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The truth is, you are not unlocking your full fat burning potential unless you start utilizing strength training in your workout routine. Here are 6 benefits you might not have known:

1️⃣ Increased muscle mass: Strength training helps build lean muscle mass, which in turn increases your resting metabolic rate. Muscle tissue requires more energy to maintain than fat tissue, so having more muscle means you burn more calories even when you're at rest.

2️⃣ Enhanced calorie burn: While cardio exercise primarily burns calories during the activity, strength training creates an "afterburn" effect. This means your body continues to burn calories at an elevated rate for hours after your workout.

3️⃣ Improved metabolic health: Strength training can help improve insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism. Better metabolic health can facilitate weight loss and make it easier to maintain a healthy weight over time.

4️⃣ Enhanced fat loss: Studies have shown that combining strength training with aerobic exercise can lead to greater reductions in body fat compared to aerobic exercise alone. This is because strength training helps preserve muscle mass while promoting fat loss, resulting in a more favorable body composition.

5️⃣ Increased calorie expenditure: As you build strength and progress in your workouts, you may find that you're able to lift heavier weights or perform more challenging exercises, which can increase the intensity of your workouts and the number of calories you burn.

6️⃣ Better overall health: In addition to its effects on weight loss, strength training offers a range of other health benefits, including improved bone density, joint health, balance, and functional capacity. These benefits can enhance your overall well-being and quality of life as you work towards your weight loss goals.

Are you going to spend your time making progress or spend your time feeling stuck & wishing?

Louder for those in the back: 📢

RESTRICTING YOUR FOOD EARLIER IN THE DAY IS WHY YOU FEEL OUT OF CONTROL AFTER DINNER!!! 👏🏼

Which one did you need to hear today?

PSA: instagram is just a highlight reel of what people CHOOSE TO SHARE.

And that’s usually what they are proud of/ feel comfortable sharing.

I am fighting that by trying to show more of the real.

And let’s be real… I don’t always have a flat stomach.

In fact I RARELY have a flat stomach.

And I AM okay with that.

Yes I struggle to picture it. To post the ones where you can see I don’t have a perfectly flat stomach.

But the truth is I DONT CARE ABOUT THAT.

I care about living balanced. Having pizza with my family on a Friday night. Date nights with my husband. And sharing a healthy relationship with food & movement with my children.

That’s what I care about.

That is WHY I do it. Not for the flat stomach.

How about you? What is your ‘why’ ?

Let's stop focusing on what we can take away - and start focusing on what we can ADD ✨
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Reminder 📣📣

its not balanced if you can’t enjoy a drink, a cookie or a order of french fries without feeling guilty.

if you are struggling & feeling stuck while avoiding all the foods you love comment the word ‘balance‘ below to get started today actually reaching your goals while enjoying date night, chickfila night and everything in between! 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽

Are you doing better than yesterday? 🫵🏼

You don't have to do anything drastic to feel much better on a daily basis. 💌

✨STOP HITTING SNOOZE. Wake up with an extra 10-15 min & just have a moment to yourself. That 8-9 minutes of crappy sleep ain't it.

✨ Drink more water earlier in the day & get sunlight as early as possible. Its crazy how much better you are going to feel from these simple things!! 💧☀️

✨ Aim for protein & fiber at every meal. You won't end up grazing so much.

✨ Stop wolfing down your meals WHILE working, scrolling, etc. This reinforces that nourishing your body well is not a priority.

✨Walk for 5 - 15 minutes after lunch & dinner. You will be amazed how much bloating you save yourself from!

✨ Gradually extend the gap between screen time and bedtime. You will go to bed earlier &&& feel better in the morning!

✨ Move in a way you enjoy!! Stop doing those dreaded HIIT workouts that you hate and always talk yourself out of. Not everyone is created equal and so not everyone's workout plans have to look the same. MOVEMENT can be enjoyable and should be a routine part of your life so start searching for what you enjoy today!

✨ What would you add to this list??

Comment 'movement' below if you're having a hard time finding the movement you actually enjoy & can stick to. I'll share with you how I finally cracked the code. 🫶🏼

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I'm into Living Balanced of course...

& Tag your Living Balanced bestie 💕

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We all know protein is important when trying to reach aesthetic OR health goals, but....

THIS YEAR FIBER IS TAKING THE STAGE!! 🌿

Fiber is such an important component to our goals.

Because we cant just chug muscle milks every day and reach our goals.

We need the nutrients & function our bodies receive from FIBER.

Here are my 'health hacks' to reaching your fiber goal with ease.

A couple swaps & a couple level ups. 🥳

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BOY how time flies. 🪽 Family is my WHY. These 2 are my WHY.

Drop a pic of your 'WHY' below!

First 5 people to comment will win a packet of my favorites - favorite protein powder, favorite electrolytes, & favorite greens.

Happy Monday 🙃

We all do it sometimes 🤷🏼‍♀️

In what ways do you catch yourself trying to invent a magical 3rd door?

I'll go first.

I don't really want to work full time (40 hours, 5 days a week)....

But I really like the lifestyle I have created around an income of a full time employee.

I can't really invent a 3rd door. Either I work full time or I take a pay cut.

In life sometimes we want our cake & eat it too.

But goals & desires come with sacrifice.

MY GOAL is to teach you how to reach those goals & desires in a way that we can still enjoy food we love, balance & moderation. NO all or nothing mentality, but we still must make conscious choices each and every day that either lead us towards or away from our goals.

