Chez FitMercy

I have been busy trying my hands on some new workouts, eating plans and shuffling my time and life to keep body and soul alive and healthy.  One of the things I have been working on is Meal Planning . In the present economic condition we are in this country, everything evolves around planning including how and what we eat to avoid wastage, unhealthy habits and unnecessary stress.  Meal Planning is simply planning your meals ahead of eating them. The planning could just be an idea of the food or explicitly to include the quantity and quality of the food. For example, writing down water as my next meal is a planning but writing down 2 glasses of water is another version and a better one. It's better to be detailed enough while planning so that it would meet it's purpose, i.e. meeting a healthier lifestyle.  In other words ambiguity should be totally avoided when planning meals. If you plan to eat rice for dinner today, what style will it be? Jollof rice, plain rice,

This is February and its so surprising how time flies these days. I wonder if our activities was more than what it used to be. Somehow within the month of January,  I realized that many resolutions and good intentions are already waning. The need for this post is for a re-awakening and a call to refocus so that we would be celebrating and not bemoaning our achievements at the end of 2017. Losing focus is never intentional and we must understand that fact, I mean no one desires to do a thing that she  is so passionate about only to get lost in the middle of it, there are some factors that could be responsible and we will just highlight them. Mark my words "could be". 

I have been AWOL and I have been busy too. Too busy to even get anything done about the blog or exercise. Since it's the beginning of the month, I wish we will emphasize goal setting again and how to do it right. I am sharing a coach's article on SMART goals and I hope you gain a thing that will help you through February. Happy reading As the year comes to it’s end and we are welcoming by new beginnings and are allowed the time to reset, we begin to think about how we would like to improve our bodies, minds and overall beings.  Since I am a personal training, and a virtual trainer, I will focus on the physical goals. We have an acronym for goal setting and it’s – you guessed it – S.M.A.R.T. That stands for:  S – Specific  M – Measureable  A – Attainable  R – Realistic  T – Timely  SMARTgoals 

In the Pixar movie Inside Out, the premise is that each person's brain has several characters inside, who act out individual emotions.  The movie captures the “inner drama” of the average person.  After all, sometimes it feels like we have different “characters” in our head.  In fact, sometimes it feels like being ourselves is a team effort.  Who’s on your inner team?  For instance, your helpful “inner team” members might include:  The #1 Fan: “Hey, you did a great job there! High fives, superstar! YEAH YOU!!!!”  The Planner: “Don’t forget to make your lunch. And you have a 3 p.m. meeting, so pack an apple.”  The Always-There-For-You Friend: “Sure, this is tough, but no worries — we can do this. I’ve got your back.”  The Adventurer: “Ooh! A new exercise! That sounds fun!”  Your not-so-helpful team members might include:  The Doomsayer: “You are never going to succeed. It’s pointless.” The Negotiator (aka The Wheedler): “You just had a cookie. You might

An English saying goes "birds of the same feather, flock", this means that like minds attract. It is very unlikely that people one makes friends with are opposites of who we are. We naturally align with people that we love things about them, it doesn't have to be all the qualities anyway. On our journey to fitness and a healthier lifestyle, we need help greatly. Help in form of people, ideas, information etc that will draw us closer to our destination than where we started.