Alisha Carlson
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Learning how to love my body dimples and all
The pressure to be everything to everyone and look good while doing it was suffocating. I felt like I always had to have weight loss goals, goals to get leaner, stronger. There was never a time I could enjoy or love my body as it was. It never seemed good enough even...
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How to get healthy if you can’t lose weight
Health at every size. Is that really a thing? I will be the first to admit I was skeptical about HAES because I (like so many women) had a very narrow image of what healthy looked like. I thought health looked lean, strong, and thin. I thought that being obese was a...
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Losing weight won’t make you happy, but this will
Are you still believing that if you were at your goal weight or living in your dream body, you'd be happy? I thought having the ideal body would make me happy too. Of course I'd be more fulfilled no doubt. More confident, and successful too. That's what they say,...
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How I learned how to eat healthy with ease
This is embarrassing to admit, but it's taken me almost 30 years to figure out how to eat. I mean, I knew the mechanics. You load the utensil with food and then deliver it to your mouth. But the other kind of 'how' to eat. Like what, when, and how much. Last year was...
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Struggling to eat healthy? Here’s how to make it easier
The struggle is real y'all when it comes to learning how to eat healthy...at least at first, right? It can feel so dang difficult and like you have to give up every delicious food you've ever eaten. This method actually might be what is keeping you stuck. Keep...
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Learning how to love my body dimples and all
The pressure to be everything to everyone and look good while doing it was suffocating. I felt like I always had to have weight loss goals, goals to get leaner, stronger. There was never a time I could enjoy or love my body as it was. It never seemed good enough even...
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Struggling to eat healthy? Here’s how to make it easier
The struggle is real y'all when it comes to learning how to eat healthy...at least at first, right? It can feel so dang difficult and like you have to give up every delicious food you've ever eaten. This method actually might be what is keeping you stuck. Keep...
read more
Learning how to love my body dimples and all
The pressure to be everything to everyone and look good while doing it was suffocating. I felt like I always had to have weight loss goals, goals to get leaner, stronger. There was never a time I could enjoy or love my body as it was. It never seemed good enough even...
read more
How to get healthy if you can’t lose weight
Health at every size. Is that really a thing? I will be the first to admit I was skeptical about HAES because I (like so many women) had a very narrow image of what healthy looked like. I thought health looked lean, strong, and thin. I thought that being obese was a...
read more
Losing weight won’t make you happy, but this will
Are you still believing that if you were at your goal weight or living in your dream body, you'd be happy? I thought having the ideal body would make me happy too. Of course I'd be more fulfilled no doubt. More confident, and successful too. That's what they say,...
read more
How I learned how to eat healthy with ease
This is embarrassing to admit, but it's taken me almost 30 years to figure out how to eat. I mean, I knew the mechanics. You load the utensil with food and then deliver it to your mouth. But the other kind of 'how' to eat. Like what, when, and how much. Last year was...
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How to boost your confidence and reach your fitness goals
The big wins come from small daily actions. Fact--it's the small and often insignificant actions that create our lives. I remember thinking my weight loss journey would be one where something massive would happen and the weight would just fall off. In fact, I believe...
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Why consistency is what you need to reach your fitness goals
Have you noticed it seems to be harder to break up with our bad habits than to create the good ones? When I first started my own fitness journey over 10 years ago, I found it way easier to skip those workouts. Eat the extra serving regardless of if I was hungry or...
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How to save time while crushing your fitness goals
For most of us, we don't feel like we have enough time in the day as it is, because we are so busy putting out fires and reacting to life. If you want to make lasting changes to your health or your fitness, you've got to change this mindset. While there aren't many...
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This is the one thing you need to be doing to reach your fitness goals
I know there've been times when you've looked at someone who was living a life you wanted, and thought "how does she do it?" I know this because it used to be the very same thought I'd have as I looked at other women who seemed so alive and so comfortable in their...
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Accountability mistakes to avoid when it comes to fitness
We're rarely motivated by punishment. If checking in with a coach or your fitness friend is like having a babysitter, then you'll likely not be stoked to check in. It will be entirely too easy to flake out and blow it off all together. Accountability is not...
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