Non Scale Victory

So yesterday ended my first four weeks with LES MILLS COMBAT. It has been a challenge but that only equals change.  I decided for the first time not to focus on the scale in my bathroom as progress but to go shopping. THE DREADED bathing suit shopping. UGH.

So, off I went yesterday with my daughter. Grabbed a few off the rack, even a size smaller than what I thought I was. The smaller size fit- I for the first time in a long long long time- I felt confident.

Not 100% towards my goal but I am well on my way! I actually started to cry in the dressing room. My daughter started to hug me and said its okay mommy. I told her these were happy tears and she hugged me and said ok :)

What non scale victory have you had lately? Changed your eating habits, tracked your eating, drinking more water, getting rid of pop, no more sugar?

My non scale victory was knowing by the clothes that I was getting closer to my ideal body type!

What body type to you aspire to have? Here is my ideal body type.

Perfect formula

So vacation is just around the corner and I am definitely in need of a week away!
What do you do to relax? Read a book, take a nap, take an extra long bath or shower?
But I know I must stay on track to get the best out of my day!

So I have found the perfect formula to my day:
1. Wake up with a positive attitude
2. Wash my face and workout for 30 minutes
3. Drink water!
4. Get my work day ready and drink my Shakeology!
5. Work day by serving others
6. Drive home either in silence to take it in or singing my head off! 😄
7. Play and have a family sit down together dinner
8. Play, snuggles, and book time before bed
9. Relax for 30-60 minutes by reading a book watching a tv show or talking with a friend
10. Go to bed with positivity and gratefulness to do it all again tomorrow!

27 months with Beachbody and total transformation in eating, drinking, and thinking!

As simple as from home, some planning, grocery shopping adjustments, and accountability from my online confidential Facebook group!

Being a mom, wife, daughter, sister, fulltime nurse, part time adjunct faculty, part time doctoral student= it can be done! Let me know if you want to hear more.

Time away but....

I am human. I have had to take a break from most things in my life due to work and school. AGAIN- no excuses but I am human. I realized that I am not the same person now that I used to be. I focus more on getting through the motions of the day rather than trying to be my best.

I need to be my best. FOR me, FOR my daughter, FOR my family, FOR my work, and FOR everything else I encounter in my life. SO what is being the best?

During my break I realized- ok, I could do better with my eating, I love my shakeology and that has been my new norm over the last two years! Shakeology is my every morning breakfast, occasionally lunch, and nighttime snack.

Also- I felt that my body was beat up. NOT the good post workout soreness. The LACK of taking care of it soreness. I wasn't sleeping, didn't have a good attitude most days, and mostly I noticed my brain was not at its top potential.

So what to do? GET MY BUTT BACK IN GEAR! Take 30-45 minutes a day to push it and sweat out all stress in my life. Spend 20-30 minutes on the weekend to prep my food plan and of course grocery shop (but face it we do that anyway!).