Sharing

Today I got my oldest to try my Shakeology! She has wanted nothing to do with it since I have had it while my 2 year old loves it. Well today I mixed it with a blackberry, raspberry, and blueberry with just water and it was fantastic! So I decided to offer a try to Bella again and well she loved it! I have learned that sometimes you just have to keep offering things to kids. Robin has made me crazy the last few weeks not wanting to eat anything and only drink milk. Well last night we had Chinese and so I offered him some of veggie low mien and he LOVED it! Even ate the broccoli! I just need to share more and while they may not like it now eventually they may as their taste buds change and I take the unhealthy foods from them and teach them to love good food! Remember to share and not force on your kids and they will be more receptive to in the long run! I shared a picture of the man with his shakeo mustache! 

Breathing

Today I had to remember to breathe! Sometimes things happen and a person can be easily discouraged if not remembering to breathe out the negative energy and breathe in the positive. In the last few hours I have definitely had to put those to good use! Anyway breathing is a part of your life all the time and is a good indicator of how your doing. When I'm tired I breathe really shallow and when worked up really fast. I have learned how to breathe when I workout so that I don't get tired as fast. I never really knew how important it was to breathe! That is all I have for now. 

PERKS

 Today in the mail along with my Shakeology  I got my challenge t-shirt from Slim in 6! What a nice perk to make me feel good about what I'm doing! But it was just that a "perk" the real REWARD in all of this is my overall health! I know by what I am doing now I can help prevent further damage to my body and hopefully not end up with some of the health problems that run in my family. Here is my picture from today in my new gear! Best part is it too tight right now and I can work on making it TOO BIG! Enjoy everyone!

WATER

Here is something I read the other day and just wanted to share. You think water is a joke? I think not!!!

Are you drinking enough water throughout your day?? You should be drinking half of your body weight in ounces of water. For example, if you weight 140 pounds, you would be drinking 70 ounces of water per day. It's no longer "drink eight 8 oz glasses of water." Why would you drink so much in one day you may ask? There are several factors at work.

For one thing, being sufficiently hydrated allows your body to perform at its highest level. You have more energy, so you feel more like being active instead of sitting around lethargically watching TV. 

Another aspect is that having enough water in your body helps flush out waste products created through exercise and weight loss. When you are even slightly dehydrated you simply don't recover as quickly as when you are well-hydrated. When you don't recover as fast, you might get in 3-4 workouts a week versus 5-6 when you recover quickly. More workouts more often equal a better chance of losing weight.

The third mechanism involves your kidneys and your liver. Normally, your kidney’s job is to filter out waste products to produce urine. When you don't drink enough water (and most Americans don't), they can’t do their job right. And when your kidneys can’t do their job right, they need help, so your liver steps in and takes in some of the filtering work. The problem is that your liver’s primary role is to metabolize fat…and now it can’t do that. As a result, you don't burn stored fat, and fat that you consume in your diet is stored instead of burned.

In order to free up your liver so that it can devote itself full-time to burning fat, you need to drink water, and lots of it. This will allow your kidneys to function normally.

WHAT'S YOUR WHY?!?

I have been seriously thinking what my why is to why I am working out. I have a ton of reasons so I will just list them out for you. Then I want you to think what your why is and if today you are going to decide to change your life for those reasons!

1. My Kids ( I want to be around to see them grow up and have kids)
2. My Health (family history of High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, and Obesity)
3. To Prove I can (Not only to myself but to my family)
4. Feel good in my clothes
5. I want a Video Ho Body (Silly I know but I am being truthful)

Well for now those are my WHY's! How about you list yours and we can work on them together!

Kids Health

One thing I was concerned about when I started thing journey was how my oldest now 9 was going to take the changes to our eating habits. To my surprise she has adjusted very well. She even ate tofu and thought it was tasty. Mommy wasn't so fond of it but I'm glad she liked it. She has really enjoyed having more fruit and veggies too. I can tell as I have been eating healthier my tastes are changing too. I also have to say I LOVE my Shakeology ! I can not wait to get my new shipment this week. If you haven't had it you really need to try it! I personally love the Tropical Strawberry! Every morning I have it for breakfast because honestly that is the hardest meal for me to get into eating. So I just shake it up and am good to go! check out all the great things about Shakeology ! Now if I could only give up the white bread. O_o I love that my kids love their wheat bread but mommy just can't get over the taste. This week I be getting my Rockin Body workout and I can not wait!!! Anyways I just wanted to touch on how important it is for our kids to eat like us. We shouldn't start eating healthy while letting the rest of our family suffer. I am happy to be teaching my children to be health conscious now as to hopefully avoid them going through the struggles with weight I am currently battling and the addiction to food. Well tomorrow I have another weight check and measurements  I fear it will not be as good as my recent progress because of my lack in calories and some slacking on my part. Still going strong just been a little lackadaisical  So here we go pushing for the big weigh in coming up in December. 

Motivation

 Sometimes I need to dig deep and I mean deep  when finding my motivation. It may be 9:30 in the evening before I have finally mined enough that I was able to reach my motivation for the day. I know I am motivated first thing in the morning but it seems as if there is never enough time with getting kids together and feeding all 3 of them. Especially after I have sat on the couch and gotten all comfy to feed the baby it has been at least a half hour. I know I need to do it first thing or all day I have to work myself up to it and by the end of the day I am just toooo tired to get it done and honestly dread it. However I pick myself up and do it. So my words of encouragement today are this whether you are ready first thing in the am or have your burst of energy in the evening that is when you need to do it. Just get it done. :)