Hi friends! Hope you had a fabulous weekend! I had a stellar weekend! My Saturday started off bright and early meeting up with some of my favorite bloggers for the first ever A Healthy U Conference.
A Healthy U was created by Kimberly from Manifest Yourself, Nellie from Brooklyn Active Mama and Cassandre from Losing in the City. I already knew that these ladies were amazing bloggers but I was absolutely floored by the conference they put together. The event was completely sold out and the energy in the room was amazing!
The day started out with an intro from Nellie. She got the crowd excited with her announcement of the panels, sponsors and giiiiiivveawaaaaays! She had this amazing giveaway voice that made me want whatever she was giving away!
The first panel of the day was called It’s All Connected and was about the mind, body and soul connection when it comes to getting fit. The panel was moderated by Kimberly and consisted of:
This panel had some great insight on how the mind/body connection affects your commitment to a healthy lifestyle. Some great tips:
The second panel was called Eat Healthy Today, which had tools, tips and tricks to help you on your healthy eating journey. This panel was moderated by Cassandre and made up of:
I was super exited for this panel because I am always interested in learning more about nutrition since I think there is often a lot of misinformation out there. There were some great takeaways from this panel including:
After the panels the groups split up for yoga or Zumba and then lunch. I had to leave a little early to make it to another event I had signed up for (more on that later!), but I hear that the classes and lunch were crazy awesome! I wish I could have stayed!
Oh an my favorite part of the day? Seeing these lovely ladies!
Bloggers are the best people ever. I honestly have never met a group of more supportive, nice and generally awesome group of women. Plus, all these mommas let me prattle on forever about my big news and were more than happy to offer me useful advice and encouragement. It meant a lot to me since the first baby is an exciting and scary journey all at the same time.
Thank you so much to Nellie, Kimberly and Cassandre for hosting such an awesome event! It was so much fun and I learned so much!
Readers, what fitness trends do you think everyone should get on board with or avoid? What’s your best nutrition tip? Zumba or yoga?
Lisa @ Lulu's Big Adventure
May 11, 2014I love listening to the advice of my dietician – they have such wise words. There are no “good” and “bad” foods, what is a proper serving size, etc. Sounds like a great conference!
FitBritt
May 19, 2014I know! We need to take the emotions out of food!
Holly
May 11, 2014The tips are sensible and true!! The one about don’t eat something if it did not exist 100 years ago made me take pause! I need to post these tips upon the refrigerator and cabinet door!
FitBritt
May 19, 2014Yes! They are great tips!
Nicole
May 12, 2014Looks like a fun event! Not that it’s a trend, but one fitness suggestion that I love is to sweat daily. Whether it’s spinning, running, walking, doing Zumba, yoga, hiking, or whatever your heart desires, the idea is to move daily and break a sweat.
FitBritt
May 19, 2014Yes! Completely agree! i try to move every day, even if it is just a little yoga or stretching or foam rolling.
Nellie @ Brooklyn Active Mama
May 12, 2014Ahhh thank you so much for the amazing blog post about the conference! We were so happy to have you. Thank you for taking such copious notes too because I certainly didn’t get to 🙂 Excuse me while I share this every where 😉
FitBritt
May 19, 2014It was such a great event Nellie! You did an amazing job putting it together!
Davida @ The Healthy Maven
May 12, 2014I love that 100 years ago food tip! I totally agree! Plus it’s way more feasible that paleo which excludes grains and I am SO not down with that!
FitBritt
May 19, 2014Definitely! It is basically making you stop and think about processed foods!
Cassandre Charles
May 12, 2014A million thanks for attending, supporting and for this beautiful recap of A Healthy U. I so appreciate you and this was a great recap to wake up to this morning. Made my day!
FitBritt
May 19, 2014You did such an amazing job putting it together Cassandre! 🙂
Cailee Joy @ http://www.hellohealthyeating.com
May 12, 2014Wow!! This looks amazing!! your schedule looks so fun! …and it looks like you had a blast!! 🙂
FitBritt
May 19, 2014It was a great event and really fun to see blogger friends!
Jaclyn @ BumpSweat
May 12, 2014I’d have to disagree with the tip about avoiding CrossFit. Yes, there’s bad coaches out there but also good ones who are sticklers for technique and gradually increasing your weights as strength builds. You just have to look for that, ask questions, and listen to your body… just like with any style of workout you’re learning. I love CF-style workouts, because you’re rarely doing the same workouts over and over again, so people don’t get bored and give up.
FitBritt
May 19, 2014I think what Matthew was saying was to approach CrossFit with caution if you are beginner and not get caught up in the hype because the model is to use heavier weights and is very much dependent on good form. I don’t think he was saying don’t do it or it is not effective, just be careful and seek guidance if you are interested.
Kimberly (Manifest Yourself)
May 12, 2014Thanks, Brittany for sharing this recap! I absolutely love it and we were so happy to see you there. xoxoxox
FitBritt
May 19, 2014It was such a great event! You did an amazing job putting it together!
Megan @ The Skinny-Life
May 12, 2014This looks like a great conference! I love all the nutrition tips. I’m always interested in hearing those. I think the gluten-free trend is one people should be careful with. Just because something says it’s gluten free doesn’t automatically make it healthy. One nutritional tip I have is to eat breakfast everyday.
FitBritt
May 19, 2014Totally agree! We have an awesome gluten free bakery near me and everything looks (and tastes) so delicious but that is because it is still loaded with other things that are not exactly healthy!
Karen - Fit in France
May 12, 2014Stop eating when you are no longer hungry is a great tip. I have heard about stopping when you are 80% full but the no longer hungry is a different perspective. I like it ! Looks like it was a good time and informative. I feel we can always learn something….
FitBritt
May 19, 2014The woman who gave that tip to stop eating when you are no longer hungry actually said it came from France. So maybe you will hear it again!
Lauren @ Focused To Be Fit
May 12, 2014Another fun event — I want to come with you next time – haha!!
FitBritt
May 19, 2014I know! I wish I could meet all bloggers!
Carla
May 12, 2014This sounds like such a wonderful event! They had some awesome speakers too. I love this tip “If the food didn’t exist 100 years ago, don’t eat it.”
FitBritt
May 19, 2014I know, right!? I had never thought of that before but it would really eliminate a lot of processed foods.
Melanie @ Happy Being Healthy
May 12, 2014That sounds like such a fun conference full of so much information! I love, love, love all of those healthy tips!
FitBritt
May 19, 2014They were pretty great! The nutrition tips were my fav!
Allie
May 13, 2014It was truly so great meeting you and the event itself was awesome!!! I hope we get more opportunities to meet up and have fun 🙂
FitBritt
May 19, 2014Me too Allie! I had so much fun hanging out with you!
Kim
May 13, 2014Oh – I loved reading about this!! I would have loved to attend this event because I love Nellie!! So cool that you got to meet Allie and Carly (I think maybe y’all have already met though).
Sounds like an incredible day!!
FitBritt
May 19, 2014It was pretty awesome! I love having the opportunity to hang with bloggers and meet other health enthusiasts.