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Peanut Butter Pits
04 June 08 10:56 PM | Corinne | 5 comment(s)
As you all know, I'm training for a figure competition and I really haven't updated the whole PNP world lately as to what is going on with me. The girls get a blow-by-blow account in my journal but I thought I would blog tonight rather than just...
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I Can Barely See the PNP Wagon!
27 May 08 02:33 PM | Corinne | 8 comment(s)
I was going to blog about vacation season but was so moved today by a few of the PNP'ers that I am writing about falling off the wagon and getting your butt back on it. When you land hard on your head sometimes it takes you a little bit to "come...
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I Have Been with Phit-n-Phat For One Year - By Jen
22 May 08 07:10 AM | Trish | 4 comment(s)
I HAVE BEEN WITH PnP FOR ONE YEAR AND I HAVEN'T LOST ONE POUND!! Not exactly what you were expecting from a so-called successful PnP'er and a Moderator, huh? But, it is true. I weigh exactly the same as I did when I began my journey with Corinne...
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I Just Gotta Rant About Failing to Plan
02 May 08 04:27 PM | Corinne | with no comments
Let me just tell everyone my biggest pet-peeve with anyone who comes to me about weightloss. 90% of losing weight is your actions and doesn't have anything to do with what Daddy did or didn't say to you as a child, what your innerself repeats...
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My Home WAS My Diet Sanctuary
22 April 08 02:13 PM | Corinne | 4 comment(s)
I would blog about this on the autism site , but this is more about my resolve with food than Logan's new diet. Just for those who aren't familiar, Logan is on a GFCF (gluten free and casein free) diet. All of his food is now cooked naturally...
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When Life is Hard You CAN'T GIVE UP
21 April 08 02:28 PM | Corinne | 1 comment(s)
Life is hard right now. It just is and I have to get over it or drown in my own sorrows. When I started this blog today it was a total pity party for me and my woes. I then thought about why I do this blog each day and why I started PNP. It was to inspire...
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PNP...Ups and Downs...It's All Part of the Fitness Game
14 April 08 05:42 PM | Corinne | 1 comment(s)
This week we are going to celebrate our members from our latest winner of the Blast the Fat Challenge to a new thing we call Gallery Girls. I love featuring my girls and their successes. It gives us pride, hope, and through their own successes and struggles...
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Is Last Place So Bad?
11 April 08 05:53 AM | Corinne | 5 comment(s)
Before I go further, I want to make sure you all know about Trish's blog she wrote on our other PNP blog... Life Changes and Menu Plan . Ya'll give her a little love because she is also without computer right now which is the double-boredom whammy...
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The Scale Is NOT My Friend...
07 April 08 05:51 PM | Corinne | 2 comment(s)
You will find out this week that my son was diagnosed with autism last Wednesday. I plan to blog about it but I just ran out of time to craft it today. We are all FINE and thank God for my family, husband, and PNP girls. I get a lot of comfort and great...
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Teach Your Kids the RIGHT Lessons Through Your Weightloss Efforts
22 March 08 09:52 PM | Corinne | 1 comment(s)
I was responding to the diabetes thread when I stumbled upon a topic I would love to discuss: our kids learn a lot of lessons watching us. We tend to think about how our girls are impacted when we talk about diet and we get paranoid about teaching them...
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I Don't Want to Be the Fat Friend!
05 March 08 09:55 AM | Corinne | 4 comment(s)
I'm posting some advice I gave to a client in our private forums. I feel most of us have gone through this at some time or another. It's natural to be jealous of someone's success. What is a waste of your time is letting them have all the...
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I Am Committed and Flawed
26 February 08 06:17 PM | Corinne | 8 comment(s)
A good friend of mine sent this to me and I thought I would share it with you. One evening an old Cherokee told his granddaughter about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My child, the battle is between 2 wolves" inside us all. One...
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Interested or Committed to Weight Loss?
26 February 08 09:04 AM | Corinne | 26 comment(s)
A client of mine posted this in our forums today and it's so true to what we talk about here at PNP that I just had to use it today's blog. I hope you enjoy and are willing to discuss in the comments where your mind is today and what you will...
