Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
90 Day Clean Health Challenge
Over the next 90 days I will be following my 90 Day Health Challenge. I have noticed that over the course of the winter my skin an hair have become very parched. I have also not been following my own advise of putting myself first. My eating patterns and workout program has been taking a hit and over all I just do not feel like myself. Especially in the last 3-4 weeks I have been fatigued. My digestive system is also not working properly. Overall I just feel like crap!
I have created a 3 phase 90 Day Detox and Cleanse program that includes clean eating, taking in the right nutrients, drinking enough water and doing a minimum of yoga every day. Over the 90 day I will be focusing on a spiritual cleanse as well.
Here is a quick summary of what I will be doing for Month 1: Nutritional Cleansing:
- 3-4 liters of water daily
- Taking my Ageless Actives Daily Essentials for Women with Product B
- Fish oil supplement an additional 2 times daily
- Limit coffee to one cup of organic fresh ground coffee in the morning
- Drink Green tea 2 times daily
- Drink IsaCleanse and Ionix supreme every a morning before I eat or drink anything
and IsaCleanse before bed 2 hours after my last meal
- 2 IsaLean shakes daily or IsaLean mixed with IsaPro
- At some point in the month do a 2 day deep cleanse
- Go meatless on Monday
Friday, April 20, 2012
My New Addiction!
Every day at 3pm I sit down and have my afternoon snack. Usually it is my Vanilla Isalean Shake and Citrus Want More Energy, which I ran out of a week ago. I always buy my daughter Rice Crackers and hummus for her afternoon snack. This week she decided she wanted an apple instead so I ate her snack. HOLY YUM!!! I picked up these World Table Soy Wasabi Crackers and I am ADDICTED!!! They are a Walmart brand to I need to give kudos to them. 
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Digging Deeper
“Dig Deeper” –Shawn T
Once or twice a week I hear these words being screamed at me through my T.V. by none other than Shawn Thompson, otherwise known as Shawn T. I try to do his Insanity and Asylum workouts at least once a week to help with my training. I also do it to see if maybe, one day I will be able to complete a workout without stopping. A few weeks ago I turned 36 and decided that this would be the year that I would test my physical limits. For over a decade I went to the gym with a set plan: lift, cardio, stretch then home. I could not stay from my workout because the type of competitions I did required a certain regimen. Every year I would hit a wall where I no longer wanted to workout. I would loathe going to the gym. Then I rediscovered my love of dance and running. In 3 weeks I will step on stage to perform for me in almost 10 years. I am pulling out all the stops and suffering from a banged up, bruised body. It is all worth it. In 5 weeks I will be running my first half-marathon. The training is killing me but I am digging deeper.
Often I train alone so it is up to me to push myself. I do what it takes to dig inside and find that inner strength and drive to get me through. The people who drive by me when I am running, I am sure, think I am crazy. I sing out loud. I talk to myself. I yell at myself. I even sometimes scream. Randomly enough, I often cry. Every session I ask myself, have I given it everything? Did I dance with all my heart? Did I run as fast as my legs would take me? Next time you train listen to yourself. Are you telling yourself you can’t do it or are you digging deeper and finding that inner voice to scream at yourself to push harder?
Once or twice a week I hear these words being screamed at me through my T.V. by none other than Shawn Thompson, otherwise known as Shawn T. I try to do his Insanity and Asylum workouts at least once a week to help with my training. I also do it to see if maybe, one day I will be able to complete a workout without stopping. A few weeks ago I turned 36 and decided that this would be the year that I would test my physical limits. For over a decade I went to the gym with a set plan: lift, cardio, stretch then home. I could not stay from my workout because the type of competitions I did required a certain regimen. Every year I would hit a wall where I no longer wanted to workout. I would loathe going to the gym. Then I rediscovered my love of dance and running. In 3 weeks I will step on stage to perform for me in almost 10 years. I am pulling out all the stops and suffering from a banged up, bruised body. It is all worth it. In 5 weeks I will be running my first half-marathon. The training is killing me but I am digging deeper.
