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/
I titled this post today “Squashing Some Misconceptions”
because I think that unless you go out and you learn the information about what
it is I do you may have some misconceptions about it, especially about the
fitness programs: that they may be super hard and you can't do it, or you don't
have the time, or the space. I just want to let you know where I did my workout
this morning. I'm at my in-laws house and all you need is like an L-shaped
space: that's it. All you need to do is be able to take a few steps up and a
few steps to the side. For the dancing workout programs like Country Heat and
Cize, an L-shape is all you need. For most of these workout programs you just
need to be able to have that bubble around you: if you can put your arms out
and twirl in a circle without hitting anything that's all the space you need to workout at home.
You don't need fancy equipment, either. Country Heat in particular requires no
equipment at all, just my body, and I'm sweating like you wouldn’t believe. So
that’s the first misconception: how much space you need.
The second misconception about working out at home is
that you need a ton of time: these workouts are 30 minutes long. That’s not a
ton of time in the grand scheme of your day, especially given that in the morning
it will really get your blood pumping, digestive system moving, and give you energy. You probably
won’t even need your coffee! You can even have the news on in the background
and mute the workout on your computer so that you can do the news and your workout
at the same time.
I am two-and-a-half years into my fitness journey, so I
have done extreme programs. There are programs, like Country Heat, that are so
accessible for anybody. Country Heat has been making me sore: squats and stuff
like that are built into the moves. It's very deceptive because you think it's
easy just because it's simple. But because it's simple everyone can do it, if
you're willing to try. You don't have to get all the way down in your squats or
jump huge like some of the people; as long as you're moving and having fun
that's all that matters. There's no equipment, just your body. You’re not just standing
there and doing squats, push-ups, or burpees; you're just moving and following
along to the music and it's so much fun.
I can tell you that I have felt a world of difference in
my midsection from this program. I have been more mindful of what I have been
eating, Ihaven't been 100% on the eating plan because let's just face
it: I don't like vegetables but I fit them in. I’ve also been more mindful of
what I eat if we eat out. For example, last night we drove through McDonald's
because we were traveling during dinner time and instead of a double quarter pounder
with cheese and chocolate chip frappe that I may have had a couple months ago, Corey
and I split the two cheeseburger meal, shared the fries, and I just had water to
drink. I know that’s not the same as grilling some salmon with steamed
asparagus and olive oil and sweet potatoes on the side…let’s be real, its not.
But of the choices I had available, I made a good one. I didn't starve myself
and skip dinner Ijust had a smarter portion of what wasavailable.
I have lost some weight, I have lost or gained some
definition in my midsection which is awesome and if dancing around in my living
room for 30 minutes a day can give me a few pounds shred, a few inches lost,
and some confidence to rock some new yoga pants…that's a win in my book and that's
really what it's all about. This health and fitness journey is about giving you
the confidence to know that you're doing something that is better for your body.
When you find yourself not craving junk anymore and you find yourself having an
apple with your daughter instead of grabbing your secret stash of M&M’s (because
let's really be real, most moms have a secret stash to keep away from their
kids so they don't have to share), you know you’re on the right track.
I bought the program because
my friends were doing it, so why don't you let some positive peer pressure
change your life, too? Really!! My friend was doing fitness programs three years
ago and I could have just ignored her, unfollowed her, or got mad that she kept
inviting me but instead I was like “You know what? You're my friend; you have
my best interest at heart and if you think that I can do this then I'm going to
try.”
And now I'm so glad that I did!So I'm extending an
invitation to you! Let me exert some positive peer pressure on you: you need to
try a program- I’ll help find one that is the perfect match for you. You need to try it, because
what do you have to lose? If half an hour can make a day can make you a
healthier person, a happier person, a more confident person, a more patient
person…then why haven't you tried it yet?! You know I've been asking you to try
it, so let's put the doubt, fear, and excuses away and let me help you. I will
be there everyday with you. I promise that if you put in the work, I will not
let you fail. Please reach out if you are ready to take that step today!
My husband went to a health and nutrition education conference a while back and came home with a form from Team Nutrition USDA with all sorts of educational nutrition resources from grades preschool on up through middle school.
Today I got a box of the "Grow it, Try it, Like it!" preschool curriculum in the mail that he ordered for me. It's awesome and my inner teaching nerd is drooling over these things as Addie sleeps nearby.
It has sight word booklets and a different unit for 6 different fruits and vegetables that features activities like hands on stuff, eating and recipes, learning how they grow (and even planting your own), stories and songs, physical education activities, and even take home materials for the teachers to send home with kids.
I think it's a great curriculum and every school should be teaching about proper nutrition, getting in touch with growing your own food, and staying active. It would work great for homeschooling moms too!
2.5 years ago I tried Beachbody because I wanted what my friend Toni had- energy, vitality, and happiness. I was sick and tired of being tired and knew I could use the tools from the 21 Day Fix to change my life and Corey's, too. Adding in Shakeology was awesome for me because I am very picky and don't like vegetables at all.
I never imagined that just by sharing my journey with others that I'd be inspiring them to start their own- or that it would become such a financial blessing for my family. It has paid for bills in a bind and also given us breathing room to have FUN and not be so stressed about money anymore.
