I am not the same person I was a year ago. BJJ (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) has changed me in so many ways. Here I am, a woman who was too self-conscious about her body growing up, who wouldn’t participate in group exercise or play sports because I felt too uncoordinated and didn’t want all eyes on…
I have been really tired recently, taking long afternoon naps and falling asleep in our family room before making it upstairs to bed in the evenings. I chalked it up to getting older and adding jiu-jitsu into my workout mix. That makes sense, although working out has always given me more energy, not less. My…
I’m down about 5 pounds since the start of the new year, and it’s due in large part to two factors: sticking pretty closely to the macros my trainer has set for me AND returning to intermittent fasting. I’m hoping to continue that downward trend you see in the graph to the left. I jumped into…
I cried after my jiu-jitsu class the other night. It was so hard, and I felt defeated. I thought I was getting better. With each class recently, I am starting to see how much I still have to learn. It’s been almost five months since I started training in jiu-jitsu. Looking at it from a…
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Cindy Diehl is passionate about faith and fitness. She helps women achieve their health and fitness goals, while encouraging them in their faith and walk with Jesus.
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