Often I train alone so it is up to me to push myself. I do what it takes to dig inside and find that inner strength and drive to get me through. The people who drive by me when I am running, I am sure, think I am crazy. I sing out loud. I talk to myself. I yell at myself. I even sometimes scream. Randomly enough, I often cry. Every session I ask myself, have I given it everything? Did I dance with all my heart? Did I run as fast as my legs would take me? Next time you train listen to yourself. Are you telling yourself you can’t do it or are you digging deeper and finding that inner voice to scream at yourself to push harder?
Monday, March 19, 2012
This is what it is like to have a coach
"If you believe you can or you can't you are always right"
The is so true! Watch this video and tell me if you have ever been Brock. Have you ever thought for sure that you were going to fail so why bother trying? Everyday I talk with clients who doubt their ability to succeed. When I ask them why they often don't know or they tell me, "Because so-and-so failed" or "I tried that once". However, no one call tell me "why". You failed or you think you failed because you had already predetermined that you would so why bother trying. This happens to everyone. That is why it is so important to have a coach. A part of what I do it work with people one-on-one to help them reach their goals. I don't allow them to doubt themselves. I am here to show them and you what you can accomplish. I am here to show you that you are Brock and YES you CAN do anything!
Email me for a free Health History Evaluation. emfitchic@yahoo.com
The is so true! Watch this video and tell me if you have ever been Brock. Have you ever thought for sure that you were going to fail so why bother trying? Everyday I talk with clients who doubt their ability to succeed. When I ask them why they often don't know or they tell me, "Because so-and-so failed" or "I tried that once". However, no one call tell me "why". You failed or you think you failed because you had already predetermined that you would so why bother trying. This happens to everyone. That is why it is so important to have a coach. A part of what I do it work with people one-on-one to help them reach their goals. I don't allow them to doubt themselves. I am here to show them and you what you can accomplish. I am here to show you that you are Brock and YES you CAN do anything!
Email me for a free Health History Evaluation. emfitchic@yahoo.com
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Who is in your support group?
Having a support group is a so important for those who want to achieve their goals. Whether you have fitness goals you want to achieve or life goals, having someone or many someones who are there to push you along your way is imperative. More often than that not, those who do not have a support group, or personal cheerleaders as I like to all them, will lose motivation and slow down or give up all together on their goals.
Contact friends and family who are want the same thing you do. Are they trying to get in shape for summer as well? Do you know someone who has the goal of running a 5K this summer? Better yet do you know someone who has just lost weight or just completed their 1st race? Sometimes the best coaches are the ones that have already been there and done that. Think about it, when you want advise on parenting do you ask someone who does not have kids or someone who has one or two?
Schedule a time and place to meet at least once a week if not more often. When someone is counting on you to show up you are more likely to follow through. Use your time not only to train but to talk about topics such as new exercise ideas, weight lost or gained, obstacles you have faced that week, pressures from friends and family and goals for the next week.
Keep a journal of daily food intake, physical activities and mood then share with each other. This will help you see where you may be making mistakes you didn’t realize you were making. It is also another tool to keep you on track. You are less likely to eat pizza at 12 am if you have to tell someone you did it.
Contact friends and family who are want the same thing you do. Are they trying to get in shape for summer as well? Do you know someone who has the goal of running a 5K this summer? Better yet do you know someone who has just lost weight or just completed their 1st race? Sometimes the best coaches are the ones that have already been there and done that. Think about it, when you want advise on parenting do you ask someone who does not have kids or someone who has one or two?
Schedule a time and place to meet at least once a week if not more often. When someone is counting on you to show up you are more likely to follow through. Use your time not only to train but to talk about topics such as new exercise ideas, weight lost or gained, obstacles you have faced that week, pressures from friends and family and goals for the next week.
Keep a journal of daily food intake, physical activities and mood then share with each other. This will help you see where you may be making mistakes you didn’t realize you were making. It is also another tool to keep you on track. You are less likely to eat pizza at 12 am if you have to tell someone you did it.
