After I learned and got the amazing opportunity to experience Zija for myself, I immediately started thinking of all my friends and family who could possibly benefit from this amazing nutrition.
Besides my parents, the first person that came to my mind was my sister n law, who is more like a sister to me.
Because of her amazing transformation, I asked her to join me on this blog and share her story too. I have no doubt she will touch even more lives, especially women, than even I can. Her story absolutely amazes me and even brings me to tears. What she's gone through is phenominal. Who she was versus who she is now are two totally different people.
With that, I have asked her to join me and share her amazing transformation. So she will be posting her story along with me and mine. I truly hope and pray we can affect others with this. I hope and pray with this we will be able to impact and guide others to realize their true potential at a better, healthier life.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
A new journey
Now that I've brought my blog up to speed, I'd like to share my story about how Zija has changed my life and my kid's lives.
My previous posts talk about my struggles with weight and PMDD along with all the changes I had made that didn't do much do stop these only supressed them. My son was struggling with behavioral issues and having trouble staying focused and retaining information at school. He was in trouble a lot. He and I could not communicate. His daddy and him did not have the best relationship because it was mostly negative discussion, nothing against my husband but more our son really not caring about his actions and not thinking before acting or speaking. He didn't really care about his school work so his didn't put a lot of time or effort into it. He and I had horrible home work experiences. He broke down into temper tantrums a lot. He lost his self control over silly stuff. He would literally break down and throw a fit, slam things around and go crazy over me telling him a problem was incorrect. Life was tough. Tack on my hormonal issues and we have a recipe for disaster. It was horrible. Something had to change and fast.
In my last post I talked about my recent switch to Zija. Now I want to share my story about how Zija has changed all of those struggles for me and helped me in ways I never thought was possible. I also would like to share how it's changed my son in ways I thought were impossible.
From the date I started, 11/28/12, to now, I'm down a total of 10lbs. YAY!! I feel so much better, I'm clearer minded, I feel less stressed, I have energy again, I don't feel hungry all the time, my sugar levels are more controlled, I wish I could list everything but I'm sure I'm missing somethiing. My son is a totally different child. Home work is so much easier these days. We can communicate. His attitude towards everything is so much better. He actually cares about his grades in school. He gets agravated and mad, who doesn't some times, but he can control himself. No more fits. As a matter of fact, the last parent/teacher conference I had a few weeks back was the best one in 3 years. That's right 3 years. Why? Because his teacher told me he is the most improved child in her class. My child who had major behavioral issues back before Christmas is now the most improved child in class. WOW.
Before Zija, my son had what the school system call an I.E.P. Basically an assistant from the special education dept. would come in his classroom and help any child who struggled with attention or understanding their lessons. This I.E.P. he is assigned comes over to him if he needs help reading a question or she would explain what the question meant so he could answer it correctly. He also had a lot of modifications in class. If his math test had 30 questions on it, he may only have to 20. And so on.
At the parent/teacher conference I was also told his modifications were being cut down. Now the only time he has anyone help him is if he asks for it. And even then, it is very little. He is doing most of his work on his own and very little is being taken away as far as the amount of work he is being asked to do. So far, he is handling it great. Before he would be sent out in the hall with his I.E.P. to take tests so they would be read aloud to him and other students in need without disrupting the rest of the class. Now, he is staying in the classroom and reading the tests to himself. I call that a huge success.
At this conference when she told me these awesome advancements in his progress I specifically ask her when she notices these changes. She told me right before Christmas. HELLO ZIJA :) There is not doubt for either of us, Zija has saved our lives.
So now I am sharing my story to anyone and everyone who will give me the time. That is why I'm updating this blog. I want to share my story with the world one person or a thousand at a time which ever happens.
I know there are many out there who could read these posts and shake their heads in agreement and relate to much of what I'm posting. That is why sharing this is so important to me. I know many more could be affected by this.
I plan to continue to share. This blog is now going to be my continued journey into better health and wealth for myself and my family. I want to help as many as I can by sharing my story.
