Rethinking Health: Beyond The Scale

Rethinking Health: Beyond The Scale

In our pursuit of better health, we often fixate on a single number: our weight. Yet, the scale fails to capture the full spectrum of our well-being. While weight can provide a snapshot of our physical condition, it overlooks crucial indicators of health lurking beneath the surface. Enter the world of health markers – a comprehensive approach to understanding our bodies that transcends mere numbers on a scale. In this blog post, we'll delve into why tracking health markers could revolutionize how we perceive and prioritize our overall health, shifting the focus from pounds lost to a holistic view of well-being.

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Customize Any Diet For You: 10 Ways To Individualize A Diet

Customize Any Diet For You: 10 Ways To Individualize A Diet

Diets, nutrition programs, and lifestyle programs can all be considered as frameworks. There is not one single diet or nutrition protocol that will work for each person. Because of that, personalization is key when it comes to diets. Factors like individual health, preferences, and lifestyle play a crucial role in creating an effective and sustainable eating plan.

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6 Tips For Maintaining Weight Loss

6 Tips For Maintaining Weight Loss

Congratulations on reaching your weight loss goal! Weight loss is hard for most people so reaching your goal should be celebrated. You’ve reached your goal and you should be proud. Don’t get too comfortable just yet though. Maintaining your weight loss is next on the agenda and it can be an even tougher feat if you’re not careful.

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5 Weight Loss Mistakes You Might Be Making (And What You Can Do About It)

5 Weight Loss Mistakes You Might Be Making (And What You Can Do About It)

If you’ve been eating healthier, working out and generally improving your lifestyle habits to lose weight and aren’t seeing results, you’re probably a little discouraged. This is a common problem among guests that come to our weight loss retreat and our health coaching clients. We see it all the time and because of that, there are some recurring actions that seem to contribute to not making progress. It can be as simple as a diet tweak to the type of exercise you’re doing. Here are a few of the big mistakes people make when trying to lose weight.

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10 Reasons To Lose Weight For Health

10 Reasons To Lose Weight For Health

Many people want to lose weight because they want to look better. They want to feel good in their skin, look healthy and fit into their jeans. If you’ve ever needed to lose weight, you know how this feels — the need and desire to feel better about yourself no matter what mirror you look into and no matter which article of clothing you put on. We meet so many people on a daily and weekly basis at our fitness retreat and in our nutrition coaching that are trying to reach weight loss goals. I totally get it! I’ve been there myself and who doesn’t want to like how they look? I think we all do. The benefits of weight loss aren’t just about looking good though.

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Our Weight Loss Philosophy

Our Weight Loss Philosophy

When it comes to weight loss, healthy habits and skills are the name of the game. We believe it’s not only what you eat but how you eat. Combining healthy nutrition practices with sensible everyday habits will build a solid foundation for real, true weight loss that is translatable once you return home. Maybe you need to change what you eat but maybe you need to simply tweak a few of your daily patterns to feel and look your best — either way, we’ll help you figure out the changes that need to be made.

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31 Habits To Help Support Your Weight Loss Goals

31 Habits To Help Support Your Weight Loss Goals

Weight loss can be hard – and confusing. There’s no shortage of information out there about how to lose weight, what to eat, how to exercise, the newest superfood and the list goes on. Should you count calories or use portion control? Should you juice or go paleo? It’s endless! The good news is that weight loss really doesn’t have to be that hard. There are a ton of really simple habits that you can practice daily in order to reach your weight loss goals.

Here are 31 simple habits to practice if you want to reach your weight loss goals. My suggestion is to tackle one habit at a time. Focus on one action for one to two weeks. Master that habit and then move on to the next one adding one habit at a time.

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15 Habits That Will Inspire Your Health and Fitness Goals

15 Habits That Will Inspire Your Health and Fitness Goals

We all need a little inspiration when it comes to reaching our health and fitness goals. Whether you’re trying to lose weight, improve your health, want to get stronger or meet a sport performance goal, it’s important to have a little motivation behind it. The majority of our fitness retreat guests come to the retreat seeking inspiration and motivation. While you may not be able to make it to us for a healthy getaway, we’ve got some ideas to get you started.

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