Struggling To Get Enough Sleep? 4 Things To Try

Struggling To Get Enough Sleep? 4 Things To Try

With our day-to-day lives becoming busier, fitting in an adequate amount of sleep is becoming more and more of a challenge. If, when you do finally get in to bed, you struggle to drift off, it can all feel like something of a disaster. Research by the Sleep Help Foundation shows that one in every three people suffer with at least mild insomnia. Difficulty sleeping can arise at different points in our lives for a variety of reasons and can often be related to stress in our work or home lives, anxiety or depression. In fact, at any given time, around 10% of people are suffering with insomnia. 

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Clean Eating: 8 Simple Food Prep Tips

Clean Eating: 8 Simple Food Prep Tips

A question that always presents itself with clean eating is how much time will it take to cook all of this healthy food? Most people are busy. At our fitness retreat, it’s easy to eat healthy because all of your food is cooked for you. What about real life though? We lead lives full of commitments like work, family, personal time, friends, appointments, home projects and so much more. How do people fit it all in? The truth is that taking care of yourself is one of the most important things you can do.

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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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Fitness Retreat Recap: Mid June 2019

Fitness Retreat Recap: Mid June 2019

One of the great things about our retreat is that we have so many interesting people coming each week. They come from all over the country (and the world) and come together because of some like minded views. Most people are here to jumpstart their healthy habits again, improve their fitness level, de-stress and bump their weight loss up a notch. It’s a group that’s usually diverse but they’re all looking to get healthier and feel better. Out of this culture comes many different conversations about health, nutrition, fitness and wellness. I write these recaps from time to time to let you in on the topics covered because I’m sure many of you out there have some of the same questions. In addition, it gives those that are interested in one of our fitness getaways the chance to get a glimpse of the inner workings of our programs.

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Build Your Own Workout

Build Your Own Workout

It’s time to workout. You’re all suited up, ready to hit the gym and tackle this thing. You walk in and head over to your favorite machine that you always do. It’s getting kind of old and monotonous but you go anyway — day after day. Sound familiar? This is exactly what most of our boot camp vacation guests have a problem with too. One thing we hear all the time is that it’s hard to know what to change or how to mix it up.

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20 Simple & Healthy Lunch Ideas

20 Simple & Healthy Lunch Ideas

It seems like so many people are searching for easy to make, healthy and delicious meal ideas. Whether it’s breakfast, lunch or dinner, finding inspiration to eat clean can sometimes feel hard. Simple to make, healthy dishes are always a request from our fitness retreat guests. We’ve compiled a list of 20 ideas for lunch that are healthy yet still taste great. After all, clean eating should still be satisfying and delicious.

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Fitness Retreat Updates: Weight Loss, Weather & More

Fitness Retreat Updates: Weight Loss, Weather & More

Summer is a beautiful time at the retreat and it’s approaching fast this year. This morning brought pretty warm temps. Luckily, we still had a breeze. We always adjust the schedule based on the current weather when it starts heating up. This year, we’re trying a new strategy along with our need to be outside earlier in the morning. In addition, we’ve got a few other updates including our June retreat sale, new Vita Quick Assessment and additional fitness sessions. Keep reading to find out the scoop!

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The 4 Pillars Of A Healthy Lifestyle (And How To Build Them Into Your Life)

The 4 Pillars Of A Healthy Lifestyle (And How To Build Them Into Your Life)

We all understand the importance of a healthy lifestyle to keep us living longer and better. However, there is so much conflicting and confusing advice out there about what a healthy lifestyle actually looks like that it can be difficult to pinpoint exactly what we need to do. Even when we do figure that out, we then have to deal with the challenge of building these habits into our busy schedules.

So, let’s take a step back and make it simple. Here are the four basic foundations of an effective head-to-toe strategy, and how to best incorporate them into your life.

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