My previous posts talk about my struggles with weight and PMDD along with all the changes I had made that didn't do much do stop these only supressed them. My son was struggling with behavioral issues and having trouble staying focused and retaining information at school. He was in trouble a lot. He and I could not communicate. His daddy and him did not have the best relationship because it was mostly negative discussion, nothing against my husband but more our son really not caring about his actions and not thinking before acting or speaking. He didn't really care about his school work so his didn't put a lot of time or effort into it. He and I had horrible home work experiences. He broke down into temper tantrums a lot. He lost his self control over silly stuff. He would literally break down and throw a fit, slam things around and go crazy over me telling him a problem was incorrect. Life was tough. Tack on my hormonal issues and we have a recipe for disaster. It was horrible. Something had to change and fast.
In my last post I talked about my recent switch to Zija. Now I want to share my story about how Zija has changed all of those struggles for me and helped me in ways I never thought was possible. I also would like to share how it's changed my son in ways I thought were impossible.
From the date I started, 11/28/12, to now, I'm down a total of 10lbs. YAY!! I feel so much better, I'm clearer minded, I feel less stressed, I have energy again, I don't feel hungry all the time, my sugar levels are more controlled, I wish I could list everything but I'm sure I'm missing somethiing. My son is a totally different child. Home work is so much easier these days. We can communicate. His attitude towards everything is so much better. He actually cares about his grades in school. He gets agravated and mad, who doesn't some times, but he can control himself. No more fits. As a matter of fact, the last parent/teacher conference I had a few weeks back was the best one in 3 years. That's right 3 years. Why? Because his teacher told me he is the most improved child in her class. My child who had major behavioral issues back before Christmas is now the most improved child in class. WOW.
Before Zija, my son had what the school system call an I.E.P. Basically an assistant from the special education dept. would come in his classroom and help any child who struggled with attention or understanding their lessons. This I.E.P. he is assigned comes over to him if he needs help reading a question or she would explain what the question meant so he could answer it correctly. He also had a lot of modifications in class. If his math test had 30 questions on it, he may only have to 20. And so on.
At the parent/teacher conference I was also told his modifications were being cut down. Now the only time he has anyone help him is if he asks for it. And even then, it is very little. He is doing most of his work on his own and very little is being taken away as far as the amount of work he is being asked to do. So far, he is handling it great. Before he would be sent out in the hall with his I.E.P. to take tests so they would be read aloud to him and other students in need without disrupting the rest of the class. Now, he is staying in the classroom and reading the tests to himself. I call that a huge success.
At this conference when she told me these awesome advancements in his progress I specifically ask her when she notices these changes. She told me right before Christmas. HELLO ZIJA :) There is not doubt for either of us, Zija has saved our lives.
So now I am sharing my story to anyone and everyone who will give me the time. That is why I'm updating this blog. I want to share my story with the world one person or a thousand at a time which ever happens.
I know there are many out there who could read these posts and shake their heads in agreement and relate to much of what I'm posting. That is why sharing this is so important to me. I know many more could be affected by this.
I plan to continue to share. This blog is now going to be my continued journey into better health and wealth for myself and my family. I want to help as many as I can by sharing my story.
Lots of changes
If you go back to my last post, I talked a lot about being fed up with my weight struggles and fatigue even while using Shakeology and trying my best to exercise with Beachbody's programs. I finally got to the point where I just gave up. I gave up my fight and being a Beachbody coach. I realized my body was messed up beyond what I could do to help it alone. I needed to make some major changes and what I was doing was not working. The herbs I was taking were helping control some of the symptoms, I was feeling some better, but when I looked at my counter, I was taking a TON of herbs every day. Not only was that a lot to deal with, but it was very expensive. So I came to a cross road. I had a major decision to make.
November 20 I heard about something new. A very trustworthy, highly successful Beachbody coach friend of mine had announced she was leaving Beachbody for another company. I was SHOCKED. I had never heard of it, but if she had switched it had to be good. Not only that but I knew where she came from, I knew some of her struggles. We had a lot in common. She talked about some of the succes she had with it very early on. So I proceeded to ask her questions.
On November 28 I decided to meet with my friend and talk to her about her success and what she had done. While I was there, while she was sharing her story, I found out about a company called Zija. After hearing her amazing success not only with the products but with the company, I wanted to know more, I wanted to know what it could do for me. If she had such amazing success so quickly, maybe it would help me. Nothing else really had, so why not try something totally different.
