NO COFFEE----SAY WHAT???

NO COFFEE!!!!!!

I have officially made it the last 6 days with ZERO COFFEE!!!!

If you know me at all I am one that is a Coffee Lover.  I love it hot or iced.  I have been drinking coffee for as long as I can remember.  I just love it!!

I was getting ready to start Core De Force (my new workout program) and I have joined a Team Spirit Group for Beachbody.  It has completely changed everything about my business but I digress, that is another post.

Anyway, one morning I had done my workout and was preparing my coffee and thinking about starting my program and the Lord spoke clearly- No coffee for 30 days.  I dropped the spoon!  OK...... I was almost in a state of panic but laughing at the same time.

I was listening to some other Team Calls about this program and made a decision.  I was ALL IN!  If that meant, no coffee, then so be it!!!!!!

I would use tea, honey and lemon.  That would be all I could use.

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were AWFUL!  I literally thought I was coming down with the flu.  My body hurt.  I had no fever or other symptoms.  I was so sleepy I couldn't hold my eyes open.  I just wanted to go to bed.  I was in a mental fog that was the weirdest thing I had EVER experienced!

Thursday was 80% better and Friday was about 90% better.

It has been a real eye opener for me.  To realize I was that dependent on coffee and the sugar and creamer were amazing.  I also realized how many empty calories I was consuming.  You see, my coffee comes with 2 sugars (teaspoons) and 1 heaping teaspoon of creamer.  Remember I am consuming approx. 5-6 cups a day!!!!!!  50 CALORIES PER CUP!!!!  6 CUPS IN A DAY-----300 CALORIES!!!!!  ABSOLUTELY INSANE!!!!!!!



I am discovering all different types and flavors of teas that I am just LOVING!  I have some local honey and just a small squirt and this is a happy Lady!!!!!!

Day 1------ DONE!!!!!!

CORE DE FORCE....DAY 1!!!
What do I like about it?
I love the hooks, jabs, cross, kicks and the 6 rounds!
I love the feeling of being powerful!
I love the SWEAT!
I love the trainers!
I love being able to stream it while I wait on my DVD's

What do I NOT like about it?
..........
..........
Hmmmmmmmm
NOTHING!
Absolutely NOTHING!!!!!!

I'm in a larger Challenge Group and it is so active and the accountability is so great!  Working out this morning was so empowering and then being able to share what I had done to encourage someone else! I want to encourage and motivate.  That is my GOAL!!!!

PUMPED UP--SERIOUSLY PUMPED!

This coming Monday, November 7th, I will start on a 30 Day journey.  It's different this time.  I'm in an accountability group, also known as a Challenge Group, and this time it's REALLY different!
I'm in a Group with not only my own Challengers but also numerous Coach Friends.  So, not only do the Challengers get my support but as Coaches we are there to keep each other totally accountable.  To be honest, I have NEVER been in a group like this!  I guess that is why the adrenaline is at an all time HIGH!!

This 30 days is different.  A week or so ago, I had a heart to heart conversation with my Coach.  It was a total revelation or Ah-ha moment if that is what you want to call it.  I realized after some soul searching and praying through some things that were going on with me that I needed to change.  I needed to step up to the plate.  I needed to push through. I need to get off my behind and just go for it with EVERYTHING I had.  Yes, I have done other programs. Yes, I have posted my pictures everyday. Yes, I meal prep. But where was my head?  Where was my heart? Was I really giving it EVERYTHING?  The answer was a resounding NO!!!!!  So why in the world am I sharing this with you?  Well, I'm sharing with you that I am REAL!  I struggle! I am not perfect and nor do I pretend to be.  I don't have it all together!  People have this idea that because I am a Beachbody Coach that I have it all figured out.  NEWSFLASH---I DO NOT!!!! 

What's going to be different in this 30 days? Glad you asked!!!!

- Posting a SS every day!!!!!  (sweaty-selfie)
- Posting a picture of what I am eating everyday
- Posting about meal planning
- Encouraging everyone in my group
- Drink my Shakeology EVERY DAY!
- Take my Before and After Pictures and Measurements
- THIS IS THE BIG ONE------NO COFFEE FOR 30 DAYS!!!!

I will be Core De Force which is a new Beachbody program.  It's an MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) Program.
It uses NO EQUIPMENT!
No weights!
No bands!
No mat!
Nothing!!!!!!!!!
I'm so ready!
MONDAY NEEDS TO HURRY UP!!!!!!

Hammer and Chisel Update!!!

I'm in the midst of doing Hammer and Chisel.
I'm in week 4!!!
This is my second round of this program.
Confession-------First time that I did this program it was a TOTAL struggle!  I missed workouts and now that I look back I realized that I wasn't PUSHING!  I'm in this program 110% and PUSHING like never before.
I mean, I am pushing with more weight
I am not stopping because the move is uncomfortable.
I am focusing on form like crazy.
It has really changed ME!

I'm super excited!
I hope you will stick around and follow along!!!!!

Plateau's

THAT word!

Plateau!

It's just like THAT word! 

It's almost like an ugly word!

It's a flat place

It's a place we don't want to be

It's a place where we find ourselves on a fitness journey

We hit 10 pounds

We hit 20 pounds

We hit that "almost" Goal weight- 

We hit 50 pounds 

We just need 5 more

We just need 10 more

RESET!  REFOCUS! REMEMBER!

