Arin Lindauer, Author at Transformation Fitness & Wellness

Committing gets you into the game, but recommitting is what gets you to the goal.

How many times have you started on a weight loss journey, heck any journey and stumbled, got off track, lost sight of the goal?

If we are being honest with ourselves, all of us experience this.

This idea of perfection is ludicrous – but I see it happen all the time.

You get off track and all the sudden you are a failure, you criticize yourself.

What if we considered part of your journey will include recommitting?

Let’s commit to the goal and recommit to the process.

This needs to be factored into every goal we have for ourselves.

I always see this happen anytime someone is working on a goal, such as weight loss.

They are going along great, then BAM, life has a way of throwing you off course.

How you handle obstacles will determine your success.

We have to get out of the all or nothing mentality or self-sabotage mindset and factor in the stumbles.

Embrace the commitment to your goal, then allow yourself to recommit along the journey.

It is almost like you expect to stumble while working towards your next goal and you embrace the process of recommitting yourself.

When you can fully embrace the entire process of commitment and recommitting, I guarantee you will achieve any goal you set.

Let me know how this sits with you.

Arin

What Happens If You FALL?

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Hope you are doing super awesome!

I wanted to talk today more about this journey we are all on.

It’s beautiful by the way.

Sure, there will be seasons we don’t love and we struggle, but the best part is you always get back up.

Who doesn’t love the Olympics?

So many amazing stories and I just was in awe with the runner from the Netherlands, Sifan Hassan.

Hassan was tripped up by another runner, fell to the ground, got back up and WON her heat.

AMAZING.

We can learn a lot from that race right there.

-> You will get tripped up.

-> You will fall down.

-> You will get back up.

-> You will WIN.

The most important part, you get back up.

Weight loss goals are just like this.

You could be going along great, have tons of momentum, then BAM you “fall” or “fail”.

I want to encourage you to get back up.

You didn’t work this long and hard to let one thing trip you up.

-> Birthday celebrations

-> Fun with friends over the weekend

-> Bad day at work

NOPE

You continue to fight and the best part is you will win.

Go win your day!

Arin

4-Step Process to Achieve Anything

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Hope you have had an awesome week!

I wanted to bring to you a 4-Step process to achieve anything you want in life.

You can apply this to your health and wellness goal, your career, financial – where ever you see fit.

1.) Desire

What do you truly want to achieve, then this becomes your focus point. Also, you need to claim this desire yours. Everything you want in life is available to you.

2.) Commit

You need to say no to anything that is does not match the commitment. Be in full decision for what you want – set your intention.

3.) Action

Take the new action, this is not about adding more to your plate, this is shifting what you need to shift so that you are aligned to the desired outcome. You may need to prune some areas of your life.

4.) Allow

You will see yourself either allow the good things to happen or you will resist good things happening.

If you see resistance show up, acknowledge it and move it on. You are making changes and life has a funny way of inserting itself when you are trying to achieve something new or leveling up.

This is all easy to do, but it is easy not to do.

When you know what you want, you commit to it, take the appropriate action and allow the changes to flow – nothing can hold you back.

Wrestle with this exercise and let me know how it goes.

You can achieve whatever you want and if you need help shoot me a message!

Arin

Italian Sausage Stuffed Zucchini (Keto)

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Ingredients

4 medium zucchini about 2 lb
2 tbsp olive oil
½ tsp kosher salt
½ tsp ground pepper
1 lb Italian sausage casings removed and broken into small pieces
1.5 tsp italian seasoning
1 medium sweet onion diced
1 medium red bell pepper diced
2 cloves garlic minced
2 c baby spinach
1 c marinara sauce
½ c shredded mozzarella cheese
2 tbsp finely grated parmesan cheese
2 tbsp basil chopped

Instructions

Heat the oven to 350°F.

Slice the zucchini lengthwise. With a spoon or melon baller, remove the pulp from the zucchini; coarsely chop the pulp and set aside. Rub the zucchini halves, inside and out, with 1 tbsp oil, then sprinkle each side with salt and pepper. Lay the zucchini, cut side up, in a baking dish. Transfer to the oven and bake 15 minutes.

Heat a saute pan over medium high heat. Add the remaining tbsp of oil and heat until it shimmers. Add the sausage to the pan and cook, stirring frequently to break up the pieces, until the fat is rendered the sausage is no longer pink, 5-6 minutes. Add the zucchini pulp to the sausage and saute, stirring occasionally, until the pulp releases most of its water content, 6-7 minutes.

Add the onion and bell pepper; saute, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent, 6-7 minutes. Add the italian seasoning and garlic and saute, stirring frequently, 1 minute more. Stir in the spinach and toss frequently until it barely wilts.

Add ½ c marinara to the sausage and vegetables and mix until well combined.

