A Life Lesson From My Mother

If Fit Bottomed Girls had a poster child, it would have been my mother. She had all the rules tied up in one neat little package: eat well but don’t overindulge, take little breaks when needed, drink lots of water, exercise daily and, most importantly, treat yourself with respect. She would wake me up in [...]

21 Meditations to Make You Love Yo’Self!

Why is it so hard to be kind to ourselves?! Why is it so hard to wake up in the morning and give a little Jessica-like loving? I don’t know the answer to this quite yet. I do know we choose people who love us the way we think we deserve to be treated…so maybe [...]

What’s Your Favorite Way to Show Yo’Self Some Love?

Love, love, love. We’ve been all about the love lately as for the past six days we’ve been celebrating Love Yo’Self Week, our annual celebration of everything that’s awesome in our—and your—lives. And as we’ve been stoking the fire of self-love with posts on how to make a healthy living dream board to recognizing the unique [...]

Fit Tip Friday: Make a Healthy Living Dream Board

Every year around my birthday, I make a healthy living dream board. A mix of fitness goals, personal dreams and just overall being-my-best kind of stuff, it’s a fun and creative endeavor that helps me focus and visualize my best possible life. Since FBG is all about you doing pretty much that—especially this week with Love Yo’Self [...]

FitWit: This Is Totally What Happens When We Put Our Earbuds On…

You guys already know about the oh-so embarrassing and oftentimes dorky things we do in regards to fitness. And one of them that we all seem to be drawn to? Dancing. Sometimes at kind of random times. And, usually, we dance way cooler in our minds than we actually, well, can bust a move. But [...]

She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not: Kristen vs. Cycling

Just like we did last year, each FBG is sharing what she loves and doesn’t love so much in this special “She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not” series as part of Love Yo’Self Week. Feel the love! Dear Bicycle, We’ve been together for a while now, you and I. We’ve had our ups and [...]

She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not: Jenn vs. Olympic Lifting

Just like we did last year, each FBG is sharing what she loves and doesn’t love so much in this special “She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not” series as part of Love Yo’Self Week. Feel the love! Dear Olympic Lifting, I’ve toyed with you for years, but just recently, I’ve taken it up a notch with cleans, dead-lifts, squats and [...]

Feel the Love! It’s Third-Annual Love Yo’Self Week!

Who’s ready to start the love fest? We are! An annual tradition since 2011, today marks the first day of Love Yo’Self Week! So for this entire week, we’ll be bringing you all kinds of fun lovey-dovey topics. From love letters (Remember those from last year? We’re doing them again!) to how to love up [...]

Just a Few More Days to Save 10% on FBG Life Classes

This summer, wouldn’t it be fabulous to put on a swimsuit and feel good about yourself and comfortable in your own skin? That’s pretty much the goal of FBG Life: to make you feel your absolute best! Each Sunday for six weeks, we’ll tackle topics like building confidence, overcoming emotional eating, working out for results, eating [...]

Learning Through Teaching

The joke goes that those who can’t do, teach. And while I’m not going to agree with that entirely for obvious reasons (although I do think that in many ways we’re drawn to things that we love and want to do better), I will say that one thing is definitely true: those who teach, learn. [...]

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