If you've been watching my posts for any amount of time and have the tiniest bit of curiosity as to what it
is I DO as a coach, please comment or fill out this form at bit.ly/1flitlifegroup and I will contact you. I am hosting a free, no-strings attached informational group to give a peek into coaching that I'd love for you to be a part of.
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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I totally bombed at P90X3 in the spring and I thought Tony Horton wasn't for me. Then I discovered 22 Minute Hard Corps and I love it! I've got 3 weeks left and I know I can finish strong. 💪
If a program isn't working for you, let me help you troubleshoot! If it isn't fun for you, you won't want to do it or do it hard. Let me help you find something that makes fitness FUN for you- maybe it's Country Heat?
What is Country Heat, you ask? Message me to find out the details and how you can win money in September just for doing your workouts!
Hey everyone!
I wanted to share some things with you today. If you've been
following my blog at all you probably know that I have had a really busy July:
at the beginning of the month Addison and I took a one-week road trip to my best
friend's house and had a great time playing with her kids and Toni and I did a
lot of work for business together and it was great to collaborate. We came home
for a week and then we were right back for two more weeks over at my parents’
in Illinois and then I went to Summit in Nashville for Beachbody. Now I'm
finally home and unpacked with put everything away and I'm trying to get back
into a routine.
I’ve been
feeling off all of last month and some of that has been my nutrition; even
though I've been drinking Shakeology, my other meals are not on point when I'm
traveling. I've been doing awesome with my fitness, which (for me) once I get started
it is it is just a non-negotiable for me but I've recently realized that I
haven't been taking care of my whole self.
I’ve been doing
my workout which is great: I've been doing 22-Minute Hard Corps so it's just 20
minutes and I’m in and out and I'm done and I'm moving on with my day. I'm
drinking my shake every day, no issue. Well when I was traveling, we were
eating out a lot and my cravings got all messed up and my complexion is a
reflection of that right now. But another thing that was off for me was my
personal development: reading books!
My small
group this summer has been reading “Grace-Filled Marriage” and I got about
halfway through it and then with traveling and everything I stopped reading it.
I'm the type of person that when I read a book where you learn things and
implement them I really need to focus and take notes and highlight. I’m very
engaged when I read; otherwise it's just pointless. I could just be reading a
novel or some other fiction but I really like to make the books that I read “count”
and I haven't been doing that.
The other
book I've been reading is “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” because I want
to become a better person and a better leader for my team so that I can help
them to start achieving their goals for themselves. I'm a very scheduled person
and I thrive on that; so although it was nice to travel and see people, when I
got out of my schedule I wasn't reading before bed every night or taking notes
or listening to my podcasts regularly either.
I think that
so often people forget that your health is multifaceted! Even just missing one
Sunday at church makes me feel “off” because I'm not getting my cup filled. I
love getting daily devotional emails and I share them quite often on my
Facebook page if you if you look through it (bit.ly/1fitlife). Those quick
little nuggets fill my cup and make me feel more whole. Reading a book about
bettering my marriage, or reading a parenting book, or reading a business book,
or just a feel-good book help me “fill up” my tank in all areas of my life.
I think one
of the next books I'm going to be reading is called “The Energy Bus”; I've had
a lot of friends tell me that it's amazing and so that is in my cart on amazon
right now. I want to encourage you to not just focus on one area of your life;
you need to focus on all the areas of your life. Your fitness is important;
your nutrition is important; your spirituality is important. If spirituality
for you means your faith and your relationship with Jesus like it does for me, or
the energy of the universe, yoga, meditating, or other religions that's fine. But
it's taking care of your inner self that's really important to do, by taking
some time off for your mind to unplug. I just spent half an hour in the backyard
just picking through the grass at the clovers and just letting my mind be blank
for a while and letting my fingers look at a puzzle and not have to be focused
or figuring out anything else.
One of my
commitments this August (I'm not waiting until school starts up again) is that
I'm taking little little bits of time after Addie goes to bed or trying to get
up before she does to get plugged back into my personal development. I’d like
to share some of that with you, too. I've read so many amazing books recently
and since I mentioned I am a note-taker, and I want to share that with you. I'd
really like to start posting more things about personal development and
bettering yourself in all areas, so that’s where I'm at right now right now.
My fitness
is doing great, I love my program. My nutrition is getting back on track now
that I'm home: Corey and I have our monthly meal plan calendar out for dinner and
we went grocery shopping and we are staying on point with that. I’m also getting
back on track with my personal development now, too. If you are looking for a
good book to read please don't hesitate to reach out and ask; I’ve got a great
bookshelf that I'm filling up of books that I've read.
I love that
part of being a Beachbody Coach is taking care of your inner health as well as
your body. If you would like to read some of my takeaways from the books that I've
been reading because I hope that the information that has been blessing me can
be used to bless you as well, please follow me on Facebook: bit.ly/1fitlife
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!
I have had a great group of challengers lately and just finished a round of the 21 Day Fix with them. I'm over 2 years into my journey and have done several extreme programs, but this original is STILL EFFECTIVE!
Simple nutrition, portion control, Shakeology, 30 minute workouts, private accountability and support group: that's the recipe for success! In 3 weeks 3.2 lbs and 2.5 inches are gone, bloating is gone, my energy is through the roof and confidence is soaring!
Do it with me! This life changing program is on sale only through July 30! Comment below if you would love to have results like this (or even better)!
