Thank you 'Healthy Hostess' for the great info and possibilities on apps for your phone to help keep the Spinning Globe inspired to get fit and stay there!!!


Motivation of the week in the form of cool fitness apps for your phone!
My Fitness Pal:

With a huge food database you can easily keep track of your calories and your exercise. It’s easy to use and simple to understand.

An example from Apple:

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Run Keeper:
This is a great app that acts as a Garmin. It keeps pace, distance and a map. You can save runs to a log and post them to various social networks.
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Fitness Pro:
Gives you lots of great exercises, workouts and instructions. Keep track of your weight and your reps!
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Nike Training Club:
Get lean, toned and strong with more than 85 custom-built workouts. Unlock exclusive extra workouts from celebrities like Lea Michele, professional athletes like Shawn Johnson, and Rihanna’s personal trainer, Ary Nuñez.
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Yoga Free:
Yoga Free offers 250 yoga poses with photos and instructions, as well as relaxing music for your practice. You pick the poses and create workouts for yourself or follow one they have created for you!

Today... I cannot believe, that with minimal to NO working out, I have lost a total of 6.8lbs!!!

There was a second attempt to get the 4 minute circuit training in yesterday and apparently, there is  good reason for the rules to state that you should not participate in strenuous workouts during your detox week! Lol

Again, your body is purging it's self of impurities AND getting it's dependence on sugars and fats under strict control! You have to respect it enough to stick to light yoga and stretching for the week. And so I shall. I did get ALL 3 meals and two snacks in yesterday but still did not feel right during the mini STRENUOUS work out. :/

Truth be told, I know quite a few people that have detoxed in the past and I just didn't get it; but I do wish that they would have told me about this weight loss!! =D

So, by the end of the week of detox, I should feel a bit more energetic and apparently, lighter on my feet. Ha!

Have an awesome day today bloggers!!! And remember, you have FOUR days to prep to begin a new change of ANY kind next week!! Why? Because you CAN!!! All of us can do something a little bit different to live a healthier and happier life!!

Well, you'll all be happy to see that today's post really is going to be short. Ha! NOT really much to report, except that I've shed 4.8lbs since my weigh in yesterday morning!!!!

The 4 min circuit work out gave me the spins so today I will be trying to get all three detox meals in AND both detox snacks!!! I am VERY bad at that. Ex: today it is already 11:32am and I am just finishing up my hot water with lemon and working on my first dose of veggies and a fruit. Smh...

So a bit more of the 'right' fuel and I am hoping to feel better w/my circuit. I will keep you all posted.

Also going to try and incorporate a bit of yoga to try and start building a little strength and flexibility with some stress relief. God knows we can ALL use a little bit of that!

Alright, well I sign off today with one last message to convey.

NOT ONLY STRIVE TO TRANSFORM YOUR BODY BUT ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT HOW YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE AND WHAT YOU TRULY NEED IN LIFE WILL TRANSFORM YOUR SOUL! 

Make it an amazing day my fellow bloggers! =)

10 days later... (from my last entry)

Today is my first day of my very first every Detox week!!! I am in training to become a certified weight loss coach within our new Internet marketing company that we've started and I'm loving EVERY aspect of it. At this stage (about 6 months) the business plan is starting to really flourish!!

We signed on our first three TLS (Transitions Lifestyle System) team members over the weekend and my colleague and I jumped on bored!! We are a team now that will be an enormously helpful support group to one another and that will increase our ratio to succeed by leaps and bounds. It is a three month program in which we will NOT be counting calories OR points. This system offers an extensive plan that covers every aspect of what we will need to get fit and trim, not just a list of foods that you cannot eat! TLS will focus on helping us make healthy choices while still eating a normal, diverse diet.

The three CORE concepts of TLS:

Behavior Modification
Low-Glycemic Eating- foods that work for you, not against you-
Changing your Body Composition

ALL FOR UNDER $50

(If beginning 2013 with an action plan already in place seems like something that interests you,
take a look... shop.com/changeforlifeshoppe or email me at changeforlifeshoppe@yahoo.com ;
we are pretty much global)

Why a detox to kick start the program?
Well, a full seven-day NATURAL fruit and vegetable cleanse is designed to gently purge the body of impurities, relieve the body's dependence on sugary foods, enhance the body's response to carbohydrates and help curb your appetite for sweet or fatty foods that don't support your weight loss goals.

Who is it for???
ONLY people who are serious about losing weight and are looking to optimize their start to reach their weight loss goals!
 
Today's breakfast:
1/2 a lemon squeezed into warm/hot water
1 medium banana
1 small yellow squash and a cup of fresh green beans slow roasted

2 snacks, lunch & dinner:
more fresh veggies(unlimited) only 2 more medium fruits, all the water that I can get in!! 

o_O

Today's work out:

WORLD'S FASTEST WORKOUT!!! (NO EXCUSES)

FouR MinuteS of Circuit Training that includes Squat Thrusts, Mountain Climbers, High Knees and Jumping Jacks w/rest intervals in between and repeat whole circuit once.

Remember, I have to start slow... But my goal is to work out at least 5 days a week.

Let's see what tomorrow brings =)

*************  During the detox week, we should NOT engage in strenuous physical activity. (Even If You Are Used To It)   **********************************************

P.S.
Those of you on my email list, please be aware that I will be rotating the list with new emails this week. Please stay motivated!! ... and feel free to book mark our site @
http://shift-strive-smile.blogspot.com thank you for your interest in staying on track for your healthiest tomorrow!!!

Today I welcome the first day of December!

I have a confession to make, I had reached my BiG 4 0 pretty much the way that I had set out to. Weighed in at the lowest weight since high school and fit into junior size 5/6. Very little to no muffin top and actually hit pool side in a two piece! Then I decided to not be a slave to exercise or watching how I ate. After all, I've earned it right?!

Well, it's roughly 3 months later and I am back to report that I am teetering on 12/14lbs heavier. I was a bit active with a handful of 5k's that I got out to run. I am now sporting a mini-muffin top and I am squeezing into my size 5/6's. No biggie right?! Why not keep an eye on things, live comfortably and except that I'm a 40 year old mother of 6 that has no time to really work out?! Again, there are other things that are more important than looking and feeling strong and fit. For example, actually keeping up with the clearing of our rather large household, making sure to cook and feed all of the troops day in day out, getting the towers of dishes done on a daily basis, accounting for the endless piles of laundry to get washed, dried, folded and put away and a bit of driving all children to where they need to be for play dates, school, sports and outings and kick starting a home business on high gear!!!

Guess again. I will not be much of a role model to my babies if THAT'S all I do. They need to see that being an athlete is not a childhood thing but a choice of a lifestyle. That being healthy and strong should not bring about guilt for having taken up a little bit of our presious time!

We only have one life to live with this one body and you alone are responsible for what you do in this life and with this body.

There for, I'm back and more motivated than ever to log my continued journey to the healthiest and happiest me that I can create.

I want 14lbs off! I want to eat clean, hydrate more, set goals, stay focused and never give up trying to recreate my body. It's been so good to me for 40 years, now I plan to be good to it for the next 40plus years!

What are your goals?! Why wait to start in 2013?! Get moving now! Make a plan and lets get to 2013 already Kicking *SS!!