In April of 2013, my husband Tim and I made a decision that we no longer wanted to be tired and lazy! We decided that the numbers on the scale were unacceptable, that life was passing us by and we were too busy stuffing our faces with unhealthy food and sitting on the couch to realize it! So we decided that we were going to change! In April of 2013, we were introduced to Beachbody, TurboFire, and Chalene Johnson!!! Together, my husband and I powered through 90 days of TurboFire! While we didn't change our diet, we did see some pounds melt away!
In July of 2013, we decided we were ready for a challenge so we decided to begin Insanity! At this point we weren't seeing the scale move all that much so we began to count calories!!! Whoa!!! You never know just how much you are eating until you sit down and figure out exactly what you are putting in your mouth. A bit of mac and cheese here, a chicken nugget there, eating my kids leftovers, and then sitting down and eating my own portion! Before I knew it, I was well on my way to a 2,500-3,000 calorie diet a day! Insane right! Something needed to change! So we began to cut calories! Insanity was rough! We weren't able to complete every exercise at first but as the weeks progressed so did our endurance! We were finally seeing progress!
Tim's before and after pics were amazing! However, we were determined and we weren't going to stop there! Asylum was our next Beachbody program of choice! It was a step above Insanity and was quite a bit more challenging! Every time we began a new program we were humbled by what we could and could not do! Asylum is for athletes and we were striving to be athletes!!!
In September we decided to look into clean eating! It was overwhelming and daunting! I didn't know where to begin! I researched information on the internet, found recipes, and slowly we began to cut out the sugar and processed junk! It was definitely a slow process, not something we did overnight! I loved my greek yogurt, you know the ones with fruit in it? It was hard for me to give that up so I slowly moved from greek yogurt with fruit, to vanilla greek yogurt with granola, to plain yogurt with fruit! Definitely a process! Cold turkey is tough!!!
Here are our results from the Asylum....
By the time December rolled around friends around me were asking what I was doing! I was helping others change their lives! It was empowering!!! I then decided that I would like to become a Beachbody coach!!! Changing lives is actually a job!!! I had found my calling!!!
In March, the 21 Day Fix came out! Another challenge!!! A challenge that would test both our physical and mental capacity!!! Workouts, portion control, and clean eating!!! It was a perfect combo! Check out these results....
Together my husband and I lost a total of 130 pounds!!! People began to call me "skinny!!!" That was a word I had NEVER been called EVER!!!
This whole lifestyle change has not only made us feel better on the outside, it has grown us on the inside exponentially more!!! My husband's business is thriving, our spiritual life has NEVER been better, our marriage is amazing, our relationships with our children has grown, we have learned how to live the life that God has intended for us all along!!!
When will you decided to make a lifestyle change? When will you begin to live the life God has intended for you??? Why not you??? Why not now???
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