Challenge | Make It A Lifestyle

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This week's challenge is to make your workouts and eating habits part of your daily life. Many times people set a diet or exercise plan which only lasts for a certain amount of time, and then once they've lost the weight they wanted they no longer continue the diet/exercise. What they don't realize is that if you don't make the change in your WHOLE life for the REST of your life, you will not be able to keep the weight off. I challenge you to make living a healthy life PART of your life from now on. Don't diet, don't do short term plans...make it long term and make those results last!

Motivation | Drink Less Soda

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I just love this photo. It has a great point! Many people do not consider how much sugar is in the soda's that they drink each day or multiple times a day. Your body doesn't need all of that extra sugar! In fact, eating so much sugar can cause a lot of health problems. How often are you drinking soda throughout the week? Can you limit how often you have a soda? Can you live without drinking soda at all? Or what about just having it on special occasions?

Motivation | The Healthy Cycle

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Each thing you do towards living a healthier life style helps keeps the cycle going. Eat healthy (this week's challenge!), drink plenty of water (1/2 your body weight in ounces!), Exercise regularly (30 minutes a day!), Minimize toxins, reduce stress....and it continues. As you work on one thing and take the next step you are putting yourself into a cycle of healthy living habits.

Challenge | Eat Healthier

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What are you C, R, A, P foods? Here are mine:

C = sprite
R = cookies
A = I don't really eat these...
P = chips & junk snack foods

Eat more F, O, O, D... Here are my favorites:

F = Bananas, Apples, Grapes & Cucumbers, Lettuce, Spinach
O = protein: dry beans such as Lentils & Kidney Beans
O = Tuna, Salmon
D = Drink half your body weight in ounces! For me that would be 80 oz. of water a day!

This weeks challenge: make your own list of CRAP and FOOD. Here is a link for foods high in Protein, and a link for foods with Omega 3 Fatty Acids. Eat healthier this week!

Motivation | Improve The Tomorrows

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As we wrap up this week of eliminating excuses remember that what you choose today can improve what will happen tomorrow, but if you don't make a positive effort then you will have a negative outcome. Keep working hard on eliminating those excuses!

Motivation | Don't Be Lazy!

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This week's challenge is to eliminate excuses! How are you doing with eliminating your three excuses? Be strong! You can't break habits in one day or even one week! It takes time to unlearn those things.

Challenge | No Excuses

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This week's challenge is to eliminate excuses for why you aren't working out. Just pick three reasons why you aren't currently working out (or why you keep putting it off) and get rid of them! Do whatever you have to so that you can get more active! If that means not turning on your phone until you've worked out then DO IT! If that means no internet until you've worked out then DO IT!

Name your three excuses, make a plan to eliminate them, take action to be more active!