Day Two of P90X/Plyometrics

Up at 5 am again. I am going to need to go to bed earlier, as it was not nearly as easy to roll out of bed this morning!

Took my supps, fried KC his eggwhites before he was out the door to work, set up my living room to look like “My Gym”, signed on to WOWY “Online Super Gym” and then pressed play. I don’t get to work out with music, as my kids are all asleep down the hall, and I have to keep the volume VERY low and do all my hopping, jumping, grunting, and straining as quietly as possible.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE PlyometriX!! It works your legs something fierce, but all in good fun, and I love having new moves to learn. One thing about ME: I am pretty competitive, so I really try to keep up not only with the girls, but with the boys. (NO ONE can keep up with Tony Horton – every good competitor knows when they are outmatched!) Some sound advice I got before this workout: “Don’t go at it like an animal or you won’t walk tomorrow”. So I started out with those intentions. That lasted about 30 seconds. I was having so much fun the time flew as I worked my body like crazy in this routine. But not beyond safety and keeping good form; just a good hard workout that ROCKS!!

The inside tip of the day:
“THINK CATWOMAN; NOT CRAZY WOMAN”.

Soft landing is the name of the game so our knees that have recovered from the SQUAT NAZI Debbie Sieber’s Slim in 6 will not be sore again!!

I am so excited to be going through this with all of you! It’s just a CRAZY program that will whip our bodies into tip top shape come day 90. And the fun of doing it alone in your house is that you really are competing with yourself. Yes, there are those on the tape who we compete with each time, but it’s a personal best against them. And no one standing next to you to make you feel less because you can’t keep up with them. In the flesh. It’s a beautiful thing, this home fitness idea. And then we pick back up our living room and no one is the wiser to our private fitness sessions, except that our sweatshirts are starting to bulge in the arms.

I’ve got someone coming for a haircut in a few minutes and I still have yet to take a quick shower. A good hot shower sounds good for my worked body right about now!! Check back in to see if I’m able to walk tomorrow!? I’m up a for a GREAT day today, after a BLAST of a start!!

Is it tomorrow yet?????

Bring it!

This is an inspirational story that any parent should read…

One of the best benefits of learning how to eat to fuel my body, as a mom, was learning what a healthy plate looks like. At Tony Horton Fitness Camps in the days of old, Tony used to talk about the important fuels for your body: lean protein, healthy fats, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.

When we first started on this health and fitness journey, I cleaned out all my cupboards and fridge of the bad stuff that I’d allowed to creep in, and replaced it with the healthy stuff listed in my new food journal provided with the Team Beachbody Club. That was a big deal for me, because it was a commitment with my pocketbook! I used the expression “Say no to yourself once: at the grocery store!” that I’d learned from another member in my Beachbody Challenge Group. That saying made sense to me, and I wanted to teach my kids the same thing. Rather than me having m&m’s in a bag that they ask me for 10 times throughout the day, not even having them on the shelves was a few less “no”’s I had to tell my kids. It helped me get creative in making the snacks fun, and the meals tasty!

My kids really resisted at first. Well, the older ones. They were grumpy that the junk food they’d grown accustomed to were no longer an option. Oh, I’m all about moderation, and they still had desserts, and sweet foods, but I changed their options for the more healthy counterparts: Fat free yogurt instead of go-gurts, lime Perrier (“bubble water”) in place of soda, thin crust, light cheese & veggie pizza instead of the thick crust, oozing cheese pepperoni pizza’s of old. We had tons of different fruits, and instead of calorie laden casserole’s we had grilled chicken, lots of veggies and instead of white rice, we had whole grain rice and quinoa and bulgar. Havent tried em? Neither had I until I found the Beachbody Club and then I was hooked on these new flavors! In fact, my kids actually (and this is the truth!) used to say “Brussel Sprouts? Yay! Thanks Mom!” It sounds so fake and cheeseball, but they really love brussel sprouts – a veggie I’d never made before then. Because the truth is, healthy foods DO taste good, and its possible to re-train our habits and taste buds.

Oh, we still have soda, and ice cream every now and again, just not every day or week, and you know what? My kids are healthy, strong, and adjusted. So be encouraged if you are just starting on your journey to a healthier family – with time and consistency, and open, honest communication, ie: “I cant in good conscience give to you what I know now to be so unhealthy for you, son.” your kids WILL adjust and when they’re adults they’ll thank you. When they do, you can pat yourself on the back knowing you did the hard, but right thing by your family.