On that day I purchased what is called a 4 day fitpack. This is Zija's weight management system. I got the instructions and decided to give the energy drink a try. This was about 12:30 in the afternoon and I was crashing hard, like I had been. I needed this kick. I always carry a bottle of water with me. I poured an orange packet called XM+ into my water and shook it up. It only takes me about 12 minutes to get home from her house. On my way home, not even finished with the drink yet, I began to feel awake, alert, alive. I was shocked to say the least. Could it really be this drink? No way, not this fast, nothing EVER works this fast.
By the time I got home, I felt so good I got so excited. I hadn't felt this good in years. I couldn't believe it. So I sent my friend a text asking her if this is what she feels every day when she drinks it. Her response was, LOL Yes, I told you it works. WOW!! I can feel like this every day??
On this day, not only did I purchase a 4 day fitpack for me, but I also went ahead and purchased a week of the nutrition drink for my oldest son, who was suffering from behavioral issues and attention problems at school. I gave it to him as soon as he got home from school. Again, within a couple of days I noticed his attitude changing. Every day I gave it to him I noticed more and more changes in him. I was so excited, not only is this working for me, but it's also working for him. Words can not describe how relieved and excited I was. Finally, something is actually helping. SWEET!!
After 4 days I lost 2 lbs. I know that's not much, but the best part was, I broke the plateau I had dealt with for 8 months prior. So to me, that was great. I decided to see what another 4 days would do for both, my son and me. So I went back and got more. I didn't lose any weight during those 4 days, but I kept the 2lbs. I prevously lost off, and I felt great. That to me was success. On top of my success, my son was doing so much better. We were all noticing changes in him.
At that point we had both been using Zija for 8 days and getting great responses from it. I then thought, well, if 8 days does this, what a full month do. Talking to my friend about how to get this for a month, the business opportunity was presented to me. My very first thought was, my husband will kill me. This would be the 4th network marketing company I had been with. He's going to say no way, not another one. Every other company I had tried to sell with didn't work, why would this one be any different. I continued to talk with my friend and shared all of these fears with her. Oh and on top of these fears, Christmas was only a few weeks away. How on earth am I going to do this? This is the worse timing. I just can't. But I want this so much for both of us and I'm tired of having to get it from her every week. I want my own. For the first time in 2 years, I finally have my very own personal success story. That's huge. I did a TON of praying.
On the evening of December 15, my husband was working the night shift. So that night before I went to bed I prayed so very hard and poured my heart, fears and wants out to God begging Him to guide me.
The morning of Dec. 16th, I woke up so excited. I just felt so a huge pull and almost a relief, I'm just going to do this. So I became a Zija distributor and it was the best decision I've ever made, well when it comes to business and making money.
November 20 I heard about something new. A very trustworthy, highly successful Beachbody coach friend of mine had announced she was leaving Beachbody for another company. I was SHOCKED. I had never heard of it, but if she had switched it had to be good. Not only that but I knew where she came from, I knew some of her struggles. We had a lot in common. She talked about some of the succes she had with it very early on. So I proceeded to ask her questions.
On November 28 I decided to meet with my friend and talk to her about her success and what she had done. While I was there, while she was sharing her story, I found out about a company called Zija. After hearing her amazing success not only with the products but with the company, I wanted to know more, I wanted to know what it could do for me. If she had such amazing success so quickly, maybe it would help me. Nothing else really had, so why not try something totally different.
On that day I purchased what is called a 4 day fitpack. This is Zija's weight management system. I got the instructions and decided to give the energy drink a try. This was about 12:30 in the afternoon and I was crashing hard, like I had been. I needed this kick. I always carry a bottle of water with me. I poured an orange packet called XM+ into my water and shook it up. It only takes me about 12 minutes to get home from her house. On my way home, not even finished with the drink yet, I began to feel awake, alert, alive. I was shocked to say the least. Could it really be this drink? No way, not this fast, nothing EVER works this fast.
By the time I got home, I felt so good I got so excited. I hadn't felt this good in years. I couldn't believe it. So I sent my friend a text asking her if this is what she feels every day when she drinks it. Her response was, LOL Yes, I told you it works. WOW!! I can feel like this every day??