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What's Your Secret to Losing Weight?
12 February 08 12:20 PM | Corinne | 11 comment(s)
My husband has always said to me, "Why do you spend time thinking about reasons that hold you back? Figure out how to do it, learn about it, and go for it. If it is really worth it to you, you will find the time to focus on what you NEED to be doing...
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Fat Girl Thinking Is REAL!
07 February 08 01:15 PM | Corinne | 9 comment(s)
Continuing on with my "what I learned from starting PNP" series...the next lesson is that Fat Girl Thinking (FGT) is real. It's something all of us face from time to time no matter what part of the journey we are in or how successful we...
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What Is Your Body Telling You?
31 January 08 01:51 PM | Corinne | 3 comment(s)
“When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt.” ~ Henry J Kaiser I came across this today and it left me thinking two things: 1. When someone says something nice about your physical appearance, smile, say thanks, and I've been working really...
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Don't Let The Details Hold You Back
30 January 08 06:44 PM | Corinne | 5 comment(s)
My girls work so hard. They feel like they are charging ahead, doing things right most of the time (but they haven't journaled their food), getting in (almost) every workout, working out (pretty) hard, etc. Notice a trend here? They will come to the...
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I'm Trying to Figure All This Out...
17 January 08 03:43 PM | Corinne | 3 comment(s)
I'm still having a tough time but I'm definitely doing better today. For one, I appreciate everyone listening to me. It's very easy to sit here high on the throne day in and day out handing out advice but it's HARD to apply said knowledge...
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Tough Day for Me
16 January 08 02:35 PM | Corinne | 15 comment(s)
It's been awhile since I used my blog for me. Normally I try to offer sage advice, tips, routines, and stuff but today I'm not myself. Don't ask me why but I'm just having a Fat Girl day and I'm questioning what the heck I'm doing...
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Can I Really Lose Weight in 2008???
03 January 08 04:28 PM | Corinne | 15 comment(s)
"I can't do it." "I'm so tired in the a.m./p.m. that I'm just going to watch TV." "I was destined to be bigger." "I am busier than most people." "I can't believe I ate that." Be honest...
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Getting Fit and Losing Weight in 08: Erase Fat Girl Thinking
01 January 08 10:29 AM | Corinne | 3 comment(s)
Ladies...Fat Girl Thinking (FGT) is something I believe almost every woman has. It's that voice in your head that tells you... "That cookie you just ate will make you gain weight so why don't you have the rest of the box." "You...
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Getting Fit and Losing Weight in 08: Tell Everyone You Know with a GOOD ATTITUDE
18 December 07 10:29 PM | Corinne | with no comments
Last night I went to dinner with my husband and son for the first time in awhile. We had some good news, it was late, and to be honest, I had no desire to clean up the kitchen. We went out and by the end of a pretty healthy meal I said to my husband,...
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Making Fitness a Family Affair
28 November 07 02:28 PM | Corinne | 1 comment(s)
A lot of my clients join Phit-N-Phat because they want to get in shape, and they suffer from a lifetime of living unhealthy. The girls are terrified they are going to pass an unhealthy obsession with poor food and overindulgence onto their kids. It's...
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When Eating Clean Isn't What You Want To Do
17 November 07 10:53 AM | Corinne | 2 comment(s)
I have a number of girls, mostly my younger girls going to school or just starting out in life, who struggle with all or nothing thinking. They want to get healthy, have recent memories of being fit and toned, and feel like they have to do everything...
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Take Your Victories and RUN WITH THEM!!!
15 November 07 10:28 PM | Corinne | 1 comment(s)
Sometimes I feel like my girls think their Non-Scale Victories are like a pair of scissors. If they are caught running with them they are either going to fall on them or get scolded for doing it. Let me explain with a client brag and an example: Dawn's...
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Peers and Boredom...Why We Eat
13 November 07 04:50 PM | Corinne | with no comments
We discussed emotional eating and sabotage yesterday so let's talk about the two primary reasons we break our "diets". Peers You are who you hang with. Pure and simple. How many times on the weekend have you been going strong until you went...
