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Tips to Improve your Relationship with Food
Navigating through what to eat and what not to eat can be super challenging and confusing! Here are 5 tips to help you improve your relationship with food! Quit the ALL or NOTHING mentality Trying to follow a “perfect” diet is only going to make you fail because nobody can follow a perfect diet. We are human. Life is all about balance. A healthy day might include some healthy foods and some not-so-healthy foods. Slowly start adding more healthy foods to your day. What matters is what you do the majority of the time. For example, if you drop your phone on the ground. What do you do? You just pick it up where it dropped…
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Q & A Health & Fitness Edition
Welcome to my first Ask me anything Health & Fitness Addition. I am so excited to bring this new series to my blog as well as to my Instagram! =) The following are totally anonymous questions that you’ve submitted, and I’m providing my thoughts and advice. I received some amazing questions, and because I plan to post this series regularly, not all have been included. If you have a question that you’d like advice on in the next Q & A, please submit it here. On Instagram last week I asked my followers what their Health and Fitness questions were. I answered them in my stories with a quick answer.…
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Health & Fitness Q & A
Welcome to my first Ask me anything Health & Fitness Addition. I am so excited to bring this new series to my blog as well as to my Instagram! =) The following are totally anonymous questions that you’ve submitted, and I’m providing my thoughts and advice. I received some amazing questions, and because I plan to post this series regularly, not all have been included. If you have a question that you’d like advice on in the next Q & A, please submit it here. On Instagram last week I asked my followers what their Health and Fitness questions were. I answered them in my stories with a quick answer.…
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Optimal Mix Workout Plan
I love a good workout plan and challenge! I was so excited to see that LES MILLS On Demand announced they just launched two new workout plans! Each plan has a non-equipment plan and an equipment plan! NEW OPTIMAL MIX WORKOUT PLANS OUT NOW ?? Need help deciding what workouts to do? We know that sometimes it can be hard to know what type of training your body really needs. https://lmod.go2cloud.org/SF24 You can make it easy on yourself by following one of our science-backed workout plans.The new Optimal Mix workout plans have the ideal mix of cardio, strength, and mind/body training. You can choose between 3 weekly workouts or 5-6…
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Setting Goals
Today I want to talk about Goals! Setting Goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. – Tony Robbins Write down your goals! What do you want to accomplish? How do you want to feel? Where are you currently at with your health? Getting into the habit of journaling your thoughts daily can help improve your mindset as well! “If you cab dream it, you can do it.” Walt Disney Follow these steps to successful goal setting. If your goals are important enough for you to set them, I want you to achieve them. Get super clear about your goal – BE specific As you…
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12 Days of Fitness
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! But it can also be a very stressful time of year! That’s why I have put together a fun new free series 12 days of Fitness! Every day for 12 days you’ll be receiving an email full of healthy lifestyle tips to help you not just survive but THRIVE this holiday season. Plus I will be doing a couple of giveaways during this free challenge! You can sign up for my free 12 days of fitness below! Looking for a little extra motivation to keep you on track this holiday season? I’ve got you with this free 12 days of fitness with…
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Quarantine Home Workout 30 Day Challenge
Quarantine Home Workouts 30 Day LES MILLS On Demand Challenge! With all of us at home and gyms closed this is the perfect time to try home workouts! During this challenge, we’ll move and sweat together, we’ll eat nutrient-packed and delicious meals, we’ll practice meditation and self-care, and offer each other support and encouragement. You’re going to love the way you feel — strong, healthy, fit, glowing, empowered, supported, and loved…by yourself and everyone in our accountability group. This challenge is the perfect mix of workouts, from HIIT to strength training to yoga, so you start your year STRONG! I want to help you keep the “Quarantine 15” off while…
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Spring into Fitness 21 Day Challenge
Hello March!! “Spring adds new life and new beauty to all that is.” — Jessica Harrelson Well hello, March! Can you feel it there is a change in the air! I know Spring is still a few weeks away but I feel like this winter has been a long colder winter than years past. Today we are in the 50s and might get up into the 60s in the next few days. Yay!! We have had snow on the ground since October which is actually very strange for Colorado. It typically snows and then is gone by the next day or sometimes it’s gone by the afternoon. SO having snow…
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Love Your Body 21 Day Challenge
Hello February!! “Fall in love with taking care of your body!” Love your Body 21 Day LES MILLS On Demand Challenge! During this challenge, we will be setting an intention of LOVE. Throughout the Love Your Body Challenge, we will show our bodies love every single day. We’ll move and sweat together, we’ll eat nutrient-packed and delicious meals, we’ll practice meditation and self-care, and offer each other support and encouragement. You’re going to love the way you feel — strong, healthy, fit, glowing, empowered, supported, and loved…by yourself and everyone in our accountability group. This challenge is the perfect mix of workouts, from HIIT to strength training to yoga, so…
