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  • Why Do I Wake Up at 4am????

    WHY on Earth Do I wake up at 4am?

    Well, the answer is simple, I like to get ishhhh done. If you haven’t noticed my life is coocoo bananas. Im literally always on the go. My jeep is my home. My apartment is just where I keep my ice roller and barbie dream sauna.

    If I have to watch my tiny hineys from 6a-7p I am going to be DRAINED. I still need clean pants, to empty my dishwasher and workout. Sooooo I discovered, if I do my chores//cleaning//laundry in the morning I am FAR more motivated to get to the gym at night.

    Most of my meal prep, straightening up and laundry happens between 4/5am. I cook my chicken and bleach my whites with coffee and a new YouTube video. I do my dishes, make my bed and get ready listening to Frank Sinatra. It’s the time of day I have mostly to myself. I can read emails, instagram comments and Facebook messages without getting too many instant replies back (minus other people in fitness, we are all up crazy early).

    Imagine getting home and having ALL your chores DONE. Food cooked, house clean and laundry complete. Imagine all you could do with that found time… The gym. Real Housewives. Reading. Spending quality time with your family.

    “Okay Katie but you don’t have kids messing your house all day”

    I get it, my set up is dreamy. I have my own space. But, ask me if the house I nanny at is always straightened before I put dinner on the table… surprise!! The answer is yes.

    HOW? I ask the kids politely to clean up their messes so we can do something FUN after I clean up dinner. If the playroom is clean, we can play X,Y or Z, we can read the next chapter in our book, we can play outside or make a quick trip to the park.

    Back to business. HOW does one become insane enough to wake up at that ungodly hour? JUST DO IT. Set the alarm(s). Set up the timer on your coffee maker. Bribe yourself. The first few days are ummmmm not fun. After the first week you will be golden.

    Okay Katie, but you don’t have your tiny hineys EVERYDAY at that hour so what do you do those other days? I go to stRIDE or F45. The key is to maintain getting up that early. Sleeping in for me is 6am. Later than that will make the next time I have to be up at 4am a bear.

    I also make sure I get at least 6 hours of sleep… 7 on a great night. I know I could use more but have you seen my schedule????? It’s not going to happen.

    Try it for a WEEK. Seven days. Tell me what happens. I think you will loveeeee your extra hours.

    xoxo,

    K

  • Fit Tips 101: Motivation

     

    In the Fit Tips 101: Scheduling post I told you I am ready and willing to set a 4am alarm. What I didn’t tell you is that I hate it. I don’t want to be out of bed at that ungodly hour. I would much rather be warm and cozy. However, warm and cozy may feel good in the moment but crushing your goals feels good all dang day.

    GOALS. Goals are the center of literally everything. Goals are the thing that makes that 4am alarm seem manageable. Make manageable, realistic, measurable goals. (I have a video on it for you). Once your goals are written down, GO AFTER THEM. Hard. Chip away at them everyday. Tell them to everyone. Write them down in multiple places so you can see them all day long. Without goals, the snooze button will win every single time.

    Surround yourself with positive people. You’re not doing to be motivated with Debby Downers dimming your light. When I became serious about my goals, I had to (as Pat Dudley would say), ‘Trim the Friend Tree’. Sometimes you have good people in your life but they just don’t allow you to be your best self. DISTANCE yourself. Focus on you. It’s okay to put yourself first. Once you are only surrounded by doers, dreamers and goal diggers you’re life will be so much brighter.

    Im a big fan of motivational YouTube videos. BIG FAN. I probably listen to // watch at least three a day. I put them on while Im in the shower or when Im getting ready in the morning. I love to listen to speeches by military men and women while I am on the stair master or lifting because I find what they have done to be the ultimate motivation. You need to find what lights your fire and ignite it daily… several times a day if necessary.

    When I want to sleep in, skip the gym or ease my way through a workout, I look at pictures of myself from a year ago… or several years ago.

    My biggest motivator is you. If you are here, reading this, I am pushing myself to help you. To achieve things so that you too, can realize you are more than capable of anything and everything your perfectly beautiful heart desires. I am so motivated by every like, comment and direct message. My heart sings seeing people take the time to watch my Instagram stories. Realize that people are watching you, looking up to you and aspiring to be just like you.

    Here are some of my ALL TIME FAVORITE motivational vids:

    Will Smith

    Paige Hathaway 

    Navy Seal  — I listen to this on the stair master… every single time

    What gets you fired up to CRUSH some serious goals??

    xoxo,

    K

     

  • Fit Tips 101: Scheduling

    I asked you what you struggled with and most of you admitted that fitting in workouts is tough stuff.

    Been there. Done that. Bought the T Shirt.

    Here’s the deal, if sweating is important and actually a priority, you will make time. You will set the 4am alarm. You will skip brunch on Sunday. You will get it done. The key is to book your workouts like a meeting.

    Sunday, I sit down with my planner and prioritize my week. First, I make sure to have all my work, meetings and trainings in because those not only involve other people but they also pay my rent sooooooo it’s important.

    The second thing that goes in are my workouts. Wednesday’s are for personal training. Next I figure out what days I have time to drive (fairly far) to F45 and book those classes. Finally I add in my lifts, aiming for 2 upper body// 2 lower body days.

    I schedule my workouts for SEVEN days a week. Why? Because if it floods or if I get a flat tire or if my schedule suddenly hits the fan, I don’t have to stress about missing a workout. Also, I find that when I take a real rest day I struggle in my workouts for two days after. I live for an active rest day…taking a walk, a little yoga//pilates or just foam rolling makes me feel like a better human.

    Anyway, then I add in little things like what Im eating, Trader Joe’s, laundry, cleaning and Southern Charm (Cam is my GIRL).

    Sometimes fitting in my workout means setting that early alarm or going to lift when I would much rather be curled up in bed reading. Sometimes it’s jump squat burpees at the park with the kids I watch.

    If you really want to get it done, you will find a way 100% of the time.

    Let’s make FIT TIPS 101 a dope series. Next Chapter: Motivation.

    Homework: Schedule 5-7 workouts for this week and leave them in the comment section below!

    PS What other tips do you want // need. Im dying to know

    xoxo,

    K

  • DIET MINDSET

    Changing my mindset changed my L I F E. Today, Im sharing with you the biggest, mind-blowing moment that changed the entire way I approach diet. I telling you, it will change the way you think about food to!!

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