Trial Week

So I've had a VERY difficult past two weeks. One preparing for the first week of school and the next living the first week of school. The craziness isn't quite over with my second son starting preschool in a few weeks, too. But hopefully that transition won't be as difficult as this one has been.

My upline coach suggested that I use this past week as a trial week to see how my schedule will work best. Even though I did a few of the PiYo days, I didn't do them to my own satisfaction and am going to re-do the week starting Monday (PiYo weeks start Mondays if you follow their calendar).

If you will recall, I hurt my leg. I think I hyperextended my knee. So I've been off it for awhile. And while my mind wants me to eat celery and meat, my wallet wants me to eat rice and pasta. Back-to-school supplies can be expensive. I'm sitting down right now to write out a menu plan for the week.

That leads to finally taking a little break this weekend. We went to the lake.

And I saw it.

sigh

It was horrible. 

A picture of me.

Not as horrible as it once was but not nearly as nice as it could be. And I KNOW the problem. I'm going to print the picture and hang it in my kitchen as a warning. lol!

I'm going to finish the PiYo series in the next few weeks and starting September 29; I will begin my P90X Challenge Group. Just in time to get in shape before the holidays and show off to all your relatives. And if you splurged a bit over Labor Day weekend, then start with me now! It'll be awesome. I've been drinking Shakeology regularly and feel good despite the extra weight. I just need self-discipline to say no to "bad" food.



Lauren, just eat right. Sheesh. It shouldn't be that hard. Give it your all! 

What?! Stoked! Hashtag SweatySelfie

I am totally participating in this! You should participate as well. You don't need to be coach or a customer. Just human. (Or a non human with opposable thumbs, I suppose.)

Do it!
Ends September 3!
http://www.beachbody.com/beachbodyblog/sweaty-selfie-contest

No Words

I am completely drained. I am at a lost of words that adequately describe the amount of failure I achieved last week as far as health and fitness goes. I don't even know where to start in describing how bad everything was. Among my hardships were a school bus that forgot my son, harassing texts, and a failure to complete a work assignment. There's more, but let me just say that it was rough. I hurt my knee and wasn't able to exercise for the week. Rest Ice Compress and Elevate. And then feel really guilty and embarrassed at the amount of failure.

I was supposed to start some healthy eating with Cynthia. She did a great job. With how many unexpected doctor visits and errands we had, a surprising number of meals were from Chik-fil-a (and even one from McDonald's!).

So today I awoke to a tweet from @TurboFire:

Yes, I needed that this morning!

So if you're like me and suck at life recently, there's plenty of grace for you to get back to glorifying God with your temple. His grace is new every morning!

You've got this! I've got this! Because God's always had it!

P90X Challenge Group coming the last week of September! Sign-up now!

Motivation!

I'm having a tough week. Sick kids, sick husband, and a messy house make me feel like a failure.

It happens. Remember what Mother Theresa said: God has not called me to be successful but to be faithful. And in that faithfulness we are successful. I just need to remember that while I have many plans it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand (Prov 19:21).

Enjoy this motivational video if you too are having a sucky week:

3 Day Fix

So Over the weekend I decided I needed a little kick to get in the right direction with eating again. So I did a quick Shakeology Fix:

I lost those 5 pounds that have been hanging around me all week!

oh! I forgot to take a pic of the scale. But it said 142.0 and I'm aiming for 140 even this coming Saturday. Clean eating Challenge group starts TODAY!

******UPCOMING*****
P90X Challenge Group
I'll be finishing PiYo the first week of September. You'll get to see my results and then there will be 3 weeks before I start my favorite P90X. NINETY DAYS of extreme fitness! I'm psyched!

September 29th is the start of P90X. Join me! Grab a bag of Shakeology and get off your bum! It is for you. It isn't for some better fit person. It is for you. You do what you can and work your way to being that person that others think "oh this comes easy to you" and you know that you have to sweat to see results! It's work and it's hard. And it's worth it. Also, in my opinion, IT'S FUN!!!

Here's my instagram sweaty selfie post-piyo yesterday:

If I Could Plagiarize For A Moment...

This week to keep me on track for not eating excessively or anything that does not add to my temple, I'm going to use myfitnesspal to keep track of my food in-take. I had a lot of friends suggest I do this and come along side me to keep me accountable; so, shout-out to all you guys who are awesome! I love you all! I have the best friends! I hope you don't mind me calling you out: Meaghan, Kate, Jennifer, Eileen, Ryan, Elizabeth, Elizabeth, Shaye, and Bri. Thanks, friends. Your support gets me through the rough times!

Shakeology has been awesome! I've been getting the kids to drink it even. I accidentally got Felipe to drink it. I didn't realize he was drinking it and we went one day without any Shakeology because I didn't order it quickly enough. It has been the best step we've taken as a family toward health.

And if I could plagiarize a couple paragraphs I would, but since I can't in good conscience, I'll just share them:

"Perhaps from my vantage point of 55 years of age, one willingly accepts that there is more to fitness than pornography. Somehow the butt-baring image just doesn't work after a time. So what then is the new direction of fitness? If you ask me, the key to fitness is being able to move your body in the way it was meant to move.
It means you can run, jump, swim, play, bend, walk and lift with all parts of your body from joints, muscles and bones to hands and feet, all body parts working in unison. It means that if you had to run 5K to get away from danger, if you had to swim for 20 minutes to save yourself in a flood, if you had to lift a heavy weight out of the way to free yourself, something or someone else, you could do it."

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/tosca-reno/bikini-fitness_b_5610782.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000046&ir=Women

http://www.spartan.com//

If you made it this far down, I want to do a race. Spartan? Seems too intense? Ideas? How do I pick? http://www.dfwraces.com/ Help me!

Love Your Body!

I recently saw a TED talk where the obese speaker was talking about she loved her body. I don't know her health issues or if she even has any. The danger of blindly "loving" our bodies is that people infer that that means we don't have to change. A smoker should love her body enough to stop smoking. An overeater should love her body to stop overeating. A lazy glutton should love her body enough to start exercising and eating more than just frozen pizzas.

Today my scale reading was up. 147 pounds. Bummer. Except that my inches were WAY down! That means muscle growth!

If you want to join me doing PiYo, or if you already are, there's a CASTING CALL that you could win a chance to share your story on a Beachbody commercial! Follow that link to a facebook page to share your "before/after" shots!

One of my gal friends shared a really neat idea for motivation for working out: I tell my clients to put $1 or $2 in a jar each time they complete a workout...at the end of the month, use it as a reward: new workout, shoes, outfit, massage, manicure, etc. Sounds good to me! What should I do with all that money? Maybe I'll start working out twice a day!