BEAST UP.......Body Beast Sale!

This happens through HARD work, Dedication,
and the correct supplements, and a strict eating plan
not just lifting and watching your diet

Body Beast is on WICKED sale right now!!  Holy cow!!  I've done the program, and I LOVE IT!!  It taught me that the scale isn't great at measuring progress, I actually "gained" 5 pounds while doing the Bulk phase, BUT lost inches and toned up.      

Lifting isn't just a MALE thing!! I think a lot of ladies are afraid of lifting....I think they're afraid to look "manly" and "too muscular" or "bulky" but to be honest, you need a TON of testosterone through supplements to pull off this look, not to mention, A TON OF DISCIPLINE and HARD work 

Remember, muscle burns fat, especially off the hard to tone areas.....the belly and thighs for most of us.........also, muscle is your metabolism.  When you start to lose muscle, your metabolism starts to lose momentum, you start to gain fat and weight.  Sure you can do cardio all day, I use to run 5-6 times a day 3-5 miles but NEVER touched weights.  I still had a budda belly and couldn't figure out why or how to get rid of it!  I also couldn't figure out why I was losing weight but getting bigger and couldn't fit into my clothing.......

Here's a comparison of my journey from when I first started Beachbody, my before pictures, when I just ran, and the last two during the Bulk phase of Body Beast.  When I started Body Beast I actually weighed 109.  I just wanted to show you the comparison of just cardio on me, and weights and cardio combined.  :-)

Check out the sale:

Body Beast Kit

Body Beast Challenge Pack with Shakeology

Body Beast Challenge Pack with Supplements

If you have any questions, feel free to PM me on my Skinnyfat to Fit Facebook page, or Email me :-)

My Goals, and Why I Chose Them

This ^^^ IS My Goal Board

Welcome to 2014!  I hope you all had a great and safe New Year and a hopeful and pleasant 2014.  As you may have read in my last blog Just a Bit of 2013 I had a busy, fulfilling and positive year.  This year I hope to continue that trend!!

If you follow my From Skinnyfat to Fit Facebook page, you all know I'm very into this years goal board.  It has a mix of personal, business and fitness accomplishments. 

First goal on the board (the goals are not in any particular order) to save enough money for my husband and I to go to Hawaii for a week and renew our vows for our 13 anniversary.  Why Hawaii?  Hawaii is actually where he was suppose to take me for our honeymoon, but some weird circumstances had us cancel the reservations a few months before our honeymoon.  We ended up leaving on a different date and went to Cabo instead- (original departure was on September 11, 2001 from Newark, NJ......you do the math)  

Second goal is to go back to school for something I really have wanted to do for ages, esthetician, but there have been a few set backs, like location, or the school being blown away due to a certain huge hurricane called Katrina.......this year I'm praying we won't be moving, and if not, I'll be enrolling by October!

Third goal is to be a Beachbody Diamond coach by my birthday!  Nothing is better than diamonds right??  What exactly does being Diamond mean?  It means that I've helped numerous people with their health, fitness, and financial goals!  It would feel amazing reaching this goal, and knowing that I gave back to so many people.

Fourth goal is to be at Beachbody's annual Summit in Las Vegas!  Every year Beachbody puts on an amazing party for all coaches, we learn about new products, watch top coaches get recognized, celebrate those that made the final cuts for the Beachbody Challenge and watch 2 people go home with 100,000, get to hang and workout with the popular trainers like Shaun T, Tony Horton, Chalene Johnson and many more.  I'll get to hang with other coaches that I've become extremely close to through networking and FB, and have many wonderful memories!  The last two years I wasn't able to attend due to personal circumstances (a death in the family, and a big move) but this year will be it!  I can't wait!

Fifth goal is along the lines of the last goal.  I want to earn the Beachbody trip to Cancun!!  And how will I win that?  By helping as many people as I can with their health and fitness goals!  I also want to take 2 big separate trips this year besides the Hawaii trip, the trip to Cancun, and the trip to Vegas.  So far, I'll get to cross one of those trips off, because my hubby and I will be heading home to New York mid January.....wonder what other trip I'll be taking!