On this day, not only did I purchase a 4 day fitpack for me, but I also went ahead and purchased a week of the nutrition drink for my oldest son, who was suffering from behavioral issues and attention problems at school. I gave it to him as soon as he got home from school. Again, within a couple of days I noticed his attitude changing. Every day I gave it to him I noticed more and more changes in him. I was so excited, not only is this working for me, but it's also working for him. Words can not describe how relieved and excited I was. Finally, something is actually helping. SWEET!!
After 4 days I lost 2 lbs. I know that's not much, but the best part was, I broke the plateau I had dealt with for 8 months prior. So to me, that was great. I decided to see what another 4 days would do for both, my son and me. So I went back and got more. I didn't lose any weight during those 4 days, but I kept the 2lbs. I prevously lost off, and I felt great. That to me was success. On top of my success, my son was doing so much better. We were all noticing changes in him.
At that point we had both been using Zija for 8 days and getting great responses from it. I then thought, well, if 8 days does this, what a full month do. Talking to my friend about how to get this for a month, the business opportunity was presented to me. My very first thought was, my husband will kill me. This would be the 4th network marketing company I had been with. He's going to say no way, not another one. Every other company I had tried to sell with didn't work, why would this one be any different. I continued to talk with my friend and shared all of these fears with her. Oh and on top of these fears, Christmas was only a few weeks away. How on earth am I going to do this? This is the worse timing. I just can't. But I want this so much for both of us and I'm tired of having to get it from her every week. I want my own. For the first time in 2 years, I finally have my very own personal success story. That's huge. I did a TON of praying.
On the evening of December 15, my husband was working the night shift. So that night before I went to bed I prayed so very hard and poured my heart, fears and wants out to God begging Him to guide me.
The morning of Dec. 16th, I woke up so excited. I just felt so a huge pull and almost a relief, I'm just going to do this. So I became a Zija distributor and it was the best decision I've ever made, well when it comes to business and making money.
Monday, April 16, 2012
PMDD update
In a previous post I believe I mentioned that I suffer from PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder). Basically a fancy word for SEVERE PMS. One of the symptoms that I have been struggling with for a while now even with Shakeology and all of the nuritional changes I've made is fatigue. This has killed many of my workout efforts. I've tried many different ways to get natural energy to help me workout including many pre workout drinks. Some have helped some, but only to a point.
Being fed up with this, I starting asking around. I can't take this anymore, I'm done feeling like crap and having no energy for 1-2 weeks 2+ weeks before my cycle events starts. Now that's ridiculous. I took a trip to my local Vitamin Shoppe and started telling my story to the manager there I have grown close to and very much trust. She, being a women, knew just how to help me. She recommended me try a progestrone cream. The first few days I felt nothing, as a matter of fact at one point I even called back to complain about how tired I was. I almost felt worse than I did before taking it. I was worried that my body was responding opposite of what it was suppose to do. They talked me into trying it for a few more days.
Into my 2nd week of using it, all of the suddent I noticed one day I wasn't feeling as bad. It wasn't this immediate WOW.. okay let's run a marathon, feeling, but more of just relief. I realized I wasn't so tired anymore and actually wanted to do stuff around the house. I felt the need to do my workouts. I felt calm, at peace, an over all feeling of well-being. After the 2nd full week, it dawned on me how much the cream really did work.
Let me also throw in there, a couple of weeks before that, I had ordered and started a pre-workout powder from Beachbody called Energy & Endurance. I also started 2 supplements one called Slimming Formula and the other is Performance Formula. I felt like a million bucks. I was pushing harder through my workouts, I'm loosing body fat, I feel amazing.
The only downside to taking a progestrone cream is that you have to stop using it on the first day of your cycle. Then you have to wait until after your cycle to restart it. So now I've not been able to use it for the past 3-5 days now. I'm already feeling the affects from not using it. Today I have felt really tired and not had the energy to really do much.
I promised my team I would join them today, Monday, starting Chalene's Chalean Extreme program. A promise is a promise. I couldn't let me down. So I cook my E&E, slimming formula and performance formula and within 30 minutes I was raring to go. WOOHOO. Great workout. I couldn't stand it any longer so I started the progestrone cream again today. I'm looking forward to getting my mojo back. Day 2 coming tomorrow. I can't wait to see what happens after this 90 day program.
