Wildflower fitness

03/31/2022

Summer is quickly approaching.
So many women are searching for quick fitness fixes.

Somethings I want to say to hopefully help you stay away from dangerous trainers, injuries, and hormonal disruptions. All of which can have long term damaging effects. Making life harder down the road.

🚩 “you need to eat less”
While yes a calorie deficit is the only way to loose weight. A few key factors need to happen.
1) find your general daily calorie.
2) asses where you’re at, what you’re goals are, and the best most effective way to get there.
This is done over a few weeks to be honest.
It takes time to really nail these numbers down.
A seasoned/educated coach should be able to help you navigate maintenance,surplus and deficits.

🚩 training till you vomit/Training during times you should be resting.
Training till you vomit can have some serious repercussions and is a sign from your body to stop. Training through times you should be resting. This is allowing you for a further set back. Never, never train through an injury.
A good coach knows when to step it up in programming, slow it down allowing for appropriate rest, and the ability to guide you through any adversities that may arise. A good coach will also step up and tell you when it’s time to go home and see a dr.

🚩 “I can make you a meal plan.”
Unless their Credentials include being a registered dietitian they are absolutely not allowed to make meal plans.
What a nutritionist can do is help navigate ideas for meals, calculate macros, calories consumed.
Explain how some nutrition works, help create and educate for nutritional swaps.
A dietitian can do all that plus more. They can help treat medical conditions they have the educational background that legally allows this to happen.

🚩 using your insecurities against you.
Yes, coaches do this. Yes, there are coaches out there that will find out what your insecurities are and they will make fun of you. They will make comments on your body, how you’re lazy and not driven enough. This is wrong. This is not at all how any coach should act. This type of behavior can have a lasting negative impact on the clients mental and emotional health.
Please do not stick around. This will only cause emotional and mental hardships. No coach worth seeing would ever do this.

I know feeling good in shorts and swimwear is a big deal. I know that’s a big priority to so many.
Just remember you can absolutely go to
Google and type “personal trainer search”
A NASM tab that can let you google search a persons credentials can save you a ton of heartache, and or an injury.

I know I may not be the most affordable coach out there. But my education and skill set will keep you healthy, fit and give you longevity for training.
I’ve spent a solid portion of my career helping other women overcome their past traumas from really crappy coaches who caused more harm then good, I’ve spent months with ladies who needed to relearn how to lift correctly to reach their goals. All because some coach made the choice to not pay attention.

Please be wary when picking someone off Facebook.
Because no matter what their page says they can always delete negative reviews or comments.
If you want a personal trainer, don’t just follow blindly.
You can absolutely ask to meet them first.
Ask them if they offer a free assessment.
(Some will. I know I did)
Ask them as many questions as you feel comfortable asking.

If at any point you feel uneasy, or you feel like they aren’t the coach for you.
Leave. If they are emotionally or mentally abusing you, request a refund and leave. If they refuse a refund it’s your choice on how to handle that. (To be honest I don’t even know. If their at a gym take it to Management, if it’s a private coach I don’t know. Honestly)

A coach client relationship is something that can quickly turn into a solid long term relationship if done right.

03/11/2022

Sometimes I forget to post, sometimes I forget that I’m actually a really great coach.
Sometimes I forget that I am competent, kind, caring, and knowledgeable in this field I’ve decided to be in.

Just a reminder I do coach online.

02/27/2022

A little bit about me, where I come from, and why I do what I do, train how I train, and coach the way I coach. I can’t wait for warmer weather, longer days and flowers everywhere.

One guy who knew me in high school saw me years after we had Graduated and I had gotten braces, he said “thank goodness you finally got braces you’re teeth were jacked up”

In my year book someone wrote I was ugly and I’d never be pretty and my sister was the pretty one.

My first week of high school as a freshman I was so small my backpack was almost bigger than I was, some football player ran up behind me yanked my bag so I’d fall then he ran away laughing.

There were some guys in my classes who’d whisper my name so I’d turn and they’d laugh when I’d look. These guys also used to throw paper clips and staples at me getting them to stick to my clothes and in my hair.
Then they’d make fun of me in the halls.

One girl and I had a falling out and she knew my schedule so she waited for me then punched me in the face.

I didn’t have many friends. A lot of the time I would sit alone outside for lunch.
Sometimes I’d sit with my friends on the days we had the same lunch. But I didn’t see them everyday.

