I don't enjoy coaching people to lose weight. The food obsession, the scale obsession, the progress photo obsession- it's not my cup of tea.

I absolutely love helping people become consistent with mornings, meals, and movement.

Focusing on weight loss never works long-term.

And it...

At first, the journal was simple and doable.

And then I added too much, made it really complicated, and didn't stick with it.

And then I came back, simplified it, and stuck with it.

And you know what? It has changed my life.

Taking action with this simple journal every day has changed my life.

I...

I was going to create a new page so I could post all of my demonstrations on how to use The Big 5 + 1 Motivational Journal, and then I realized I had something already.

This blog. I forgot this blog existed. 

At one point, I was so embarrassed about my old writing that I...

Ok, so you want to find balance between the two extremes, but you're not really sure how to...

Chances are you arrived to today's blog because you've been really extreme with food in two ways.

Extreme 1: You've been really neglectful with food. You've overeaten processed + fun foods...

Lots of people think healthy eating = never eating sweets.

So when they DO have a cookie, they think they did something wrong, and a switch flips.

"I just ate a cookie. I wasn't supposed to do that. I already messed up my healthy eating plan. I'm just going keep eating,...

Hey! It's been a while since I've blogged! (Says every blogger when they start blogging again!) March was crazy with Paul's dad passing, Jameson getting sick with Old Dog Syndrome, and us getting a call to go get our vaccinations while Jameson was a mess! 

In April and May, I decided...

Hey! Hi! Super excited to talk about today's topic because I know a lot of people struggle with consistency when it comes to working out after work. But morning workouts seem like a drag. But evening workouts aren't happening... ugh.... 

Let's talk about the BEST time to workout.

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Hey! Just wanted to say thanks for reading my rambling. Hope it's helpful!

So this morning, on my walk with my husband, we found ourselves in a dumb argument. Literally 10 steps out the door. Ok, whatever. Let it go. Keep on walking.

A few more steps- another one. 

Turn the...

Hey! It's a week day, and I am back for a new blog post!

Fun fact: I started my first, first blog when I was in high school, I had another lame one when I was in college, and then I started www.jaclynricchio.com in 2016, right when we were leaving Chicago for Atlanta and I had left...