Bum Bum

Sorry these are sorta boring to watch. We video taped them on our regular camera instead of the video camera and it would not let us edit or add video. Soooo, they are both real short. I completed Turbo Fire 30 this morning before going to the Super Saturday event in San Diego, and then came home to work out with Leandro and complete the Brazil Butt workouts. The first video Cardio Axe, is pretty much fun dancing steps. I really like it. I'm sweating a lot but, DANCING! :-) The second video is called, "High & Tight." A band is used at the beginning to really work the butt, and then there are some floor workouts. These are 2 short videos to show you just a small piece of what the 35 minute video entails! Loving it! My bum bum is going to be sore tomorrow! A good sore!

This first move is a half circles move that works that trouble area of the butt that causes the "cottage cheese" thighs...

This exercise works the inner thighs. We did regular lifts, tempo lifts, and then leg circles. Kellen decided to commentate a little.

Having fun doing this! Have a great weekend!

Mindie G-

www.beachbodycoach.com/timetosoar

Day 2

OK, I probably won't blog EVERY day of my new workout program, but I had to share a little bit of what I did on day 2. I was pretty excited. This is from yesterday. To my surprise I woke up a little sore in the bum bum this morning. :-) That just means it's working! Woo hoo! Have a great day everyone!

Recap of workouts:
Brazil Butt: Bum Bum
Turbo Fire: HIIT 15

My Next Workout

Here is a little video blog with some information about the next two workouts I am going to do together. It's pretty short (five minutes), but has a lot of good information if you are interested in trying either workout.

Summit 2011

OK, so Summit... Team Beach Body has a get together with allllllllll the coaches around the nation one time each year. It is usually in LA (I'm guessing) because that is where the CEO of the company is. There are currently over 55,000 coaches! I guess the first year they did the summit there were like 20, so they have grown quite a bit.Summit is where you can meet the trainers, attend seminars about the products, work out Saturday morning with some of the fitness trainers (like Tony Horton!!!- P90x people!!) and learn about how to become a coach and work for yourself in the team beach body business. CLICK HERE FOR A SUMMIT VIDEO
Unfortunately by the time I decided to become a coach, summit was already sold out and we didn't budget for it anyway so I figured I would have to wait until next year. Well last minute one of the founding coaches, David Martin (apparently wayyyyyy up my coaching line) hosted a Thursday event with a guest speaker and a few awards for his coaches. It was free and my coach, Cecilia offered to drive me. Colin was cool with hanging out with Kellen all day so I went to LA to check out the summit.

I had not been to LA since my sister Cassie and I went to a Justin Timberlake concert back in 2007... after I went to the convention with JC's Girls. LA Live is amazing and beautiful and I wish it would have been there when we went to LA with JC's girls because we walked around EVERYWHERE trying to find a place to eat, and there were a TON of places all together now! We arrived, parked and checked Cecilia in for the weekend. We had some time before the guest speaker so we decided to head down to the Beach Body Mall, and I bought a Chalene Johnson Turbo Fire t-shirt... my next workout program after my 30 day Brazil Butt workout (didn't like any of the shirts they were selling for Brazil Butt). As we were walking down there I recognized a man, named Dallas Carter. His success story is below. I wanted to get a picture with him, and introduce myself, but it didn't happen.

So, we headed back down to the mall, and I got my shirt. Afterwards, we got seated and eventually Shaun T made his special appearance to be interviewed by another coach. We had front row seats... here are some pictures I took... He seemed like a pretty regular dude. He's favorite candy is peanut m&m's! YUM!

A lady in the audience asked him a question and then asked if she could see his abs. He was happy to oblige, and my phone decided to take a picture, usually it freezes! My camera was in my back pack, but the MEMORY card was at home! I usually do that (ugh!)

So there you go... his abs are not air brushed, and they were very nice. After Shaun and his abs left (ha ha), they had a short awards event and then we had a quick break before the guest speaker. As I was heading to the restroom I noticed another success story that my brother in law Tymon had sent me. He had seen the video below on youtube, and posted it on his fb. He was very inspired by this guys P90x journey... the video is below.