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The story below is one from a few years back, before we had the big social networks. Since then, the bonds of new relationships and accountability partners has grown even greater, thus your opportunity for success! 

This is a unique time in history, where relationships are cultivated while sitting alone in a room at a keyboard. Some of my dearest friendships that I’ve developed in the past 10 years have begun in this way and if I hadn’t experienced it, I might be more than just a bit skeptical. Can you “hug” an email? Can you really call someone a friend whom you’ve never seen face-to-face? Some might say no, but that would not be someone who’s truly experienced the power of the Beachbody Coaching community!

I’d never been on a message board when I started posting in the Beachbody Boards (pre FaceBook days) back in 2003. I didn’t even know there WERE boards to find other people going through the program I was going through until I learned of them from a fellow Beachbody member. I logged on and started posting my journey and sent this question out into the internet abyss: “Who’s with me?” It wasn’t long before someone answered. And then another. A “Challenge Group” was born. We lived in different states, different time zones, our family sizes varied, as did our lifestyles. We had different religions, different backgrounds, some worked doing manual labor, some crunched numbers for big companies, and some (like me) were stay at home moms. It didn’t matter. What drew us together was the common goal of weight loss, reclaiming our health, and going through it …TOGETHER.

Some people would drop back in participation because life pressed in, and when they did the community would reach out and tell them they were welcome back at any time, and assured them that they were missed. Because of that we didn’t lose anyone. It was a safe place to come back to; where successes were celebrated and backsliding was forgiven. Every Challenge Group brought new friends into my life, and because we went through something so personal as weight loss together, bonds were/are created and in some cases, life long friendships are made.

Yes, if you workout consistently and eat well consistently you WILL get results. But when you add the third cord to that system – the cord of accountability – not only will you see the odds of getting results climb, but you’ll feel a part of something. Something new, something good, something that will make fitness and healthy eating a lifestyle and not just a passing phase.

That’s the magic of Beachbody. People need people, and with Team Beachbody’s Challenge Groups for accountability you WILL cross the goal line. And you’ll do so linking arms with those who ran the race with you! ☺

I believe that things happen in threes and God will show it to you again and again if it is really important.  I woke up this morning and in my inbox I received an email from Jim Rohn.  In this email there was a quote from Jim which read,

“The best advice I ever came across on the subject of concentration is: Wherever you are, be there.

When you work, work. When you play, play. Don’t mix the two.

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of attention.

On the way to work, concentrate on the way – not the work.

Pay attention. Don’t just stagger through the day.”

Then my girlfriend and I had a heart to heart about our priorities and I’m going to keep that conversation private.

The third thing that came to me about priorities was an email from a very successful Beachbody Coach, Jonathan Register, whose blog training I am using to help me build this site and my www.SuperHeroWorkoutNation.com.  I’m on his email list and I received an email from him today. His email was about this topic as well.  Jonathan just finished his very first Dani Johnson’s First Step to Success weekend in Washington DC and discovered a very similar thing I discovered when I attended my first steps.  He discovered he was out of balance and was sacrificing parts of his life to hit a huge goal of his.  In his email he wrote:

Success isn’t just about making lots of money.
It isn’t just about hitting that $1 million/year mark. It isn’t
just about living the lifestyle full of freedom that we all want.

It’s about…

Our relationships. Our spiritual life. And balance.

See for so long I’ve been focusing on helping as many people as it
takes to hit that $1 million/year mark.

And I’m STILL focused on that. And I WILL hit that!

…BUT…

As a result of just SOLELY focusing on that, I’ve neglected other
parts of my life. I’ve neglected working on my
relationships…specifically, my relationship with my wife.

I’ve all but ignored and put off working on my spiritual life.

And I don’t have a lot of balance in my life.

I relate a lot to Jonathan and his story and his Goals.  One of my Goals is to achieve wealth but without sacrificing relationships with my family, friends, and God.  As we go through life, priorities change. Focus shifts and things that were once important may not seem to have as high of a place in our life.

I love Beachbody, I love my career and my business working from home and helping others. I love the team I am building and I love the freedom I have created for myself.  After receiving Jim Rohn’s and Jonathan’s emails today and having a talk with my girlfriend, I started to reflect on this past year.  Johnathan attended his very first First Steps to Success. At the same time,  I was torn between first steps or my family reunion that were both the same weekend.  I’ve been to a first steps and a dynasty already. Normally, in the past, I would have chosen business and attended First Steps but I chose my reunion.  It’s about finding that right balance.  I’ve sort of put Beachbody on a lower priority this year. I’ve not been super focused on retailing and recruiting, instead my focus has been on helping those coaches on my team achieve success by giving direction and guidance.