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Commitment To Changing Fat Girl Thinking
07 November 07 11:20 AM | Corinne | 2 comment(s)
"Understand that when keeping your commitment (to yourself) becomes hard, you have two choices: You can change your behavior to match your commitment, or you can lower you values to match your behavior. One choice will strengthen your (self) integrity;...
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Rewind...What Stage Are YOU In???
02 November 07 07:31 AM | Corinne | 8 comment(s)
We have lots of new girls here at PNP since we opened the doors for new business again and that means we have people in lots of stages along the fat loss journey. Let's refresh our memories from an old post of mine that many of you loved. When you...
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Prepping For a Stressful Day
31 October 07 05:58 AM | Corinne | 6 comment(s)
Today my mother is having a heart cath done. She's been having heart problems lately on top of other issues and today we will find out exactly what is going on and where they want her to go from here. Being a Personal Trainer and someone who's...
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How Do You Combat Eating Out Everyday At Work?
21 October 07 02:44 PM | Trish | with no comments
A client posed a problem to me that I think almost every person can relate to: eating out and the nutritional dangers it can pose. Everyday she eats out at work and finds it hard to say no to going or once there finds it hard to order “safe” foods. Here...
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My Gym A-HA Moment
21 October 07 02:44 PM | Trish | with no comments
Today I’m starting the post off with a story about what happened in the gym that many people who have lost weight or are trying to lose weight can relate to. I hope you enjoy it and can take a little piece of it with you. How long does it take to break...
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Be PROUD of yourself!
21 October 07 02:23 PM | Trish | with no comments
I am proud of myself. I had a cold, a right hip that is just not up to running, and a left hamstring that is tight as a drum. A year ago I would have easily pushed through the pain of the hip, maybe throw a stretch or two in for the hamstring, and forget...
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What’s Wrong With the Word Diet???
21 October 07 02:20 PM | Trish | with no comments
The word diet is almost as bad as dropping the “F-Bomb” these days. The lastest terms are lifestyle, nutritional plan, eating strategy…but who are we fooling? Whatever you call it, isn’t it really a diet? The word diet ’s primary definition is “food and...
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Ms. Skinny Fat Is So Wrong
20 October 07 10:25 PM | Trish | with no comments
Here I am fixing to rant about something a client told me today. She had a weigh-in and “only” lost .4lbs. Being a Phit-N-Phat girl she knew that she had: 1. lost fat and not muscle 2. made great choices all week with food 3. exercised like a queen She...
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Avoiding Falling Off the Fatloss Wagon
17 October 07 05:57 PM | Trish | with no comments
Falling off the wagon, getting of our routines, and life getting in the way…those are the most asked about situations I hear. Today we’ll talk about a few tricks to avoid falling off the weight loss or fat loss wagon. Every day I send out a message to...
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Howdy Boys…The Ladies Are In the Phit-House!
17 October 07 05:56 PM | Trish | with no comments
You have decided it’s time to change your life. You are so freaking tired of being tired all the time. Sometimes you look in the mirror and wonder who is that out of shape, tired, lumpy person staring back at me. You say to yourself, “It’s time to get...
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When Life Doesn’t Cooperate With Your Goals
17 October 07 05:49 PM | Trish | with no comments
Each of us has fitness and health goals or we wouldn’t be spending time on the PNP websites. When life is going good it so easy to keep your head in the game, eat right, exercise, and take your health to new levels. It’s a no brainer when all you have...
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Bye Bye Bob Barker
17 October 07 05:47 PM | Trish | with no comments
I’m sure you are thinking, “What the heck does this have to do with fat loss?” At first I thought this was going to be my commentary on Bob Barker. Then I found two good points to make about the ole fat loss journey so here it goes. I started watching...
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How Long Did It Take Me To Reach Goal?
17 October 07 05:46 PM | Trish | with no comments
My own trainer and I were talking about realistic expectations today as we were doing my leg workout. It’s amazing how much stuff we talk about standing around two to three minutes between sets. What a far cry from my leaning out workouts just a short...
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Moving Out of the Funk
17 October 07 05:41 PM | Trish | with no comments
Yesterday I talked about Stage Two of fat loss. This is where you are unmotivated, feeling like you will never lose the weight, beating yourself up emotionally for your past mistakes, and just feeling like you should throw in the towel. How do you break...
