WEEK 2 MOTIVATION: Peita Hillman

Debbie spoke to Peita – one of her lovely Beauty of Exercise members – about the Working-IN program and how’s it’s benefiting her health and wellbeing…

1. Feeling good from the inside out

Working-IN to me means looking after your all of your needs for wellbeing, most of us have the physical training side working well but could use a little help with feeling good from the inside out with training for our minds, relaxation and improving our nutrition and wellness. Working-IN offers balance with so many different classes to choose from and helpful guidance from a team of experts.

2. Spending time on myself and nurturing my body with yoga

Alongside my regular running training with Debbie at Beauty of Exercise I was really keen to try a yoga class with Alethea at The Wellbeing Studio. I hadn’t been to a yoga class for a while and really missed how good it makes your body and mind feel. The studio is a relaxing, calm environment and suitable for all levels. Alethea demonstrates easy and more challenging versions of each pose and we did some amazing hip and gluteal stretches – a must for all the runners out there! Alethea explained the benefits of yoga include purging toxins from the body and centring yourself and your breathing really assists more strenuous training. Spending an hour or so on yourself and treating your body to some nurturing is something I will really look forward to every week!

3. Being inspired by the amazing selection of wholefoods at Scoop

Those who know me are aware I am a really keen cook and mad foodie so I was really excited to pop into Scoop Wholefoods in Mona Vale, especially after I saw that nut butter machine on the Week 1 video! The shop smells amazing and has every health food item you could need beautifully arranged in tubs so you help yourself to paper bags, scoop out as little or as much as you need of organic, fresh nuts, seeds, grains, flours and even delectable chocolates, jot the product code on the bag and take them to the register to be weighed. As a Working-IN member you are entitled to a 10% discount too! I picked up some of my favourites such as coconut flakes, almond meal and peanut butter and also some Coconut Kefir to try – it’s delicious!

4. Guidance and advice on both training AND nutrition

The most valuable part of the program for me is the continued guidance and advice in working on areas of my training and nutrition I would like to improve. The focus on food as fuel and getting as many nutrients out of what I am eating is really important to me to stay well, fuel my training and hopefully lose some more weight so I am looking forward to more recipes, advice on good food for runners and tips to feel great. I am hoping to achieve more balance between physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing, working on positive thinking whilst running and making time for yoga, stretching and meditation on a weekly basis.