Sixth goal is to buy Rosetta Stone by May and start to learn my dad's native language Spanish (Latin American dialect)  I've been putting this one off for way to long!!

Seventh goal is to make $750 a week (yes a week) through my Beachbody business and I KNOW this is possible because so many of my friends have reached this goal, if not more, by just staying active in helping others achieve their goals as well.  We all have dreams of making a comfortable life, why not earn a little money in the process??

Eighth goal is to put $5000 into savings (if not more) AND NOT TOUCH IT!!!  This will be a goal every year, and will go up.  Even though Devin's retirement from the military seems like a far away dream, 8 years (give or take a few years) really isn't that far away.  This savings will be a down payment for our forever house, and also a month long trip to Europe!

Ninth goal is to do the Napa Valley train tour for our 13th anniversary!!  How much fun would that be????  Can't wait!

Tenth goal is to run the Nike Women's Half Marathon again, hopefully they'll draw my name (it's done by lotto system) but if not, I'll find another Half Marathon.....so that's kind of a "to be determined" type thing.

Eleventh goal is to GET OUTTA DEBT!!  Dang student loans!!  Almost there though!!

Twelfth goal would be to run 600 miles, I ran 500 last year......but it was close.  I got my last 20 miles squeezed into the end of December, so I'll definitely won't be putting it off to the last minute!

Thirteenth goal is to run 2 Ragnar series this year......one being San Diego, and the other Napa Valley again.  Why do I keep doing this to myself?  Because Ragnars are addicting and in a weird sort of way FUN, yes FUN!!!!  Once I finish both races I'll get the Gold Rush medal!  EXCITED FOR BLING!

Last but not least my fourteenth goal is to do a random act of kindness at least once a month, but most likely more times :-)

SOOOO That's my long and winded explanation of my Goal Board!  I'm really looking forward to achieving all these goals and making 2014 amazing!  Of course this goal board would be nothing without actually believing I can do this, and laying out plans to achieve these goals!!  Also if it's outta sight, it's outta mind, so I've printed out and put my goals next to my bathroom mirror and on my fridge.

On to my Body Beast update!!  So I've gained a total of 5 pounds since starting Body Beast, I guess that's to be expected when you're in the "bulk phase"  This week is the last week of the bulk phase. Then I move on to my last 4 weeks of Body Beast.  At first I was a little concerned about the weight gain, because I went past my starting weight from April of 2012.  That's when I decided to make working out and eating right a life style change.  The last two pictures are from December 31st (just different clothing and a cleaned up room, taken about 15 minutes apart)  Skinnyfat vs. Fit......think I'll just ignore the numbers on the scale :-)  The first two pictures I could hardly fit into my favorite jeans,   the last two pictures, at 5 pounds heavier, I slide right into those jeans!!  PEOPLE, MUSCLE BURNS FAT.....PROOF FOR REAL!!!

It's the New Year, and of course a lot of us want to be healthier.  I'd like to add a special off for any Challenge pack (this month we have TWO that are on sale, Focus T25 and the NEW P90X3) or Shakeology HD orders through me from now until the end of January 31st!  Believe it or not, summer will be here before you know it!!  Start making those changes now!!

Also, to ring in the New Years I'm running 3 challenge groups!!  Details for all 3 will be posted tomorrow!

*Group 1 will be a 21 day challenge

*Group 2 will be a 60 day challenge with a special guest coach 

*Group 3 will be a 5 day Shakeology 

Challenge

Contact me via my Facebook page "From Skinnyfat to fit" or email me :-)  I'm here to help YOU with your goals as well!!!  Let's do this together and knock 2014 outta the PARK!

Body Beast Update

As most of you know, I've been tackling Beachbody's Body Beast.  I'm going to be 100% honest with this.....I'm scared!!  I KNOW I've said many, many, many times to NEVER go by your weight.  BUT for some reason I just can't stop listening to my inner voices when I stepped on the scale today.  What's the problem you ask??  I've gained FOUR (4) POUNDS since starting!  I actually weigh more than I EVER have!!!!