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What Stage Are You In?
17 October 07 05:41 PM | Trish | with no comments
Back when I was a corporate trainer I had the opportunity to go through Situational Leadership II. It was a great program that I taught to managers and it dawned on me last week how applicable it is to the fat loss journey. Many of my girls are in different...
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No More Excuses
17 October 07 05:40 PM | Trish | with no comments
“Eating healthy doesn’t take any more time. It’s just choosing better.” Michael Kirkbride For years I was under the delusion that having a healthy lifestyle was hard or it was too time consuming. Working with clients and loyal Phattie Phollowers, as one...
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Fat Girl Thinking Rears It’s Big Ole Head
16 October 07 04:37 PM | Trish | with no comments
This morning I’m feeling a little out of sorts. I have to be very honest with everyone; fat girl thinking seems like it is never going away. Maybe it never really does and we have talked about that before, but it makes me sad to think there is a chance...
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Evading Fat Girl Thinking
16 October 07 04:33 PM | Trish | with no comments
Why do some people lose weight while others have a difficult time? Is it genetics, lack of will power, or the wrong diet? I honestly believe it has very little to do with any of those things. Losing fat and achieving a healthy lifestyle has everything...
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Undereating To Lose Weight?
16 October 07 04:32 PM | Trish | 2 comment(s)
When I grew up I remember going on diet after diet trying to lose weight. That was back in the day (late 80’s to early 90’s) where you tried to eat as lowfat as possible, filling up on sugary, fat free food items, avoiding eggs like the plague, and Lord...
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Feeling Guilty When You Miss a Workout
16 October 07 03:28 PM | Trish | with no comments
One of my clients posed a question on our PNP message board that I think many of us suffer from. Today she pleaded for some booty kicking from the PNP girls because she felt guilty taking rest days to help with her muscle building. She is a spin instructor...
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The Victor
16 October 07 03:26 PM | Trish | with no comments
If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don’t. If you like to win but think you can’t, it’s almost a cinch you won’t. If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost. For out in the world we find success begins with a fellow’s will...
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See Food for What It Is
16 October 07 07:15 AM | Corinne | with no comments
Today I had a hard time figuring out what I wanted to talk about. I went out and started answering questions like usual and low and behold my topic came flying out at me as it always does. Let me just say, you guys ask the best questions in the comments...
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Showing Up and Getting It Done
03 October 07 09:12 PM | Trish | with no comments
Some days you aren’t going to have a great workout. My leg workout was mentally hard and not as strong as usual. The last few days have been stressful and it all caught up with me this morning during my leg workout. I’m not going into the details, but...
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Working Hard For What?
03 October 07 09:12 PM | Trish | with no comments
I was writing in my member site journal last night that I sometimes feel like I work very hard for little progress. It made me think about this whole journey and why it can be so frustrating to so many. In the beginning you are so giddy with excitement...
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Fat Girl Visions
03 October 07 08:55 PM | Trish | with no comments
Two of my clients have arrived early for Phat Camp. We are having a great time and talking about all sorts of interesting things. One topic that came up so much last night was Fat Girl Thinking (FGT). If you read my blog regularly you know what this is...
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Lesson One of Phat Camp: Fake It Til You Make It
03 October 07 08:52 PM | Trish | with no comments
I had my first Phat Camp this weekend at my house. We had an awesome time and learned so much about each other and fitness. This week I want to focus on one topic daily that came up this weekend. Today we’re it’s taking compliments. From the moment my...
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What Are You Waiting For?
03 October 07 08:42 PM | Trish | with no comments
On the Phit-N-Phat member site yesterday a client was pretty upset because she realized that the past six months she has made zero progress towards her goals. Granted life has gotten in the way but all in all she is the same as she was the day she joined...
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Defining Your Diet Success
03 October 07 08:41 PM | Trish | with no comments
Chris Rock did a comedy special years ago where he was joking on men who brag… “I takes care of my kids.” “I pay my child support.” “I ain’t ever been to jail.” He said in a way only Chris Rock can say, “What? You are bragging about the things you are...
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