Perfectly Imperfect and Ok With That!

The best things some to those who...know how to stick in there.  Yes, sometimes fitness, eating well, etc can seem monotonous.  Well, some of it is! But you have so many more hours in the day to do something amazing and awesome and be creative.  Get creative with your workouts! That's why I post videos - what song can I think of today. Now most people have already let go of those new years resolutions..sadly enough.  How to stick with yours? Consistency and accountability.  Need some? Contact me here or take this quick survey!  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CZHGCB8 See you over there getting all healthy and ish?!?!  :) xoxoxo Jess

I really love this song:)  It seemed fitting.  I'm very much "sprung" or hot on the idea now of lifting! This is again, new for me because I feel stronger and more talented at cardio. I do think I'll need to mix in some body combat or I'll lose my mind soon:) So something else I'm sprung on? Helping people! I have found my passion! Its not making a lot of money tricking people, its making a living loving who I am and helping others reconnect with what they need to love to be happy. Themselves.  Some of my tricks? 1 - put the scale down.  get rid of it. 2 - positive affirmations. DAILY!! outloud, tell yourself, 10x, "Im enough" 3 - skip the negative talk. youre not fat, youre not ugly, you may not be rich in Hollywood terms but youre rich with life. Live that way then! 2 months until my half marathon and I'm praying to cross the finish line! This program has definitely made me feel much much stronger. *WHATEVER IT TAKES!*...

End of the week! Yay!! I have one more day of Body Beast  - I probably wont post daily blogs about it anymore b/c it will repeat a few weeks. Maybe we'll talk about recipes;) So today I ran 4.75 miles (still training for a 15K in February - yikes!)  and then did shoulder day. It was a challenge.  I looked over at my hubby and asked him what the heck was this or that move? He's an Army veteran and loves to lift and for once, kinda smirked b/c he knew the workout better than me - I got him in cardio though! ;) Lots of presses, lats and stuff..hence the video showing that I DO have shoulders! Say what?!?! Probably the strongest looking part of my physique thus far.  Working on being supa dupa awesome soon! First, Challenge Groups - this program Im doing now (Body Beast) is tough! Waking up and doing it alone is not as easy as you think it may be for me.  So why do that w/o a group? Um, DONT! That's why I have free challenge groups!  They offer accoun...

Well..I do like to Move it Move it..:) No real crazy thing to report other than CHANGE IT UP. I consider myself pretty self aware when it comes to my fitness but even I plateau.  Body Combat was my first plateau breaker but it was all cardio. Know when to step out of your zone. Today  - cardio wasn't running in place and such like I thought. it had weights :/  So it was good and different than my regular cardio. I'd say I was more plyometric based than anything. There were these clappy push ups - yeah ok those didn't go over too well ! But atleast I tried! In a few months I'll be a clappin happy fool! ha! Hmm.. I was asking on my like page, soreness help ( I need it ) - yoga - hot bath *Epsom salt - foam roller **never heard this one** - apple cider vinegar! The others haven't worked much so I'll try this next. Comment below -what's your remedy?

Had to add the video!  so anyway, today -- GOOD DAY!! I ran 3 miles, kinda faster than I usually do and felt like  - AHHH!  I needed that.  Body confusion - sorta  like  muscle confusion I guess. The change up in my activity seems to be doing a body good?!?! I am sleeping a bit better even though Im working out in the day time. So lets talk nutrition.  I feel like im eating sooo much! but its not causing anything adverse.  How much are you eating a day? Do you track it? Im no the queen of MyFitnessPal (YET!) but I do consistently log on.  Over 120 days now thank you very much! I don't like that it tells me to eat 1300 cals a day so I kinda ignore that.  Sticking with what my trainer said to do. Eating is not the enemy. The content of what's eaten can really do you in though.... Tips for less ick after kicking but in a workout: 1. COOK 2. DONT EAT OUT 3. Plan and Prep 4. Portion control 5.  clean it up - ie, quit wit...

Body Beast Leg Day   (And Other Realities)... Now don’t get me wrong – this wasn’t easy, but I much prefer this day.   I love running – why? Because youre legs get the hotness!!   ;)   I’ve always had big thighs (sprinter’s legs) but when they aren’t toned, they are definitely blah. So I'm embracing leg days because I have been at a loss on how to tone up and get back the hotness . Warm Up –   I see a pattern here.   Slow and tricky like a jog or high knees them BOOM lunges. IN.A.WARM UP.   He's completely flipped what I think as a warm up!!   The Workout - I don’t remember all of it in order but there were regular squats, fancy squats (that's what I call them..), lunges on an incline, and new word? SUPERSETS! I kinda knew what these were before, but I like how he does them.   My legs weren’t shaky so I thought my routine today of 8, 10, 15 lbs may have been too light ( I even had to drop them on the Bulgarian or Bulvarian ...

Hahahahahahahaha! Now am I laughing at Sagi (the super buff trainer)? Nope. Laughing at my overconfidence that I knew what to expect and how to lift for results. Now don’t get me wrong I’ve lifted weights before -   I was a college athelete (track) but I lifted just enough and until the coach said I could go back to track and do the “real” work. I’ve never considered weights anything but supplementary to my workout routine. I’ve made them center stage and its KILLER. My arms are shakey (hence the pic) and I’m definitely impressed.   So here’s the program in review… Chest and Tris Day Warm up – sorta yawned. I was like, um, this is a lame jog and arm circles. But then, it was like Sagi heard me and said PUSHUPS!! Um, what?! This is the WARM UP! I PUSH NOTHING UNTIL LATER IN THE WORKOUT! So wanted to tell Shaun T on him but whatever…. Chest was first .   I quickly learned why he continued to say, keep your area clean. I so need a rack for these weights. I was ...