I feel a need to write this....

Just to let you know I appreciate you reading my blog, liking my facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/Missfitnesskenya ) and following me on twitter.

I appreciate all your feedback, your questions, your words of encouragement.

I get very many e-mails concerning weight loss and particularly how to lose that ugly bit of tyre...the potbelly. I have had no qualms answering the e-mails even though I might take some time before I get to your e-mail. You will notice the advice is similar. It is so because this bit of advice works. Eat clean, watch your portions, be active. This might not be what you want to hear but it is what is true and what works. My pages are not about fad diets, they do not promise miracles in a few days, what they do promote is healthy living, which has far reaching benefits apart from the obvious not so vain goal of looking good.

I do not reply in greater detail to all your e-mails because each situation is different, there is no blanket approach. It would also take away time and resources that I dedicate to my personal trainer clients who pay for my time to research, write programs, write dietary guidelines, visit and train with them.

I work with equipment available to each client, or lack of it, and local foods. I work through experience that I have garnered over the years through my own successes and failures.  I work with both adults and children and consult widely with other professionals for the best practice in each case.

Which means, the advice I give is true, but it is very general. Remember your situation is different for economic, social, psychological or physical reasons.

If you feel you need personalised attention and would like to talk with me about this, please write me an e-mail on my face book page or:
missfitnesskenya@gmail.com
or
njahira@gmail.com

I offer:
1. Ongoing dietary advice
2. Personalised fitness advice
3. Personal Trainer Services
4. Meal planning and cooking lessons
5. Ongoing support through telephone during working hours and e-mail all the time
6. Honesty and discretion.

I can only take a limited number of clients at a time in order to give them the attention they deserve.

Njahira Gathara Kipowski

I am so sore today.....

I am so sore today if my baby was one gram heavier I wouldn't have carried her.

I am so sore today if I lived one floor higher I would have slept on the stairs.

I am so sore today I am glad I had the foresight not to have a back zipper.

And you know what?

I'm going to do it again tomorrow, and I'm going to smile while doing it.

Because it's worth it.

Keep active folks.

It's the first of January....

Happy new year!

So, seeing as it's the first day of the year, you expect a post about resolutions right? About how now is the time to make new beginnings, to think through resolutions etcetera, but I recall I did that last year, and everyone is doing it...so I will write about what I thought about during my run today....why doing 50% of a workout isn't good enough.

There are so many times I have heard that "at least I got half way" or "half way is good enough" and it bothers me to hear this. Running today, I made a conscious effort to examine my feelings during the run.

No matter what you may think, exercising doesn't come easy for me, the first five minutes of the run, when my body is warming up, I am extremely uncomfortable and have to convince myself to take step after step. After my body is warmed up, the run begins to get enjoyable and I can set a comfortable pace where I remain challenged without straining.

There is a point at which I turn which marks half way, in my case, I have no choice but to run back home, but I begun thinking to myself, what if this was a home or gym workout and I got lazy, could I say that half way was good enough?

No.

Why?

Because I hadn't challenged myself enough. I approximated that my body begun working harder at about 75% of the way, the last 25% is what would make me better, would make me stronger, would make me faster. You don't progress by staying in your comfort zone, you progress by being uncomfortable.

So you see, 50% will never be good enough, 75% isn't good either, you have to give it your all.

Get uncomfortable in 2014.....being comfortable in 2013 didn't get you anywhere, why not try it the hard way and see where it gets you?

Stay active! Happy new year!