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She’s A Mizzfit

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Interview by Lina Fletcher
Photography by Caitlin Mitchell

Ever wished you could wear your favorite pair of yoga pants to work? Bianca Jade did…and now does. Once managing a successful career in advertising, Bianca turned her favorite hour of the day, her workout, into a full-time job. Now the go-to expert on fitness and fashion, Bianca, a.k.a Mizzfit, stylizes sportswear brands, tests new fitness trends, speaks on national TV shows, and motivates women everywhere to “break a sweat and look good doing it!”

Many of us juggling home and career consider gym time a luxury. What would you say to the woman who feels too busy to work out? 

The key is to schedule your  week in advance. That’s what I do. I sit down every Sunday night and look at my calendar for the week ahead and find 1 hour in every day from Monday to the following Sunday where I can fit in a workout. Whether it’s a studio fitness class, meeting up with a friend for a jog, or something more restorative and relaxing like yoga, I find the time. It’s really the only way to do it because if you leave fitness as your last priority, it always gets pushed to the end of your to-do list that day. I use the iCal calendar on my computer and once it’s logged and scheduled, there’s no turning back. It’s happening.

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Q&A with Diane Cu

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Words by Megan Smith
Photography by Diane Cu

Biggest fear as a businesswoman?

Speaking up for myself without hurting anyone’s feelings when I say “no.”
I often have to make important decisions every hour (sometimes it feels like every minute) of the day and I can’t always say “yes.” Ultimately, I’ll have to turn down an opportunity or turn down something I’d love to work on because I know that it’s not necessarily going to be in my best interest or because I just don’t have the time.
I don’t have issues with saying no, but sometimes the hardest part for me is explaining why, so that there’s no misunderstanding. I always want those folks to know that just because I respond with “no,” it doesn’t mean that I’m a bad person or that we can’t be friends.

Biggest sense of accomplishment as a businesswoman?

My biggest sense of accomplishment in business is making time to live a normal life.
It has always been very important to me to be able to put all my work aside at the end of the day and spend quality time with Todd, my family and dear friends. For many years in my early career, I was so driven and focused on growing my business, expanding my client base and leveraging more opportunities that I forgot how lovely it was to just have a sane home life.

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