Revitalife

16/12/2017

“If you can’t get your exercise in, do it with your kids”
Love the enthusiasm of this statement, but I think it’s a BIT optimistic.
While I do my 30 minute BOD workouts most days, it’s usually in the morning when they are in bed or while their playing.
When the join in it’s good fun but more often than not they don’t.
But when we do exercise together, hiking, football, silly races and twister (yes, twisters basically Yoga) we have great fun!!
But at the moment Evie just wants to look cute and play with her farting hippo. It’s the simple things!

15/12/2017

Sometimes when life gets you down all you need is a rock out in the car.
Be more Evie

14/12/2017

80 Day Obsession - Coming Soon!

Sneak peak of what lies ahead!!

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14/12/2017

WHO LOVES FEELING LIKE CRAP COME JANUARY?? Not me and not anymore!!This is gonna be great, plus it’s not something that just lasts for January!! COMMENT BELOW or message me for info on how to register for either of January's 2 NEW challenge groups. All devised by nutritionists and trainers!! Get ready for your healthiest year ever! Discount packs available for a limited time from TODAY!!!!

14/12/2017

The 10 most popular workouts of 2017

Whoooo PiYo made it in their!! Anyone looking for a Yoga, Pilates workout with a difference get in touch!!!

Move over, yoga. This year's most popular exercises focused on fast and intense moves. Here's how effective each one is.

13/12/2017

“Become what inspires you”
And possibly inspire her at the same time, if all else fails...use her as a weight!!

13/12/2017

Free, clean eating challenge group will be starting 20th December!!What??? Just before Christmas? Yes, what a good way to get your portions under control and your plans for January in order!! Who's in??

Food glorious food!!
That’s what nature provides and our bodies utilise from the inside out!!!✅
This next challenge group is a 7 day course that will get you on track with portion control and introduce you to clean eating!!✔️
I’ll also be sharing meal plans devised by the pros!!☑️
It’s a full 7 days of nutrition, motivation and community and it’s FREE‼️
Like, tag a friend and msg below to join. Starting 14th NOVEMBER 🖤

12/12/2017

❄️ Snow ❄️
It brings beauty and wonder
I’m going to copy the stride of nature

The key is patience

11/12/2017

Red Branch Bushcraft

Red Branch Bushcraft

Would anyone like a Easter camp??
Now taking bookings, max 12 places, so book now, iv'e a feeling this will book up fast, dates to be confirmed in the new year.
p.m for more info

11/12/2017

04/12/2017

Heading out to eat over the festive period and beyond?
Here’s some top tips I learned from my coach Melissa McAlister on how to do Lower carbs and make them work anywhere. Here are 6 tips to ensure success:

1. Eliminate the starch
Bounce the bread. Pass on the pasta. Purge the potatoes. Refuse the rice. Keep temptation off your plate by ordering your meal without the starchy sides.
¥ If ordering a main, most restaurants will substitute a salad or extra veggies for the starch.
¥ If ordering a sandwich or burger, some restaurants will substitute lettuce wraps for the bun.
¥ If they will not substitute, simply eliminate the unwanted item, regardless.
If, in spite of careful ordering, your plate arrives with a starchy side, consider your options. If you are certain you can leave it there, untouched, feel free. If you will be tempted to eat some of it, immediately ask the waiter to replate the meal without the starch. If you are at a more casual place, take care of the unwanted food yourself by discarding it in the trash.
If you feel you must explain yourself (to the waiter or your fellow diners), simply suggest stomach issues or a restrictive diet.

2. Add healthy fat
Restaurant meals can be low in fat, making it hard to feel satisfied without eating carbs. But this problem can be fixed.
¥ Ask for extra butter and melt it on veggies or meat.
¥ Ask for olive oil and vinegar dressing and drizzle the oil liberally on salads and your meal.
¥ Some restaurants serve cheaper vegetable oils (full of omega 6 fat) rather than olive oil. This isn’t healthy, unfortunately. To avoid this, many seasoned low-carb eaters carry a small bottle of olive oil with them.(I haven’t got this far yet...)

3. Keep an eye on sauces and condiments
Some sauces, like Béarnaise sauce, contain mostly fat. Others, like ketchup, contain mostly carbs. Gravies can go either way.
If you are unsure about the sauce, ask about the ingredients and avoid it if it contains sugar or flour. It’s always better to ask for the sauce on the side so you can decide how much to add to your meal. Personally, I like my food pretty naked as opposed to being covered with sauces, gravies or cheese.

