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Bree Smith Fit, Bentonville, AR (2026)

07/21/2022

To all you lovelies who poured out your support and prayers after I posted my recent stories, bless you! If you haven’t seen the stories, they’re still available for the next day but the tldr of it all is that my dad had a massive stroke two weeks ago and a lot is still unknown. But in the midst of processing that grief I also got to celebrate my sweet friend as she got married to an absolutely wonderful man this past weekend.

So all that to say, life throws a whole lot of curve balls and a lot of them hurt but in the middle of that mess are other things that make you literally jump for joy.

As a pro in the health and wellness world, let me tell you that it’s worthwhile to let your body tell your brain what to do. If you’re in a season of grieving, let it take the pace you need it to. Even (or especially) if you don’t feel like your grief is justified or it doesn’t look how you thought it would, my prayer for you is to interact with your emotions with honesty and curiosity.

I’m rootin’ for ya.

06/15/2022

Is it okay to take gym selfies? 🧐 🤳

I had a conversation recently about whether posed gym pics are okay. Specifically I asked: 𝗜𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿?

Here’s what I decided for the time being: ☀️

I decided that as with most issues…it depends.

It depends where your heart is. If I’m in the camp of, “Ugh I would never post a mirror selfie” then I have to ask myself why I feel so strongly. 🫥 Is it because I have beliefs founded on scripture and worldview to back me up? Or am I feeling some discomfort based on body image, confusing feelings of shame, or maybe I just feel conflicted about what different cultures deem as appropriate (ie my American experience tells me almost all skin is culturally okay but my Nepal years told me that my legs need to be covered). 🫥

With this selfie in particular I asked myself if it would encourage my followers to feel more empowered or discouraged in their own bodies. While I sure don’t think that showing more skin is always necessary, I also don’t believe that we should be fearful posting a photo where we are feeling ourselves! If you’re feeling strong, 🥊 capable, confident, you are allowed to share that energy with your corner of the world, 🌏 even if you think that “I’ve got a long way to go” or “I just want to fix this thing.” 🫶

Ultimately I want to make sure that my content makes a woman feel more excited to live in her body and to continue on her journey to learn what she’s capable of.

06/06/2022

I wrote this when I was having an absolutely rotten day. 🙃 My instinct was to completely shut down; I was ready to close my laptop and lay on the couch with Netflix until I fell asleep. 🛋 📺

But I’ve learned the long way that disassociating isn’t as satisfying as your survival mentality is telling you. 🫥

Instead I asked myself the question:
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?

Options I came up with:
🧊Drinking a glass of water
🛁Taking a shower / bath
🌱Going outside and taking a walk (no matter how short)
🚦Stretching or foam rolling
🍊Eating some veggies or fruit
🎧Closing my eyes and turning my phone to silent

Ultimately I chose to get outside and walk even though I only had a few minutes before sunset. 🌅

It doesn’t always have to take massive effort to live a healthy life. Most of the time it is just one small but doable action after another all in row.

You got this. 🫶

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05/27/2022

If you feel anxious about missing a workout, know that you’re building a lifestyle that is going to stand the test of this rough day. While our bodies do need consistent and progressive strength work in order to get stronger, changing up your routine on the days when you’re feeling crummy will actually help you build that strength over the years!

Pushing through workouts when your body is telling you to slow your roll (whether that’s a physical pain or emotional stress) is probably going to work for a while…until you burn out and stop being active for months or even years.

On the tough days, look for other ways to move your body that feel good, that will add value to your day rather than take away from it. This might be a hike, swimming, gardening, or your favorite hobby.

05/25/2022

📚Book review time!☕️ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘰𝘺: 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩, 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺 by Scott Drew.

This one took me by surprise. I always keep an eye out for books that offer a faith-based perspective on sports and exercise but I also am suspicious of a book with someone’s face on it. I have a deep-seated mistrust of someone using their celebrity to tell me the best way to live my life. HOWEVER, I’ve been on a mission to read new genres this year and so I jumped at the opportunity to review this book.

Scott Drew is the head coach of Baylor’s men’s basketball team. 🏀He’s super well respected for coming onto the scene while Baylor was emerging from a major bribery and murder scandal. Coach Scott Drew saw that the team had a great need for faith-based leadership and he stepped up. His leadership completely transformed the basketball program and led the team to win the NCAA championship. 🏀

It’s an easy and restful book to read - you could easily devour this in a weekend, especially if you’re already a fan. Something I really enjoyed about this book is Scott Drew’s obvious humility. I felt like reading the book must feel similar to sitting and listening to Scott Drew just talk about his experiences - a good humored guy who has a close eye on where the Spirit is leading.

Whether you’re a basketball fan or, like me, you just like reading about every day people allowing God to lead in their lives, this is a good one to add to your TBR pile or as a Father’s Day gift (June 19th)! 🎁

To purchase, click on the link in the my bio or go to: https://bit.ly/3xWrMFq

And a huge thanks to Front Gate Media and Scott Drew for my gifted copy! 🙏

05/12/2022

I am a huge fan of goal setting. 🪩

But for the first time in about 4 years, I’m realizing that I don’t have specific goals about how I want my body to look or what exactly I’d like my body to do. In the past I’ve set very structures goals to be able to do things like get my first pull up and do a get my hip thrust above 300lbs.   These days, my goals are way more chill. I prioritize things like:
💃 Moving consistently in ways that I enjoy - strength training/kickboxing 4-5x a week and not stressing if I don’t get a perfect workout split.
🌻 Walking most days a week to prioritize slowing down after work in the evenings and calming my busy brain.
🍳 Eating a protein-anchored diet but not trying to manage every single calorie I consume.

