Motivational Monday: Trainer Confession
My name is Samantha and I have a confession to make. I’m a personal trainer and I struggle with weight loss, exercise, nutrition, and motivation just like you. Trainers are human beings who face the same obstacles with health issues. Weight Loss: I lost thirty pounds while getting certified. If I could do it, then […]
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Motivational Monday: January Means No More Excuses!
Happy New Year everyone and it’s time to get out of the sugar-induced holiday fog and get back to reality! This month, a few of our clients will guest blog. Today’s blogger is Robin Schaefer who lost 54 pounds since she started training with Double Eagle Fitness. For those of you who think you can’t […]
Read MoreMotivational Monday: New Year’s Eve Alternative
This New Year’s Eve Beqir and I will be exercising our creativity by making multiple vision boards. What’s a vision board? I’m glad you asked. A vision board is a visual representation of all of your current goals as though you have already achieved them. Using photos and print slogans from the giant pile of […]
Read MoreMotivational Monday: Self-Talk, Self-Thought, and Gratitude
The first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Be grateful that you have taken the first step. Keep going one step at a time until you reach the top. Only those who will risk going too far can possibly […]
Read MoreMotivational Monday: Sugary, Salty, and Creamy
Weight loss and learning to live a healthy lifestyle requires serious palate re-training. American palates are so over saturated with sugar, salt, and creamy mayonnaise-y foods that we’re unable to taste the food itself. All of our clients who experience the Kitchen Raid and the Grocery Store Tour learn there are many ways to wean your […]
Read MoreMotivational Monday: Novato Mother and Daughter Celebrate Thanksgiving Milestone
“Ask yourself: ‘Can I give more?’. The answer is usually: ‘Yes’.” -Paul Tergat, Kenyan professional marathoner 500 runners turned out on a misty Thanksgiving morning to earn their stuffing and pumpkin pie in a 5K and 10K in a Turkey Trot organized by Pacific West Productions. Two of those 500 runners are Double Eagle Fitness […]
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Motivational Monday: Now More Than Ever
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s are upon us. Now is the time to dig deep and stay the course. Weight loss motivation, in particular, is about DESIRE not willpower. Ask yourself, honestly, how much do you want to lose weight compared to how much do you want to binge the minute you hear the first […]
Read MoreMotivational Monday: How Bad do You Want it?
The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn’t like to do. – Thomas Edison “Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.” – John F. Kennedy Commitment is the enemy of resistance, for it is the serious promise to press on, to […]
Read MoreMotivational Monday: Handling the Holidays
Let me just get through the holidays and then I’ll start my fitness and nutrition regimen. How many times have you made this excuse? How many times have you succumbed to cultural procrastination in order to pig out from Halloween to New Year’s Eve and then attempt to go extreme come New Year’s Day? Here are three simple […]
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