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I'm Amanda! I'm a Beachbody coach and this blog is to hopefully motivate and encourage anyone who is trying to live a healthier life style. Why do it alone? It's a proven fact that with encouragement and positive motivation from other people, you are more likely to keep going!! I'll try to have motivating tips, recipes, healthy transformations and how to get involved and join the monthly challenge groups that I run!

Monday, September 24, 2012

Catching up!

I've been crazy busy this last few weeks!!!  SO much to blog about........work has kept me pretty busy with the holiday's rolling around the corner.  Devin's leaving again soon, so I've spent as much time as I could with him and had a great time as always, so many amazing memories <3  Our picks are here for the big move next year, and they will be official on October 1st, I'm praying that they change a little bit, but so far, since the 17th of September, nothing has changed.  I finally did the Kiss Me Dirty run in Portland this weekend and it was a blast!!!  My amazing friend Jill ran it with me.





This coming Sunday is the Great Columbia Crossing, and to tell you all the truth, I'm not sure I'm really ready for it.  I've been so bad about running this last month.  I know I can finish it, I know I can run the whole thing, but I really wanted to finish in an hour or less, and I KNOW I won't be able to do that.  Oh well, at least I can say I did it!!!

Speaking of October 1st, I was going to do the Ultimate Reset, but my sister is coming to visit from New York on the 9-23rd so I'm holding off until the 29th.  I'm pretty sure she'd shoot me if all we did was eat super healthy and not be able to drink ;-P  I really, really want to do this reset, and if it means doing it on my birthday, so be it!  I'm so excited to share the journey with you all and to do this for myself as well. 

So summer is over, and so is my 60 Sweaty Days of Summer challenge, and MAN it was amazing!!  The girls really brought it home the last few weeks!!  I'll post some of the 60 day changes sometime this week on another blog post.  I've kept that private facebook page opened for them so we can all continue to keep each other updated on our progress.  Plus a few of the girls are doing ChaLEAN Extreme and that's actually a 90 day program, so I want to keep them motivated.....because the last 30 days of the program are amazing!!!  SOOOO what's next??  I'm doing the Fall into Fitness 60 day challenge starting on October 1st!  I have 2 spots left, so please get a hold of me if your interested in joining up!  I'll fill you in on the details and answer any questions you may have!  I think it's perfect timing with the holidays coming up.  Instead of gaining that 10 pounds, you'll pretty much stay even if you splurge or maybe even lose a few pounds!!  Plus we all know about the New Years resolutions that we all make.....to be healthy, toned, lose some weight ect ect.  LET ME HELP!!  Join this fitness challenge on the 1st of October and make working out a habit!!  Get that jump start before everyone else!

Lastly, I've wanted to share this with anyone who's been thinking about joining Beachbody as a coach.  If you have a passion for fitness, love reaching out and helping others with their goals, and also keep yourself motivated, this IS for you!!  I just want to say, so far this journey has been amazing.  I love to help people with their health and fitness visions, encourage people, and keep myself motivated.  Who knew that becoming a business owner was so much fun?  It's seriously one of the best decisions I've made, because not only have I connected with people I haven't talked to in a while, but I've also made so many new friends!  Just recently our 15 star diamond head coach in our group "Team Dynasty" did our weekly team call, and this one really hit home.  So take a listen if you've been thinking of joining as a coach, and if you have any questions, please let me know!!  Start on slide 13, you can go back and listen to the first 13 if you'd like Team Call.  If you are military or a military spouse all of the start up fees (honestly, they are not that much!) are waived.

Monday, September 3, 2012

Saddle Mountain, Fall into Fitness and Ultimate Reset

Hi everyone!! WOW, I haven't blogged in a little bit! Devin has the week off and I've been crazy busy with work and then just spending quality time with him before he leaves again. Yesterday we went hiking on Saddle Mountain, and it was beautiful, clear day, and I totally noticed the difference in my fitness level from the last time we hiked it, I even had a 10 pound backpack on the whole way.


Me
Dev



Path up the mountain


Dev and I on top of Saddle






 
I hope everyone had an amazing Labor day weekend!!  I know I did and what a beautiful weekend on the Oregon coast.  We ended our Saddle Mountain night with a romantic healthy BBQ at home, and a fire in our fire pit.  I just can't believe our 11 year anniversary is coming up in 6 days!  WOW!! 
 
I know I've talked a lot about the 60 Sweaty Summer challenge that's going on right now, and how the 7 girls started their journey of fitness and health on July 16th.....WELL guess what??  They have 10 days left!!!!  HOW FAST WAS THAT?? I'm opening up another private Facebook page for the 60 day "Fall into Fitness" challenge, I have a couple spots left so if anyone would like to join in, please let me know!!  I'm hoping to start up this next challenge group on September 10th (was suppose to be the 3rd, but I reopened it for a few more people)  If you're interested in the details please email me at Hunnieshadow@yahoo.com, message me on Facebook or post below!  I feel this is the perfect time to melt off those summer pounds that we sometimes gain from all the BBQ's and drinks and lazy days by the pool or beach.  ALSO an amazing way to get a head start on the holidays and your New Years Resolution!
 
 I've got a lot of stuff coming up in the next few months, and these weeks seem to be going by so fast......I'm heading into my second month of ChaLEAN Extreme and Brazil Butt Lift and it's been fun, I can't believe how much I love to work out now!  I have two runs coming up, the Kiss Me Dirty mud run on September 22nd and the Great Columbia Crossing 10K on September 30th.  I'm so excited!!!  On October 1st I'll be starting the Ultimate Reset, it's a 21 day body reset, and I'm super excited to share this journey with everyone!!  If any of you have been thinking about starting this, join me on October 1st, we can do it together, keep ourselves accountable!  After I do the 21 day Ultimate Reset, I'll be starting 90 days of Turbo Fire!!  I'm going to miss lifting heavy :-(  but once I'm done with Turbo Fire, I'll be starting the CLX/TF hybrid and I'll be happy lifting again!!  Also, I'll need to start training for the Shamrock 15K that's actually on Saint Patrick's day this coming year, and the BIG Portland Rock n Roll Half Marathon on May 19th!  The Shamrock will be a nice training platform to jump into the half training.

 
 
Anything exciting coming up for you? 
 
How was your summer?