21 Day Fix Extreme!

Did you love 21 Day Fix? Here is your next step! Maybe you thought that 21 Day Fix was too "easy" for you? Here is the program for you! Are you looking to see if you can take your body to that next level, but aren't sure how? This program is for all you. It is 30 minute workouts, and portion controlled eating. It is all spelled out for you. All you have to do is follow the plan for 21 days. Three weeks. Less than a month. I would love to chat with you about it! Contact me so we can see if this is the right program for you.

How to Get Back to Healthy Eating After the Holidays

Who else ate lots of treats and good food over the holidays? I did!! Way more treats than I would advise someone else to indulge in.  I will totally admit, I ate more treats than I should during Christmas week. However, I know that it was only one week. I don't need to let it derail me from any of my fitness or health goals. I can get right back on that horse!!

In times past, I would have thought "Well, I already ate like crud for a few days. I might as well continue on this week too. Enjoy the whole holiday season without worrying about it." Then, what would happen? Each week would roll into one more-until 6 months went by without me realizing it. That merry-go-round can go round and round forever if we let it. We tell ourselves that it is too late to start now. If we made a New Year's resolution, and ate a candy bar on January 3rd. We don't need to tell ourselves that we have already failed and give up. Each day is a chance to start over again. We don't actually fail until we stop trying. Then, we not only fail on our goal-we fail on ourselves. We are telling ourselves that we aren't even worth trying for.


Here is a smoothie recipe that I love that I will be making this week. Please feel free to join me.


 Popeye Smoothie 

1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
1/4 cup aloe vera juice
1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1 scoop protein powder of choice (I love chocolate)
1 tbsp chia seeds
1 cup raw spinach 
Blend everything until smooth and creamy. Enjoy!

I have decided to start now with healthy eating. I don't have to wait until January 1st. It really isn't that hard. It doesn't mean that we have to be perfect. (I am addicted to chocolate and tortilla chips). Who else is ready to eat healthier after the holidays?

I started at the beginning once too. Not knowing what to do or where to start. I understand how that feels. Please let me know if you would like any help or advice because you don't know where to start or the thought of it leaves you overwhelmed.

How Having Support Can Help Your Fitness Journey

When I first started working out, I had no idea what I was doing. I figured out on my own after a few months that cardio helped me really start dropping the pounds. I was given a treadmill and I had started walking on that daily. I learned that I should work out with weights a few days a week. I thought Monday, Wednesday, Friday sounded like a good idea. After a few months I started running for a few seconds at a time. Then I would increase my running time. Before long, I was running for the whole time instead of walking. Then, I worked on going farther each time I ran. When I would reach a new goal, I would try to surpass it. While that is good, it started some warped thinking in my mind. I couldn’t do less than the day before. If I ran 7 miles yesterday, I can’t run less today. Yes, I ran long distances EVERY day.

When I first started working out, I didn’t change my diet at all. Over time, I started thinking “could I make a healthier choice?” If the answer was yes, then I did. I looked for lower calorie options. The same thought process applied to my diet though too. If I ate XXX amount of calories yesterday, I couldn’t eat more today. Everything I read in “women’s magazines” stated that I should be eating 1200 calories a day. I was petrified to go over. I was convinced that I would wake up one day and have gained all my weight back over night.

After about 2 years of doing this completely on my own, my days consisted of working out and planning what I was going to eat today, tomorrow. I continued on, but my body was starting to just give out on me. I couldn’t do what I did before. I saw the infomercial for Body Beast. I ordered it, and was excited when it came. Then I realized, I wanted to follow this program to a T. I read through the nutrition guide. I had always heard that “you can’t lose weight and gain muscle at the same time.” That never made sense to me. I had done it. Doesn’t everyone who is trying to lose weight, combine cardio and weights? I had gotten a little “fluffy”, and I couldn’t understand why. I couldn’t understand. I was working out so hard and focusing on what I was eating- why was I GAINING weight?

When I read Sagi Kalev’s nutrition guide, I finally understood what that meant. According to that guide, I was supposed to eat 1000 calories more per day than I had been. Yes, you read that right. 1000. I took a deep breath and decided to JUST DO IT. Also, no cardio. Unless it was on my Body Beast calendar-no cardio. My body loved it. I looked forward to my workouts again.

Within two weeks, I was slimmer and I felt better. My body was finally getting what it needed. Your muscles NEED those calories to grow. They need REST in order to get stronger. I had been working out 3-4 hours a day (divided up, morning and evening.We have to remember that working out and eating healthy is a great thing. However, more isn’t always better. We also need to remember that we might not be able to do it on our own. Sometimes we need help and guidance. I wish that I had had some earlier on in my fitness journey. It would have saved me from a lot of mistakes, and would have been nice to know that I wasn’t alone.

It is so easy to get confused with all the information out there. There are so many books shouting at us "Eat this!" "Don't eat that!" We can feel torn and feel like giving up. 

Sometimes we feel that we should already know everything and are embarrassed to ask for help. Especially when we feel insecure already and are afraid of being judged. Or maybe, we feel already DO know it all – what we should be eating and how much. Whatever the case, we all can use a support system. When you have a support system you are more likely to succeed in your goals. You have someone to cheer you on when you feel you just can’t do anymore. Or maybe you need someone to be held accountable to. You know you won’t eat that doughnut if you have to tell someone about it.

I would LOVE to be a support system for you. I would love to help you reach your fitness goals or even get started with your goals if you don’t know where to begin. You don’t have to do it alone. You just have to have the courage to start.

"Courage  doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow'"
                                                 -Mary Anne Radmacher