So..I fell off the wagon

 In two weeks, it will be one year since I started this journey for a healthier lifestyle. 

But about a month ago, I fell off the wagon. I started school back and suddenly fitness quickly got pushed to the back burner. My six days of a week of working turned into one or two days a week. My healthy, clean dinners turned into Chick Fila Drive Thru or Friday Night Pizza! Awful, I know! But 11 months into this journey, this is the first time I really fell off the wagon! But I fell HARD! I gained about 5.5 lbs back in this time! So now I have MORE work cut out for me!  I still would like to lose about 10  lbs!  My little rodeo with junk food added a few lbs to that! 

So now it's time to get back on the horse and start this again. I REFUSE To go back! I refuse to hate to shop because I can't find anything that looks good on me. I REFUSE TO FAIL! I know we've all had these moments..and the truth is I LIKE BAD FOOD....BUT, I *LOVE* feeling GREAT about myself, having energy to play with my kids, and not feeling so exhausted at the end of every day. 

So this is my plan! First and Foremost BACK TO THE GYM! I've started my routine up again of 6 days a week! Here is my schedule:

Now, my next challenge...By Thanksgiving, I want to lose 10 lbs! It's a big goal, I know! But, I think I can reach it! Link up and tell me your *Turkey Day Goal*

Amazing Leg Work Out

Hey Everyone! It's Ashley From The Teacher's Treasure Chest!! I wanted to share this great leg work out I've been doing! I've really started seeing results! Give it a try! I broke it down to three levels :) I do this two or three days a week. Also, one day I throw in some dead lifts.  But due to a recent back injury, I've been taking it easy with the dead lifts! 

Happy Friday Friends!!!

Healthy Cooking and Living!

Hello there!  This is Nicole from Teaching With Style!

I live in beautiful Hawaii and my family spends most of our down time at the beach.  The kiddos LOVE to swim and surf the waves.  Hubby loves to paddle board and kayak, and we both recently got scuba certified.

You would think that by all this outdoor activity that we would be in great shape.  Well, we are not.  Between work and beach-going, I just get too tired to cook dinner and we end up with macaroni and hotdogs or hamburgers from the local diner.  It's bad.  I decided that this summer, I would challenge myself to make a change in the way my family eats!

I recently re-joined Weight Watchers.  I did it a couple years ago when my daughter was one.  It's a great motivation for me and I love the recipes.  I also bought some at-home work-out videos and Shakeology supplements from BeachBody.  This is the same company that does P90X, Insanity, and Brazilian Butt Lift.  I opted to go for Turbo Fire, because I like upbeat, dancey types of workouts.

So my plan: eat healthy and work out every day.  I'm not going to do my videos everyday, but switch it up with a hike once a week, swimming in the ocean or pool once a week, a local yoga class once a week, then Turbo Fire the other days.

I have a recipe Pinterest board where I will be pinning my weekly recipes.  I can pull up the recipe on my iPad as I'm cooking, making it a lot easier than printing them out and having to organize all the paper.  We are almost through with week 1, and it's going really well so far!

Do you have dinner ruts like me?  Join me in turning that around this summer!