5 month Post-pregnancy fitness journey update

Hey guys! Sorry it's been awhile since my last post-pregnancy fitness journey. I'm already 5 months in and Christmas is two days away!!! Omgee. Christmas Eve is tomorrow. So first and foremost Merry Christmas to you all. I wish you guys the very best, safe Christmas this year. 2014 is already over and 2015 is right around the corner. Crap, it's already here by the time we know it.

So here is my update! Right now I'm rocking Shaun T's Focus T25 workout program and wowza, it is a killer workout for cardio. When I started, my calves were on fire. I seriously had to do all of my movements modified. Which was okay with me, but it made me realize how much I needed to workout on my cardio. Boy was I out of shape. Now I'm in week 6 and I can say I have progressed so much. I'm still doing modified movements because of my knee injury but I'm totally okay with that. I'm still making progress and that's all that matters. Shaun T is an incredible motivator, so I'm so excited to start Insanity Max: 30 come January 5th.

Here I am. 30 pounds lighter and I'm so excited to keep going. When I had initially gotten pregnant I lost all focus of fitness because I was so scared to have another miscarry. And that wasn't like me. I love having a workout routine and I had completely lost it. Up until my third trimester when my midwife had told me I was gaining excessive weight. Boy, that hit me hard! I've never really heard those words before, at least not to my face. So it was an eye opener for sure. Then I found out about coaching and Shakeology, joined a challenge group, rocked out to P90X with good ole Tony, and never looked back since. I'm so anxious to start the New Year and be in the best shape of my life!! I know 2015 will be my year. I will make it my year!

Seriously when you first start, it's going to suck. You will feel winded, you will hurt, you will cry, you will be sore, and you will sweat your heart out. But you know what you did it! You started. Now it's time to keep that momentum alive and to keep it going. If you're tired of always starting over, then STOP QUITTING! It's so easy to quit. It's so easy to be fed up with it because you're not seeing a change in a week or even a month. Creating a lifestyle change takes time. People don't realize that when we seek out results you need to put the time in, the effort it takes to finally see those changes. It takes years to be in the best shape of your life. We're already rolling into 2015, how much time have you let go by before you decide enough is enough; I'm going to take my life back and make this year worth it!

So here's the game plan. I'm going to be starting a fitness challenge group come January 5th, 2015 called "Rock Your Resolution" and I want you to join me! I not only want you to start of the year right, but I want to encourage you and teach you how to be successful at accomplishing your New Year resolution. This year is your year! Don't let another year pass you by. Don't start off strong and then give up come mid February. Let's set these goals together, make a plan, crush your goals, and finish 2015 strong. Why not you? So join my group. I'll be starting out with Insanity Max: 30 followed with P90X2 and P90X3. Damn straight!!! I'm making it count. I'm making a whole New me.

So what are you waiting for? Come sign up today and make the commitment!! Fill out my awesome application and let's rock out the New Year. 2015 here we come!!!

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"Rock Your 2015 Resolution"

Oh my gosh! Where has 2014 gone? Seriously, didn't this year just start? I swear I remember last October so distinctively because that was the month I had found out I was pregnant with my baby boy. I had no clue I was even pregnant, it was so unexpected. And then bam!! Now, he is 5 months old. I'm sure you can all relate to how fast this year has gone by. It seriously seems like every year just happens so much faster than the last. Don't you agree?

Well, as you all know, with a New Year also brings forth New Year resolutions. Have you made your list of resolutions yet? Do you even have a solid plan that will make you successful this year? Did you know that a third of people who do make New Year resolutions will break them before the year is out; heck, they won't even make it to the end of January. Crazy right! So check out 10 tips that will help you be successful with your 2015 New Year Resolutions:

Your Action Plan

1. Write It and Measure It
Alright, so like any other goal, your resolution is as such. So your resolution should be both specific and measurable. Writing down goals is one of the best ways to accomplish them, and so is figuring out the exact steps needed to get there. So for instance, "I want to lose weight" is a common New Year resolution, however, you need to explain exactly how do you go from point A to point B? Choosing a more specific result, like "I want to lose 15 pounds by June this summer" gives you a specific amount of weight you'd like to lose and the time frame of when you want to attain it by. A great tool to use when writing down goals is the SMART model: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Results-focused, and Time-bound.

2. Make Resolutions Manageable
The key to sustainable resolutions is to make changes smaller and more gradual. So if your goal is to go from never lifting weights to wanting to gain muscle mass and tone up, then start with resistant training and low weights. Then over the course of a few months, gradually increase your weight along with your reps. So the best way to approach all your fitness resolutions is slow and steady.

3. Break Up the Goal
A goal that's either far in the future or far out of your comfort zone can be tough to start, so break that resolution down into achievable steps, or better yet, give yourself several smaller resolutions throughout the year. Say you want to add 80 pounds to your squat in 2015, aim to add 6.6 pounds per month. Doesn't that seem more achievable and less scary?

4. Treat Yourself!
What better way to reward yourself when you reach your goals? Choose a reward that won't undo your hard work, like a mani-pedi, massage, some new fitness swag (my personal favorite), or a movie date.

5. Question Your Motives
Superficial goals may lose their appeal after endless weeks of diet and exercise. Try framing fitness as a direct path to health and happiness. When you hit the gym think about why you made this resolution? What do you want to achieve? Is your end goal to inspire others that anyone can do it also? By developing answers that elicit a deep and powerful emotional response it can help motivate your goals.

