Most of you know that I started a HEALTHY lifestyle change 2.5 years ago and it has forever changed just about every aspect of my life.
It's time for me to GIVE BACK and invite YOU to our upcoming accountability & support group that starts November 14th!
We are going into one of the HARDEST times to stay on track with our nutrition and fitness - the HOLIDAY season!
We will be focusing on how to create HEALTHY HABITS that you can take BEYOND our accountability & support group! Habits that you can use for the rest of your life. Habits that will help you feel the BEST you have felt! Habits that you can incorporate with your family! Yes, everything we do is FAMILY FRIENDLY!
We will be focusing a lot on how to still be able to ENJOY the holiday season and goodies that come along with it, but also finding balance with healthy food and portion choices!
We will be supplying you with a TON of HEALTHY, family friendly holiday dishes that you're not going to want to miss!
Please select "Going" or "Interested" if you're ready to make a HEALTHY change in your life and you would like to learn a little more about the at-home exercise programs and nutrition tools that have helped me become the BEST version of MYSELF that I've ever been!
***There will be a few GIVEAWAYS during the event, so make sure you stay connected!***
Please note: This is for non-coaches and those who are not currently working with another coach! Thanks! If you are interested, please head here to RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/195835497519726/
Thanks to Facebook's Memories, I'm remembering 10 years ago today: August 27, 2006.
I was beginning my junior year at Northland College. This picture was taken while riding on a bus to a preseason soccer game in the UP of Michigan.
If I'm being honest, when I first saw the picture posted in 2006, my first reaction was "ooo you can see my hip bone sticking out when I lay like that" and I felt like I was doing something right to have that be my body shape. 😯 (I don't think I need to tell you that THAT is not a healthy thought/body aspiration.)
I worked so hard all summer to improve myself- working out in the company fitness room during my lunch break and having maybe half a sandwich or granola bar to refuel myself. All of that sweat and work, only to spend a couple days in the hospital to be diagnosed with endometriosis and essentially lose all of that progress.
Every month that school year I would often spend days in a row in bed curled up with a heating pad and take ibuprofen like it was candy, crying from the pain.
The end of August and early September was also when my Grandpa George and Grandmother (Fox) passed away. I remember visiting my Grandmother in the hospital after her heart surgery and passing out from low blood sugar.
That was the last time I ever saw her, and she was worrying about me from her hospital bed. To this day I cannot have plain vanilla milkshakes because of the memory associated with drinking part of hers to raise my blood sugar after passing out.
We didn't know at the time, but we only had 5 months left before my Grandpa Fox would pass away as well.
That year was so difficult and challenging for soccer, family, and school. Especially in 2nd semester, my grade dropped weekly in the hardest physics class I would ever take. I'd break down crying in my teacher's office, trying to manage my grief and stress while being unable to understand the material. 😪
If only I knew then what I know now...
That working out past exhaustion on no calories was not the way to lose weight or perform better on the soccer field. Food was not the enemy- food was FUEL.
That I didn't have to carry the burden of grief and stress alone. I didn't have to be mad at God- it only isolated me from His love even more.
All of these memories from a simple picture. I'm reminded of not only what I went through at that time but how far I've come since. ❤️
Good morning, everyone! I hope you're doing well this Tuesday.
I just posted a picture of Addie and I after my workout to Facebook and was typing
a caption and I felt like what I was typing was not enough to explain the story
behind the picture so I wanted to share all of my feelings here to the blog.
I'm emotional thinking about it right now as I type.
Addie sometimes just watches TV upstairs when I work out,
but lately she's been a downstairs with me. I think she likes Tony Horton and
22 Minute Hard Corps. Today she was with me for 2 of the 3 rounds and I ended
up taking a video on my phone of almost the entire workout of the both of us
just because I want to preserve that memory. That experience is something that
I never thought was possible for my life; something if you would have shown me
that video 3 years ago I would have laughed at you and I would have said:
·You're crazy, there's no way that is that that kind of
workout is fun.
·There's no way that that I could keep up with that.
·There's no way that I would be laughing and having fun with
it.