I feel really good about where I’m at. I give myself the freedom to change up my workout routine when my ADHD brain gets antsy, I prioritize my mental health above getting the perfect workout, and I have a healthy self-image which allows me to move my body without constant worries about whether my body fat is “ideal.”

I’m definitely not perfect. 🫠 This is a super busy season of life and I have prioritized some things over others - I choose to make more time for my family and friends 👯‍♀️ and because of that I have chosen to get less sleep 💤 and I’ve chosen to allow my business to grow more slowly. I’m continuing to learn how to adapt to different seasons, but I’m also thankful for seasons like this when I can enjoy the fact that in other seasons I was able to foster a habit of consistency ✅ and self-care 🤸🏻‍♂️ so that in these busier seasons I can focus on other aspects of physical, mental, and emotional health.

👉 Tell me what you’re working towards right now. Do your current goals require a lot of focus or are you feeling easy breezy these days?

05/10/2022

I hate lunges. I don’t hate them so much for their ability to toast the legs - I hate them because all I can focus on is how it feels to bend my toes. I know, weird. There’s a couple reasons for this - one is that I broke five bones across the top of my foot and they now make crunching noises. Cool. 🙃The second is that I have ADHD and I have some sensory issues that act up during workouts.

If you have ADHD, ASD, or other sensory processing disorder you may experience this. Maybe it’s not your toes but you avoid a particular athletic fabric or sweat on your temple distracts you from a good workout.

How important is it to push through and do it anyway? 🤔

Exercising is gonna make us uncomfortable - it’s hard to move beyond our current fitness levels! However, I believe we need to take away as many barriers of entry as possible. In the same way that finding exercise that you love will encourage you to keep going, I think that we should recognize the exercises that will make us stop going.

For me and lunges, I had to ask myself why I dread any lunge variation (walking, reverse, curtsy, etc.). Is it because I know that they’re a weak area for me or is there another reason? 🕵️‍♀️ Since I can comfortably say I do all sorts of moves that I’m weak in, I realized that it was mainly my sensory issues going into overdrive.

I then asked myself:
🎯 What’s the goal with lunges? (what muscles are working, what kind of movement pattern, etc.)
🧩 Can I replicate that goal using other moves (will I do Bulgarian split squats, can I elevate my toes so they don’t need to bend, etc.).  Ultimately, I do think that growing in your strength is going to involve some discomfort. But I don’t think we have to do every single exercise we hate in order to keep getting stronger. Giving yourself space to figure out what actually works for you (and not just what you think should work) does wonders for a sustainable routine. 💪

🙋‍♀️ What do you think about this? Are there exceptions?

05/02/2022

Do you ever decide that it’s time for a change and then once you start, you get frustrated over how long it’s taking? 🫠

The thing is…all the times when you feel like you’re just plugging along without any major signs of progress are actually where the most meaningful stuff happens. 💐 There are so many days when all you’re doing is the boring leg work of eating the more nutritious option 🥗and choosing to move your body even for a few minutes. 👣 You start itching to figure out how you can possibly speed this thing along so you can hurry up and get to your goal already.

Frustration will come and that’s got to be okay. But know that you are building something very important on the “boring” days. Know that all the work you’re putting into choosing the healthier dinner option - choosing to go up a couple pounds in your dumbbells, going on that walk - those things are bricks forming into a stronger building than you might think. 🧱

In other words, let some days be difficult. Let the journey be a little longer than is comfortable. Because the things that last don’t have shortcuts. 💫

04/27/2022

The question to ask when you’re worn down. 👀

When I’m feeling frayed at the edges and willpower is nonexistent, I ask myself one question: “What can I do right now that will actually improve my wellbeing?”

The beauty of this question is that it doesn’t have to rely on your current emotions and it also doesn’t have to be any of the things you’re currently feeling guilty about not doing (like meal prepping, certain workouts, tracking macros, etc). All you need is one doable action that will move you even a fraction of a step in the right direction.

So what might some of these actions be? When I ask myself what I can do to instantly improve my wellbeing, I might answer with things like:
🌿 10-min walk
🛁 Bath
🥗 Fresh food from a fav restaurant
🎧 Turn music on loud
💐 Buying flowers
✍️ Letting it out in my journal

Your answers will look diffeeent but I believe strongly that small steps, like making a teeny healthy decision in the the moments, move us most quickly to where we want to go.

👉 What are some of your answers to this question?

04/27/2022

Still coming at you with hiking and food pictures, now with a much more fun addition. 🌱

04/21/2022

Proof that I have only ever had this single pose. 😂

I was looking through the old family albums and came across these gems. 6-year old Bree really had the outfits going on! 29-year old Bree is on the lookout for that sweet geometric sweater if anyone has any leads. 🪩

04/14/2022

If you have tried and given up on health or fitness-related goals, you may approach any new goals with two thoughts. 1️⃣ You feel distrustful of yourself and your ability to actually finish things you set out to do. 2️⃣ You feel like if you just try hard enough this time, there’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to do it this time.

We often neglect to really consider the reasons we aren’t already doing those habits you want to establish. The truth is, these aren’t easy! 🙃They go against the grain of some part of your current lifestyle and changing that is going to take work!

The good news is that the effort will be worth it. 🔥 So take the time now to honestly think through those obstacles and brainstorm some strategies to not let them stop you!

Bree Smith Fit

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