If you are waiting for motivation, what if it never comes?

March 26, 2012

I read this today and thought about how often people look for motivation first. “As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behavior. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to become.”  Read that again. Take action on the behavior you admire by making it your behavior. It [...]

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Perimenopause weight loss hope or “Sweatin’ like a heathen,” my dad would say…

February 15, 2012

It was Saturday night. I was once again in the closet trying to figure out what to wear to church in the morning. This was getting a little old. Due to snow and plunging temps, a dress was out, at least in my books. That left me looking through my pants. Nothing was fitting right..I [...]

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Perimenopause weight gain is not a theory…it’s real

February 9, 2012

For you guys who see the word menopause or perimenopause and back out of here right away, I'd recommend you stay. Someone in your life is affected by or living in this time of life and you will do well to understand it at least a little better. I promise..I won't go into the nitty [...]

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What if I just don’t feel like it?

October 17, 2011

It's not easy making the choice to eat right and exercise. But it's a choice. And if you choose day after day not to exercise, you are shortening your life or decreasing the quality of your life. And although it's not easy, you can do it. You can do like my friend Becca who takes [...]

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Healthy No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies ala Chalene Johnson

October 2, 2011

Healthy No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies *great with Chocolate Shakeology*  posted by Chalene Johnson (The very healthy version of a no-bake PB Chocolate cookie) INGREDIENTS: 8 Tablespoons PB2 (low fat, high protein powdered peanut butter – details below) 3 Tablespoons Natural Peanut butter (w/flax seeds is the best!) ½ Cup Shakeology Protein Powder (Haven't tried [...]

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Why did you come?

September 20, 2011

What's your why? Why did you come when you could have stayed at home? That's the question I asked at the beginning of our QnA after the briefing. And would you like to know the answers from the business owners and guests at the briefing?  Double bypass last year. Shakeology helped make one meal nutritionally [...]

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I lost over 70 pounds from my last pregnancy and got flat abs.

September 17, 2011

I was quite overweight after the birth of my 3 sons. What should I have expected? I would get up in the middle of the night and eat ice cream and cheese sandwiches and leftover cake! And,  I didn't exercise when I was pregnant, except for walking. And after every pregnancy, I got smushier and [...]

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Almost talked myself out of working out…

September 9, 2011

But I looked at my calendar and didn't want to see a blank square that shows I didn't work out!  All it took was putting in the DVD and hearing that start up music to get me moving. And what a workout. It's day 3 of the Turbo Fire 5 Day Inferno I can't believe [...]

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Does the scale outwit you?

August 29, 2011

"A scale doesn't have a brain, but it can out-think you." Dr. Wheeler Isn't that the truth? So you have a good week, you lose a couple of pounds and the scale makes you happy! Yay…the scale says I'm great!  Then, the next week, you step on it, and it hasn't moved or it says [...]

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5 Day Inferno..and the rice tasted awesome!

March 30, 2011

Well, today is day 3 of the Turbo Fire 5 Day Inferno! And last night, during my workout I really had to dig deep because energy was really low. About the time I wanted to convince myself that I'd probably done all I should, Chalene Johnson would say something like, "You don't know how much [...]

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