It’s time to introduce a new face around here. I am so excited to introduce Petit Elefant’s newest editor: Rachele Beck. Rachele is a nutritionist who’s going to be a fitness editor, posting on Thursdays with nutrition tips, healthy eating ideas, and recipes. She is beyond qualified: She’s done an internship at Yale, been a Fit For Life instructor, a nutrition educator for a wellness center, winner of a Heart Smart cooking competition, and is the published author of a…
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I think it’s time for reader fitness tips. I’m all tipped out. I’ve been brainstorming, trying to think of all my amazing fit tips and I can’t think of a darned thing. So readers, it’s all you now! Send me your fit tips in the comments section and I’ll post them on Petit Elefant. Make them good, I really need ’em. Today’s fit tip comes from Petit Elefant reader Emily: My tip is accountability. “I’m only accountable to myself really,…
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I’m feeling the March doldrums. I know they’re supposed to be reserved for January, but I’m feeling them right now. In the middle of a nasty day in March. I personally think March should be eliminated from the calendar entirely, but that’s neither here nor there. What is here, and there, is my Thursday Fit Tip which is: schedule fitness into your day I have a girlfriend who is an exercise guru. I mean, she could teach the class. She…
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I’m going to start needing input pretty soon because frankly, I only have so many ideas up my sleeve about fitness, and I need your help! Here’s today’s Thursday Fit Tip: Put on your tennies, and the rest will follow What I mean is that if I get dressed in my workout gear, I’m a little more motivated to get my workout out of the way so I can get showered and dressed and on with my day. If I…
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Remember how I’m moving Fit Tip Monday to Fit Tip Thursday? Well, here we are. And thank you for joining me. Today’s fit tip was inspired by my 2-mile run last week. I haven’t been since, I really need to go, and I’m trying to remember how I got motivated last week in the first place. Tip: It’s all about the music. At least it is for me. And the weird thing? I can only exercise to hip hop or…
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I didn’t get to a fitness tip on Monday because we welcomed back our wonderful Alma from *maternity leave* {welcome back Alma, we love you!}. I might have to move my new section of fitness tips to a different day; Mondays belong to Alma. In any case, here’s the next tip. Reward Yourself. And by *reward yourself* I don’t mean go eat a few cupcakes. I mean when you hit a target goal of yours, reward yourself with something you…
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Set bite sized goals for your fitness. Really, bite sized. It didn’t take you 2 months to put on an extra 50 pounds did it? I didn’t think so. Although I might have just put on an extra 50 over the weekend with all the Valentine goodies lurking around here. Don’t have unrealistic expectations about fitness, weight loss, overall health. That doesn’t mean you aren’t going to lose that extra 50 lbs., it just means it isn’t likely to happen…
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Treat yourself to cute workout gear. It helps me get motivated to work out if I’m going to wear something fun. The frumpy sweats and oversize tees just don’t cut it for me. You don’t have to break the bank to get cute gear either, I’ve found some really really good deals on workout gear at Old Navy of all places. I wouldn’t *ahem* buy my sports bras there, but for the cute stuff go ahead! It’s worth it, I…
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YOU’RE INVITED TO JOIN THE PRESIDENT’S CHALLENGE! Petit Elefant invites you to join The 2009 Petit Elefant Fitness Challenge ! {You know you’ve been dying to join} SO, WHAT IS THE PETIT ELEFANT FITNESS CHALLENGE? I’ve created a group called Petit Elefant Fitness Challenge within the national Presidential Challenge {national as in U.S. but you don’t have to be from {or in} the U.S. to join!} . It’s a series of programs designed to help improve anyone’s activity level. If…
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