Scoop the sausage and vegetable mixture into the zucchini boats. Spoon the remaining marinara sauce evenly over the zucchini, then sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top. Return to the oven and bake 10-15 minutes longer, or until the cheese is melted and bubbling and the zucchini is tender.

Top the zucchini boats with finely grated parmesan cheese and chopped basil and serve immediately.

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You Know What You Need to Do, but Then you Don’t…

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When I talk to people about their health and wellness goals I often here, “Arin I know what I need to do.”

But why don’t we do it?

Reasonably speaking I do feel we all know what we need to do.

The big question is why don’t we do it?

Some thoughts I have around why we don’t do what we know we need to do is:

We have created some tough habits to break.

Lack clarity around what we want in life.

We settle and get complacent.

How do you overcome these obstacles?

The most important part is deciding.

When you say enough is enough and I am willing to make change.

It’s not about will power, I don’t even like that phrase.

It’s about getting clarity on what you want in life.

When you can stop and gain clarity, you can move into action.

For a lot of our clients they have an incident with clothes.

Nothing fits, they had buying a new size or they hate who they see in the mirror.

It is so tough to get to this point, but I find it takes that moment in time where you have had it.

The process is hard, you will feel frustrated, you will do drastic things hoping to see results (hello juice cleanses).

I want to encourage you to stop and write what you want out of life.

Who do you want to be in this world?

What has been holding you back?

What needs to die in order for you to achieve this?

You can do anything you want in this life and I know everything gets better when you take care of you.

Ask yourself the three questions above if you have been wanting to lose weight, but can’t seem to make it happen.

Then start making small changes daily.

Here are some examples:

Drink your body weight in ounces of water, do this for a month.

Start walking 20-30min, 3-5 days per week.

Reduce how many sweets you eat in a week.

Reduce how much alcohol you drink in a week.

The main thing I want you to notice is you make small changes.

Then do this action consistently.

It is going to feel insignificant at the time but it will add up.

You know what you need to do and I want to encourage you to do it.

You will never regret taking care of your health.

Arin

Knowing What You Are Made Of

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Ever felt like you have been pushed to limits?

Or have you ever looked at a project or workout and felt like there was no way you could, do it?

What happens inside…

Do you feel like not even trying?

Why would I do such a crazy thing?

Most of us run from things we struggle with, myself included.

I would like to challenge you today…what if you tried…

You either succeed or you fail.

Do you truly fail?

To me everything is FEEDBACK.

If I go to do an exercise and my form is a wreck…feedback.

Lighten the load, focus on form.

Now I want to share a little story. Somehow Tony wraps me into these DIY projects at home.

If you have been reading my stuff for a while now you probably know I loathe these projects.

I always love them when they are done, I simply don’t like the process.

This last project was a little patio installation with ya know the heaviest pavers you can buy.

132 lbs. each to be exact. (Yes I looked it up and did the math!)

Tony did the hard part of digging the trench for the gas and electric to be run, then together we filled it back in and started prepping for the pavers.

Manually digging down some 7 inches…I lost track…oh and leveling the surface the whole way.

I reminded him a skid steer probably would have made this easier. 😉

We then put a base layer of ground stone, packed that, laid a layer of fabric and then added the sand.

My super annoying personality took the responsibility of leveling the sand and prepping the 2x3ft area.

Together we lifted a paver and strategically placed it perfectly square and level.

After setting the first paver, I cried.

Yep, I cried.

I knew we had 38 more to go and there was no way I could do it.

Or could I?

I truly didn’t think I could physically do this project, but I wanted to see this done.

Finish what you start, and I am not a quitter.

I think it is ironic that we completed this the same week at Leo’s birthday, which is always a challenging time.

I reminded myself, I could hang in for 55 hours to deliver Leo, this project surely wasn’t as bad as that, right?

We came home every night last week and did a row or two, 3-6 pavers a night and by Sunday it was completed.

Just when you want to give up you start chipping away at it.

Health and wellness goals are just like laying 132 lb. pavers. 😉

You feel like you can’t reach that goal, then you start losing pound after pound.

Before you know it you hit the goal.

It is never as fast as you want, there are set back (additional trips to Lowes), but you keep pushing forward.

If you don’t try you will never know.

You may feel like you’ll never be able to achieve the goal and that’s where I am going to tell you, you need a coach.

It is going to be intimidating, you may not want to do the work, but the results are simply amazing.

If you have been struggling getting start, stop thinking and start doing.

If you are on this journey, keep up the awesome work. Each week, month, year will add up.

Invest in you, it’s the best money you will ever spend.

Let me know if you need help!

Arin

Committing gets you into the game, but recommitting is what gets you to the goal.

What Happens If You FALL?

4-Step Process to Achieve Anything