Where do you stand?

Because building a balanced plate does NOT have to mean eating chicken, rice and broccoli 🫳🏼🎤

Let me teach you how! ✨

"I ate so much mommy, I am going to have a big fat tummy now"

I heard a little girl say this to her mom. 😳

I heard the sub context she was saying here...

Mom complains about her fat tummy. Mom complains about her choices with food. Mom doesn't feel good in her skin. Mom doesn't feel good enough because of her tummy.

Other comments your kids might be hearing:

💔 Mom says 'I ate too much', and refers to her big belly
💔 Mom says 'I need to skip dinner after this bad meal'
💔 Mom says 'I just look at a cookie and it goes straight to my hips, gut, etc'
💔 Mom says 'Its going to take a lot of hours on the tread mill to work off that meal'
💔 Mom says 'Your skinny. Enjoy eating whatever you want while you can, because one day it won't be that easy'

You might not realize but those minor insecure comments you make in the kitchen, the mirror, to your husband, to your child, to a friend...

YOUR kids are soaking up these messages.

Messages that can form an unhealthy relationship with body image, food, movement, and confidence.

It's not too late to rewrite the narrative.

Living Balanced 1:1 nutrition coaching can help you change your relationship with food, your body, and your confidence all while creating a bigger impact on your future generations.

Lets start working together today!

Wins like these speak for themselves 🥲

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Friendly Reminder:

The only difference between YOU now & the leaner version of you {you're seeking}...

is a few healthy habits compounded over time.

KEEP GOING 🐠

I LOVE CLIENT WINS!! ✨🥳

Join me in celebrating the wins that actually count.

- showing up for yourself
- feeling proud of yourself
- following through on the intentions you set out to achieve
- building confidence
- loving the journey

Ohhh the days when I thought I was doing SO good eating my light butter.

Now I enjoy the full fat version of things like butter & peanut butter because I know first hand how bad I felt when my hormones were shot, my body was inflamed from so many 'choice' ingredients and my vitamin & nutrients were low from always consuming 'diet' foods.

Here's the trick people... it's not the full fat butter that's the issue.

It's the overconsumption of processed foods and drinks.

It's the over consumption in general.

A little butter on my toast, yes please! 😋

SIX MONTHS FROM NOW,

YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK AT YOUR LIFE & SAY

"I REALLY DID BELIEVE IN MYSELF, AND IT WORKED".

Happy Valentines Day 💞

XOXO,

Coach Alexandra
Living Balanced 🌿

PREACH 🎤🙌🏼

Stop worrying about everything you're NOT doing.

Focus on what you CAN do. 👊🏽

Confidence is something most of my clients come to me lacking.

Not just in their skin,

BUT in their ability to achieve the goals they set out.

They have failed 1 too many times.

They have lost trust in their ability to stay on track.

They have very little confidence in reaching their goals...

BUT THEY TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH.

& everything they have ever wanted starts to unfold.

Because we make it easier than they thought it could be.

We don't restrict unnecessarily.

We don't set unrealistic standards they can't keep up with.

& their confidence grows.

Is it your turn to take a leap of faith? 🤔

Comment 'confidence' below if you are SICK & TIRED of feeling like you can't have that goal you are seeking.

Let's work together to prove to you that you CAN!

FOOD IS NOT THE PROBLEM 👏🏼

Double tap if you agree.

BEFORE YOU WIN...

Everyone will ask WHY you're working so hard.

AFTER YOU WIN...

The same people will tell you how LUCKY you are.

They say summer bodies are made in the winter.

Here we are NOVEMBER 1st. We have bags of candy in our house from Trick-or-treating yesterday with our kids, we have Thanksgiving in 3 weeks, Christmas parties and festivities all December long.

What I want to say is - we don't have to wait until New Year to start making balanced choices.
---BUT---
We don't have to have the will power to decline all those tasty treats and Holliday season indulgences either.

What if we just started incorporating small BALANCED habits that would have us aligned for our summer body goals TODAY.

Here are 5 things you can start focusing on RIGHT NOW:
1️⃣ Build 3 meals a day with a protein forward mindset.
2️⃣ Focus on what you can add to your plate - maybe its more protein (as mentioned above), maybe its more fruits and veggies, maybe its more natural carb and fat sources like potatoes, grains, legumes, avocados, hummus.
3️⃣ Move daily - walking is the most underrated form of movement. Go for walks daily and try to incorporate a 3x a week strength training routine.
4️⃣ Get adequate sleep & focus on how your stress affects your body. We can't always take away stress or long nights - but we can manage our response to it.
5️⃣ Drink water. Set a goal for yourself. We all know water is important - yet we all could probably use a little improvement. Water goal FIRST then enjoy a fun beverage like that specialty coffee, guilty soda pleasure, or glass of wine.

---THIS or THAT ---

This might be the most important debate yet. What is your ALL time favorite fry?

McDonald's or Chick-Fil-A... GO!

I am not saying there shouldn't be a little self awareness about food and your goals. But if your 100% on and you feel guilty to live a little... it's the wrong diet for you.

If your diet revolves around avoiding carbs, but you love carbs IT'S THE WRONG DIET FOR YOU.

If your diet is to cut out sugar 100% but you have a natural sweet tooth, IT'S THE WRONG DIET FOR YOU.

Drop a ❤ below and let me teach you how your diet can reflect your preference, your goals and meet your needs without unnecessary restriction.