The fact that I would have this amazing, energetic,
strong daughter who loved doing it with me- I wouldn't have believed it. I realize
that a lot of the things I post might seem out of reach for people that follow
me, and I just want to tell you that it doesn't have to be out of reach. My
first goal was 5 pounds at a time, and I lost 5 pounds in my first 21 days! More
than 5 pounds, actually. The weight that I got down to, the energy I have, and
the things that I've accomplished never even crossed my mind as possible to
shoot for because it was so far removed from the life I was living.
For example, with what we eat: I never ate yogurt at all growing
up. I thought it was disgusting or sour. Do you know what my favorite treat is
now like if Corey and Addie make a s’more for dessert?? I have a vanilla greek
yogurt and sprinkle in maybe a couple chocolate chips or a handful of cinnamon
granola organic granola. That's my dessert! That's something that my body
craves which is wild, because I never would have touched the stuff 3 years ago.
The fact that I ran a 10k last fall is something that you
might think, “Oh I'd like to do that someday.” but you never really do anything
about trying to reach the goal. The fact that I can go out on any given day and
go for a 3-mile run and have it be no big deal…that is something that I never
thought was possible. When I was growing up I couldn't even finish the mile in
junior high without having a friend have to run into the school and get my
inhaler for me because I couldn't breathe. I was not in shape. I ate terribly.
Just recently I had a pear slice; I thought it was a green apple! I had never had
a pear that didn't come in like heavy cling syrup!
I've liked posting videos lately of my workouts to
Facebook to show that I like doing it when Addie does it with me. It's just so
much fun to look at and see the life that I live and what's possible with being
healthy and putting yourself first. I just want to let you know that if you're
intimidated at all by the things that I post and think that I'm drinking some
crazy happy juice, I totally know how you feel because that's how I felt, too.
Before I started, I could not last an entire day without taking a nap with
Addison. Everyday I would literally sleep in, lay in bed with her watching TV, get
up, come to the couch, turn the TV on and sit there all day. I would play with
her and do the absolute minimum, and there would be times when I would fall
asleep on the couch as she was playing because I just had no energy to do
anything.
For one thing, that’s not safe, and I felt incredibly
guilty every time that happened, but I just had nothing in me to give. It was
embarrassing and I hated myself for it. The first thing that I thought when a
friend of mine started showing these awesome changes in her life was that I
resented her for it, and I didn't want to see her posts because I was jealous
of her. I thought that there was no way that I could ever have what she had;
she must be super special or have something. But all she really had was better
tools than me, and a support system.
She shared that with me, and now I'm the one that posts
the annoying happy stuff all the time ;) and maybe you are the one that is
looking at that and thinks “Awesome, good for her. I could never do that.” But
I want to tell you that you can and I want to tell you that it's possible, and
I want to tell you that it's going to take work. It's going to be long term;
it's not going to be 3 weeks and you're gonna have your goal body and your life
is going to be perfect, because if you stop you're gonna go back to where you
were!
You have to get to the point where you want change so
desperately that you're willing to try something different and you're willing
to stick with it once you see it starting to work. If you would have told me 3
years ago that I would be earning money by sharing about my workouts or that I
would be earning money by working 1-2 hours a day and paying for things like
car repairs or vacations or this super-awesome surprise that I bought tickets
for last night (Disney on Ice!!) I wouldn’t have believed you.
Last night I saw the tickets on sale and I told Corey how
much fun it would be and asked if we should do it. He said yes, and I didn’t
have to think twice about how much it costs because I know that I'm bringing in
money for fun stuff like that. Corey's money is covering the bills most of the
time, and so my money can go to fun stuff like that we would have not had in
our lives before.
I'm so much more thankful for the life I have now because
I have known the complete opposite and I know that I never want that again. I
never want to feel like a medical diagnosis is defining who I am. I never want
to feel like I can't be enough or I can't keep up or have fun with my family. I
want this change for so many other people because it's so, so much more than
the size clothes that I wear; it's so much more than the silly selfies that I
post. I want you to have the same journey as I have had because it's been an
amazing ride.
I'm looking for people to join with me on that ride; so
there's space on my bus and I am moving forward. This post was to let you know
more of where I’ve been so if you identify
with that at all, you should know that it's
possible to change and I want to help you do that. Please follow me on Facebook
at www.facebook.com/boeknowscleanliving and
reach out to me there.
