Define Your Goals!

I've worked pretty hard this week... and my prize for challenging myself? I've lost 2 pounds! Poof, gone, never wanna see them again! :)

I super excited about some of the challenges I have coming up, especially the Beachbody Challenge, which I will definitely be posting about Monday morning to all of you guys ready for it! Reaching our goals, whether they be weight-related or health-related or even just personal or involving work, challenges and contests alone won't help us. We need to DEFINE OUR GOALS.

I want to lose weight. Ok, so that is a goal. However, that isn't a very clear and well-defined goal. I could get sick with the flu, weigh myself 3 days later and have lost weight. It doesn't mean I've met my goal!

I want to look good. Okkk. Makeup and hair can help you "look good." What does that phrase mean to you? It isn't very specific. Define your goals!!!

Here are my goals that I hope to meet through my upcoming challenges:

1. I want to lose 10 pound by working out with Turbo Fire and Chalean Extreme 6 days a week and through healthier, cleaner eating. 
2. I want to write down every little bite, lick, and taste (BLT) I consume to become more aware of what I eat, when and even why. I will track my water and my hunger levels as well.
3. I want to fit comfortably in my Miss Me jeans... no muffin top here!

What are your goals???

Next time... Setting a time to reach your goals.

Fired Up for some Challenges!

First I gotta toot my own horn... I did my Fire 55EZ...and I worked especially hard at putting more power into my jumps and not pausing to take mini-breaks. Yes, I do that sometimes. Shame, shame on me!

Now, I have so many awesome challenges going on! I've decided to start working out after school with some peeps to hold each other accountable and not just go home and plop our hides down on the couch.

I've got a 30-Day Wellness Challenge I'm participating in. Oh, I love winning prizes and hope to win one, but even more than that, I hope that I can make some positive habits form over the next 30 days.

And I have a Turbo Fire group I've joined! And the most exciting of all: Beachbody Challenge!!! Yep, it is that time! I'll be posting lots of good info on that Sunday, so check it out! I would be cool with my fluffy self being up on a billboard if I had a rockin' "after" pic and some dinero in my pocket! Bring it on!

So why all the excitement about these challenges??? They...

1. Us the "buddy system" to help us be accountable to others. It is much more motivating when you know others are looking to you to step up and get on with it! Having others to chat with, share issues with, work out together, and motivate one another is soooo important! Find a friend!

2. Prizes! As if getting in shape and feeling fantabulous isn't enough, the truth is we like winning stuff! Who doesn't? Many challenges use prizes (money or even tiny things, like a t-shirt) to help motivate folks to get off their duffs. It works for me! I may not win money in the BB Challenge, but I will get a blingin' wristband and a t-shirt. I'm cool with that!

There are so many other reasons why you should look to others and join in on challenges, whether they are through social networks, work, or just with your group of friends. Get motivated, share, learn, experience and find success with each other...together! Brilliant! Look for more on challenges and contests to help you get fit and feeling fabulous!

The Before Pics... and an After (scary!)

Ok, guys. This is scary business... I want to post some before pics... Here are a few pics taken before I started Turbo Jam, which will always be my first ever workout program. Gee, I may have to pop it in today just to relive good memories lol!

After doing Turbo Jam for over a year I looked lots better... like this! Yes, it is cheesy but oh well!

I am having my hubby or daughter take some more recent after pics this weekend. And... I need to take some before pics for when I start my Chalean Extreme/Turbo Fire hybrid!!!

Hello My Chocolate Friend!!!

I haven't done so well on my cleanse. It is the ugly truth. I'm not going to lie and say I finished it... I didn't. *sigh*

But I'm moving on and going to keep working on forming my new habits. I have been loving Shakeology for a month now, and I've been working with the Greenberry, trying new recipes and fruit combos, but thanks to my FedEx buddy... Chocolate Shakeology is here now!

Hello, my chocolate friend!!! Dessert for breakfast?! And it will be the healthiest thing I put in my body?! Oh, yesssss.

Chocolate Covered Strawberries Shake (4 WW points)

1 scoop chocolate Shakeology
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 cup fresh strawberries
Ice

Yum!!! Great way to start my day! Workout... I'm thinking Turbo Fire 30 and Tone 30! Bring it on!

Cleanse Crazy!

So here is the deal, peeps. I screwed up my first attempt at the Shakeology 3-Day cleanse. I have since found out, after beating myself up over it, that this happens to a lot of people. Things like this take commitment and take some serious resistance to our old habits. But no sense falling off a horse and walking away forever...just get back on!

I ate a lot of junk on Sunday with my family, and Monday, when I started my cleanse again, I paid for it. I fell off that horse again...only for a day. Yesterday, I hopped back on and cruised through the day without breaking "the rules" or cheating on the plan! No tummy problems, no hunger, no fatigue... I felt high energy and just great in general. I'm considering that DAY 1 due to the Monday snafu.

Today is DAY 2 of the cleanse. I'm feeling positive and determined to make this work. I have some friends who are doing it too, and the "buddy system" really helps! I can't wait to get back to you with the results! Off to my beloved blender and bag of Shakeology!

UPDATE: I went out of town yesterday and ended up at Subway...where I enjoyed Oven-Roasted Chicken with tons of veggies. And the bread. So I messed up a bit there. Even so, that is ok. Then an upsetting event happened (lets just say I got puffy-eyed big time), and I did a bad, bad thing. I told myself I didn't care. I told myself it didn't matter. I told myself I deserved happiness in a Sonic bag. Only problem is... happiness doesn't come in a Sonic bag, folks. And I knew that!

I won't dwell on my eating catastrophe, but, rather, I will point out a positive... I didn't eat it all. I threw out half of the cream slush. I ate only 2/3 of the Chicago dog. I gingerly ate only 1/2 of the tots. The old me would have woofed it all down. I didn't. And that is still important because it shows I have grown some. I am making progress. Sometimes that is what we need to do. Look at positives even within the negatives. There is always, always something...even if it is small.