NOW, I know I'm in the "bulk phase" right now, and that's totally the reason behind it......I shouldn't be in the freak out mode, because I fit into all my clothes (not like I did when I weighed a pound less and couldn't fit into my jeans or pants to save my life back when I first started my fitness journey) and I've lost a few inches, although I have added a whole inch to my booty....which is fine, I LOVE IT.  BUT the women in me just had to freak out a bit!!!  Then I remembered, the whole point of Body Beast is to add muscle and burn fat.....and that's exactly what I'm doing!!

Saturday I will take my 45ish day pictures and then post a picture from back in the day (early to mid 20's) when I weighed about 10 pounds less than I do now, to show you all that MUSCLE DOES MATTER!!!  I just plucked out the picture today, and WOW!  I feel sooooo much better!!  Skinnyfat does not look good on me ;-) healthy and toned does, no matter how much I weigh, as long as I fit into my clothes.

  

  

On that note, anyone out there want to start a free 21 day challenge to bring in the New Years (or start the New Years)?  If so, head on over to my Facebook page and get the details!  Don't think you'll change much in 21 days???  I can prove you wrong ;-) (as long as you follow directions!!)  Let's do this together!!  Invest in yourself and your health this coming year!!

When too Much Stuff Goes On....

When too much stuff happens around me....I neglect my blog :-(  How horrible I've been!  Life's been crazy with the Ragnar Relay, the Nike Half, and basically just plain too lazy to write the blog and tell you all about what's been up....and I'm sorry.

So now's the time to start fresh!  Since doing the Nike Half Marathon I really haven't been running too much.  I DID start a new workout program called Body Beast and I'm in love!!  It's more lifting than my favorite ChaLEAN Extreme, and less cardio, so I'm going to be adding 3 days a week.  I'm not going to do a lot of running per say, but 1 day of fast paced high incline walking/jogging, another day I'll do a semi long run, and then of course I'll do the cardio DVD that comes with the program for my 3rd cardio day.

I've already finished 21 days of Body Beast.  The first block is called the Build phase and was 3 weeks long.  I took my measurements yesterday, and I'm very pleased, and I don't even mind that I gained a pound.  I'm into my second day of the Bulk phase, and that'll be 5 weeks long.  Today happens to be Leg day, so no extra cardio for me, I'm telling you, the leg workout in this program is crazy and the first time I did one, I couldn't sit to pee......it was bad......

I posted my 21 day measurements over at my Facebook "Like" page (go like me if you haven't!!), but will post my 30 day pics and new measurements here, so be sure to stay tuned, I'll keep you all updated on my new transformation!!

ALSO Beachbody's Black "Friday" Sale starts TOMORROW......not exactly sure why they call it a Black Friday sale when it starts on Wednesday, but anyways.......that would be another reason to go LIKE my page!!  I'll only be posting the specials there, and Beachbody always has amazing deals, and they sell out pretty darn fast, last year some sold out within the first hour of being released.  SO my advice to you is DON'T wait if you see something you want, don't dilly dally about it!!  I promise you if you wait you'll regret it and you won't see prices like that again, trust me! I kick myself when I didn't get the Ultimate Reset they had on sale last year, I put it off, and when I finally decided to get it, it was GONE...and that was within a couple hours of me thinking about it.

This is also the last week of the November Special!  AND for those that read my blog THIS will be a special for YOU (don't want to give ALL the love to my Like page LOL) Beachbody is giving $20 to Feeding America if you purchase a Challenge Pack or $10 if you do Shakeology HD (home direct)  IF you do get the Challenge pack, Beachbody will throw in $20 toward YOUR NEXT Beachbody purchase and I personally will throw in another $10 for either a Challenge pack or Shakeology HD and ALSO a special gift from me worth anywhere from $10-30!!  Please comment below, or message me on my FB page  for more information!

    

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!!  And I'll see you all with my 30 day pics and measurements soon!! :-)