Friday, March 16, 2012
The year that changed my life
Have you ever had one of those moments where you realize just how lucky you really are and it overwhelms you? Yeah I just had one of those. In less than a week I will be celebrating my 36th birthday. Incredible! Exactly one year ago today I made a decision that I was going to stop wishing and start doing. I had been working two jobs 18 hours day and one of them I hated. I literally dreaded going every morning. I barely saw my daughter or my husband. I was unhappy, stressed out & tired. My turning point was the day I picked my daughter up from daycare and she clung to the women who has been talking care of her since six weeks old and cried because she did not want to leave. I had missed out on almost 11 months of my daughter’s life. (I am grateful for all that she did for McKalyn I know she was in good hands.) That day I made a list of everything I wanted to accomplish before my next birthday and made a vision board. I moved to back to my hometown of Caseville, MI which is this tiny, little resort town surrounded by farmland with a population of less than 1,000 in the winter time & far over than in the summer. I needed to be near family and do some soul searching. I had a lot of work to do. The hardest thing I had to do was give up competing, for now, so I could focus on me.
This afternoon I set off to run 6 miles, something I have not done in 6 years. As I finished my run in 52 minutes (8:66 min mile! Yeah baby!!), the last year of my life came flooding back to me and I actually was filled with so much emotion and gratitude I started to cry. Talk about your runner’s high. I realized that almost everything I said I wanted to accomplish was coming to fruition. Maybe not exactly how I envisioned it but my prayers have been answered. I am grateful for the fact that I am going to be 36 and I can run 6 miles. In 8 weeks I will be running in my first ½ Marathon with my cousin Katie which will be the first sport I have done in years where the winner is based solely on performance and not subjectivity. I have forgotten how much I love to run. (I had to give it up to do fitness competitions) I used to say that my runs were my time with God and today was a reminder why.
I swore that day at day care I would find a way to be home with my daughter and be the one to raise her. I was not sure how that was going to work as we did not have the option to be a single income home. In June I was introduced to a company called Isagenix by my coach Cathy and my teammate Lori. Not only have the supplements improved my health but the additional money I have made has allowed me to knock off one of my goals, becoming certified as a Holistic Health & wellness Coach. I have paid for my tuition completely from the money I have made with Isagenix. I have also been able to put that money towards debt and we are on the road to becoming debt free. In February I was able to enroll McKalyn in gymnastics classes and will be signing her up for swim lessons. All paid for by Isagenix! Not to mention that difference I feel in my body since using the products. I can honestly say that knowing these two women have changed my life. They are both women I aspire to be like every day for many reasons.
In August I was approached by my high school dance teacher to teach some classes for her while she recovered from knee surgery. I have rekindled my passion for dancing and will even be performing that the recital. They say you have a soul mate workout, well dancing is mine! Choreographing dances with a woman who was detrimental to my own personal growth and been incredibly rewarding. I am considering going back to school and sharpening my skills as a dancer so I can share this with others.
In September I was recruited by a Facebook friend Rach, who I have never actually met in person, for an on-line position with Under Armour. This job allows me to choose my schedule, eliminates a commute to work and allows me time with McKalyn. I am able to sit outside and work while she plays or at night I have an excuse to catch up on TV and sit on the coach while she is sleeping. It also enables me to have time to study for school and work on my Coaching and Isagneix business. Plus I get free gear for my new adventures. Thanks to Under Armour I was able to run outside all winter long! ANNND…..I am now a stay at home mommy!
Most importantly I promised I would have a happy marriage and a happy home. We had a very bumpy first 2 years. God tested our strength and showed us how strong we really are. During my run I realized that I AM HAPPY. I am truly happy. I have stopped putting pressure on myself to live up to other people’s (perceived) expectations and started to focus on what makes me happy and my husband happy. I have my best friend back and it feels amazing.
In one year I now feel strong, empowered, confident, unstoppable, happy, at peace, clear and ready to take on the world. I ONE YEAR!!!