Usually I would walk by, be shy and not talk to someone I recognized from the Internet, however I knew that it would be so cool to share with him how much he has encouraged me and my brother in law. So, I did and he gladly took a picture with me (see below) and he even said we could email him if we needed any additional encouragement!

Summit was fun, I wish I could check out more, but I will have to wait until next year. I would LOVE to workout with some of the actual trainers that made the videos I own, and pick their brain over a cup of coffee (or Shakeology ha ha). Until then, I will have to live it vicariously through the coaches that got to go.

SHAKEOLOGY SHIPMENT #2

Alright, my 2nd shipment of Shakeology has arrived. When you sign up for a home direct shipment you not only get free shipping, you get a gift the first 2 months. The first month was the Workout videos (see previous blog) and this month is the shaker cup. Now, if I am on the go I can prepare my Shakeology in my new shaker.

Here is what you get in your second month shipment.

Again, it comes in a nice size box.

 Open the box and inside are all the goodies!!

 You get your very own shaker cup...

 And another 30 day supply of Shakeology!

 My shipments rotate each month, so this month is green berry. Looking forward to trying some of the recipes below on the 30 day calendar.

 The other side of the calendar still has the chocolate recipes, in case you have any left over from the previous month and you wanna mix it up!

Well, that is it! I already had my shake for the day (Chocolate Shakeology, 1 serving of tofu, ice, almond milk, banana, and 1 tsp of peanut butter). This is by far my most favorite meal of the day!!

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My Beach Body Story...

I began my journey with Beach Body in the summer of 2010. (No that is not me in the picture above, it is Dreya Webber and Tony Horton :-P)

We borrowed the P90X workout program from a friend to check it out (Thanks Marty). I thought I was already fit; I like to run, I worked out pretty consistently, I thought that was it. I figured P90X would just help me stay there.

Since completing the videos I have noticed in pictures that my arms and my face were slimming down and I had more energy.Not to mention that I was able to do more push ups than most of the kids on my cross country team. :-)

We finished our 90 day challenge and decided to purchase the DVDs, (yes, I'm cheap- I wanted to make sure they worked before buying them). When you buy a Beach Body program it is just that, a program. It has all the steps you need to meet your goal... guaranteed. It has workout videos, timeline goals, nutrition plans, online help and accountability. All you have to do to start, is put it in you DVD player and push play.

We are going to go through P90X again this summer. Colin is going to host a weekday P90X workout at school with his soccer athletes.

Currently I am in the middle of the INSANITY program. I like to mix up my workouts constantly. (That way I don't get bored). And being the cheapo that I am, I borrowed it from a Beach Body Coach.

I really like it and I can see a difference in my cardiovascular endurance. It was hard at first to get through it without being exhausted, but now I can get through each round without dying, but still sweating! And it's pretty fun. I am almost half way done.

When I started the program, Cecilia (my Beach Body Coach) gave me a sample of Shakeology. She suggested I started using this to help improve my health while completing the workouts. I have to admit that Shakeology has really helped. I was a little skeptical at first, but I ordered it. I figured that since there was a 30 day money back guarantee, that if it doesn't work I'll just get my money back. But, it tastes good and gives me all the nutrients I need every day. I signed up to be a Beach body coach too, that way I get 25% off all the products and supplements.

 

I got sick on Friday evening with the usual congestion, snot nose etc and usually it takes about a week to recover. Monday morning I drank my shake (like I have each day), and was able to workout. I am still getting rid of the snot (ha ha) but I FEEL much better. That is not normal for me. 

Since starting my journey, Colin has joined me. He ordered Shakeology too and drinks it for breakfast before heading out the door. I like the chocolate flavor and he likes the Green Berry. We each get 25% off all the products from Beach body. Including free shipping on our orders. :-)

Any way, after 15 days of using Shakeology here are the latest stats: 

Current Weight: 135 (FYI my goal isn't really focused on losing weight, but it has gone down 4 pounds)

Waistline measurement: 31 1/2 inches (down from 33 inches!)

If you would like to know more about Shakeology or any Beach Body products please feel free to contact me! Thanks for following along on my journey... 

OH-I am donating blood next Monday and will update the cholesterol information when I get the results. :-)

Mindie G

www.beachbodycoach.com/timetosoar - I have added some photos (before and after) to my profile.

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