Being fed up with this, I starting asking around. I can't take this anymore, I'm done feeling like crap and having no energy for 1-2 weeks 2+ weeks before my cycle events starts. Now that's ridiculous. I took a trip to my local Vitamin Shoppe and started telling my story to the manager there I have grown close to and very much trust. She, being a women, knew just how to help me. She recommended me try a progestrone cream. The first few days I felt nothing, as a matter of fact at one point I even called back to complain about how tired I was. I almost felt worse than I did before taking it. I was worried that my body was responding opposite of what it was suppose to do. They talked me into trying it for a few more days.
Into my 2nd week of using it, all of the suddent I noticed one day I wasn't feeling as bad. It wasn't this immediate WOW.. okay let's run a marathon, feeling, but more of just relief. I realized I wasn't so tired anymore and actually wanted to do stuff around the house. I felt the need to do my workouts. I felt calm, at peace, an over all feeling of well-being. After the 2nd full week, it dawned on me how much the cream really did work.
Let me also throw in there, a couple of weeks before that, I had ordered and started a pre-workout powder from Beachbody called Energy & Endurance. I also started 2 supplements one called Slimming Formula and the other is Performance Formula. I felt like a million bucks. I was pushing harder through my workouts, I'm loosing body fat, I feel amazing.
The only downside to taking a progestrone cream is that you have to stop using it on the first day of your cycle. Then you have to wait until after your cycle to restart it. So now I've not been able to use it for the past 3-5 days now. I'm already feeling the affects from not using it. Today I have felt really tired and not had the energy to really do much.
I promised my team I would join them today, Monday, starting Chalene's Chalean Extreme program. A promise is a promise. I couldn't let me down. So I cook my E&E, slimming formula and performance formula and within 30 minutes I was raring to go. WOOHOO. Great workout. I couldn't stand it any longer so I started the progestrone cream again today. I'm looking forward to getting my mojo back. Day 2 coming tomorrow. I can't wait to see what happens after this 90 day program.
Starting over
I have neglected this blog so badly I don't even know where I stopped. I believe I was going between Turbo Fire and something else. I guess I should have read my old posts to see where I even left off. Honestly, I just need to start over because so many things have changed, for the good, in my life I really can't fill it all in with just one post.
So I am now a Beachbody Coach. I have 2 coaches under me who are doing so amazingly well, they are keeping me going. It's amazing how you can have intensions on motivated someone, then in turn they end up motivating you. How incredible is that. I have made the commitment that I will never ask anyone of my members, coaches, followers, team to do something or make a life change that I wouldn't do myself.
I have also started a private support group through FB. That started off incredibly slow and I was really worried it would never progress. I started with just 3 of us, today I'm up to 8 I believe. The best part of this is, I'm changing and so are they. They are communicated with each other and supporting each other. It's absolutely so much more than I could have ever imagined. I feel so lucky.
After having some problems staying with TF, it's very high intensity, I realized I'm more of a weight training person versus a cardio person. Don't get me wrong, cardio is very important, but I find I do better with weight training. I'm sure everyone has heard of the saying "muscle burns fat". Well, that is a statement I live by. See my goal is to tone up everything I've lost. I want to burn the excess fat my body is holding onto. To do that, I need to build lean muscle. Now get out of your head that you will bulk up by building muscle. Do you know how hard it is to actually bulk up as a woman? Well if not, you seriously need to read about body building woman, their training, how many supplements they take and how much they have to eat. Let alone how much work it is. Our bodies as woman do not have the correct amount of testisterone (sp?) to build muscle so most women who are body builders have to take stuff to correct that. My point, it's not that easy. Lean muscle gives women that beautiful cut and lean, tight, strong look. I think it's sexy, that's what I'm going for hehehe;).
With that being said, I've decided to go back to ChaLEAN Extreme for some fat burning weight training. Funny part is, shortly after I started her Lean For Life schedule, I found out several of my friends and even a couple of my team mates were starting it. So to go along with everyone else and kind of make it a group thing, I decided to just start it all over from scratch. I figured the more of us doing the same program, the more accountability for each person.
