It’s All Fun and Games Til Your Jeans Don’t Fit……

April 29, 2016 By

Earlier this week we talked about going guilt-free when it comes to food and having an open relationship with it.

I got some positive feedback from some of you who are actively working toward separating food from guilt (cause honestly, it stinks).

However, with great power comes great responsibility right?

It is my firm hope that you gain the power over food so that it no longer racks you with guilt, but here is the other side to that:

You have to take responsibility for your actions and your decisions.

Eat the cheeseburger and fries or not. Say yes to dessert or No… it is your choice.

I say, make conscious decisions about how and when you move and what and how much you eat.

Acknowledge and accept that all of your actions and choices will determine an outcome and you will need to accept full responsibility for that outcome. [Read more…]

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Monday Motivation and Mindset

March 28, 2016 By

Success comes first in the mind.

I’ve been thinking this to myself a lot lately as I tackle training for a physical challenge coming up in less than a month (Tactical Strength Challenge).

There are three things that are a part of the challenge: max number of pullups, maximum weight  you can lift for 1-rep on a deadlift, max number of Kettlebell snatches you can do in 5 minutes.

I’m excited but entirely out of my comfort zone. Like most people, I don’t like to fail.

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Protein Shake or Frappuccino?

March 10, 2016 By

In case you missed it I am chronicling my everyday food and 16-week focus on snapchat (getfitwithsarai), which by the way is the most fun I have had on social media in a long time. It’s so in-the-moment I can just let go and be who I is. But I digress…

I’ve been getting some questions and one I thought was a great topic to talk about; “As long as I stay in my calorie range, why can’t I eat whatever I want?”

This particular person said that she was actually able to eat a McDonalds breakfast sandwich in the morning and grab a Starbucks latte in the afternoon and still stay within her calories.

It got me to thinking about calories VS Nutrition.

Since I don’t believe in starving oneself (all it does is make you lose muscle, not fat) if you’re following my snaps you’ll see I eat a good amount of calories a day (around 2,000-2,200)

If I wanted to I *could* actually eat ton’s of “treat” type foods and still stay under the 2k mark.

However, it doesn’t work that way.

Sure theoretically, a 250 calorie protein, [Read more…]

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So What’s Your Story?

February 29, 2016 By

How many times have you told yourself a story about you and then made it come true?

The answer is we all do it, we just may not realize it.

Last week while on vacation in The Dominican Republic I did something I was pretty sure I would never do.  It honestly was not even on my radar of something I would ever do. I just don’t do “those” types of things.

That was my story and I was pretty secure in it.

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Workout Wednesday

February 17, 2016 By

The beach is on my mind this week. I’m headed to the Dominican Republic in a few days which means bikinis and shorts for 6 days.

While I have no intention of letting the leanness of my body dictate how much I enjoy myself, putting in a little extra time on the glutes and abs won’t make me sad either.

So that is the inspiration of this very quick and very adaptable Workout Wednesday.

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Reason #3 (It Gets Us All)

February 10, 2016 By

Every once in a while you hit something right on the head, right off the bat. In most cases, it’s a process.

Which brings us to reason #3 why people fail at fat/weight loss or body recomposition in general:

They give up too soon – Chances are the first time you do something the outcome may not be on par with what you had expected. In fact you may outright fail.

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The Top 5 Reasons People Fail

January 29, 2016 By

“I told myself we will not fail”

Heads Up: I’m quote happy in the email ☺

However many people do fail, especially at fitness and health goals.

Over the next several days I want to share with you the top 5 things I have noticed about why people fail at all sorts of things in life that also apply to fitness.

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Eye Opening ONE THING To Try

January 5, 2016 By

“All this self-acceptance is cool but I also really want to lose weight”

I’m on it. I have not forgotten that and I’m here to help ☺c8d4e04d25a64a33c185ad462b7c868f

Yesterday we talked about focusing on just ONE thing to change instead of trying to change everything at once.

We also talked about the need for it to be specific. So instead of just a blank “I need to clean up my diet” you should focus in on what area of your nutrition needs some 1-on-1 time.

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A New You For 2016?

January 4, 2016 By

I know it’s catchy, I know it an easy marketing slogan but this whole “New Year, New You” bit… could we not?

By all means lets strive to be better than we were yesterday.

Want to be leaner? Let’s do it!

Stronger? You don’t even have to ask me twice; you know I’m all in on that one.

But if we’re going to talk about “NEW” lets talk about a new way to get to those goals.

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Try Sprint Intervals (Not What You Think)

April 16, 2015 By

Imagine that you are running a marathon and based on the way you’ve trained for this event at certain intervals you are going to pick up your pace for a specified period of time to get ahead faster, a sprint so to speak.

So you do your sprint and then you turn around and walk back to where you started…..wait huh?

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