CosBeauty Magazine #81

Feature
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FHIT by Lauren Hannaford
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lofty long-term goals.
‘I always say think about how
you’ll feel afterwards, how you’ll
feel once the workout is done. You
might be puffed out or it might be a
difficult workout to do, but you feel
invigorated from it. It’s almost like
the more energy you expend, the
more energy you feel you’ve got. You
feel that classic endorphin rush.
‘Have your goals, but break it
down, make it shorter term. You’re
not necessarily turning up because
you’ve got a goal that’s at the end
of the month or end of the year.
Literally turn up because of how the
end of your workout yesterday made
you feel and come back the next day
for that same feeling.’
Interestingly, while so many of us
adopt the latest fitness offering with
the rather superficial goal of weight
loss, as we proceed on our fitness
journeys Lauren has noticed how the
focus is inclined to shift to something
far more important, but much more
difficult to explain.
‘The thing that I love the most is
that before people even talk about
losing the baby weight or being down
two dress sizes, they always say how
it makes them feel,’ Lauren reveals.
‘You turn up for something because
of the emotional connection to it.
People always write to say, “I love
doing my FHIT workout, it makes me
feel so good,” or “Before I know it my
15 minutes is over and I just want to
keep going”. Then they say, “And I’ve
lost my baby weight”.
‘It is exactly my intention that
weight loss is not the main focus
and that they keep turning up for
how the workout makes them
feel. They feel energised, they feel
encouraged, they feel motivated and
they’ve lost weight.’
Having long been inundated with
messages about weight loss, Lauren’s
perspective seems refreshingly
forward thinking. By transitioning
our intentions from how we look to
how we feel, perhaps we could unlock
a more enjoyable relationship with
fitness, one where weight loss, where
appropriate, becomes a happy side
effect of genuine healthful living.
In one sense this idea seems almost
radical. Yet in another, it feels just
right. CBM
15, 30 and 45 minute
guided workouts with high and
low intensity options
No equipment required
Weekly meal guides,
nutritional advice and
healthy recipes
Personalised fitness testing
Mindfulness advice
and exercises
Access to the Facebook
FHIT community.
FHIT membership
costs $10.95 per week.
For more information visit
www.laurenhannaford.com.au.
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