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You Can’t Lose Fat (or Keep It Off) Because You’re Making These 9 Fat Loss Mistakes

March 15, 2016 by Nia Shanks

9 fat loss mistakes you don't realize you're making

Rest assured, this isn’t the typical listicle article filled with overdone, regurgitated tips you see splashed on magazines. That’s why you're going to discover 9 fat loss mistakes you don’t realize you’re making. Can you attest to this: trying to lose fat is a miserable process. Embarking on a fat loss journey falls on a scale somewhere between this sucks and screw this my life is miserable …

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Shut Up and Do Something

March 8, 2016 by Nia Shanks

it's time to shut-up and do something

A gentle nudge doesn't always get you moving in the right direction. Sometimes what you really need, is a swift kick in the ass. And you're in luck! Today I'm handing out mint chocolate chip ice cream cones and booty-kicks, and, as the saying goes, I'm all out of ice cream cones ... because I ate them all. Normally I’m well mannered and delicately put you on the path of least resistance to …

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How You Look Is The Least Important Part of Fitness

March 1, 2016 by Nia Shanks

you don't know fit

Fit is a tool of empowerment. Fit makes your life better. Fit builds you up. Fitness. Fit, for the short-hand version. What immediately enters your mind when you think, “I’m going to get fit” or “Hot damn, she is fit.”? Ooh, and let’s not forget the social media phenomenon of fit-spiration with its surplus of motivating memes showing us what it means to be fit. When we declare our …

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Perfection Is Possible (But Not The Way You Think)

February 23, 2016 by Nia Shanks

perfection is possible

Being a perfectionist is exhausting. If you too are a self-proclaimed perfectionist, you know exactly what I mean. Laboring for perfection feels like going toe-to-toe in a bare-knuckle brawl with a larger, more experienced opponent. At the end you’re left badly beaten, bruised, eyes swollen shut, kidneys aching. The trophy - perfection - you so desperately wanted is within your field of blurry …

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The Lift Like a Girl Challenge

February 16, 2016 by Nia Shanks

You are going to want to get in on this. The primary goal of this website, and "Lifting Like a Girl" in general, is to equip you with information to become the best version of yourself. To improve your health and make your entire life better, and more awesome. It's a way for you to discover the amazing things your body can do. It's about embracing the truth that numbers don't define your …

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Why Having Year Long Goals Doesn’t Work

February 9, 2016 by Nia Shanks

Humans are wonderful at starting projects that never get finished. We fantasize grand, lofty goals but once we start climbing the mountain of the magnificent goal we desire to conquer we stop and stare in awe at how far we have to go. We're aware of the inevitable obstacles and momentary struggles. We realize it's much easier to stop, turn around, and continue on the smooth path we were …

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The Dirty Little Secret about Motivation

February 3, 2016 by Nia Shanks

dirty secret about motivation

Allow me to end the suspense. Motivation? It can be utterly worthless. Unlike love, it is not all you need. That’s the dirty little secret. I’m ready to take on the world! Nothing is going to stop me! (Cue aggressive fist-pumping.) This time is different. I’m really going to lose weight and improve my health. How many times have you read an article or heard a motivational speech that …

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Screw Perfection

January 26, 2016 by Nia Shanks

screw perfection

(This article was written with holy hell this is stronger than usual coffee pulsing through my veins. Don’t say you weren’t warned.) Striving for perfection is ruining our lives. It leaves us frustrated if we don’t attain it and immobilized if we’re afraid of not achieving it with our plan of execution, and therefore don’t take any action. “If we can’t be perfect, what’s the point of even …

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