6. Keep things Interesting
It's nice to stick to a scheduled routine. But keep things interesting by incorporating a variety of exercises. So if you're lifting weights 3 times a week and running twice a week, trying throwing in a yoga class or kickboxing for a cardio day. Mix and max so that way you don't get bored with your routine. This will make your exercise program more fun to follow and something you will grow to love doing, instead of it being like a chore.

7. Keep a Schedule
Time management is super important for accomplishing any goal. Make your fitness routine work for you. Pick a time of day when you have energy, schedule a workout, and rise and repeat.

8. Hold Yourself Accountable
Stay on track! Have a workout buddy or be involved in a fitness group where you have people who can help you stay accountable. This can be quite challenging on it's own, so get that support system. You'll need it to keep your motivation alive.

9. Don't Be Afraid to Scale Back
Don't feel pressurized to double yourself in pain and sweating your eyeballs out. Some people love intense workouts, but for others, ramping up the pain just means they'll dread the exercise. So challenge yourself to a workout that will push you a bit outside of your comfort zone, but there's no need to catapult yourself a thousand miles from it.

10. Be Forgiving
We all know that the start point of new beginnings are the most exciting, the most invigorating. So sometimes it's so easy to see it wear off and take a few days off, maybe even a week or two. Often times it leads to an "Ah, screw it" mentality and you end up wanting to quit entirely. But slip ups are fine. It happens, we all have our moments of weakness. We're all human right? If taking time off means slightly tweaking your resolution, then so bet it- just don't give up!!

It's so easy to jump into a fitness routine without thinking about working up a game plan, creating a schedule and writing down your goals. This is where people fail. So if you need that additional knowledge on where to get started and how to stick with your 2015 New Year resolution, then let me help you! I will be running a 60 day accountability, support fitness group called "Rock Your 2015 Resolution" beginning Monday, January 5th. I will teach you all of these things, we will work out a game plan, you will commit to me 100%, I will keep you accountable, keep you motivated, teach you meal planning and prepping, give you health tips, and teach you how to keep an amazing routine that you will be able to continue on and turn it into a lifestyle. So why not commit? You'll have an amazing support group that will be in the same exact boat you're in and know what you're going through and will help you stay accountable, cheer you on every day through the entire challenge, and motivate you to stick with your goals. It'll be a fun, exciting, rocking group!! Why not get your best transformation this year? Make 2015 your year! So head over to my link and make me your FREE coach. Let's rock this year together!!

Please fill out my application and we will discuss our game plan in further detail once you've completed it and have submitted it to me.

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"Get Yourself Off the Shelf" Fitness Challenge!

Hello all!!!

Who's excited that Christmas is just around the corner? I mean it is literally 15 days away...eek! I absolutely love Christmas. Everything about it, the lights, the decoration, the music, the movies...I mean 'Home Alone' was on finally last night and I look forward to watching that movie every single year. One of my top favorites for sure. Let's see what else. Being together with family, sharing the same values, loving the endless food and goodies we get the entire holiday season, and just being grateful for everything God has given us. Well that should be every day right? 

So with that said...when is it during the Holidays do we truly focus on our health and fitness. In fact, roughly 75% of annual weight gain takes place during the holiday season. Plus, if you just put on two pounds over the course of 10 years, you'll gain 20 hard-to-lose pounds! This is what experts call "creeping obesity" and unless you can avoid holiday weight gain, you'll be hard pressed to avoid the creep. 

So why do we end up gaining majority of our weight during the holiday season? Well, we are faced with endless amounts of holiday treats, decadent desserts, rich beverages, endless parties and festivities that interrupt our normal eating routine. Don't get me wrong, indulging is okay....but to a point. Tis the time to celebrate, so I encourage you all to do so but also make a commitment to yourself by balancing and modifying. Think of it this way, if you commit to keeping the pounds of now, you don't have to worry about them later. 

Here is my proposal to you! The best way to keep your motivation, determination, and accountability alive during this holiday season is to be part of a challenge. And what better way to do that then to be a part of my Fitness support challenge group. "Get Yourself Off the Shelf" will be a 60 day challenge group. You will have me as your coach for FREE! I will help you stay accountable, give you the best support and motivation you need during the holiday season. I'll provide healthy recipes, tips, meal planning and prepping, and we will discuss which Beachbody program will best suite you and your fitness needs along with a 30 day supply of Shakeology.  I promise you, if you stick to your workout program and your nutrition plan you are capable of losing up to 10 pounds and shed inches during this 60 day challenge. 

Additionally, I will continue the challenge an additional 30 days on top of the 60 at no cost to you! So you have me as your coach for 90 days FREE. How great is that to continue onto the New Year with a new you and continuing to challenge yourself further preparing your Beachbody for the Summer of 2015. So are you in?? Let me help you get your best transformation yet and get you beach body ready for the New Year. 

Further more, as an added bonus. I will throw in a personal Christmas gift to the one person who has the best transformation!! This gift will be Tony Horton's amazing fitness program P90X plus. Whaaaat?? Yup. That's right. It's a step up from P90X. With these 5 extreme workouts (in 4 DVDs), Tony amps up the muscle confusion with intense new cardio, muscle chiseling, and ab/core ripping moves to bump up your fitness gains from P90X. 










Who wouldn't be excited to get this amazing workout program for FREE?! All you have to do is join my fitness group and work for it. So what are you waiting for? I'm recruiting only 5 people for this group so reserve your spot now and fill out my application to be considered. 

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