BLURBS

Kids – Healthy First, Happy Second

heatherfrey — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:55:20 +0000

You struggle with your weight so help your kids so they don’t have to. Childhood obesity is at an all-time high. It’s not ok for them to eat whatever they want, whenever they want. We monitor their TV, computers, what they listen to, and who their friends are so it’s ok to monitor what they eat. Our job as parents is to keep them safe and HEALTHY. Start now teaching them now what to eat and how much. Save them from having to learn it the hard way as an adult and keep their growing bodies fueled with nutrition.

Don’t Just Buy, Try

heatherfrey — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:43:12 +0000

Your friends swear by this new protein or that new supplement but you want to try it before you spring for a barrel of protein powder. Before you buy, ask for samples. Some stores offer samples or serving size packets to try. Also, ask what the return policy is if you don’t like it, or it doesn’t agree with you. Differ…ent stores have different policies so find the one who will work with you.

Filter out the “Noise”

heatherfrey — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:47:01 +0000

Stop worrying about what other people think.

People are resistant to change, whether it be our own, or that of friends and family. If you are going to move yourself UP through life, you are going to have to make yourself immune to most of the opinions and advice of others. Not ALL, but most. You’ll have to know who is on your side and who is trying to sabotage. Most of the time, these nay-sayers are just afraid you’ll leave them or move past them. Don’t let them discourage you. Most mean well, some don’t, so filter out the “noise” and trust yourself.

If you stick to your goals long enough, your friends and family will come around and may even be inspired to follow in your path. The road to your success has to be cleared and paved by you, and you alone.

Stay CLEAR…stay FOCUSED…and it will be yours…

Best,
Heather

Heather Frey
President and Founder
SmashFit.com

Stop Living in Your Problems

heatherfrey — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:01:42 +0000

The only reason you’re still living in your problems is because your thoughts give them energy.

If you truly want something, you have to stay completely focused on the solution. Allowing your mind to roll around what could be, what should be, or what is, only takes away from where you *want* to be. Don’t be distracted by detractors or the doom-and-gloom sayers. This is where they like to live, but you don’t have to. The most successful people see a problem for what it is..something to be solved.

Thinking and worrying are two different things. So go ahead and think about the problem, search the solutions, but move useless worry out of your way.

Stay CLEAR…stay FOCUSED…and it will be yours…

Best,
Heather

Heather Frey
President and Founder
SmashFit.com

It Has to Be You

heatherfrey — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:02:13 +0000

They aren’t going to change. It has to be you. All the mental energy, and all the reasons you know you’re right will not change the person or situation. In fact, the harder you stick to your “rightness”, the harder you make things for yourself.

There are moments and circumstances when you need to put your foot down and stand your ground, but most moments are fluid as you move through life, and if you stop and decide to take issue with everything you don’t agree with, or everything that makes you mad, you will be forever stuck in the same spot… you and your rightness.

Let go, lighten up, and decide that more often than not, being happy is better than being right.

Stay CLEAR…stay FOCUSED…and it will be yours…

Best,
Heather

Heather Frey
President and Founder
SmashFit.com

You Can’t Chase Your Happiness

heatherfrey — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:57:51 +0000

Dec 14, 2009

You can’t chase your happiness. It’s sitting with you right now… waiting for you to let go, confront, or deal with whatever obstacles are in your way. Your life-factors aren’t going to change instantaneously but how you think and react to them *can* change this instant, and can change the direction of your life profoundly.

Ever been red-hot mad, and a favorite song comes on and all of sudden your mood changes as you turn up the volume and start singing? In a snap, you turned your brain. In a snap, you left behind what you were spinning about. In a snap you were happy. Certainly life is not so simple as to just turn on a favorite song…or is it. Sometimes it is as simple as letting go of useless thoughts and damaged egos.

Step outside yourself for a day and observe what changes your mood, your energy, your direction. Is it your expectations of others? Is it disappointment in yourself? What would happen if you simply turned on your favorite song and left those thoughts behind? Maybe you’d find your happiness.

Stay CLEAR…stay FOCUSED…and it will be yours…

Best,
Heather

Heather Frey
President and Founder
SmashFit.com

Be Grateful…Build Your Energy

heatherfrey — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:32:45 +0000

Sometimes it’s hard to be grateful when times are tough. It’s easy to forget what is good when everything seems to be going wrong. But the only way to get up, out, and through the rough spots is to turn your heart and mind towards what is right and good in your life. The process of shutting down the harmful thoughts and turning your mind towards lightness is what starts the positive flow of the energy you’ll need to get things going in the right direction.

You energy builds momentum. Make sure it’s in the right direction.

Stay CLEAR…stay FOCUSED…and it will be yours…

Best,
Heather

Heather Frey
President and Founder
SmashFit.com

What People Think

heatherfrey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:16:13 +0000

Stop worrying about what other people think.

Stay CLEAR…stay FOCUSED…and it will be yours…

To lose your “layer”…

heatherfrey — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:38:56 +0000

To lose your “layer” you must expend more energy than calories you consume. Period. So should you be counting calories? We’re not a fan since we believe if you eat the right amount of healthified food (portion size) and exercise regularly, you will see results. BUT, if you are STUCK, then counting calories or keeping a food journal may be a great way to find out what’s wrong and UN-stick yourself!

A Cheat Meal is a CHEAT meal!

heatherfrey — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:18:41 +0000

I’ve gotten some crap over the term “cheat meal” because as I’m told there’s no such thing as a cheat meal..calories are calories dangnabit! But this is my BLURB and I beg to differ. Yes, in the big general picture, calories are calories. If you have a few layers to lose, that is true in so much as you must burn more calories than you take in. If all you ate was a Snickers bar all day, you’d lose weight since you’d burn all those calories just getting ready for work. This is a very bad idea, so DON’T do it, but that’s the theory.

But I do absolutely believe there is “lose-weight/get fit/fuel your sport” strategy to eating and that all calories are not created equal.

To me, a “cheat” falls outside the phrase “clean eating”. Ice cream..a cheat. Pizza…cheat. Pasta with cream sauce…cheat. These foods are delicious, but have little to do with clean or healthy eating. I’m not saying to give them up completely. It’s simply what I mean when I say, “be careful when eating your cheat meal. Don’t go overboard or you could undo days of hard work.” These meals have such a high concentration of fat and calories that you may consume as many calories in one meal as you’d eat in one day (or two!).

So although I am about health and fitness, I am also about living a balanced life filled with moderation and food-joy. It’s just that if you want to have the ultra-fitness, the food-joy may have to be less often or in smaller amounts. Just “cheat” responsibly.