Remember how much you have lost

Remember how far you have come

Remember how you have met your goals

Remember how you have used your meal plan

Remember how hard you have worked

Remember all the mornings/evenings that you sweated buckets

It's time to take a moment to consider that this Plateau is GREAT!

It's time to move a little more

It's time to sweat a little more

It's time to change it up

It's time to work that much harder

It's time to REACH YOUR GOAL!!!!!

It's TIME!  Let's Do This Together!!!!  It's time for me to step it up!  

I'm ready! Are you?

Sunday Meal Prep!!!!!!

 Sunday Meal Prep!!!!  

Staple of Roasted Veggies!!!!
Dice up your choice of veggies
Carrots, Onions, Pepper, Zucchini, Yellow Squash, Mushrooms or any combination that you can think of.
Toss in a zip bag with a 1/4 cup of olive oil
Salt and Pepper to taste
(Add Herbs De' Provence , Taco Seasoning , Rosemary)
Any seasoning that you like!!!
Toss in bag to coat all the veggies and the seasoning is well coated on the veggies
Place on a baking sheet and roast at 425 for 25-35 minutes

ENJOY!!!!!!

Mexican Bake

1 pound of Ground Beef or Turkey
1/2 onion, chopped
1 bell pepper (any color), diced
1 clove garlic minced
1 can black beans
1 can diced tomatoes
2 Tablespoons of Taco Seasoning
3/4 cup of rice, uncooked
1 1/4  cup of water
1/2 cup salsa

Pre heat oven to 375 degrees.  Brown meat with onions, peppers, and garlic.  Place in oven safe baking dish.  Stir in black beans, tomatoes, taco seasoning, rice, water and salsa.  Mix well.  Cover and back for 1 hour and 15 minutes.  Set aside to cool.  Sprinkle with cheese when time to eat.  Add chips for a complete dinner.

Turkey Chili

1 pound ground Turkey
1 onion, diced
2 bell peppers, diced
1 can black beans
1 can pinto beans
1 can kidney beans
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup ketchup
2 cans of diced tomatoes
2 cups of reduced sodium chicken broth
Salt and Pepper

Brown ground turkey with onion, garlic, and peppers.  Add in the rest of ingredients and stir well.  You can cook low and slow on the stove (couple of hours) or low and slow (6-8 hours) in a crock pot.
Serve with your favorite toppings...... cheese, avocado, chopped onions, jalapeno, chips, cornbread.

Sausage and Pasta

2 Hot Italian Sausage Links- Casing removed
1/2 onion, diced fine
1 tsp of olive oil
3 cups of Low Sodium Chicken Stock
4 1/2 ounces of pasta
Parmesan Cheese

Brown sausage with onions and olive oil.  Once browned, add pasta and chicken stock.  Cover and reduce heat to medium and cook approx 10-15 minutes until liquid is absorbed.  Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve!!!!
** You can use mild Italian sausage if you prefer**


Hubby has tasted ALL of them and they are ALL Husband Approved!!!!!!!

Happy Eating!!!!!

It Fell!

Well, it's Saturday morning and of course we are bowling and the will be followed by a trip to get the gray removed from the hair!
I wanted to share more about the picture that I shared on Facebook a few days ago.  Some may not have seen it so below is the photo.

I wrote over the top but I hope that you can see it.  The picture laying in the floor is my GOAL BOARD.  As a Beachbody Coach we all make a Goal Board.  We put on there places that we would like to go and what we would like to be doing in a certain amount of time and where we would like to take out business.  It had been hanging in our room right where I typically do my workouts and where I do a lot of my Coaching via the computer.  I thought it looked pretty cool.  I was really pleased with the way that it looked.  I was inspired by it. I was satisfied with what I had created.

Now, on Wednesday nights we have small groups and we have this incredible prayer and praise time at church the first Wednesday Night of each month. It's not your typical time of small groups and prayer times. The Lord is doing something.  He's not only doing it my church but in ME!  There is the process that we have started at church.  We play praise and worship and then we sit with an empty blank piece of paper/journal/notebook.  We wait.  We don't say anything. We don't pray anything. We wait.  When He starts speaking- you start writing.  MERCY!  If you have never done this, You really need to!!!!!  I knew from the first time, that there was something happening.  Well, I knew that there were gong to be some changes that I needed to start making.  I knew my Coaching needed some changing.  I was just trying to figure out exactly what that means and what it would look like.

Last Sunday after church, I walked into our bedroom.  The picture above is what I saw. That is the exact place that it was.  I knew it.  I snapped a picture to document the journey.  The Command Hook was still on the wall.  It was totally fine.  The cheap frame did not break.  The hook was still intact. That picture DID NOT JUST FALL OFF THE WALL!!!!!  It was as if He had laid it on the floor.  I just couldn't wrap my head around it and was almost at the point of shaking because I was so excited!  It was clear I was heading in the right direction.

After I got past the shock, the excitement came.  I knew I needed to redo it.  I realized that I was sitting with approx. 8 magazines.  I had plenty to choose from.  I gave myself a week to figure out where this was going.  All of this to say-----I CAN"T WAIT!  I have no idea what it's going to look like.  I knew exactly He was IN CONTROL!  IT IS FREEING!!!!!!!

I will be working on my board this weekend.  I can not wait to share it.  I'll take a before and after to share!!!!!
I'm so glad you are here on this journey!  Hang on for the ride!!!!!!!