Call Me Action Gal! 😘

Day in the life!!

I hope no one EVER thinks this ish is easy.

I.
Flippin.
wish.

I've gotten good at simple. It's a complicated looking simple but it's creating your own auto pilot and KNOWING what's non negotiable.

Mine are basic- must get to work before 9a 22 miles (30 non trafficy minutes or 45-60 MEAN DFW HORRIBLE DRIVER SCENE 😑) surely you see my preference??? 

Anyway, I frame my day with that in mind 


Below- my PREWORK the day before any work day:

FIRST ACTION:  laying out my daughters clothes, my workout clothes for 5am and my work clothes..


Down to the shoes?!? Yes. Down to the socks in the shows.
NON - NEGOTIABLE WHY: time constraints. I can't consistently workout evenings. Corporate life! That one last meeting.. That company function... ITS WORK ! Sometimes there's overtime. So by the time in back home between 630p-730p (after grabbing princess child ;)) I won't wanna workout. I want to enjoy my kiddo! We gotta eat !;) so this MUST be layer out or the morning delay kills .

SECOND ACTION: Laying out morning supplement/shake


So I take BCAAs, drink my SHAKEOLOGY post workout , sometimes E&e. Bumbling around half blind, sleepy and cold ... I'm gonna forget something, stub my toe, scream an expletive then go back to bed. 

NON-NEGOTIABLE: Getting back to 276 lbs. I gotta eat to live, not live to eat. Fuel over fake'. Little do people know I was working out 5-6x a week 45-75 mins a day... And still gaining .. Food. It's truth.

THIRD ACTION: coffee ☕️


Now I just can't see why you don't love this stuff ;)

So I prepare the coffee pot, water in, grains in, cup and sugar (coconut palm- yum!!) .. Positioned. Easy to start and go.

NON-NEGOTIABLE: no 😔
But I like it!
So dang gone it the 45 sec prep the night before is warranted!

Finally...

ACTION FOUR: meals prepped


School lunches and mine.. If I have to run around after working out I'll be rushing, distracted, and likely to make my kiddo a peanut butter and mustard sandwich gross right? Yeah I don't like rushing. 

If I do it when I wake up😴 right. Thank you school lunch Gods for validated "busy mom" reason to not work out. 👎 no ma'am and sir. prep and don't play ;)

NON-NEGOTIABLE: YUP! Financially eating out was a mess. I spent in excess of $200 per month on fast food: just ounces and typically healthy.
$50 per week, $10 per day... Starbucks and a subway meal. 

Can't do it!!

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So I'm not perfect..  This works for me. I do think you MUST create some sort of norm do you know when to add and when to take away.. What's important, what's interesting, what to bless and release ❤️

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