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Introducing Eat the Banana Fitness – Online Personal Training
I am very excited to announce that I am now taking online personal training clients! I have retired as an Orangetheory Fitness coach but I still have a desire to help others feel stronger and more confident in their skin. Due to my full time job, I do not...
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How to Choose a Personal Trainer
As a Coach and Personal Trainer I get asked about how to choose a personal trainer all of the time. Just like choosing a mental health counselor or even a life partner, choosing a trainer is a complicated process. After all, you will be spending your...
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How to get your Inactive Child to Enjoy Activity
I went on a two mile scooter ride today with my 10 year old. Now I consider myself very strong and active but I totally underestimated how that would feel. I’m impressed Liam had the leg strength to do that relatively easily. Your base leg starts burring after a...
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Feel Your Fullness: Intuitive Eating Principle 5
Now that you have started to work on Challenging the Food Police you can begin to re-discover what it feels like to be full. I have referenced this many times, but as kids we are born knowing when to stop eating. Our bodies naturally tell us when we are full. I...
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Challenge the Food Police: Intuitive Eating Principle 4
We all hear them. The voices in our head that say, "you can't have this", and "you shouldn't have that". Those voices tell us when we are allowed to eat and when we are supposed to stop eating. They also tell us that some foods are off limits and only certain foods...
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Make Peace with Food: Intuitive Eating Principle 3
We have all been there right? We tell ourselves that we can only eat the cookies on the weekends. We wait patiently all week and "behave" around food all week perfectly. Friday comes around and we are faced with the cookies we have waited for. Do we...
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About Farrah
Hi ya’ll! I’m Farrah. I am a simple yet complicated, tell it like it is girl, trying to make a difference in this world one banana at a time. This blog is not about the ins and outs of every banana species but it is about eating carbs, taking chances, and maybe even some funny and embarrassing life lessons. I am a mom, wife, friend, personal trainer, coach at Orangetheory Fitness, and nutrition coach who believes that food freedom and self acceptance are the keys to genuine happiness. I am unapologetically myself and hope to inspire others to be the same.