By Shannon Dey, M.S. Health Education & CEO-Founder Bombshell Fitness
When new Bombshell Fitness clients come on board, they are beyond excited and motivated to start their fitness journey and change their life by losing weight, learning how to eat clean, getting into the best shape of their lives and transforming their whole outlook on life. I LOVE to see the excitement in their eyes, and their anticipation of amazing things to come never ceases to further motivate myself and my staff. However, in some cases, too MUCH unrealistic, unbridled enthusiasm is a warning sign that their new venture may be short lived. Making an abrupt, complete life change in one swoop with no wiggle room, can more often than not be recipe for failure. We’ve heard so many new Bombshells espouse statements such as; “Looks like, I won’t be going out to dinner ever again” or “I better eat everything I want now before my new plan starts”. We know these are HUGE warning flags of a new program destined to fail. Living a health and fitness lifestyle is just that, a lifestyle! This means that in order to succeed, you must integrate this lifestyle into your LIFE! Yes, many aspects of your life will change. However, telling yourself that you will never enjoy an indulgent meal again, or that all of your favorite foods are forever off limits, is a surefire way down a road of frustration and unrealized dreams. What is the formula? In order to succeed long term, you must change your lifestyle and still LIVE your life! Here are a few Bombshell Fitness tips to avoid the “all or nothing” fitness yo-yo and stay on track…for life!
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By Gennifer Strobo, Certified Nutritionist, Bombshell Fitness
Having trained thousands of women over the years at Bombshell Fitness, we know there are many women out there that suffer from seasonal depression, commonly referred to as SAD- Seasonal Affective Disorder. For most, it is heightened around the winter months where the dark, cold and sometimes gloomy weather dramatically affects your state of mind. Depressive feelings or a slump in your mood can leave you feeling lacking energy, can cause mood swings and takes away your overall motivation to workout and eat properly. If you’re thinking this sounds like you, then you might wonder what Bombshell Fitness can do about it! Well, did you know that diet can play a crucial part in helping to raise your spirits? Here are a few items that will get you out of your seasonal woes, and we include them on all our Bombshell Fitness Nutrition plans.
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By Shannon Dey, M.S. Health Education & CEO-Founder Bombshell Fitness
Do you love your scale? It would be safe to assume that you answered this question with a booming “NO!” For a majority of women, the scale sits in a corner seeming to mocking us, doing it’s evil best to draw us in so that we find ourselves unwillingly stepping on it’s platform of doom and subsequently suffering an aftermath of self-loathing and depression concerning the number that flashes on it’s wicked dial. Like an old flame that we know is bad for us, we either try our best to avoid it’s temptation by shoving it in the back of the closet or even throwing it in the garbage. Or, we simply cannot stay away and keep going back repeatedly, over and over, as a means of self-torture, even though we know it may bring us pain. It is very possible that our relationship with the scale is a one that can linger throughout our lives, year after year only to bring us misery. At Bombshell Fitness we’ve trained thousands of women over the years and a large majority of clients come to us viewing the scale as a reminder they are “fat failures”!
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SNEAKY “BAD-FOR-YOU” FOODS
The grocery store is a tricky place to navigate when you’re embarking on a new healthy eating plan. With so many marketing techniques designed to make you believe nearly anything is good for you, almost everything on the shelves seems to offer some health benefit. But don’t be fooled by these 15 unhealthy “health” foods. Read more!
by Gennifer Strobo, IFBB Figure Pro, Bombshell Certified Nutritionist & Coach
Good Morning Muscle Mamas:
One of my favorite quotes always has been the one below.
“Whether you believe you can, or whether you believe you can’t. You are right.” – Henry Ford
In this case they are both right. The worrier CAN’T achieve, while the warrior CAN achieve. Worriers run away from challenges because they are afraid of challenges. Warriors look for challenging opportunities because they get inspired by challenges.
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NIV employee Deepika Chowdhury becomes India’s first woman to win at international figure competition
If you thought that toned muscles and chiselled body are only for men, then think otherwise. City-based Deepika Chowdhury (30) became the first Indian woman to represent India and win in an international figure competition held recently in the USA.
Coming from a middle class family residing in Vimannagar, Chowdhury says she has accomplished the feat in just two years with sheer determination and self discipline. Read more!
It’s easy to neglect your skin when you are putting so much time, thought and effort in to making sure that every body part from head to toe is getting slimmer and tighter. But why put in all the work only to have dull, uneven skin?
You eat all these great foods to create a healthy body from the inside out. Why not make sure you are working from the outside in too? Read more!
Asparagus can do more for your body than any other veggie! From fighting depression to reducing pain and inflammation- asparagus can even act as a natural aphrodisiac! If you don’t like this veggie you may learn to when you find out what this super food can do. We’ve even given you some great ways to enjoy these “super veggies”! Read more!
BEFORE Bombshell you ALREADY had a busy everyday life that most likely kept you going from sun up to sun down. Then, when you brought the World of Bombshell into your life, you had to find time within your already busy schedule to squeeze in in food prep, training and cardio…OH MY! Read more!
A simple quick-cooking technique is to make extra food at one meal for future meals. Or, to prepare food ahead and freeze for enjoying at a later time. One easy method of freezing foods, including liquid foods such as soups and stews, is to freeze them in freezer bags. Following are some general freezing tips, followed by specific tips for freezing in freezer bags. Read more!