•Tips on Fat Loss• I came out of 2009 obese and in a hypercaloric state. My elevated body-fat levels were from stress, overeating for my body’s needs, lack of sleep, and the low quality of my convenience-foods choices. I’ve come to understand more on the fat loss process after my initial 90-pound loss phase from […]
We Are NOT Created to Always Be in a Caloric Deficit, aka, “On a Diet”!
A note to one of my clients yesterday, and I share because I see this as issue 101 with so many people. We live in a society where old-fitness told us to just keep doing more and eating less. <And now we struggle….for years!> The resolve after reading my tip below: *Get a baseline of […]
Lasting Changes do NOT happen in 12 Weeks!
Are you upset because you didn’t hit your goals in 12 weeks? Well I didn’t either! •2010: I was down from 225 to about 175 here and was to the point where my body wanted to be comfortably. My old lifestyle would have kept producing that result. But I was not ok with staying […]
Fat Loss Strategies: Manage your Cortisol and Insulin!
Transformation Tip: 225 to 122-5 on stage and 138 in a building season. These are my lifestyle changes from 2009 to 2017. Many ask for tips and help, so I’ll share what I can. I want to make a BIG impact in improving our nation’s wellness, so I’ll keep talking! Two areas I focus […]
Rest, Eat, Move. Take care of it. Your body is a machine!
I’m hovering about 11 and 14 pounds over last season’s stage weights (Oct/Nov 2016). Staying stage lean is a look I do love, but it is also not something I want to stay at. My calories get low, my cardio gets high and I’m lower energy. I can get there, but we always […]
Making the most out of life…..without a thyroid!
I’m sharing something that has been on my heart for a long time. Everything mentioned below is what I’ve learned about myself and what works specifically for me and my system. This is NOT a blanket “Do this if you have a thyroid disease” post because I can only speak for what does and does not […]
Use Your Story: Live Out Loud
Most recently I’ve really learned some ah-mazing facts about the whys of my autoimmune thyroid disease. First off, I learned it has a lot to do with epigenetics, also known as my environment. I had the genetic propensity to develop a thyroid disease, but my lifestyle was a HUGE trigger in setting it off, eventually […]
Eating Enough to Lose Weight?
I would say that out of ten gals who come my way for coaching, at least five are way under eating for their body’s needs. Without revealing too much on my coaching systems, I look to see how gals are fueling their bodies over time. I have them report to me their actual intake and food […]
Travel Tips for Fitness AND Balance!
Please make sure to check my Instagram account at @fitgalmindy and my Facebook page at Fit Gal Club, Mindy Irish Fitness for many more travel tips from several recent trips! —– Written 8.3.16: We are getting ready to load the plane! Heading to NYC for 3 days, so many people ask, “How do I travel […]
Cardio: How much is enough or too much?
Good question! Here is a post I made this week on social media. It describes where I am personally with cardio as of early September 2016, why I don’t do much year round, and how to use it to work FOR you and not against you. Then read below for a few more tips about […]
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