4. Choose drinks with care
Perfect drinks are water, sparkling water, tea, or coffee.
If you chose to add an alcoholic beverage, champagne, dry wine, light beer, or spirits – straight or with soda – are all great low-carb choices.

5. Rethink dessert
Are you really still hungry? If not, preferably enjoy a nice cup of decaf/coffee or tea while you wait for others to finish their sweets. If you are hungry and need more food, look for a berries and cream dessert. You might get lucky. However, sometimes just cream or butter in your coffee is enough to satisfy.(Yes I said butter!!Look up bulletproof coffee).

6. Get creative if necessary
If nothing on the menu seems to work for you, feel free to improvise.
¥ What about the Spaghetti Bolognese item – could the restaurant serve just the sauce in a bowl, like soup, with a large serving of sautéed veggies on the side? Both would be perfect sprinkled with Parmesan cheese! YUM!
¥ Or, maybe order two or three appetizers? A salad paired with a prawn cocktail and a sampler meat and cheese plate makes a delicious low-carb dinner.
Just ask – you’re the customer, and the customer is always right.

29/11/2017

Yep yep yep.
I’m now a PiYo instructor!!
Classes will be kicking off in Newry and Forkhill in January!!
Keep looking for more info about PiYo live, what it is, and how it will benefit you!

05/11/2017

Food glorious food!!
That’s what nature provides and our bodies utilise from the inside out!!!✅
This next challenge group is a 7 day course that will get you on track with portion control and introduce you to clean eating!!✔️
I’ll also be sharing meal plans devised by the pros!!☑️
It’s a full 7 days of nutrition, motivation and community and it’s FREE‼️
Like, tag a friend and msg below to join. Starting 14th NOVEMBER 🖤

04/11/2017

I love vegetables!!!
If we all added more vegetables in our life, we would get wayyyy more nutrition into our diet.
Not only do vegetables provide our vitamins and mineral requirements but they also provide fibre.
I also believe that seasonal vegetables are pure food, they are from the earth 🌏 and keep us connected to the earth!!
If in doubt about what to do to improve your diet, keep it simple at first and add more vegetables!!!

04/11/2017

This time of the year it’s hard to get out and about with the kids.
Weathers either very blustery or very wet!!
Don’t even get me started on hurricanes!!
Also it’s hard to get them motivated!!!
Some weekends Lillie would be happy having a PJ day all DAY!!
But like anything you just need to put one front of the other and get out 🍁

03/11/2017

Oh Ron!!!
So wise.

03/11/2017

Children and chickens 🐓
There’s nothing more enjoyable than going for a walk with Evie.
Not only is it a lesson in patience but she also teaches me to be mindful and see the beauty in nature.
She spent a long time looking for red berries and enjoying fallen leaves 🍁 and beautiful colours.
That’s all that was in her mind, what was happening now. If she fell over she got back up, unembarrassed.
I’m going to be more Evie today!!

02/11/2017

“Completely regret my core de force and stretch in the sitting room”, said no one ever!!

To stay consistent you need to do something you 💕 love, and also listen to your body!

Do what you need to do, this is why I love beach body on demand!!! And that’s why I run challenge groups without strict exercise restrictions!! Do BOD or do your own thing thing!

What’s your thing?

01/11/2017

💥 Find your fit 💥
💪 Fit it into your day 💪
🤓 Fit it in to match your personality 🤓
Because if your getting your sweat on and not enjoying it, it won’t fit for life!!

31/10/2017

Nothing like a relaxing walk in nature.
Time to chill and reconnect.
With the two dogs, a very chatty preschooler and yes the cat.
The cat now has to come walking with us. I am never alone.

31/10/2017

Toys have exploded all over my house.
Play dough is stuck to every surface.
The volcano of laundry has finally erupted.
But I decided to get up early and get my core de force training done.
Im now ready to face the unending chore of housework.
Coffee ☕️ first, oh and then emails, oh and a bit of amazon...
If your going to procrastinate today don’t put something that makes you a better, healthier and calmer person at the bottom of your today list.
That’s where ironing belongs.

30/10/2017

Why do we torture ourselves.
Worrying.
It doesn’t solve the problem it actually creates more.
No one ever solved a problem by worrying about it.

29/10/2017

Limited spaces left for the challenge group starting 7th November!!
Full daily workouts
Nutrition plans
Motivation
Daily messages and tips
Accountability
30 day money back guarantee if you don’t see results!!!
And 24hr access to a coach!!
Wowsa!!
You don’t get that in your local gym eh??

