I Will Survive!

Well I survived my first week of P90! It felt so good starting back at it and doing P90 this week! I am feeling pretty great too, like why did I not want to work out and eat healthy? It's Funny how workouts make you feel more energized and SORE! I am totally enjoying my Rest day today! I made a few small changes this week that will lead to success in the long run. One I started keeping track of my food and calories again by using MyFitnessPal. Two, with that I'm also making better food choices that are healthy and filling plus thinking of treats as a do you really need that? Three I scheduled my workouts into my calendar so that it's a priority to get them done. Four I am thinking of what would make good Blog posts :) Comment below if there is anything you would like to see me to cover! So In my last blog post (See here) I had mentioned my trip to Vegas in June! Oh my gosh it was action packed and so so much fun! 

I'm here!

The reason I went to Vegas was to attend Beachbody's Coach Summit! So your probably like what the heck does that mean? well it's there annual conference for all their coaches, it was amazing! We got in and went grocery shopping at Whole Foods (boy do I wish we had those in Canada) and then the fun began the next day! First up we went to our Team meeting and almost all the celebrity trainers stopped even our CEO Carl Daikeler came by to welcome us to the event. Then later that day we attended the opening ceremonies and man was that ever amazing! Almost 10,000 coaches gathered in on place with one similar goals on mind.... Help people be the best that they can be through health and fitness! Beachbody had 2 keynote speakers during the event, one was Dean Hardy and the other was Diana Nyad. I enjoyed both but found Diana's story incredible and very emotional (yes I cried like a baby, glad it was dark lol). My biggest take away from the event was this year's theme NEVER GIVE UP! When you stumble and fall you have to get back up and keep on going. It`s more then just an attitude, you have to focus on having actions towards your goals! No one can take your ability to choose, together we can do this! It was so uplifting to sit there and hear this from our CEO.  I am so happy that this is a job that I had the ability to choose because I want to make a difference in peoples lives. After that motivational opening it was off with My Coach as her special guest to attend the Studs & Sequins party. Boy does my company know how to throw a party! Complete with fireworks! Well at the party I met one of the makers of Shakeology, Darin Olien it was very cool. The next day was filled with workshops where I learned so much to help me with my goals and passion to help other people achieve there goals!

at the awesome After Party with my team members

Beachbody also launched a few new products at the event! They released the PiYo program which I bought, it is awesome not jumping and easy on the joints but delivers amazing results. Also they released the 3 Day Refresh which I purchased and did a about a month after Vegas. It's such a great way to get back into healthy eating habits and help ditch the cravings and unwanted bloating. I just bought another one to keep on hand to do after the Holidays!. I am hopeful that is will be available in Canada sometime next year. That was another announcement that Beachbody made, they went International and officially launched here in Canada this summer! And lastly they announced the brand new program that I am currently doing, P90! It is the on switch for fitness, they are already getting outstanding results in the test groups. One girl has done the program twice, so two 90 Day rounds and has lost 81 pounds! I'm so excited to be able to offer another great program to people to help them reach their goals! We Finished off with awards and recognition as well as the ultimate Beachbody challenge winners both who lost over 100 lbs each combined with magic show and after party it was a pretty magnificent time. The only downfall was coming home with a sprained ankle. But you know what they say.... What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas! ;)

Eeeeee!  It's 21 Day Fix trainer Autumn Calaberse!

I really feel I could go on and on about Vegas but I will stop there. I will tell you my biggest highlight of the event was meeting 21 Day Fix trainer Autumn Calaberse! She is so tiny! As I have done the 21 Day fixed and feel like I`ve worked out with Autumn it was so cool to be able to give her a hug and say thanks! Oh and I'm already signed up to go to next year's Coach Summit and it's moving locations!  Hello Nashville!  I am so excited about this event already we have more members of our Team Fitspire that ware going to be coming.  Plus I have already been to Nashville and loved it, so I know we will have a blast, I mean who can say that about there job! I went to Vegas for work!

We`re heading to Nashville!

Happy Anniversary!

Well considering today is a special day for me I decided it would also be a good day to start Blogging again. Today marks my 4 year anniversary to when I decided to (in honest words) get off my lazy ass and stop being fat. I have definitely learned ALOT in the past 4 years and it has never been easy. This past year has been a struggle for me which has been why you haven't been reading that many blog posts.  I seem to have lost my Mojo. This anniversary has really helped me look back and see where I came from and the progress I did accomplish as well as the many defeats I have had.  I am really happy to say I realized something very important. I have my WHOLE life to be healthy and fit!!!! I know amazing right?

You have to start from somewhere

With this realization it occurred to me that it's OK that I haven't been perfect.  I read an article the other day online (To Read it click HERE) from a girl who had lost almost 100 pounds and I swear I could have wrote parts of it myself! It was about how she was dealing with having depression from her weight loss.  Although I am not suffering from any kind of depression alot of what she said I could completely relate too. Up to last summer I had been working so incredible hard and my main mission in life was to lose weight and reach my goal of losing 50 pounds.  I did reach that goal (hooray!) but shortly after is kind of where it started to fall apart. I didn't know what to do with myself after I reached my goal, I mean I had just spent that last few years trying to hit it. So I started to celebrate! A glass of wine here, some chocolate and chips there.  Before I knew it my pants were starting to get snug and I'd gained weight back!  I have spent most of the rest of this year trying and failing to lose that extra bit and reclaim my goal. I told myself I would never go back to being the unhappy, unhealthy person I was when I started out and by golly I'm NOT! I hate the way my pants fit and I am  determined to see that goal weight again, so I am ready to recommit to the lifestyle I switched to 4 years ago! Only this time all that failing I did taught me something.  When I get to my goal, I will set another new one.  I already know what it is, I'm going to make my goal to maintain my new weight this time! Smart, I know :)

So lets look at the highlights to this year because it wasn't really all bad. One of the best decisions I made was to become a Beachbody Coach. This lets me have an amazing group of support who are rooting for me and my success well being able to pay it forward and help other people along the same journey I am on.  In fact that is how I am going to be getting back to my goal weight.  On Monday I am super excited to be starting a new program P90, I chose it because it is perfect to where I am right now, I am going to use it as my on switch for fitness again. I can not wait to see my Day 90 results but I'm going to break it down and just do 30 days at a time.  I am also really excited that for the first 30 Days I will be running a Biggest Loser style competition to help some other gorgeous ladies get their fitness journey going again as well.  Who needs a new year's resolution, when I can stat now!  Also a big highlight for me was getting to go with a few fellow Beachbody coaches to our Summit event in Vegas this summer. It was truly inspiring to be with some many others who want the same things you do! I have a blog post coming with more on that so stay tuned! I honestly can't believe it's been 4 years since I made the best choice in my life and I can't wait to celebrate, 5, 10 even 25 years from now! I'm in it for LIFE!