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Good afternoon
everybody! Although it's not been
that good of a deal for me so far. LI don't know where you live but where I live last night we
had some prettystrong storms and I was woken up not only by the storms but
also by a couple thingsbeeping throughout the house because the power went off.
So this morning I got up kind of early and went to start
working on the computer and itstarted making some noises and gave me the dreaded rainbow pinwheel
and I thought “What's going on?” I had to hold down the power button for it to
restart and then it had this grey screen and wouldn't work. I started freaking
out and asked Corey “Can you get out of bed I don't know what happened!" He said
to go workout I'll take care of it. He is a Mac pro and he was gonna try to burn
the files off of there to hopefully recover it even though it wasn't starting
up. And then it stopped doing that before he could get anything
off. I took it into town and my hard drive is officially dead. Dead, dead, dead!!
The good news is that most
of my files for work are on Google drive so praise the Lord for the cloud. Another
great thing is that I keep a lot of things on my phone that I don't delete and I also backup my pictures to Shutterfly. But the bad
thing is that there were files on my computer that I did not have on my Google
Drive or Shutterfly or even my external hard drive. My external hard drive does
not do a real-time data transfer because it's not Mac-compatible so I have to try
every month to do it (but I don’t always remember)…but it's too late so there
are some things that are possibly gone forever.
When I was at the Radio Shack in town I was so down and even if I think about it
for too long right now, I get really depressed about it because so much of our
life is stored on our computers now. On the way home I was flipping through the
XM stations and heard Linkin Park’s “What I've done” and I thought “oh my gosh I
don't need that song”. I turned the channel and next I heard Taylor Swift's “Bad
Blood” and once again didn’t need that song, so I switched back to the Christian
radio station on XM and it wasn't my favorite song but it started to ease my anxiety
a little bit.
With change my anxiety gets out of control; with traveling
and then coming home and unpacking and trying to find a new routine my anxiety
is bad and we're trying to clean up and do a big de-clutter around the house
and get rid of things and sell things and so with that and now the computer, it's just too much.
Corey found a company that you send your hard drive to
them and they are super experts at recovering stuff so I'm really really hoping
that they're able to recover things.
My first inclination when the hard drive crashed I thought “Maybe I'll just get
a brand-new computer and file a claim through our home insurance because the
power surge/storm caused it to die." But then the Radio Shack person said they
would recommend to simply replace the hard drive and those are cheap- we
actually have a spare one in the closet right now. So at least for now we are saved that $500 deductible for
replacing the entire computer; that's a
blessing in this negativity. But we still have the issue of losing my files.
I titled this post that you can't control everything, but
that you can control your reaction. I used to listen to non-Christian music
and so when I would get down and be depressed and have anxiety and get
stomachaches over things, the music I would listen to what would perpetuate
that and make it worse. I’ve found that listening to Christian music really
helps and working out does too. I might need to have another workout later just
to get this frustration out it so I don't cry about it. Another thing I think a
lot of people do in stressful situations (because I know I do it too) is turn
to food. I initially thought “Oh gosh, I'm so frustrated. I need to go to
McDonald's and get a frappe right now.” A chocolate chip frappe is my ultimate indulgence- my
cheat. ;)
Why is it that the first thing that you do when you're
stressed is to reach for food?? Food is not gonna fix your problems; it's going
to make them worse, especially after the sugar high wears off. Reading
personal development can help get your mind right, and you can talk to God for
a while and He will ease your anxiety. I can't remember the exact Bible verse
right now but if you pray to God, “The peace of God, which transcends all
understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” That's like my
life Bible verse!!
I wanted to let you guys know about this crappy thing
that happened and the first things that I thought about were: money- how am I
gonna pay for this, and the yo-yo of just the last few hours with the stress of
possibly having to rebuild it. I encourage you to take these difficult
situations in bite-sized chunks and when you can't handle it go escape somehow.
Don't escape into food; escape into a workout, escape into a game with your
kids, find a more constructive outlet for your for your stress, meditate,
pray, journal, listen to uplifting music (not music that's gonna drag you down),
find a good book to read and just check out of that situation for a while!!
