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 competitor. She’s one of those people that I would ask the infamous question “how do you do it?” In this interview, she shares how she does it and how she helps others to do it too. Who They Are & Something Only The People Closest To Them Know: Mom of 5 and now 51 Personal Trainer Own a wellness center with husband called Total Body Health Center She plays piano Their Battle, Mentally Or Physically, They Fought And Came Out A Warrior: As a kid she was always insecure and around 15 her parents got divorced and her

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 and purpose of fitness on the internet and felt horrible. I would post a simple pic of me doing a yoga pose with a quote and then go online to see other people's posts and thinking, "their abs are flatter than mine" or "why would anyone like my pic when I don't have a great butt like this girl" or "I guess I need workout harder so I can keep up these girls." Pretty soon I started feeling inferior, self-conscious, and felt like 'why bother because I can't keep up with these girls.' I was experiencing social media s

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 chicken, and dessert. Pretty soon you’ve just eaten everything in sight. or… Scenario #2 You look inside your fridge for something to eat and you can’t find anything. You could maybe whip up a salad but doesn’t seem appetizing. Then you open the freezer and see a frozen pizza and think “F*** it! I’m just going to eat this because I’m hungry and it’s easy to make. But it doesn’t stop there… You end up finishing the whole pizza, going back and having a bowl of cereal, and some ice cream. Has this ever happened to you? If

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 drinks were half off. I decided to have a cheat meal and ate a whole pizza. I just couldn’t stick to the diet.” Have you ever felt like this person? Perhaps you had the best intentions of sticking to a diet and couldn’t. Things came up, a cheat meal turned into a cheat weekend, and everything snowballed from there. I want you to know that you are like so many others that I have helped and you aren’t a failure at dieting. Dieting is 50% Mentality & 50% Habits Before I can change your diet habits, I have to change yo

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 reason matter so much? Well, it’s because when you get down to it, he naturally burns more calories than me because of his height. Since he is almost a foot taller than me, it takes more energy (or calories) for him to walk, talk, and do daily activities. Here’s the other annoying thing – when we workout, he burns more calories, because it does take him more energy. Basically to sum it up…he burns more calories than me and it sucks. Now, I don’t want you to think I’m complaining. I’m talking to you about this because it

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 on. I know you know what I’m talking about because you have that same running list in your head. Oh! And on top of all that, you need to go workout. Working out can often fall to the bottom of the list and not get done. At least it has for me, and the people I work with. Life is crazy, and it can seem impossible at times to fit working out in. I get that, and I want to help you with that. I wanted to share with you 3 tips and tricks to getting your workouts in while your life is crazy, deadlines are stacking up, an

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’ sabotage. You end up… Drinking the bottle of wine Eating the whole pizza Having fries and a shake to go with your burger Having a margarita the size of your head Not being active at all And so on… You end up undoing all your hard work of 4 days, in 3 days or dare I say one meal. Then you end up right back where you started, and you are left with shame and guilt. If you wonder how I know this, it’s because I’ve done the same thing. I’ve had the ‘I deserve it’ bottle of wine and the ‘I deserve it’ whole pizza. I know h