The Trials and Tribulations of Making Healthy Eating Decisions:

Adhering to a healthy food-lifestyle can seem like an impossible task at times. Whether it’s the clean-eating, meal-prep life that’s advertised all over Instagram and social media, with matching little Tupperware all lined up in rows with perfectly proportioned foods, or a diet plan, like Paleo, sugar-free, or worse…..carb-free. People develop a type of routine with how they eat over the years, and I feel like once you are out on your own and planning your own meals, this routine becomes hard-wired into you. You gravitate toward the same snacks, the same restaurants, and it becomes a cycle…which can be difficult to break.
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Importance of Integrity

(From L) Gold medalist Team US Kyla Ross

We see it everywhere.

In media, in politics, in sports, even in our day-to-day lives…people sacrifice their morals and their values for success. Some media outlets glorify these individuals who do whatever it takes to get ahead, placing them on figurative pedestals, giving the rest of the population a distorted impression of their deeds.
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Treat Your Body like a Temple…a Sturdy, Strong, Athletic Temple!

Treat Your Body like a Temple…a Sturdy, Strong, Athletic Temple!

According to dictionary.com, the definition of “preventive” is “to hinder or attempt to keep from occurring.” In today’s world, thanks to technological and medical advances we are able to prevent diseases, illnesses and more severe injuries. In sports and fitness, in many cases, being able to prevent something can be the difference between a career and finding a new profession…the difference between months of rehabilitation, or adding an extra workout into your routine a few times a week.
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Calling All Fitness Freaks, Nutrition Junkies and the Athletically Interested!

I am a 22-year-old student-athlete, and now blogger (yay!), just trying to impart a little wisdom from my fitness trials and tribulations. Breakfast food is my favorite, I love my animals, and I am a self-professed coffee and caffeine addict. I’m one semester away from graduating with my bachelor’s degree in mass communications, with a focus in journalism and media studies, and I work part-time as a promotional ambassador.
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