What’s for this year:
1. I have also decided to run the Tough Mudder in Tampa in December 2012.
2. I am starting my own Coaching business, doing presentations and seminars and schools, dance studios, gyms, etc. This is something I have wanted to do for at least 10 years. Every year I put off because of fear and “lack of time”.
3. I am working on writing my first ebook/product to be available this Spring.
4. I am going to continue to take time for me so I can focus on the needs of myself and my family. This means continuing to spend my time with God and get out and run 3days a week. I am also adding a daily 20 minute yoga session to my mornings.
5. I am working on a business plan to open my own fitness studio (maybe dance too)
This afternoon I set off to run 6 miles, something I have not done in 6 years. As I finished my run in 52 minutes (8:66 min mile! Yeah baby!!), the last year of my life came flooding back to me and I actually was filled with so much emotion and gratitude I started to cry. Talk about your runner’s high. I realized that almost everything I said I wanted to accomplish was coming to fruition. Maybe not exactly how I envisioned it but my prayers have been answered. I am grateful for the fact that I am going to be 36 and I can run 6 miles. In 8 weeks I will be running in my first ½ Marathon with my cousin Katie which will be the first sport I have done in years where the winner is based solely on performance and not subjectivity. I have forgotten how much I love to run. (I had to give it up to do fitness competitions) I used to say that my runs were my time with God and today was a reminder why.
I swore that day at day care I would find a way to be home with my daughter and be the one to raise her. I was not sure how that was going to work as we did not have the option to be a single income home. In June I was introduced to a company called Isagenix by my coach Cathy and my teammate Lori. Not only have the supplements improved my health but the additional money I have made has allowed me to knock off one of my goals, becoming certified as a Holistic Health & wellness Coach. I have paid for my tuition completely from the money I have made with Isagenix. I have also been able to put that money towards debt and we are on the road to becoming debt free. In February I was able to enroll McKalyn in gymnastics classes and will be signing her up for swim lessons. All paid for by Isagenix! Not to mention that difference I feel in my body since using the products. I can honestly say that knowing these two women have changed my life. They are both women I aspire to be like every day for many reasons.
In August I was approached by my high school dance teacher to teach some classes for her while she recovered from knee surgery. I have rekindled my passion for dancing and will even be performing that the recital. They say you have a soul mate workout, well dancing is mine! Choreographing dances with a woman who was detrimental to my own personal growth and been incredibly rewarding. I am considering going back to school and sharpening my skills as a dancer so I can share this with others.
In September I was recruited by a Facebook friend Rach, who I have never actually met in person, for an on-line position with Under Armour. This job allows me to choose my schedule, eliminates a commute to work and allows me time with McKalyn. I am able to sit outside and work while she plays or at night I have an excuse to catch up on TV and sit on the coach while she is sleeping. It also enables me to have time to study for school and work on my Coaching and Isagneix business. Plus I get free gear for my new adventures. Thanks to Under Armour I was able to run outside all winter long! ANNND…..I am now a stay at home mommy!
Most importantly I promised I would have a happy marriage and a happy home. We had a very bumpy first 2 years. God tested our strength and showed us how strong we really are. During my run I realized that I AM HAPPY. I am truly happy. I have stopped putting pressure on myself to live up to other people’s (perceived) expectations and started to focus on what makes me happy and my husband happy. I have my best friend back and it feels amazing.
In one year I now feel strong, empowered, confident, unstoppable, happy, at peace, clear and ready to take on the world. I ONE YEAR!!!
What’s for this year:
1. I have also decided to run the Tough Mudder in Tampa in December 2012.
2. I am starting my own Coaching business, doing presentations and seminars and schools, dance studios, gyms, etc. This is something I have wanted to do for at least 10 years. Every year I put off because of fear and “lack of time”.
3. I am working on writing my first ebook/product to be available this Spring.
4. I am going to continue to take time for me so I can focus on the needs of myself and my family. This means continuing to spend my time with God and get out and run 3days a week. I am also adding a daily 20 minute yoga session to my mornings.
5. I am working on a business plan to open my own fitness studio (maybe dance too)
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