March 25, 2019

18 Ways To Have A Healthier Holiday

March 25, 2019/ Margot Rutigliano

Holiday weekends can mean overindulging with friends and family and less activity than usual. Have you ever had one of those holidays or vacation weeks where you ate (and drank) too much and didn’t move your body like you normally do? It usually ends up making you feel worse rather than better. While it’s important to enjoy yourself over the holiday, staying close to your healthy goals doesn’t have to be hard. It There are some easy ways to keep yourself on track. With a few tweaks, your holiday can still be a ton of fun but you won’t need a vacation from your vacation. Here are our 18 ways to have a healthier holiday.

March 25, 2019

How To Reach Your Health and Fitness Goals

March 25, 2019/ Margot Rutigliano

Life… it has this sneaky way of creeping in and throwing curve balls left and right. Life will always happen. There will always be a busy day at work or family problems or relationship highs and lows or sick children. Once conflict arises, it seems like health and fitness routines go haywire. We seek comfort food or we just don’t feel like moving. These are the things that help us stay clear and balanced in both body and mind though! So what do we do when conflict smacks us in the face (and it happens to everyone so if you’re reading this – you’re not alone)? Avoiding the conflict is not reasonable because we can’t always control what comes at us. Figurine out how to navigate through any issues is what needs to happen to stay on track.

March 25, 2019

Hydration and Electrolyte Strategy

March 25, 2019/ Margot Rutigliano

Water is essential to life. A few days without it could result in death – it’s that important. So considering a hydration strategy when working out in the heat is essential. We lose water through respiration, sweating as well as urinary and fecal output. Exercise speeds up the rate of water loss making intense exercise, especially in the heat, a possibility of leading to cramping, dizziness and heat exhaustion or heat stroke if adequate fluid intake isn’t met. Correct fluid intake is an important priority for exercisers and non-exercisers in the heat. Water makes up 60% of our bodies. So it’s incredibly important to for many different roles in the body.

March 25, 2019

5 Best Fitness Trackers of 2018

March 25, 2019/ Margot Rutigliano

Are you trying to lose weight? Ready to meet a fitness goal? Wanting to move more throughout the day? If you’re looking for a little something to help you do that, we’ve got the options for you. Here’s our list of the 5 best fitness trackers for 2018! They’ve come a long way in the past couple of years. I wrote a similar blog post about 12 years ago and revisited it recently. Wow how technology has changed! When I took a look back at it just a few days ago, I realized that it needed some serious updating. Some of the products aren’t even around anymore so I figured it was about time revamp that list and put out something that would be useful for people in 2018.

If you’ve read any of my blog posts about reaching health and fitness goals, you know how important I think it is to track your progress. Having a goal is a fantastic thing but having a specific goal is even better. And having a means to tracking that goal means you’re on your way to success. A goal without any kind of plan or a way to track how you’re doing is a recipe for failure. So if you’re reading this and you have a goal, here’s what I want you to do.

March 23, 2019

7 Healthy Habits To Help You Lose Weight

March 23, 2019/ Margot Rutigliano

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably set a weight loss goal. You might even be in the middle of trying to reach your goal. Either way, you might already know that weight loss can be tricky business. For some people it’s fairly easy and for others, it’s downright hard. What’s important is that you set yourself up for success and you treat your body as best as you can to create an environment conducive to weight loss.

March 23, 2019

5 Tips To Have A Healthy Vacation

March 23, 2019/ Margot Rutigliano

Vacations are a time to take a break. They are a time to free your mind of the stress of everyday life, to escape from the daily grind and to rejuvenate body and mind. Yet, it seems like so many people (and I’ve been there too) always need a “vacation from their vacation”. Shouldn’t you feel healthy, happy and totally revived? Here’s how you can…

March 23, 2019

Goal Setting For Weight Loss

March 23, 2019/ Margot Rutigliano

I can’t tell you how many people I see on a weekly, monthly, yearly basis that want to lose weight. It’s my job, it’s my life and it’s my mission to help them succeed. There is probably nothing more rewarding in my career than when someone tells me I made an impact on their weight loss journey. Yet, one thing I’ve come to realize is that many people set a weight loss goal but they don’t know exactly how to get there or how to execute that goal. Guests of our fitness retreat consistently tell me they want to lose weight. Whether someone wants to lose 10, 15 or 40 pounds, the question is how will they achieve the goal?

March 23, 2019

Breaking Your Plateau: How To Get Unstuck

March 23, 2019/ Margot Rutigliano

Does this sound familiar? You’ve been working your tail off. You’re consistent. You go to the gym religiously. Your food is in check. You’re drinking enough water and journaling every crumb that goes in your body and every calorie that is burned. This time you’re going to do it! The first few weeks you saw results and you were so motivated, right? And then the results started tapering off even though you were dedicated and sticking to your plan. All of a sudden, your progress came to a halt. So now what?