As an elite athlete that is training at an Olympic level, I am here to tell you that this is all up to personal preference. I know crazy but here me out. For you to succeed at your best you have to figure out what is best for you. What I did to figure this out is a whole bunch of trial and error. So I am going to give you my exact meal or meals I eat before I work out for optimum performance. That way you can take a look and modify to your own personal needs. For this process, I kept a journal that I used to…
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7 Night Time Self Care Routine Ideas For Fall
Good Evening my beautiful human beings. Domonique here with a fall edition Nighttime Self Care Routine. I have been working on my self-care game for a while now. Always looking for new ways to treat my body with the love and respect it deserves. As we enter a new season in a couple of days, it’s important for us to recognize that our summer self is a bit different than our fall self. Not that we completely become different human beings but our self-care changes a bit. The nights are longer and the days are shorter. You may not always have the same amount of energy as you did before.…
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How to Eat Healthy During Labor Day
So labor day is coming up. Whether you are spending it indoors or going out to a bbq with some close friends or families committing to your healthy eating habits can be harder than expected. It’s not easy to make conscious eating habits when there are so many options to choose from. As someone who is working towards a fitness goal where what I eat and drink is always something to consider I have developed some tips and tricks that help with eating healthy on holidays such as labor day. I want to just say that I do not condone restrictive behavior because not eating food because someone in the…
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3 Types of Self Care To Start Practicing Today!
A new season is about to begin and for some, this might bring absolute joy and for others, you might catch a case of end of season blues. I consider this a nostalgic feeling as you remember all of the memories you had in the current season and a slight feeling of uncertainty of the next. I think as we encounter and deal with these unprecedented times it is important to figure out what self-care practices we need to start practicing for our self and what works for us. I was watching a video the other day that stated if “the things that you do to celebrate joy and happiness…
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5 Necessary Self Care Tips
Hey, long time no talk. It’s been about 2 and a half weeks since I posted a blog post. Usually, I am on top of my weekly posting but last week and this week has been hard for me to creatively come up with a topic to write about. Mostly, a topic that I could write about, based on my own experience, that would hold significance to anyone. Then I started thinking about how I have been feeling. As a black woman in America… I began thinking about all of the things that have been brought to light this week and the other things that have not happened throughout my…
