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Meal Planning Tips and Tricks for Beginners
The whole idea of meal planning at first can be overwhelming to some. It is a healthy habit that only practice will help you learn and...
Jessica Gerlock
Feb 10, 20203 min read
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What to do When You Have Hit a Weight Loss Plateau
Losing weight is hard work and it is important to realize weight loss is not a linear process. You can be eating clean, working out...
Jessica Gerlock
Feb 5, 20203 min read
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How to Stay Motivated if you Don't Enjoy Working Out
To achieve optimal health, working out should be a part of everybody’s daily routine. We can all benefit greatly from daily physical...
Jessica Gerlock
Jan 27, 20202 min read
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How You Are Sabotaging Your Own Weight Loss Success
Do you have weight loss goals that just seem impossible? No matter how hard you try, you just can’t seem to stay consistent and your...
Jessica Gerlock
Jan 23, 20203 min read
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Dining Out Tips When Trying to Lose Weight
With people using lack of time as the number one excuse for living a healthy lifestyle, dining out at restaurants and fast food...
Jessica Gerlock
Jan 13, 20203 min read
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Physical and Mental Benefits of Exercise
It is not a secret that regular physical activity is good for you, but do you realize how good? Exercise can make you live longer, look...
Jessica Gerlock
Jan 7, 20202 min read
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Exercise Mistakes That Can Halt Weight Loss Progress
It is an amazing first step in the right direction that you introduce exercise into your daily routine for a healthy lifestyle. The next...
Jessica Gerlock
Dec 16, 20193 min read
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5 Ways to Practice Body Positivity
Body positivity is important at every age and it’s important to practice it daily. We need to learn to accept ourselves and our bodies...
Jessica Gerlock
Dec 9, 20193 min read
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Weight Loss Tips for Women Over 50
Age is just a number we are told to believe. Unfortunately even though you might feel like you are 30 on the outside, your body knows...
Jessica Gerlock
Dec 5, 20193 min read
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Tips to Avoid Gaining Weight Over the Holidays
With the holiday season fast approaching and all the holiday parties you have to attend, it is very easy to fall off track in your weight...
Jessica Gerlock
Dec 1, 20193 min read
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Female Fitness Myths That Are Just Not True
There are so many myths about female fitness that I hear all the time that it is hard to know what to believe anymore. Being a Certified...
Jessica Gerlock
Nov 27, 20193 min read
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Ways to Make Progress in Your Workouts
Everyone’s goal when working out should be to progress and advance in phases of training. Whether it is being faster or stronger, when...
Jessica Gerlock
Nov 18, 20193 min read
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5 Reasons Why You Have Gained Weight Overnight
It is quite common for people to have gotten on the scale to see a sudden increase in their bodyweight by 1-3 pounds compared to the day...
Jessica Gerlock
Nov 14, 20192 min read
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Will Lifting Weights Make Women Bulky?
As a trainer specializing in female fitness I hear it all the time from women who are nervous getting into lifting weights because they...
Jessica Gerlock
Nov 11, 20193 min read
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The Body Positive Movement- Women in Hollywood
The world is changing right before our eyes. In some ways good and in some ways very bad, but when it comes to body positivity and women...
Jessica Gerlock
Mar 5, 20193 min read
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The Difference Between Losing vs. Maintaining Weight
Many people think the hardest part of losing weight is actually losing the weight. In reality after actually losing the weight, the...
Jessica Gerlock
Mar 5, 20193 min read
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5 Diet Tricks to Help you Lose Fat and Eat Better
What you eat is arguably the number one factor when it comes to losing fat. Most people are misguided when it comes to what is right and...
Jessica Gerlock
Mar 5, 20193 min read
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