Mar 29, 2014
Winner!
Mar 28, 2014
Getting Serious
Ok so I’m being honest here…I haven’t exactly been on point
these past 2 weeks since finishing my first round of the 21 day fix. I’ve been inconsistent with my workouts, and
even though I’ve been tracking my food (mostly), I’ve had a LOT of social
events, including a work event last night where my dinner consisted of wine and
cheese (what? That’s not healthy??). I’ve
been making MOSTLY good choices, but it just goes to show you that without serious
effort, especially when you’re close to goal, that scale is so hard to move.
I really haven’t made any progress on the scale in 2 weeks,
and this week with all the drinking and eating out I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m
up a few pounds too.
So, the plan: a new round of the 21 day fix starts Monday.
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t hoping to drop another 10
pounds this round, but in an effort to try and take some emphasis off the
scale, I just purchased this:
It’s a body fat anyalyzer!
I’m hoping it will help me focus more on building muscle and
less on the number on the scale; I’ve heard these things can be pretty
inaccurate at times, but if you measure yourself under the same conditions each
time, it’s at least a way to measure your progress.
I also ordered this program:
Les Mills PUMP.
This is my effort to start adding more weights into my
routine. I’m really looking forward to
using this program, and it should arrive sometime next week, so I may even
start doing it while I’m still on the 21 day fix too!
I’ve said it before, but I thrive on routine. I need a plan. I need to be able to make it mindless, so
that I know what my next workout is, and I know what my next meal is without
thinking too much about it.
I’m hoping this next round gets me some killer results,
because that summer weather is right around the corner, and we’re running out
of time!
**The 21 Day Fix will officially be OFF pre-order status as
of 3/31! If you’re interested in joining my next accountability group, starting
4/21 (the day after Easter), shoot me an email at babebeforebaby@gmail.com and I’ll
get you the info you need!
Mar 27, 2014
Thank you
Mar 26, 2014
Video
Trying something different today...uploaded my very first You Tube video!
This is a little about me and how I got to where I am today, I'd love to hear your feedback, and what you'd like to see more videos on in the future!
Mar 25, 2014
GIVEAWAY!!
I am UBER excited today to bring you a fantastic giveaway
with one of my favorite Etsy shops, Strong Confident YOU.
Last fall, I bought my half marathon hoodie from this shop
and I loved everything about it, and get a million compliments every time I
wear it.. not to mention its super comfy and light weight, so it’s perfect for
chilly runs without adding bulk.
I contacted Lola to see if she would be willing to do a
giveaway for my readers since I loved her shirt so much, and she agreed! She
was really awesome to work with, very accommodating and was willing to work
with all my crazy ideas.
She sent me a super cute workout tank to review, and I couldn’t
be happier with the results.
First, a quick back story….I wanted to show continued
support for those that I coach, regardless of the exercise program they follow,
so I recently started a new private support and accountability group on
Facebook called "Worth the Fight".
Because YOU are worth the fight, regardless of what it is you're fighting for.
Whether it's confidence, a scale number, or that bikini you've been eyeing for
the upcoming summer, I promise you that it's worth the fight, and I want to
help you get there. We use the hashtag
#worththefight on IG to share our progress and stay accountable.
Lola agreed to design a custom tank just for me to share
this message, and I LOVE the final product:
I worked out in this tank this morning, and I have nothing
but good things to say! I actually already contacted Lola about buying a second
one! (she did provide this tank to me for free, but these opinions are my own
and were in no way influenced by this fact).
I’m in a size large here since I was worried about it being too short
for my tall self, but my next purchase will be a medium, this one is just a tad
bit big on me J
SO…it’s GIVEAWAY TIME!! Do you want this tank in your
workout wardrobe? How about another tank from Strong Confident YOU?
Use the rafflecopter tool below to enter, giveaway ends
Friday 3/28 at midnight!
As a prerequisite to enter, you MUST be a follower of this
blog.
Go over to the sidebar and click "Join This Site"
in the followers section if you haven't already…if you enter using rafflecopter
below, I’ll verify you’re a follower of this blog before announcing the winner,
so don’t try and cheat J
You have several ways to enter, so good luck!
