TAKING ACTION: ✅ Does your family celebrate the New Year in a big way? Or are you in bed at your regular time? Let’s wrap up the week by participating in the comments below today! Coming up next: the New Year. 🎉 We’ve almost made it through the holiday season, friends; however, the New Year is a holiday that many of you celebrate—and celebrate big! Some of us our in our pajamas by 9:00 PM on NYE, but some of us like to ring in the New Year! Even if food choices aren’t as big a struggle on this particular holiday, there is another topic we need to discuss because it’s often consumed on New Year’s Eve— And that’s alcohol. 🥂 If you plan to have a few cocktails over the next few days, it’s best to plan for them ahead of time. Tracking alcohol is a little different than tracking your macros, and it’s important to know that you can’t simply rely on the label. If you need more information about how to track alcohol, check out this in-depth article below. The article also contains a few alcohol cheat sheets for your benefit! 🥂 How To Track Alcohol Macros | Lauren Fit Foodie

We may slack on our routines during the summertime, but one thing that will always be a part of our routine ‘round here is—sharing our weekly wins! 🎉 You see, routines work when done consistently. Likewise, sharing our weekly wins with one another also only works when done consistently! Let me explain: ⬇️ The practice of consistently and frequently celebrating ourselves does more than just give us a quick dopamine hit. It changes your brain, friends. Every time you celebrate yourself, your brain feels good and looks for ways to feel that feeling again; hence, why results breed motivation… In order for this to work, however, it has to be done consistently. Trying something “every once in a while” doesn’t change your brain; however, new neural pathways are created over time when you consistently practice something for an extended period. And that’s exactly why celebrating weekly wins every Friday will always be a part of our routine! 🎉 TAKING ACTION: - Let’s celebrate, friend! Share your weekly win below! Start making this part of your routine today! 🎉

No video today, friends. On Thursday, we talked about all of the reasons why having a routine is important. If you missed that post, go back and check it out now. 👌 The overall point is that while building new habits and routines isn’t the easiest thing to do, they ultimately make your life a lot easier! While building a routine may feel a tad difficult in the beginning, the fact is that these habits eventually become—well, habitual. They become a part of your life, and you don’t even have to think about it! 💯 If you struggle with consistency, decision fatigue, procrastination, and even reaching long-term goals, a routine is your golden ticket, friend! Again, we’re closing up shop on summertime soon, and it’s important to build your routine now that’ll carry you successfully through the next several months! School is starting soon, and there’s never been a better time than now! Not sure how to build a routine or where to begin? Check out the tips below! ⬇️ How to Have a Routine You'll Keep: 10 Practical Steps TAKING ACTION: ✅What is one thing (or one habit you’ve built) that you never thought would be a part of your routine, but now that it is, you can’t imagine your life without it?

We’ve been talking about expansion this week, as summer is the perfect time to open ourselves to new ideas, opportunities, foods, and even workouts. While it’s perfectly acceptable to completely take the day off, activities like yoga and/or Pilates are great practices to lean into on rest days. Why? Well, for numerous reasons, but one in particular is because they’re expansive. 🧘‍♀️ Yoga and Pilates both require us to open our minds, hearts, and bodies through mindfulness, breath control, posture, and meditation. Again, they’re both very expansive practices – and since we’re scientifically more expansive during the summer months, giving both of these a try this summer is a great healthy habit to begin. ✨ I encourage you to try one of our yoga or Pilates workouts today, especially if you haven’t done so in the past. I’ll post a yoga video in the comments. However, before we get to that, you know what we have to do first… 🎉 CELEBRATE YOUR WEEKLY WINS! 🎉 TAKING ACTION: ✅ Take a moment to celebrate your weekly win below! Also, comment on the person above you, and let’s celebrate one another today! 🎉 ✅ Don’t forget our first zoom meeting for June is this evening at 7 CDT / 8 EST!!

If we’re going to talk about reducing inflammation, we must also talk about reducing stress. I know what you’re thinking… “But summer means less stress.” Not so fast, friends. Did you know that research indicates that stress levels are often higher in the summertime? 🤯 Warmer temperatures lead to a rise in stress hormones. Biologically speaking, this is the main reason; however, there are also other factors such as kids being out of school, more travel (which can induce stress), etc. Because stress increases inflammation, this is another reason why summer is the perfect season to focus on reducing inflammation. As we’ve learned this week, because of the warmer temperatures, inflammation is often highest during the summer. Building healthy habits that mitigate inflammation now will have a domino effect throughout the rest of the year! 🙌 We’ve learned this week that our diets directly impact inflammation – and now you know that stress does, as well. Check out the link below to learn more about the link between inflammation and stress and what you can do about it this summer! ⬇️ The Link Between Stress and Inflammation TAKING ACTION: ✅ Do you feel more or less stressed during the summer months? ✅ Are you moving your body today?! 💪