WHEW - butt kicked!!

This was me today - SPENT SPEECHLESS and DIZZY!!!  I still don't feel quite right so thank goodness I filmed the vlog BEFORE I worked out.  

To summarize my vlog today, I reflected back on my results from January and how I felt about my weekend and realized it was time to self correct a bit and start planning more.  From meals to social activities - winging it just leaves me without abs ;)  AND I need abs because all the talk of the 2 feet of snow we are suppose to get in Chicago had me cash in ALL of my American Airlines miles and we are heading south!!  Yep girls - 52 days until I need to be in a swimsuit!  So I kicked off this morning showing you my favorite juice for the morning in my fancy new Christmas present.  

In retrospect though, I don't think that is enough even with protein for me to kick my butt like I did today.  I literally lost it.  (which on one hand I did think was cool b/c I felt bada$$ lol).  I was in the second to last set in kettle bells and started seeing spots and to the floor I went.  So I think I am going to have to balance (yes we are back to that word) my desire to eat clean with what my body needs to get through some workouts.  I have been a bottomless pit since this morning.   I have been snacking mostly on fruit and veggies but the tape worm has yet to be satisfied ;)  I know you girls have been here cuz you don't get arms like some of my tribe without kicking your butt!!  So please share.  Is there something you eat or drink right before the workout that fuels it but doesn't leave you burping it up for an hour??  Do tell.

In other news, here is my morning on vlog and excuse that I had yet to do my dishes from last night LOL!

Things that mom was right on?!?!? :)

HOLY where did the weeks of January go already?  I don't feel overwhelmed until I realize I lost a few weeks of "My Plan" :D  I finally got in front of the camera and did a little vlog.  My thoughts this week are on - are we who we hang out with?  And how we surround ourselves with those people that lead us into the direction of our goals.  My mom use to say this to me all the time when I was hanging out with people she didn't want me to in high school but it doesn't pain me to say she is right ;)  I actually have been trying to go one step farther and make sure I have some people in my "tribe" that are where I want to be so I have someone coaches that have been where I am and know how to help me get past those sticking points we all hit.  So I am back to Daily Mile and to the Treadmill to kick off the 2011 running.  I WILL LIKE THIS SPORT.  I AM A RUNNER.  Atleast that is what I keep chanting in my head.

I did not successfully start the Cleanse I promised myself.  Not gonna lie but I am intimidated with getting out of some bad habits.  So I am sitting with that right now and peeling back the onion of why.  I am enjoying the new juicer and the new favorite is celery, carrots and apple juice.  YUM.  I also ordered a Ninja Kitchen System thingy with my sister from an informercial.  I can't believe is sucked me in :D  but I did try that Wen Hair Care and love that so maybe this QVC type shopping comes with age.  LOL!! NOT!  The Ninja System is a cheaper version of a vitamix and since mine is broke and I do not want to pay $400 to replace, I am giving this a try.  Maybe I will do a vlog of this stuff so you can see how fun my new toys are! 

Well enjoy a few minutes of seeing I am alive although with no makeup :) and let's stay in touch!

Cheers,

Amy

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!!  Well about 5 days late anyway.  I think we have all been outside of our normal schedules but in addition to that – I have been fighting a little bug of some sort.  I am not sure if it is from the clean eating causing all the toxins to want to jump out of my body OR if I am fighting a good old fashion cold.  BUT I have been sleeping like 9 hours a night and not doing hair or make up :D therefore I keep planning a vlog I never do! 

I finished the Clean book by Dr. Junger and started a new book by one of his colleagues called Revive.  Great reading and I love how they both tie in our mental and emotional loads into what happens in our body.  So I thought I would summarize the top three things Dr. Junger suggests even if you do not jump into a full cleanse with his supplements besides the normal eat fruits and veggies.

1. Make sure there are 12 hours between the last thing you put in your mouth at night and the first thing in the morning.  It takes our bodies sometimes as much as 8 hours to fully digest our food.  That leaves atleast 4 hours a day for our body to go into detox mode and do some daily house cleaning.  This is harder than I thought as I started… I realized how much I graze on things post dinner but I am sleeping much better!
2. Replace breakfast with a juice/smoothie/protein shake.  This is easier for your digestive system to process so you are not over taxing it.  I have read this in a lot of books.  Even Dr. Mercola says this is what he eats every breakfast.  I got a AWESOME new juicer from William Sonoma for Christmas from my father in law so I have been doing this for the last 4 mornings with protein powder.
3. Incorporate probiotics into your supplements and/or at a minimum a cleanse.  A lot of the cleanse books I read talk about giving your body a break but this one talks a lot about using that time to heal and giving your body the right supplements to do that during that time.  There is some great science on how your gut is as instrumental in hormone production as your brain so keeping the good bacteria is crucial in that. 

So in my first baby step I am incorporating these three.  Only issue so far is a new routine with eating because with the juice in the morning, I am hungry again by 10:30am for lunch. But baby steps….I have also cut out the morning sugar in the coffee (which I do not enjoy yet) AND cut my bread carbs down to one serving a day.  WHOA Happy New Year!! 

I got a vlog to put up tomorrow but wanted to share how much I enjoyed the book!!

Hope your new year started off with a bang and that my Aussie girls are staying dry with the horrible floods.  xoxo