“Failure.” Nobody likes to admit to it. So let’s re-frame: a failure is really just a learning opportunity, a chance to take stock of what doesn’t work and to move forward with what will. It would be fun but fake for me to say that I’m just always perfectly on top of all of my fitness and nutrition goals and that every approach to exercise or eating I’ve ever tried has worked out effortlessly. Let’s just cut through that crap. Instead, I thought it would be worthwhile to share times I’ve gotten off-track with my fitness and/or nutrition goals and what I did to re-group and get back on track (or to change tracks entirely). As per usual, I’ve also made an Instagram video series on this topic (and if you’re not on the ‘gram, the videos also show up on Facebook.)
Here we go with five times I failed had learning opportunities to enhance my ability to stay on track with my fitness and nutrition goals.
You may have heard that “journaling” (keeping a log of your thoughts and/or activities) is a surefire way to succeed in just about any aspect of life. It’s actually described as “the most potent and powerful keystone habit you can acquire” in 
Okay people (ladies & gentlemen, boys and girls…everyone inside AND outside of those categories)…it’s time to get PERSONAL. I’m “pulling back the curtain” to give you a glimpse of the “real” me, to show you just a little bit about Lauren Graham (yes, my real name and NOT of Gilmore Girls fame), the person behind The Golden Graham Girl. (For information on how I picked the name, The Golden Graham Girl, I actually kicked off my blog
YAWWWNNNNN – who’s with me? Call it the summer doldrums (or winter blahs, if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere), call it too many late nights, but I am TIRED with a capital T (all caps, in fact). I can’t chalk it up to extra workouts (hell-O rest days) or crazy parties (I think my last crazy party was around the turn of the millennium – like, seriously, and how fun is it that we can say stuff like that and it’s TRUE?). So I realized that I just have not been getting very good sleep quality lately. And again, crazy as it seems (clearly I’m on the crazy train), I’ve realized that when something is true for me, it’s generally true for a lot of other people as well. I know, I know, we’re all unique butterflies or snowflakes, but it turns out we actually share a lot in common, whether we want to or not. So let’s share these top five tips for improving sleep quality and quantity, shall we? Besides, it’s one of the 
When it comes to managing your weight at a healthy level, it’s not just about food, either. We’ve also talked about 
The Golden Graham Girl 