Hannah Lynn Fitness

Hi there! Only 21 more days until Christmas!! As it's still the beginning of December, I wanted to write down some goals/ habits/ intentions I have for this month. I shared this on my Instagram story (@littlehannahh_) but I want to go a little more in depth on here! 1.) Devote time to digging into God's Word each and everyday!! I want to make sure that I SET ASIDE TIME to not only read God's word each day, but to really study and apply His truths. It's so easy for me to get distracted by worldly wisdom and random advice, but I need to stand firm on what is really true. The best way to do that is to be continually immersed in the TRUTH. That word gets thrown around a lot these days, but truth is something that is of and belongs to God alone. I want and need to center my thinking and habits and decisions around what HE says! 2.) Read instead of TV This has been on my mind for like ever now, but separating the sofa from the TV has kind of forced this habit on me! ...

Hello beautiful people 😊 As I am diving a little deeper into working more on social media, I'm realizing that I don't just want to share fitness and health advice with you! I want to do that, but I also want to talk about living a truly totally healthy and fulfilling life (founded on Christ alone, but there's so much we can do to live our best life!) On top of that, I want to get real and personal with you all... not in a weird way but just sharing more of my life with you guys! I reallyyyyy appreciate all your love and support, and I'm starting to realize that people do in fact care about my life and thoughts and ideas. And it's fun 😉 Anyways, since volleyball has ended, I have been working after school. This means my day is go go go from 7 am to 7 pm. And I'm pooped!! Really the last thing I want to do when I get home is go expend even more energy for a workout. I just want to flop on the couch and watch TV. So healthy I know 🙄 I am trying to balance s...

Happy Wednesday guys 😊 So I don't know if you have read my last post , but you should!! 😉 This one might make a tad more sense! Anyways, instead of always writing about fitness and nutrition, I want to go a little bit deeper than that. I want to talk about how you can use the tools you gain from leading a healthy life, and live a truly fulfilling life. And that is ultimately found in Christ. But that doesn't just mean reading your Bible 24/7 and only playing worship music. While spending time in the Bible and worshipping God through song are major components to a full life, that's not all there is! God created us to worship Him. To live for Him. And you know what? God is glorified, honored, and blessed through so much more than music. He's is blessed by us using the gifts HE gave us; by being in community with people; by living to our fullest potential ordained by God; by loving other people; by having meaningful relationships; by choosing joy; by laughing with ot...

Hi everybody! As usual, life gets busy and the blog gets quiet. But now that volleyball is over, I have got some more "free" time on my hands. In the midst of balancing school, work, exercise, nutrition, homework, family, and friends, I am trying to figure out what I'm going to do with the rest of my life. I have a very abstract dream of what my life looks like after high school. And as a senior, it's time to hammer out the nitty gritty details- as much as I can, since life does have a funny way of changing ;) I've known for a long while now that I have a passion for fitness. For health. To work for myself. To inspire and influence people. To help others to become the best version of themselves. To teach others, and remind myself, of the importance of m i n d s e t in regards to every aspect of life. And to somehow coherently combine all of this to point back to God. To our Wonderful Creator who has given us all these tools and opportunities. Who is glorified b...

Hello everyone! Gosh it's been a while since I've been on here! But I am back to follow up on this Fat Loss Series I'm doing- and today I wanted to talk about what really is fat.  Fats are made of something called triglycerides, and all triglycerides are not equal! These fatty acids determine whether something is a liquid or a solid (at room temperature). It's solidity roughly equals how good or bad it is for you. Triglycerides have different lengths and types of bonds. A single bond makes up what we call saturated fat. 1+ double bonds are responsible for unsaturated fats. Saturated fats, in excess is bad for you, while unsaturated fats are known as the "good" fats! However, there is more to unsaturated fats than that! Unsaturated fats are made of both "trans" fats and "cis" fats. While cis and trans fats have the same exact components or "building blocks," they are arranged differently and have very different affects on yo...

Hello my friends! The last post was going over some of the basics of calories. Today is focused on fat loss, and how calories figure into that picture. So, we have learned that there is a balanced equation when it comes to calories: calories in vs calories out (Check out the last post if you haven't read it already!). To gain weight, you need to eat more calories than you burn, and to lose weight, you must eat less calories than you burn. But is there all there is to this? Yes and no. When it comes down to it, yes.  You need to be eating less calories than you burn to lose weight. Plain and simple. But, there are so many different factors that can affect how your body burns and uses calories. This is where hormones are a huge part of weight loss. Not only do hormones affect you mentally, but can also physically mess with how your body uses the food you give it (think insulin). Another thing happens along the weight loss journey as well. Your metabolism "slows down,...