Hello There! For this week's addition of Trim Down Thursdays I thought I would talk about something that has helped me immensely. My Fitness Pal is a free calorie counter, there is even a free downloadable app for your phone! I was introduced to this by my co worker and used it faithfully when we were doing our diet challenge :) I inputted my current weight and what my goal weight was and it showed me how many calories I should eat per day based on how many pounds I wanted to lose per week.You can track your foods, you weight and add friends to help encourage you along the way. If you haven't already I suggest you check it out!Now head on over to Amanda's blog and check out her post here on exercises that you love to hate :)Enjoy! … [Read more...]

It's that time of the week again! So some people find any excuse in the book NOT to work out, the most common complaints are not enough time to work out, or no or not the right kind of equipment needed. Well here's my tips & tricks that I do that may help you too! I find that by breaking up my workouts into three 10 min intervals that time is no longer an issue. I am a full time working mother of two very active kids so if I can squeeze in a 10 min cardio burst somewhere in my morning or evening then tend to other household duties, come back and do another 10 mins cardio while dinner is cooking or while a load of laundry is drying, and then finish my workout off with a last 10 min set of stretching or yoga I have accomplished my workout goal of 30 min and I feel great!As far as fancy shmancy workout equipment I have none lol I have a set of hand weights and that's about it. But if you are without hand weights try using your laundry detergent bottle, milk or juice jug they … [Read more...]

Hello Ladies!  I saw this really cool idea over at Coping With Frugality where Amanda decided to do a weekly blog post on fitness related topics. So I decided to join her! Over the last two years I've lost 34 pounds, two years sounds like a long time, well it is lol but I was and am in no rush, slowly but surely the weight has and will continue to come off if I work at it. I achieved my weight loss by changing my eating habits and becoming more active, that's it! No magic pills or foods, just good ol' eating right and exercising.I tend to get bored easily so I have to find activities that are fun, I love dance workouts, boot camp style workouts, and kickboxing. As far as my diet goes I have tried to cut back on fast food, soda, and sweets, all three are my enemies :( I do allow myself one day a week to indulge though :)What I ate today?Breakfast:Plain oatmeal with a teaspoon of sugarCoffee with cream and sugarLunchWaterPB&J Sandwich, a small bag of chili cheese frito … [Read more...]