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The Skinny Confidential Nutrition Guide Review

July 18, 2015

A few weeks ago, I was chosen by Lauryn Evarts, of The Skinny Confidential blog, to try out her new TSC Nutrition Guide. I have been trying out recipes from it here and there and thought it was high time I should write a blog post about the Skinny Confidential Nutrition Guide.

Details on TSC Nutrition Guide

review of the skinny confidential nutrition guide

For those of you who are thinking “huh?”, The Skinny Confidential is a lifestyle blog and Lauryn Evarts is the brains behind it. She created ‘The Skinny Confidential Bombshell Body Guides‘ (TSC Guides) which includes a workout guide and a nutrition guide. It is set up in an interesting way where you essentially sign up for a subscription plan which gives you access to different content. You can choose from a one month ‘pinkscription’ subscription or the Bombshell Body Guide Plan. The big difference between the monthly subscription and the Bombshell Body Plan is that you get access to The Skinny Confidential’s 28 week fitness and nutrition guide (and I tried out the Skinny Confidential Nutrition Guide)! With the ‘pinkscription’, you get healthy recipes and targeted workouts but not the full plan. Continue Reading…

Fitness, Health, Salt Lake City

Change begets progress

July 12, 2015

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about how change is often necessary for progress in any facet of life. While change can often be exciting, at times it can be downright frightening because of it’s unpredictability. I have been thinking a lot about how I need to shake up my eating and fitness routine, because I have once again plateaued and I am not seeing the results I want. So frustrating but I am determined to reach my goals instead of sitting and whining about them. All I can do is push forward and see what works and what doesn’t.

change begets progress with the skinny bitch collective

I have slowly initiated change over the past few weeks; the purchase of my Polar heart rate monitor watch being one of them. I was curious to see how hard I was working and it has been so insightful. It has shown me that my cardiovascular is nowhere near as good as I thought it was and that I really need to step up my cardio game. I was actually really upset to see how high my heart rate was getting during my workouts, which sounds so silly, but it is disappointing when you thought you were much more fit than you actually are! Continue Reading…

Fitness, Health, Salt Lake City

The Realization that Excuses are Worthless

June 23, 2015

I have been feeling very proud of myself lately. For the past 2 weeks, I have been waking up at 6am on weekdays, at least twice a week, and going to the gym to workout. I recently started a full-time job which means that the only time I can workout is before 8:30am or after 5pm. Since the gym is PACKED in the late afternoons and evenings, this really only left the mornings as a viable option.

Realizing that your excuses are worthless

excuses worthless

Let me just clarify; I am not saying that excuses aren’t valid, I am just saying that there is no point making excuse after excuse to avoid something that is hard (but not impossible) to do. At first, I really resisted the idea of waking up at 6am to workout. I haven’t had to wake up regularly at 6am in years! The first day of forcing myself to just get up and go was seriously hard. It is not easy to wake up that early, but you know what? Sometimes, you just gotta do what you gotta do. And you can make things easier for yourself as well. I will put my gym clothes out the night before and make sure all my meals for the previous day are ready, so that all I need to concentrate on in the mornings is to get to the gym, workout, come home, shower and go to work. Continue Reading…