New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! So, you’ve started a new exercise plan and cleaned up your diet.  You’re working your butt off doing both strength training and cardio conditioning 5 -6 times per week.  You’re eating healthfully and following your diet to the letter – whether that means a strict 1400 …

New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! Most of us have experienced it.  You start out your new fitness routine with incredible energy!  For the first month, you are pushing your body to the limits and challenging yourself every day.  You can feel yourself getting stronger.  Your clothes are fitting better.  The needle …

New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! It’s not news to any of us that the Power of Suggestion greatly influences our eating decisions.  We’ve experienced firsthand how seeing a treat – whether right there in front of us or in a photo – can make us want it.  There are subconscious mind …