Protein: A Secret Weapon?

The first thing that the majority of people (women especially) do when they are on a quest to lose weight or “get healthy” is to drastically reduce how much they eat. Less food in, less weight on the body, right? Not necessarily. The majority of the time when an individual is overweight it is a […]

Fat. Don’t fear it!

Typically when we think of trying to lose weight or “get healthy”, the first thing we do is get rid of all the fatty foods in our life. Eating fat will make us fat, right? Sure, to a point. But there is a reason that fat is in the world (food fat, not excessive body […]

What Should You Eat?

I think that the hardest thing for a lot of people starting out on their fitness journeys has to do with the food they eat. It’s pretty easy, for the most part, to follow a workout breakdown, or go for a jog, etc. Even doing things like “drink more water” or “avoid processed foods” can […]

The Best of Both Worlds

I hear so often how women “sacrifice” themselves for their families. Giving up on things that were once important to them, hobbies, jobs, their own health, etc; for the lives of those whom they love most. And I couldn’t agree, and disagree, with it more! I am a wife, I am a mom, but I’m […]

Why SPELL?

I realize that the name of my business/blog is kind of random to most, if not all, of you. So I figured that an entire post dedicated to the reason I chose this would be a good idea. There are probably a dozen “Fit Mom” “Fit Wife” “Healthy Mom”, etc blogs, all of them are […]