Chalene Johnson is my absolute favorite trainer. I love her programs. My 2 favorite of all are Turbo Jam, it's basically a beginner version of Turbo Fire, and ChaLEAN Extreme. Turbo Jam is cardio but it's fun cardio with short bouts of high intensity. I was able to learn the moves pretty quickly and loved it. I actually did it for an entire month, loved it and actually started seeing some results from it. ChaLEAN Extreme is a combo of weight training and cardio. I love how she becomes your own personal trainer. As you are doing the movement, she is telling you how to know you are doing it right. She tells you where you should be feeling the movement and how to check your form. My favorite part of the weight training program is she has slow methodical moves. You are using nothing but pure muscle to move the weights. I can actually see the particular muscle I am working move as I do the movement. It's amazing. This is where my arms and legs are really getting toned. I love it.
Because of my husband's new, luckily, temporary job schedule change, I'm having to change some things around a little. This morning was very different and off kelter. One thing I've learned about obstacles is, you can either tuck your tail under and just walk away feeling failed or you can grow, get stronger and fight back to find away around it. Every time I get through a hurdle or obstacle in my life, it makes me stronger. I like being stronger, I love the feeling of accomplishment especially when I have to work for it. I really enjoy working out to my dvds way up loud, I also tend to get very loud while I'm working out. There is something about screaming while lifting weights that just makes me feel better :). Don't ask. But because our bedroom is right next to the living room where I workout, I can't have the t.v. that loud. At first I thought, great how in the world am I going to workout now. I can NOT workout when my kids are home, I need to concentrate. I don't like to stop in the middle, I lose my mojo. So I have to figure out a way to workout in the mornings. This morning I just decided, I can deal with working out without the t.v. being so loud. I just have to. So I did, it wasn't that bad. I was concentrating so hard on what I was doing I really didnt' notice it. I was very proud of myself and felt great about my accompliment. Again, overcoming an obstacle made me stronger and realize I can do this. I just have to be determined. The other issue was getting online to FB with my team. How was I going to check on them and give them my status? I was afraid to come in our bedroom where my computer is. I was afraid I would wake him up with all the clicking on my keyboard. So I didn't use my computer. I tried his work stuff, phone & tablet. Fail, they all have passwords. Once he woke up he told me there is an extra laptop downstairs I could use. YAY!! Another way around an obstacle.
I am much stronger than I think I am some times. Now that's success. That feels amazing.
So I am now a Beachbody Coach. I have 2 coaches under me who are doing so amazingly well, they are keeping me going. It's amazing how you can have intensions on motivated someone, then in turn they end up motivating you. How incredible is that. I have made the commitment that I will never ask anyone of my members, coaches, followers, team to do something or make a life change that I wouldn't do myself.
I have also started a private support group through FB. That started off incredibly slow and I was really worried it would never progress. I started with just 3 of us, today I'm up to 8 I believe. The best part of this is, I'm changing and so are they. They are communicated with each other and supporting each other. It's absolutely so much more than I could have ever imagined. I feel so lucky.
After having some problems staying with TF, it's very high intensity, I realized I'm more of a weight training person versus a cardio person. Don't get me wrong, cardio is very important, but I find I do better with weight training. I'm sure everyone has heard of the saying "muscle burns fat". Well, that is a statement I live by. See my goal is to tone up everything I've lost. I want to burn the excess fat my body is holding onto. To do that, I need to build lean muscle. Now get out of your head that you will bulk up by building muscle. Do you know how hard it is to actually bulk up as a woman? Well if not, you seriously need to read about body building woman, their training, how many supplements they take and how much they have to eat. Let alone how much work it is. Our bodies as woman do not have the correct amount of testisterone (sp?) to build muscle so most women who are body builders have to take stuff to correct that. My point, it's not that easy. Lean muscle gives women that beautiful cut and lean, tight, strong look. I think it's sexy, that's what I'm going for hehehe;).