29/10/2017

Green Tea 🍵
It improves brain function (need that)
fat loss (might come in handy over Christmas)
And lowers the risk of cancer developing (always beneficial).

Green tea’s biggest benefit? "It's all about the catechin content," according to Beth Reardon, RD, a Boston nutritionist. Catechins are antioxidants that fight and may prevent cell damage. Green tea is not processed much before it's poured in your cup, so it's rich in catechins.

However no one food is going to protect you from disease, it can be genetics and lifestyle choices.

But I’m all for informed choices!!!

28/10/2017

SHAUN WEEK: INSANE FOCUS

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28/10/2017

Our four legged probiotics
Meow, meow 🐱, meow...
Bark, bark 🐕....
Feed me, pet me, love me!!
After a long day it’s lovely to come home to these creatures who want nothing more than to spend time with you.
Did you know having a pet in the house can actually boost your immunity!!!
Basically a dog is a four legged probiotic!!
The more sterile our environment the more our immune system becomes hyperactive to minor allergens.
In comes mans best friend and basically wags his probiotic tail and introduces friendly bacteria colonies, which in turn boost our immune system.

However I still don’t condone rolling on the bed after rubbing around to fragrant fox 🦊 poo!!!

27/10/2017

Friday night.
Kids away.
House is quiet.
What’s that I hear.....

27/10/2017

Our new home!!!!
I do love the outdoors!!!

26/10/2017

Admit it or not we all worry.
Big things
Small things
Things we said we wish we didn’t....

This is normal.

What’s not normal is letting your worries run away with you.
When you can’t enjoy or focus on what’s happening in the moment.
Spirialing, strung out and exhausted.

This was me, and still sometimes is me.

I hate this part of me but sometimes it’s here without warning and leaves like a thief in the night but through feeding my love of exercise and movement the sometimes become less and less frequent.

I can change, we all can. ❤️

26/10/2017

Revitalife

26/10/2017

Revitalife's cover photo

26/10/2017

Practicing my PIYO warm up routine for my classes.
I’m still half asleep as it’s 6.15am.
I got new workout gear.
Forgot about socks.
I’m starting a new trend.
It’s going to take off.
A PIYO trend and a pulled up sock trend.

25/10/2017

Stretch, move, eat nutrition, get sleep, walk, swim, cycle, run round a field chasing a ball, do it and feel good.

25/10/2017

Who’s new to exercise??
I’ve been doing beachbody for 5 years, with pregnancy breaks, lazy breaks and demotivated breaks!!!
Since I’ve started working as a coach with beachbody my support and accountability is bringing my fitness and health to a whole new level.
Except with double unders.
Oh how I want to be able to do perfect double unders!!
Any tips??

24/10/2017

I exercise not to look good but to improve the quality of my life.

24/10/2017

You know I’m all about food as medicine.
Hippocrates was spot on in 400BC when he recognised this.
His advice was that people were to treat and prevent disease and ailment by feeding their body a nutrient dense diet.
We all need calories to survive, but all calories are not created equal.
The foods you include in your diet control inflammation levels,balance blood sugar, regulate cardiovascular health (including blood pressure and cholesterol levels), help the digestive organs to process and eliminate waste, and much, much more.
We wouldn’t put crappy diesel or petrol in our cars..... why do we do the same to our bodies??

23/10/2017

Negative self talk becomes your reality.
How do you talk to yourself when things aren’t going great?
How you talk to yourself, either negatively or possibly effects everything!!
Positivity and self belief also effect everything, I know what I’ll chose.

23/10/2017

Motivation
What motivates you?
Accountability?
Results?
Family?
For me it’s dissatisfaction.
It can be dissatisfaction with a relationship
Dissatisfaction with the reflection in the mirror
Dissatisfaction with work
Dissatisfaction with income
Anything your dissatisfied with can be changed!!!!!!!
Knowledge is not power, action is.
If you don’t love it improve it!!
How?? Take action!!

22/10/2017

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22/10/2017

Did you know broccoli has anti ageing benefits???
I do enjoy broccoli and the kids love to eat it raw.

You can chop it finely and add it to salads and omelettes, chop it into florets and put it in stir fry’s and soups and of course steam it and have it as veg on the side!!

Broccoli is a great source of vitamins K and C, a good source of folic acid and also provides potassium, fiber.

But what does this all actually mean!!

It has an organic compound called glucoraphanin– that actually regenerates your skin!!

Basically, it can regenerate sun-damaged skin. However, never forget your spf as we need protection all year round!!Furthermore, the vitimans help the skin to glow and look youthful!!

Eat more broccoli!!