The Warrior Life - Overcoming The Mental and Physical Battles of Life

Name of Expert: Darla Andrews Why I Believe This Person Is A Warrior: I met this amazing woman years ago when we worked at a gym together. From the moment I met her I admired her. She was one of the more popular trainers at the gym, had a beautiful marriage and work relationship with her husband, and very successful/talented girls. She is a mom, trainer, runs her own business and helps her husband’s business, and still sets amazing fitness goals like running a marathon and becoming a figure

These are some thoughts going on inside my head: -I wish I had abs like that -I really hate my thighs, maybe those exercises will help me get rid of them -I need work harder -My body will never look like that -No matter how hard I try I never get those kinds of results -Why is it so much easier for everybody else? Are any of those true for you? They are true for me. The world of social media is an amazing world but it can also be a cruel world. I remember when I first decided to take my passion

Have you ever thought… “F*** it! I just ate this so I might as well eat that.” Scenario #1 What I’m referring to you when you go out to dinner with your friends and you think in your mind “I’m only going to order the salad. Nothing else.” Then when your friends order deep fried mozzarella balls and artichoke dip and you suddenly think “F*** it! I’m just going to have what they are having and worry about my diet tomorrow.” But it doesn’t stop there… You end  up ordering a couple of beers, fried

Let me paint a daily scenario I have… “I need to lose weight, can you help me do that?” “Absolutely! Here is a diet plan for you to follow, that if you do, you will for sure lose weight.” “Awesome! I will totally follow this! Thank you so much!!” ———————————————Two Weeks Later——————————— “How’s it going? Have you lost any weight yet?” “No…” “How come?” “I tried to follow the diet, but I couldn’t. My sister had a birthday and there was cake. My co-workers wanted to go out for happy hour and the

Do you like to go out to eat? My boyfriend and I like to eat together. We love to chat about our day, talk about our business, and share our thoughts about life, love, and crazy things that happen. When we share a meal together, our plates look very different, and there are several reasons for that. He eats meat and I don’t I love vegetables and he does not (However he did learn to love them and I shared those tips in this blog here) He’s 6’2 and 5’4 You might be thinking why does that last

When I woke up today, the first thing I thought about before my feet hit the floor were: I need to get the slide show done for work I need to finish the budget and turn it into the manager Don’t forget to grab that shirt for my coworker What am I making for dinner? Do I have all the ingredients, or do I need to pick them up at the store? That reminds me!! I need to get breakfast for my coworkers. It’s my coworker’s birthday on Friday. What should I get her for a gift? The list goes on and on and

Has this ever been you? “I’ve worked hard this week!! I had a ton of deadlines with work and I hit them all. I was able to avoid the happy hour with my coworkers and went home and cooked myself a healthy meal instead. I even got my workouts in this week! I did a lot and I deserve..” And that ‘I deserve it’ concludes with: A glass of wine A large pizza A burger A margarita Take a break from working out this weekend And so on… Your ‘I deserve it’ indulgence ends up becoming your ‘I deserve it’