So often your anxiety can consume you and you just get
drug deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper and before you know it, the whole
day is gone and you're even more entrenched in this problem. I wanted to share
that message with you guys today that if something crappy is happening to not let
your initial reactions go make you go crazy. Right now my plan is to go play
with Addison and finish my Shakeology instead of going through the drive through
at McDonald’s to get a frappe.
You’ve got to stop yourself when you when you recognize
that you're going down paths that aren’t healthy for you to deal with, and know
that you have the power to control how you are affected by things. And you definitely don't have to deal with your anxiety alone- please tell someone if you are being burdened with anxiety and depression.
Are YOU feeling that ache for something missing, something more? When I saw some amazingly positive changes in my best friend's life, my first response was not something I'm proud of. I HATED seeing her posts every day. I know people that unfriended/unfollowed her because they couldn't stand her positivity and success and happiness. I could have chosen to wallow in that bitterness too, but that ACHE inside of me WANTED what she had. So when she approached me and invited me to join her, I knew I had to give it a try. And now I am forever grateful to her for sharing this opportunity with me and I feel a calling to share it with others.
Consider this your official invitation to join me on my positive life journey.
Maybe you haven't seen my "before" pictures or been around long enough to hear bits of my story- but I have NOT always been healthy, happy, and confident. I have been through depression, anxiety (still daily!), finding my value in others' opinions of me, taking several prescription medications a day, and believing that nothing was ever going to get better. It wasn't until I took a chance on Beachbody that I found a way out of the shell of a life I was living. It's now my mission to help other people get out of the darkness and enjoy their lives again.
Let me help you- let me do it with you.
If you'd like to apply for a spot in my upcoming private health and fitness accountability group, please fill out this short application: bit.ly/1fitlifegroup
I would love to learn more about you & your goals so I can help you feel the BEST you ever have!! Have a beautiful day!
We just did our grocery shopping for the month. At checkout we found out just how much fuel saver/free gas we left on the table by shopping today instead of Saturday.
Corey's response: "eh, oh well" My response: "I'll return the whole order, put everything back on the shelf, and come back Saturday to re-buy it" THAT is another glimpse into my over-analyzing, anxious brain. 😳
Where on of the spectrum of the 2 of us do you fall?
Part 2: 2 days later...
I wanted to share with you
something that has really changed my perspective
from Thursday. I remember posting about grocery shopping and the huge anxiety
that I got afterwords realizing that essentially we had left an entire tank of
free Fuel Saver gas on the table in the Yukon. Gas is still relatively cheap
compared to last year, but it still takes a lot of gas to fill up that big
thing. So this anxiety was bothering me Thursday and eating at me Friday.
But then I went to
balance our checkbook and I logged in to see what my Beachbody paycheck was for
Thursday (the day that we have gone grocery shopping) and it was so amazing and
reassuring to find out that last week I actually made enough money to fill up
both of our cars from dead empty! It didn't have to come from Corey's paycheck
at all; it came from mine! I was really reassured and thankful to God for this opportunity,
and He’s showing me that the work that I'm putting in, and the number of people
that I'm able to help with their health and fitness is blessing our family so
much.
There's no need to have
such anxiety about paying our bills, or looking out for those coupons or the fuel
saver. Yeah, it would have been nice if we would have done that obviously, but
what was more amazing is that my little side job gig that I do for coaching
it's no paying for things like gas for both of our cars. We don't fill our cars
up every week either, so it's a really big deal for me and I wanted to share
that with you guys. I wanted to give you some perspective that you don't need
to worry about things because if you're faithful in all areas of your life and
if you take your worries to God instead of letting them fester in your head,
God will provide for you. I'm so grateful that the coaching opportunity has been
able to help my family out in such a meaningful way.
That's why I keep
inviting my friends to join me every month; that's why I keep sending
invitations: because I want this opportunity not just to change your health
like it has mine, but to change your life like the business has changed my life.
If you would like to hear more about the coaching opportunity and what it could
do for your family in your spare time, the little pockets of your day, let me
know because my team wants thought to have you join us!