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Quick Leg Toning Exercise
If you are like me you don’t want to spend hours at the gym but you also want to tone and stay fit. I put together this short video demonstrating a quick 3 minute leg workout you can do anywhere! This exercise will tone your whole leg with a focus on the outer thigh. All you need is your body! Lay on your side bottom leg slightly bent. Extend the top leg, and move into a circular motion for 10 times. Reverse the Circle motion 10 times. Rotate your foot down and tap the floor 10 times. Bring your leg forward and tap the floor 10 times. Repeat on the…
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Master Your Metabolism
Join us for a 5 day educational event coming January 21st to the 25th! You will learn some of dōTERRA’s key products to Master Your Metabolism! (Goodness knows I need it after the holidays!) January 1st I will share with you what products you need to order to be set on January 21st! Are you in? Related posts:4 Things Stealing Your Energy and How to get it Back!Kristin McConnellHi!! I’m Kristin McConnell, I am so glad you are here! I am a wife to my amazing husband and a Mom of two fabulous kids. I love gardening, raising chickens, bee keeping and baking sourdough bread! livesimplywithkristin.com
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10 Ways to Use Deep Blue
10 Ways to Use Deep Blue Deep Blue is our soothing blend to help with any aches and pains. It has a lovely cooling sensation that relieves tension in the muscles and joints. Muscles & Joints. Apply 1-2 drops ad massage gently on the area of discomfort. Circulation. Apply 1-2 drops & 1-2 drops AromaTouch to increase circulation in legs due to lack of blood flow. Inflammation. Massage into hands, elbows, knees to soothe the discomfort and reduce inflammation. Muscle Tension. Apply 1-2 drops of Deep Blue & Past Tense on areas of stiffness such as the shoulders and neck. Growing Kids. Apply on kids legs before bed as they experience growth spurts. Bruises. Use on…
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Flat Belly Series Part 1
With summer just around the corner we are all looking for ways to flatten our stomachs! Or get that beautiful 6 pack. But how do we do that and what causes our belly gains? In this series I am going to break it down and show you how to get that beautiful flat belly we all strive for. Don’t forget to sign up for my 8 week Bikini Challenge which is designed to help you get that summer body you will feel confident, happy and healthy! Join Here Flat Belly Series! I’m really excited to share all this information and hope you are too! What comes to mind when you think…
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Hi I’m Kristin this is My Story!
Hi! I just wanted to write this blog and tell you a little bit about myself and my story! For those of you that have been following me for a while I’m glad you are here and that you have continued to support this wonderful fitness journey. For those of you that are new welcome! I am so glad you are here! I have been a little quiet over here lately. Still going strong on Facebook and Instagram. I have been doing a lot of research and studying trying to figure out the direction I want to go with my fitness business. I am so excited for all the new knowledge…
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Sneakers
How to buy the perfect workout sneakers. Beside the obvious they need to be cute and the perfect color? Right?! Or is that just me? I tend to go for shoes that come in my favorite color. PINK, but really the shoes you select can make a huge difference in how you perform your fitness activity, while the wrong athletic shoes can hurt your feet and even cause injury to other parts of your body. My tips for picking the perfect workout shoes for you: 1.) Buy for your foot type. Knowing what type of foot you have will help you with your over all comfort. There are four main types…
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Planksgiving 30 Day Challenge
Okay, so the holidays are right around the corner. Let’s stay fit this holiday season. Do you if you want to work on your abs? Tone, slim, reveal your 6 pack?? Then this PLANKSGIVING 30 Day PLANK CHALLENGE is for you…. Yes!! Are you in?? Please join us for 30 days of plank challenge starting NOVEMBER 1st!!! I will send you photos and descriptions each day for 30 days that you can easily preform each plank variations anywhere! So what is the Planksgiving 30 Day Challenge??? #planksgiving The challenge: Hold that day’s plank for 1 minute! Planksgiving: Time yourself while doing the assigned plank for that day. See image be provided for…
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Kale Chips
Do you love chips and a crunchy snacks but don’t like the fat or calories? Well I sure do but as you know greasy chips are NOT kind to our waist lines! I have a delicious chip alternative. Kale chips! They are so good and my kids LOVE them! I have a hard time keeping in the house. Almost as soon as I get them out of the oven the kids dive right in. You can buy kale at pretty much every grocery store. I like to find a batch with the smallest leaves. They make a better chip. This year we have planted a beautiful garden. I am so…
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Why Hire a Personal Trainer
There are so much information online, free workouts, free recipes, and nutrition advice. Why hire a personal trainer? Can you loose weight and get healthy without a trainer? Sure you can and I’m sure you would do fabulous. Below are my top reasons why you should higher a personal trainer. 1. Motivation Perhaps the single, biggest benefit of hiring a trainer is motivation. On your own, people lose motivation to stick with a consistent exercise program. A Certified fitness trainer can provide structure, direction, accountability as well as be a friend who is interested in helping you succeed. 2. Individualized program Everyone’s body is different and we all carry…
