It took me until after college to start appreciating my body, and I STILL struggle with body confidence at times. I used to hate seeing images of myself on social media, or think I looked big when I stared at myself in the mirror. I know that I’m not alone in feeling like I need to change my body. Sadly, it’s an obsession in our society to be obsessed with our bodies and our weight. If you read the tips to being in the buff, you learned that I began to feel confident by being nude regularly. But that’s not the only way to build body confidence. Here are 3…

I can think of many reasons to exercise, yet there are SO MANY days when I find myself lying on the couch, instead of using my gym membership. You would think that paying for a gym membership alone would be a motivator to workout! However, a lot of the time my yoga pants are used for lounging rather than actually practicing yoga. A quick Google search is enough to tell me I’m not alone in my struggle to workout. When a high percentage of the population is overweight, we need some reasons to exercise. If you are like me and are looking for some motivation to start a regular exercise…

Who would’ve thought being in the buff would help build body confidence? When I was 25, I did a boudoir photoshoot (When you strip down to your skivvies and let people around you with a camera, for those that are asking). I want to be able to remember what I used to look like when I’m old and wrinkly. This was the biggest body confidence building thing I have ever done and I encourage everyone to try it. But I know that not everyone is comfortable taking their clothes off in front of other people. That’s ok! One day I would love for you to be, but you can always…

I’ve always known there were anti-aging tips to follow when I turned 20, but I wasn’t aware how quickly aging would start showing or how important these tips were going to be. Let me tell you a story about when I first learned I was getting older: A nice, young boy that’s a senior in college walks up to a lady. “Let me buy you a shot,” he says. “What kind?” She asks. “A lemon drop, which is-” “I know what a lemon drop is,” She says and giggles more to herself. “Really, how old are you?” “Old. Like the 26 kind of old.” Kid spits his drink halfway across…

I also recently became a dog mom to a beautiful Golden Retriever. We adopted him a little later than normal so he’s already 6mths and 45lbs. His favorite pastime is tug of war. We play it about 6 times a day, which apparently is the best arm workout you can do at home! I’ve noticed my arms getting stronger and looking more toned due to our little game. The key is to play this game at least 3-4 times a week (but if you have a dog like me, then I’m sure he’ll want to play more often). This will be the best arm workout you try, since you don’t…

Being able to squeeze in a good cardio workout during the day used to be such a struggle. Mornings were hard because I wanted to sleep and the snooze button is too easy to hit (also I live where we have winter and it’s dark. Like nighttime dark into what should be morning). But evenings were also hard because of life. Whether that meant going to drinks or dinner with friends or just being too worn out from work to make it. So sometimes I’d workout over lunch. As you know may know from how to get the best arm workout with your dog, I am a recent mother to a beautiful…

Being able to get a full night’s sleep as an adult is hard. In college, we could party until 5am and still roll out of bed for our 8am the next morning. And when we had a big exam, we could stay up all night studying just to get the ‘A’. All we needed was a pot of coffee or energy drink to keep us going. Now, we need some SERIOUS sleeping tricks to not feel like a zombie the next morning. Having a professional job and every day stressors that come with adulthood, has caused me to lose sleep at night. I will sit tossing and turning trying to…