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In today’s blog, we’re talking about why focusing on the optimal food environment will help you achieve your nutrition and fitness goals – even while stuck at home!

It isn’t news to anyone that we’re living in stressful, uncertain times with COVID-19. But what has been giving us strength? We asked Working Against Gravity members these questions, and you’ll discover their top responses below.

An important aspect of being a WAG Coach is helping others succeed on their health and fitness journey by teaching valuable nutrition practices. But what many people often overlook in the pairing of fitness and nutrition is mindfulness.

I think all of us could benefit from lowering stress and increasing peace of mind, but the struggle comes from figuring out how to find the time to just be when you have a lot on your plate.

Progress does not require perfection. One bad day of eating doesn’t ruin all of your progress. The real issue arises when we turn one instance into a ‘snowball’ of negative choices that eventually derails progress.

In this episode of WAG Wednesday, Michael Cazayoux gives tips on how to use the technique of mindfulness to help achieve goals and overcome obstacles.

Recently, Bryce Lewis, an internationally acclaimed powerlifter posted a photo on his Instagram of a whiteboard he brings to the gym that details his training goals, along with mantra-like statements regarding his training mentality.

While we might not have the comforts of our usual routine on vacation, there are still numerous ways we can keep ourselves active and stay on track with our nutrition to ensure we come home feeling our best!

We’ve all been there — feeling stuck, unsettled and unsure of how we feel or the direction we’re heading. We may have spent hours racking our brain for the answers to our questions.

You make more than 30,000 decisions a day, and around 200 of these are based on food alone.

Finding time to stop, breathe and collect our thoughts can seem like a challenging task in our busy, everyday lives. However, finding ways to add calmness during a day of chaos is a vital tool for our long-term health and happiness.

In this WAG Original Series, watch how CrossFit Games Champion Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet overcomes serious injury and disappointment through perseverance and commitment. “I get to write the end of my story,” Camille says.