eating) is essential. 

Mindful eating consists of a few elements to help you achieve your goals, and in this blog post, we’re going to discuss food journaling, its relationship to mindful eating, and how it can help you achieve your goals.

Success starts with intention. So, I recommend that you be intentional about achieving your fitness and health goals by taking the time to gain clarity on your eating habits.

The F3 Signature Nutrition Program is about developing realistic and sustainable habits, focusing on whole foods and genuine eating.

It is explicitly designed for the busy woman and her lifestyle.

Let’s talk about one-size-fits-all diets. It’s so easy to get lost in the latest dieting trend noise. With so many viral trends, it’s easy to follow generic advice based on a one-size-fits-all stance regarding your diet and nutrition. 

Because I’ve been where you may be right now. Wanting to achieve your goals, and yet unable to force yourself to eat one more thing you detest to get them. And you shouldn’t have to do this either. Here's where I come in because I'm not just one of those nutrition-specific coaches. I'm all of them and none of them at the same time.  That’s because, at F3, we understand the desire to have different diet lifestyles and preferences factored into your health and fitness goals. 

Because F3 is more about realistic eating than restrictive eating, let's chat briefly about hunger cues, specifically the difference between physical and emotional hunger and the cues we receive when we experience them. Knowing the difference between the two can help you achieve your goals. 

Speaking from experience, I didn't know how to recognize the difference between these two as an emotional eater for years. Let me tell you, this was true even after I started my fitness journey. Because I struggled with it for so long, I will also still revert to this unhealthy practice if I'm not mindful.

As Busy Women, we all have a lot on our plates, and taking the time to care for ourselves may seem daunting!

So let’s talk about how to kickstart your journey in case you don't know where to start when it comes to living a healthier life and starting your own fitness journey.  

At the start of my journey towards achieving #ThatFitLife, I did everything wrong when trying to lose the 60+ pounds of weight I gained while carrying my second child. As an Active Marine Corps Officer then, I needed to lose those last 15 pounds, no exceptions, and they didn’t seem to budge. I also needed the excess weight not to return and to get fit during the process!

Let’s talk about your weight loss goals. Because I’ve been there, let me tell you. At the start of my journey towards achieving #ThatFitLife, I did everything wrong when trying to lose the 60+ pounds of weight I gained while carrying my second child. And I don’t want you to make the same mistakes I did because I was absolutely sabotaging my own progress.

I know that, as busy women, we are constantly on the move.  We move from the office to get the kids, then to the doctor's office, picking up the dry-cleaning, going to the vet, the grocery store, and everything in between!

As Busy Women it's just another part of our daily routine. But what about our home? Specifically, our kitchen? I mean, sure, we have things we have to do, YES, but we also have those things that we want to do.

Sometimes you don’t want to work out. Sometimes you want to put your feet up and take a breath because there’s always so much for you to do that you just don’t want to take the time to do something else. 

And let’s be real here, no one is always motivated to work out.  Not me, not anyone. No one is.  And not only is this natural, it’s also OKAY. 

So, what way can you overcome this other than self-motivation?

You pour so much into everyone else that you may even feel guilty for wanting to focus on yourself. 

Here’s the thing…, YOUR health is just as important as everything else! And let’s be honest here, depending on what it is, it may be MORE important than that task you’re currently focused on. 

Think about it, and let it sink in.

Because the truth is, you can’t pour into others if your own cup is empty.

So, let’s return to the original question: How can you get or stay active or even become more active when you have an endless number of days when drinking your cup of coffee while it’s still hot seems like a luxury?