I didn’t have a boyfriend till I was 18.
Then any guy I met after that never wanted to be seen with me in public.
Legitimately never took me on a date.
We always just spent time alone in their car, or at Jim’s.
(I’ve had 4 “boyfriends” in my life one of those is my now husband)

Once I was married and moved Ernest and I were dealing with everything that comes from a deployment, newly married, no family, and for me a new area with no friends.
I met a girl and she told me that military men marry ugly girls so they can cheat on them and they know the ugly girl will stay. That’s why most military wives are fat and ugly.

My “best friend” at the time was getting married, she didn’t want to invite me or have me in her wedding because I was pregnant and it’d mess up the pictures. She only had very thin friends and I did not fit into that mold.

Recently there was a girl here who made it a point to tell me every time we hung out she couldn’t stand being around anyone with “messy” teeth (my teeth being a bit crooked), and people who don’t get up and put effort into their daily look ya know?
(She found out that I’m a personal trainer and felt real stupid for a moment)
She would brag about how she had a thyroid disorder and she never had to work to stay skinny like most girls.

These stories I have feel endless.

This has been my reality.
I’ve never been popular, I’ve never had a ton of friends. And I usually keep to myself because people are mean.
(Florida was the first time in my life I get loved and accepted for just being me)

This is why I started working out if I couldn’t be skinny I was for sure going to be strong, my body was never going to be as small as I wanted/needed to be, my legs would never be sticks, so I made them strong, I tried so hard to take up as little space as I could. I mean I got them pretty damn lean at one point.
But I still wasn’t content. I found peace being strong, I love strength training. I am a women but I am far from weak mentally or physically.
I wanted so badly to be that super pretty girl with a pretty face,since all my life I had been told I wasn’t pretty and as I got older I was just ugly or my body was ok but “your face” 🤷🏼‍♀️. Or just always being the bigger friend.
I wanted to just fit in.
But the reality is I don’t fit into any one mold, I am strong, I speak my mind, I am smart, I am kind, I am honest to a fault, I am straight forward, I will not tell you to wear a waist trainer with your leggings pulled up to your ni***es and eat only 1300 calories contrary to what Instagram and celebrities will tell you.
I will tell you to cut the bu****it hours of cardio and salads at every meal and pick up a barbell, and CARBS ARENT BAD!

So here’s my crooked smile.
My thick legs.
My face that is different and sometimes looks terrible in photos.
A woman that eats when she’s hungry and enjoys chocolate covered almonds everyday.

02/15/2022

Good morning sunshines, I’m sorry to say that for now I won’t be hosting classes till it warms up a bit more.
Unfortunately I can’t host classes with 1,2 or no people.

If there’s any ideas you may have for classes (times, areas,days that work best) let me know, I’d love to hear them.

02/09/2022

Tomorrow bright an early.

02/07/2022

Shout out to Mary who came in the rain!
I’m proud of you and your dedication!
(I hope your upper body isn’t too sore later)

I will host a make up day on Wednesday!
(Hoping we get that sunshine)

Wednesday
9 am
220 dolphin drive
5$
A mat
Water
Weights no larger then 12lbs (if you don’t have any that’s ok)
A stroller for littles if you feel like it.

Wednesday will be a full body cardio blast with some core work to end.

02/06/2022

02/06/2022

Good afternoon!!!
I know this weekend flew by for me. I hope y’all enjoyed this sunny cooler weekend.

Tomorrow is a hit or miss could rain could be cloudy??
Who knows?

Tomorrow, I’ll be set up to host class.
We’ll have class Wednesday as well as Friday!
Class is always better in the warm sun!

02/04/2022

It’s always a frustrating feeling when it calls for rain and the sun is making life beautiful.

Class IS canceled today, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do some yoga!
My favorite YouTube yoga classes are yoga with adriene (based out of Austin Texas)
And
Buti yoga with bizzie gold if I’m feeling spicy.

Can’t wait to see everyone and your friends Monday morning!!!

02/03/2022

Looks like it’ll definitely be rainy.
I’ll be seeing y’all Monday at 9!

I know this weather thing is a bit of a bummer.
Tell your friends, Monday looks cold but we will warm right up.

02/02/2022

Hello flowers!!

Just wanted to pop in and remind y’all that Friday is the next class.
The location has been moved to my house.
That said I have a large front yard big enough for littles to play, a hill for sprints and so much more.

I’ll be watching the weather all day tomorrow to see if I may need to cancel.
If I do cancel we will meet here Monday morning bright and early!!!

01/31/2022

Way to go y’all beautiful wildflowers!
Showing up early and cold is half the battle, I’m proud y’all came.

Next workout will be Friday 9 am
220 dolphin drive

Water.
Weights.
A mat or towel.
5$

Can’t wait to see you all there.