July 17, 2019

10 Lessons Learned From People Who've Reached Their Health & Fitness Goals

July 17, 2019/ Margot Rutigliano

Are you tired of the same old negative story you tell yourself — the story that you can’t reach your goals or the one where you’ve tried everything and nothing works? Done getting winded when you walk up a flight of stairs? Are you fed up with not living the happy, active, self fulfilling life that you truly want to live? Frightened that your doctor might be right and you need serious change? Struggling to make those important health changes?

July 15, 2019

5 Strategies To Curb Your Junk Food Cravings

July 15, 2019/ Margot Rutigliano

Cravings. We’ve all had them. So many of our guests at our boot camp vacation ask how to curb cravings. For many people, they’re easily fought off at times and too much to fight off at other times. Cravings come from a number of different sources and managing them can be hard to do in the moment. If you’re armed with the right information and an action plan, you’ll have a better chance of keeping them at bay.

July 09, 2019

Dosha Mat Review: Benefits Of An Acupressure Mat

July 09, 2019/ Margot Rutigliano

Before I get into my findings of the Dosha Mat, I want to explain acupressure. I’ve posted pics and video of using the mat on Instagram and many people have reached out asking exactly what acupressure is and what it can do for you. Acupressure is a technique similar to reflexology or even acupuncture.

July 06, 2019

8 Fitness Vacation Ideas For Your Next Active Getaway

July 06, 2019/ Margot Rutigliano

Thinking about taking a fitness vacation? There are so many benefits to going on an active getaway versus the traditional vacation of overindulgence. We are all familiar with the typical vacation where there’s way too much food, maybe some adult beverages, over indulging in sweets and not getting in regular workouts. There’s nothing wrong with over indulging here in there but many vacations lead to over consumption and under activity — which leads to feeling sluggish and tired.

July 02, 2019

Struggling To Get Enough Sleep? 4 Things To Try

July 02, 2019/ Guest Author

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.

June 29, 2019

Clean Eating: 8 Simple Food Prep Tips

June 29, 2019/ Margot Rutigliano

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.

June 20, 2019

6 Tips For Maintaining Weight Loss

June 20, 2019/ Margot Rutigliano

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.

June 17, 2019

Fitness Retreat Recap: Mid June 2019

June 17, 2019/ Margot Rutigliano

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.