With that being said, I've decided to go back to ChaLEAN Extreme for some fat burning weight training. Funny part is, shortly after I started her Lean For Life schedule, I found out several of my friends and even a couple of my team mates were starting it. So to go along with everyone else and kind of make it a group thing, I decided to just start it all over from scratch. I figured the more of us doing the same program, the more accountability for each person.
Chalene Johnson is my absolute favorite trainer. I love her programs. My 2 favorite of all are Turbo Jam, it's basically a beginner version of Turbo Fire, and ChaLEAN Extreme. Turbo Jam is cardio but it's fun cardio with short bouts of high intensity. I was able to learn the moves pretty quickly and loved it. I actually did it for an entire month, loved it and actually started seeing some results from it. ChaLEAN Extreme is a combo of weight training and cardio. I love how she becomes your own personal trainer. As you are doing the movement, she is telling you how to know you are doing it right. She tells you where you should be feeling the movement and how to check your form. My favorite part of the weight training program is she has slow methodical moves. You are using nothing but pure muscle to move the weights. I can actually see the particular muscle I am working move as I do the movement. It's amazing. This is where my arms and legs are really getting toned. I love it.
Because of my husband's new, luckily, temporary job schedule change, I'm having to change some things around a little. This morning was very different and off kelter. One thing I've learned about obstacles is, you can either tuck your tail under and just walk away feeling failed or you can grow, get stronger and fight back to find away around it. Every time I get through a hurdle or obstacle in my life, it makes me stronger. I like being stronger, I love the feeling of accomplishment especially when I have to work for it. I really enjoy working out to my dvds way up loud, I also tend to get very loud while I'm working out. There is something about screaming while lifting weights that just makes me feel better :). Don't ask. But because our bedroom is right next to the living room where I workout, I can't have the t.v. that loud. At first I thought, great how in the world am I going to workout now. I can NOT workout when my kids are home, I need to concentrate. I don't like to stop in the middle, I lose my mojo. So I have to figure out a way to workout in the mornings. This morning I just decided, I can deal with working out without the t.v. being so loud. I just have to. So I did, it wasn't that bad. I was concentrating so hard on what I was doing I really didnt' notice it. I was very proud of myself and felt great about my accompliment. Again, overcoming an obstacle made me stronger and realize I can do this. I just have to be determined. The other issue was getting online to FB with my team. How was I going to check on them and give them my status? I was afraid to come in our bedroom where my computer is. I was afraid I would wake him up with all the clicking on my keyboard. So I didn't use my computer. I tried his work stuff, phone & tablet. Fail, they all have passwords. Once he woke up he told me there is an extra laptop downstairs I could use. YAY!! Another way around an obstacle.
I am much stronger than I think I am some times. Now that's success. That feels amazing.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Day 1
On track with my workout. I did TF 30 today. It was a really good workout. Burned 313 calories and was able to keep up with most everything this time. I felt much stronger today.
My measurements as of today
As of now, I'm working on Body Gospel, Turbo Fire & some ChaLEAN Ext.
My current measurements are:
size 2
weight: 128 (depending on the day)
chest 35 1/2
r arm 11
l arm 11
waist 29
hips 35 1/2
r thigh 21
l thigh 21
My body fat precentage is about 29% (HORRIBLE..) Although I will say, I dont trust myself on taking my body fat measurement because I have a plastic caliper that is not easily read.
I am concentrating more on my measurements than anything else.
My goal measurements are:
waist 26"
chest 35"
r arm 9"
l arm 9"
hips 28"
r thigh not sure just toned
weight, who cares as long as I'm fit and toned.
My overall goal is to get back into my clothes I was in when I was skinny. Let's see how this weeks goes.
My current measurements are:
size 2
weight: 128 (depending on the day)
chest 35 1/2
r arm 11
l arm 11
waist 29
hips 35 1/2
r thigh 21
l thigh 21
My body fat precentage is about 29% (HORRIBLE..) Although I will say, I dont trust myself on taking my body fat measurement because I have a plastic caliper that is not easily read.
I am concentrating more on my measurements than anything else.
My goal measurements are:
waist 26"
chest 35"
r arm 9"
l arm 9"
hips 28"
r thigh not sure just toned
weight, who cares as long as I'm fit and toned.
My overall goal is to get back into my clothes I was in when I was skinny. Let's see how this weeks goes.
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