Mar 21, 2014
Staying on track over the weekend
It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday!
Friday means the end to a long week, and hopefully 5
consecutive days of staying ON TRACK with your goals to eat healthy and get
your workouts in….but it also means the start of 2 (or sometimes 3) full days
of non-structured eating, social events, and temptations to eat crap and be
lazy about your workouts (at least for me it does!)
So how do you combat this?
One word: ACCOUNTABILITY.
Keep yourself accountable.
It doesn’t matter if it’s just to yourself, to a buddy, or to a whole
group of people, make your goals known by saying them out loud and/or writing
them down somewhere.
There are 2 tools that I think can really help with this,
and they’re both free!
The first: My Fitness Pal.
It’s an app for your phone, and if you don’t have it by now, go get
it. It doesn’t cost a thing, and there’s
a whole database of food and exercise to help you track your day. If you shove it in your piehole, track it in
the app. You’ll be surprised how quickly
you slow down your eating when you realize how many calories you've consumed!
The second: Instagram.
Whether you realize it or not, people following you are helping with
that accountability; post a screen shot of your calorie tracking log, or maybe
a sweaty selfie after you got that workout in.
Taking a rest day? You should still focus on your water intake, so snap
a picture of that gallon of water you just chugged!
I know accountability goes a LONG way in helping me achieve
my goals, so I’ll be posting my healthy habits this weekend on Instagram (I’m
babebeforebaby if you don’t follow me already) and logging all my food into
MyFitnessPal (again, babebeforebaby if you want to friend request me).
Mar 20, 2014
Someday I'll...
Someday I’ll hit my goal weight.
Someday I’ll wear a size 6.
Someday I’ll rock a bikini.
Someday I’ll be proud of my body.
Someday.
We all have these grand ideas of what we’ll do or look like
when “we get there”. That elusive point
in time, when we've reached all of our goals and we’re overly happy with our
body and proud of everything we've accomplished.
But why do we have to wait until that exact moment in time
to be proud of what we've done?
Why SHOULDN'T we rock a bikini now, knowing that we’re so
much closer to our goals now than we were a few months or even years ago?
Why SHOULDN'T we celebrate the milestones along the way,
like running faster, lifting heavier, or losing inches instead of pounds? Why
do we focus on what we still have left to do, as opposed to how far we've come?
It’s such a difficult thing, and a hard line to walk. To be proud of your accomplishments, but not
to the point of complacency. To know
that you still have work to do, but to be happy with the changes you’re seeing
in your body along the way. To accept
that your body isn't perfect, and possibly never will be, but that you can
still push it harder to see what you can do with it.
I’m not at my goal weight yet. I have cellulite and stretchmarks, and my
body is FAR from perfect.
But this body ran 3 half marathons.
This body lost over 50 pounds.
This body keeps going, even with an autoimmune disease that
has debilitated so many others.
This body has been tested and pushed to the point of
soreness more times than I can count, and while it’s not perfect, I’m thankful
for this body I have, even if I don’t quite love everything about it at this
point in time.
One of the things I've ALWAYS wanted to be able to do is to
work out in just a sports bra – no tank top or t-shirt. I used to see those girls at the gym, or running
on my street and say “whatever, a BRA ISN’T A SHIRT, put some clothes on!” …and
don’t get me started on the workout videos and all the super fit women showing
off their abs! But really, I was secretly
envious of the fact that they had the body to do that with confidence..that
they had the CONFIDENCE period. I would
be too self-conscious to do this myself..too worried about what everyone else
thought about me while constantly criticizing and second guessing myself. But now when I work-out in the privacy of my
own home, in my basement where no one else can see me, I do it in just a sports
bra. I don’t know that I have the
confidence built up just yet to go for a run like this, but I’m working on
it.
Baby steps people.
I’m putting go for a run in my sports bra on my goals list
for the summer…regardless of my weight, I want to have confidence and learn to
love my body, and this will force the issue for me.
So tell me, what are you celebrating today, and what goal do you have in mind for this summer? Leave a comment and let me know!
Side bar, special thanks to my sister for
inspiring this post, and I’m so proud of you for what you've accomplished in
the past 7 months! J
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