Stressed?

How do you deal with stress? Regardless of how great your life is we all have stress. How do you handle the stressors in your life? I've always used working out to balance my mind and body. I can go into a workout feeling horrible. I might be frustrated, drained, aggravated, mind boggled, etc. The music goes on, I WORK OUT AS HARD AS I CAN and I come out calm and relaxed.


Are you able to do this? Do you have an outlet? When I am really stressed I like to work out. Most recently injuries have been impacting my workouts. I've altered all of my morning workouts to be less impact. Two mornings a week I have been doing yoga. I also added hot yoga on Saturday. I LOVE hot yoga. I go into the class and sweat my butt off. They have soft music playing and the instructor is calm. I like the whole way they go about the class. They start by having you sit down and just take a second to release the day (or begin it). Then the instructor directs you to think about an intention you set for the workout. You go through all of the movements and end in Shavasana (final yoga pose). I LOVE this pose. I've gone through my workout, cleared my head and I get to lay there, relax and get ready to restart. At the end of hot yoga I feel cleansed and ready to go.

What works for you? Is it a dip in the tub, a great workout??? Let us know. You could be helping someone else!!!

Brave???

Are you brave??? I've learned that since I've had children that I've had to man up. I have had to be brave for my kids.There are many things I never would have done that I do for my kids. I hate the water, but constantly find myself in it because my kids are water babies. I'm not too confrontational, but when it comes to protecting my children and doing what's best for them I am quick to speak up.

My kids are fearless. Most recently we went to Cedar Point. My daughter will ride ANYTHING without hesitation. Rides I was scared of and would never imaging stepping foot on are no longer things I bypass. I man up because I don't want my kids to miss out on things they want to do.

Over the weekend I rode the Skyscraper. Ava rode it for the first time the day before me. The way I look at it is if my 9 year old daughter can do this so can I. She's a rider, but I was still fearful that the ride would scare her.
She got on the ride and I thought she might cry (not that she ever has on a ride) and I can hear her laughing and giggling. The next day she decided that I needed to ride the Skyscraper with her, so I did. They strapped us in. I let Ava know that she's crazy and it was amazing.

Just another one of the amazing ways this kids have made me conquer my fears and be brave for myself.  Are you brave? Who makes you brave? I never would have thought that two tiny people would make me so much stronger, but they do.

Are you ready to Fix?

You ever have something you are truly passionate about? You believe in it so deeply that you can't help, but tell others about it? For me, it's all about the 21-Day Fix. I did the fix for the first time about a year ago. I LOST 10 LBS and for me that was THE WORLD!

The 21-Day Fix allowed me to to break through a plateau I thought I'd never be able to get past. After having my first child my body bounced right back to 119 lbs with no stretch marks, looking like I never had a child. After my second child I wasn't so lucky. I had a hernia which prevented me from working out and I ended up having it repaired. Following the birth of my second child I lost the weight (not all of it), but still never got back to my pre-baby body. I could never get below where I wanted to be. Then, I encountered someone at the gym who gave me such a personal testimonial that I was forced to try the 21-Day fix. She told me..."the 21-Day Fix SAVED MY LIFE!!!"

To me this was a STRONG...BELIEVABLE statement. The way I looked at it was....IF SHE CAN DO IT...I CAN DO IT!! I ordered the 21-Day Fix, joined an accountability group and saw satisfaction. After the first week I was down 5 lbs. After the second week I was down another 5 lbs. By the second week I was fitting into clothes that I had kept in the hopes that I would be able to fit into them so day. The 21-Day Fix allowed me to loose the weight I thought I was never going to get off and to look leaner and more fit.

I've seen so many people have POSITIVE RESULTS from this. I believe if YOU FOLLOW THE MEAL PLAN AND WORKOUTS that YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL!!! You feel like you could be a better version of yourself? It's only 21-Days...3 weeks. Why not?

I hope you'll join me for my next 21-Day Fix Challenge Group. It starts on 8/10. If you aren't going to be ready by then let me know if you are interested and you can join my next group.