I also found the love of my life and I’m spending a lot of time with her traveling and building a solid relationship. Plus, my dad survived colon cancer recently. So, making sure I have QT with my family has become a huge priority.  I’m just enjoying what I have right now.   I’m making a nice residual income from Beachbody ,which has allowed me to take some time away and focus on the things that are truly important in my life.  I didn’t qualify for the Leadership Retreat like I did last year or the Success Club Trip which I have attended the last 2 years.   But my primary focus has been building and growing my team of coaches.  2012 for me was about finding balance, finding humility and being grateful for what has been given to me and giving thanks and praise to God.

I will continue to set goals in my life and I will continue to prioritize what’s important.  The best thing is that I have a loving, supportive and encouraging girlfriend who wants me to succeed but I will not compromise my relationship with her, my relationship with my family, or my growing relationship with God just to achieve a milestone.  I refuse to quiet my personal priorities for recognition and wealth.

I will achieve the goals I have set for myself but I will no longer compromise & sacrifice my family, friends, and my love of my life to achieve success.  Like Mr. Rohn stated above “When you work, work. When you play, play. Don’t mix the two.“

Primary goals using P90X: Muscle building and fat loss. :0)

Stats

Body Fat: 20.5%
Weight: 196.5
Chest: 44
Waist: 39
Hips: 42.5
R Thigh: 25.5
L Thigh: 25.5
R Arm: 15
L Arm: 15

Nutritional and supplement support:

1. P90X Nutrition Guide
2. Ultimate Reset Nutrition Guide
3. P90X2 Nutrition Guide
4. Beachbody Men’s Strength and Muscle
5. Isopure Whey Protein
6. P90X Results and Recovery Drink
7. P90X Peak Health Formula
8. Beachbody Peak Performance Formula
9. Super Suma
10. Energy & Endurance
11. Tropical Strawberry Shakeology
12. Chocolate Shakeology

Do whatever it takes to stay motivated and committed.

I am finally healing. I finally know what was causing my pain, and I am being fixed. I start on Monday with the group that started it all for me. One of the most positive and supportive communities I have ever been a part of and I am proud to lead this group once again. If you are searching for a group that won’t let you down, message me and request to join the 300 Challenge.

My used to always consist of Goals and materials.  I never fully understood that these were more of a “What” I wanted than a “why”.

Really taking the time to strip away all the things I wanted, all the income I wanted to achieve, what my really reason why for doing this business is all about.  My WHY came to me after Summit of 2012 and is pretty basic and straightforward.  It is inspired by my love for Comics and Superhero’s and my continued journey as I build a relationship with Christ and God.

I am positive and enthusiastic about my passion as I pursue freedom. 

Free from torment.

The word “positive” had to be on my why.  I’m a negative sponge and it is extremely important that positive and supportive people surround me in my day-to-day life.  I tend to soak up the negative easier than I do the positive so limiting the negative influences in my life and being with positive upbeat people is how I have had success in the past and will continue to have success in the future.

The word “enthusiastic” is in my why because one day I was listening to Dani Johnson’s audio “6-figures in 6 months” and she used the word enthusiastic.  She spoke and shared that in Greece the word was derived from the word “entheos” which meant “to be God Like or inspired by God.”  I want to be like God.  More than ever have I been stuck with my relationship with God and Christ and I felt having enthusiastic fit me to a tee because I am so excited about so many things but to be like God and inspired by God is what I want.

My “passion” is my own personal health and fitness.  To achieve peak physical condition for the rest of my and have that tied into another passion of comics, superheroes and movies is what drives me and excites me.

Freedom means many things.  Free from debt, free to travel, to have income always coming in and not worrying about money.  But right not it is free from torment.  I’ve been in pain with my neck shoulder and back for about a year and a half almost 2 years.  It has caused me to start and stop so many workout programs in the past because with each new program my pain would flare up and I would think, “maybe this new program will solve my pain and torment.”  I’ve searched and tried so many different courses of action from deep tissue message, acupuncture, physical therapy and Rolfing.  All brought short-term relief but none solved the problem.  Currently I started to see a Chiropractor who is a Christian and I felt my prayers were answered.  I finally was given a reason and explanation for my pain and more importantly a solution on how I am going to get better.  I am so enthusiastic about the future!!!