TAKING ACTION: ✅What are your questions about maintenance? Share them below and let’s discuss! (Reminder: this isn’t something you have to start right now. You can absolutely take this month to learn and change your goals next month. There’s no right or wrong answer!) “Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” —Eckhart Tolle Yesterday, we started talking about gratitude because I believe sincere gratitude is the foundation for all of our success, regardless of the specifics. That’s precisely why we’re going to focus on gratitude every day this month. With that said, let’s dive into a little information regarding maintenance today. Before we get into the weeds of “maintenance”, it’s important to understand a few other things. The “maintenance phase” isn’t talked about enough. I blame this on the diet industry. For many of us, we began dieting at a very early age and have spent much (if not all) of our adult lives chasing the next best thing when it comes to losing weight. Take a moment to consider your own journey. Do you feel like you’re always on a diet? Here’s the deal—your deficit days should be limited. If you’re looking at an entire year, most of your year should be spent in maintenance (a time when you’re neither gaining weight nor losing weight) if you do your deficits correctly—and the holiday season is a perfect time to focus on simply maintaining what you’ve achieved so far. Again, your time spent in maintenance is dependent on how well you do your deficits (fat loss phases). Either way, it’s a good season to learn about it, as maintaining your results over the next couple of months will prevent you from feeling like you must start over on January 1. 💯

TAKING ACTION: ✅What are you choosing to focus on over the next two months? What’s your goal? Remember, you can't hit a target if you don’t know what you’re aiming for. ✅Tell me in the comments below—what’s one thing you’re grateful for? “Always have an attitude of gratitude.” —Sterling K. Brown Happy Monday, and Happy November! I still can’t believe we’re in the final two months of the year. The good news is that a lot can happen in two months when it comes to reaching your goals. Now, you just have to decide what your goals are for the remainder of 2026 ⬇ 🎯Will you continue to focus on overall health in its totality? 🎯Will you focus on maintenance (maintaining your results)? (P.S. The holidays are a great time to focus on maintenance since you have a little more food freedom.) 🎯Will you focus on a slight surplus so you can build muscle—and save your fat loss goals for the beginning of 2027? (P.S. This season is also great for a surplus/building muscle, since you can use the extra food to make big gains! Whatever you decide, I’m here to help guide and support you! We’re going to talk mostly about maintenance this month, so it’s important to show up here if you’re interested in that. Showing up is the first step, and it’s an important one. We’re also going to talk a lot about gratitude in our group this month. As you know, I believe the mindset and emotional work are just as important as the physical work. Overall health is comprehensive—and “healthy” entails more than just your physical health. 💯

TAKING ACTION: ✅Tell me below: what's one thing you're grateful for on your health journey RIGHT NOW? ⬇️ “Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.” —Roy T. Bennett Yesterday, we talked about the importance of having a clear goal for the next couple of months. As I mentioned, you can’t hit a target if you don't know where to aim. With that, I loved today’s quote because it reminds us to focus on and find gratitude for where we currently are—what we have RIGHT NOW. It's easy to get so focused on the finish line that we forget to appreciate how far we've already come. So today, let's pause and find gratitude in the present moment ⬇️ ✨Your body, as it is today. It carries you through every workout, every busy day, and every hug from someone you love. Your body doesn't have to look a certain way to deserve your gratitude. ✨The habits you've already built. Eating more whole foods. Carving out time for your workouts. Showing up in this space for accountability. YOU built these habits! ✨The knowledge you have now. You understand your body better than you did a year ago, or even a month ago. That's something many people never get to experience. Not to mention all of the knowledge you’ve learned here in this space! ✨Your community. You're surrounded by people who are cheering you on, sharing their wins, and showing up right alongside you. You may have never had a community like this, and that’s something to be grateful for. Gratitude doesn't mean you can’t have goals. It means you focus on enjoying the journey while you get there. Tell me below: what's one thing you're grateful for on your health journey RIGHT NOW? ⬇️ Every Tuesday this month, I’m going to give you a healthier version of some of your favorite Thanksgiving dishes! And since Thanksgiving isn’t complete without sweet potato casserole 😉, check out this Healthy Sweet Potato Casserole recipe! Healthy Sweet Potato Casserole - JoyFoodSunshine

TAKING ACTION: ✅After reading today’s post, let’s go ahead and kick off the month with gratitude. What’s one thing you're grateful for this week? ✨ ✅As always, let’s see how you do with your nutrition today! 🍽 What a month, friends! Can you believe it’s the first day of November? We crowded out processed sugar with color, made it through our 5-day Sugar Detox, and learned more about what sugar really does in our bodies than most people ever will. We covered a lot of ground this month, and you should be so proud of yourselves. As we step into November, let's shift our focus to gratitude. Gratitude for the progress you've made, for a body that carries you through every day, and for the people you'll gather around the table with this season. And here's something that might surprise you: this holiday season, fat loss doesn’t have to be the goal. It can be. But it doesn’t have to be. My own experience tells me the holiday season is a wonderful time to focus on maintaining your results while enjoying everything the holiday season brings. 🍽 Instead of pushing hard in a deficit while the calendar fills up with parties and treats, you can focus on holding steady, keeping the habits you’ve built, and enjoying the season without guilt. Maintenance isn't "falling off." It's a skill, and it's one of the most powerful things you can master. Coming out of the holidays right where you started is a WIN worth celebrating. 🎉

TAKING ACTION: ✅ Eliminate all processed sugar today! For our Color Challenge, let’s eat five colorful fruits and/or veggies today! Let me see your rainbows today! 🌈 “Sugar: because adulting is hard.” IYKYK… Happy Monday, friends! Today, we begin Day One of our Annual Sugar Detox Challenge! As I mentioned yesterday, you’re ready for this. You’ve prepared all month long, and this is the week we go all in. 🔥 The quote above is meant to bring a little humor to your day, but many of us live like this. Oftentimes, we reach for the sweets because life gets the best of us. This week, we’re going to flip the script and learn to navigate our days without processed sugar, because we don’t need it. As I mentioned earlier in the month, your body and brain do need sugar (glucose) in its natural form—so feel free to enjoy natural sweeteners like Stevia and monk fruit this week. If you haven’t already cut out all processed sugar, you may experience withdrawal-type symptoms like headaches, fatigue, cravings, irritability, and maybe even nausea and bloating, depending on how much sugar your body is used to. The article below will give you some insight into the common sugar detox symptoms and how to get through them. It’s important to remember these symptoms are temporary. 👌 You’ve got this. You are ready. Let’s GO! 🙌 Sugar Withdrawal Symptoms: Timeline and How to Cope ✨Reminder: If you’re under the care of a doctor or physician regarding insulin resistance, Hashimoto's, pre-diabetes, diabetes, etc., please continue to follow your doctor’s advice. Nothing stated in our education is meant to be medical advice.