Author: Jill Ciment

YOU. HAVE. CANCER.

When I heard those 3 words, my world was turned upside down, I didn’t know what to think, what to do, where to start and it did not just affect me, it affected everyone around me!

There is so much information you need to know and so many things that people, caregivers, doctors are telling you all at once that it is truly overwhelming…  It is almost like a silent movie where people are speaking but you just can’t hear any sound.

There are so many things that I wish I had known then or even just thought to ask. I am writing this not to freak anyone of you reading this out, but rather just to hopefully educate and make you aware of some of the issues that so many of us faced when we heard those three words. This guide came to fruition with the help of many fellow pink sisters and my own personal journey through breast cancer. Continue reading “What The Doctor’s Don’t Tell You”

June 6th eve of my going the speed limit birthday (I’ll leave you to do the math), I started to ponder this statement….Age is just a number.  I mean come on, I probably say it on average of at least 3-5x week with clients and participants in my classes.  The kicker here is though as I approach this lovely number, I find myself wondering is it really just a number?

My grandmother was 69 years old when she began exercising and was still doing aerobics with me late into her 70s!  She first taught me that age IS just a number. Continue reading “Age is just a number.. or IS IT?”

Did you ever stop and wonder who you really are, I mean like REALLY wonder?  Now just stay with me here for a sec, I promise you I haven’t totally lost all my marbles.  Admittedly a few are probably missing at this point from my years so far, but I promise you there are still plenty left to keep playing this game called life.

I am a fitness professional. I am a certified nutritional therapist. Do these things really define me?  If I were to look in the mirror am I nothing more than the person staring back at me?  Or am I something more?   And this got me to really thinking:

What if we were more than just what we see in the mirrors?  Better yet, what if we BELIEVED we were more than just what we see we are? Continue reading “I became a SURVIVOR”

Have you wanted to start eating healthier but honestly don’t know where to start?  How about you’d love to be able to plan healthy meals for the week, but honestly don’t even know where to begin? Or the one that use to be me is I want to eat healthy, but I don’t have hours a day to prep, clean and cook.  Well, I am here to tell you that you can work a bazillion hours a week,(but I sure hope you don’t) play supermom, clean, and still look good come Saturday night :).  It just takes, yup you guessed it, planning and a little bit of prep work ahead of time.

Not to worry….. Healthy Meal Planning 101 is here. Continue reading “How to Make a Healthy Meal Plan?”