Lean, Mean, and Squeaky Clean Challenge – May 16th, 2017

Good evening Peaches!

Sorry for the absence! Do any of you ever go through times where you have to just be quiet for a while? Well, I was going through a time like that last week. Thank you for bearing with me and I hope you all have been well! How was your Mother’s Day? Here are our pictures from church and look at these adorable pictures of Sarah and her boys Declan and Grayson!

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I actually stayed on track with my eating all weekend and had my one cheat meal of eggplant parmesan on Friday (which was delicious!) Since my challenge group began, I’ve lost 7 pounds! Then I woke up today bright eyed and bushy tailed at 1:45 am and as the very long day went on, ended up eating too many carbs and too many nuts. Because that’s what you do when you finally break a weight loss plateau right? You take the day off and eat what you want. Haha! Anyway, it is what it is. Moving on.

This morning was a very early session on extreme yoga.

Questions:

Do you ever need time to just be quiet?

How was your Mother’s Day?

What did you eat today?

Exercise?

I am very much looking forward to hearing from all of you! I missed you ladies!

*If you are just tuning in, we are doing a summer ready challenge that runs until the first day of summer June 21st, 2017. You are welcome to join now or at anytime until then! The sooner you start the more time you have to be your best self by summer. Post your healthy food and workout here for accountability or I can help you come up with a plan for success if you need one. Just email me at coachangel7@gmail.com!

 

Lean, Mean, and Squeaky Clean Challenge – May 10th, 2017

Good evening my fair madens!

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I can’t believe I didn’t share with you my latest baking fail last night!

Cookies, not meat.

Well…….what had happened was….

We started out making slime.

But then I shared it on Facebook and was quickly notified that I was likely burning my child’s skin….

So we cleaned everything up and decided to bake sugar cookies instead. The only thing is, I don’t have any sugar in the house and I can’t bake! Like, at all!

So instead of white sugar I used organic light brown sugar which I use for Jason’s oatmeal. Then I made sure to check the recipe backward and forward because the only powdery ingredients it called for were baking powder and baking soda. Aren’t cookies supposed to have flour or something???

Anyway, that’s what led to the amazing piece of work you see above……

Onto today’s food and workout.

My food was almost the same as yesterday, I just had oatmeal instead of quinoa for breakfast and lunch. My workout was yet another humbling session of Extreme Pilates.

Questions:

What was your worst cooking fail?

What did you eat today?

Exercise?

Until next time!

 

 

Lean, Mean, and Squeaky Clean Challenge – April 30, 2017

It’s Sunday and it’s the last day of the month!

I love when the first of the month lands on Monday, DOUBLE new beginnings!

Ok let’s huddle up and get our heads in the game. What is your goal for the week ahead?

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In the comments section the past few days Sarah, Anne, and I have been discussing going one week sugarless. Let’s do it! I quit sugar back in October and have not looked back once because it feels SO amazing! It really is the sugar (and our society) that makes you think we need the sugar! I remember writing this post  and being so nervous. I didn’t even share it on social media or anything because I didn’t want too many people to see it in case I failed miserably. Quitting isn’t for everyone, but for those of us that it IS for, life is so great without it, the thought of adding it back in is literally nauseating.

Just say NOOOOO to the M&M propeller bunny!

So now that I have made every sugar lover feel terrible, anyone up for a sugarless challenge? Haha!

I will post my food in the comments with all of you later. I wanted to go ahead and get this up so we can all gear up for the week!

Questions:

Wanna go sugarless for a week? 

No problem of not, what is you goal for the week ahead?

Any exercise today? 

Happy Sunday yall!

Lean, Mean, and Squeaky Clean Challenge – April 12, 2017

Hey everyone!

I’m back!

How’s everyone doing? Good I hope! But if not, the good thing is that you can just jump right back in. 🙂

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Today I finished The Master’s Hammer and Chisel!!! Yay! No break though, jumping into 21 Day Fix tomorrow. I finally figured out how I will do the containers while keeping a vegan diet. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, the 21 Day Fix is a Beachbody program where you use a portion control container system for your meals and then do the 21 Day Fix Workouts……..for 21 days haha. I will of course keep you posted on how this goes. Portion control is definitely not my forte.

 

Today’s food! This is not the 21 Day fix stuff, I am starting that tomorrow. Workout was The Master’s Hammer and Chisel: Hammer Power. All done!

 

Questions:

Are you good with portion control?

What did you eat today?

Any exercise?

Have a great night everyone!

*If you are just tuning in, we are doing a summer ready challenge that runs until the first day of summer June 21st, 2017. You are welcome to join now or at anytime until then! The sooner you start the more time you have to be your best self by summer. Post your healthy food and workout here for accountability or I can help you come up with a plan for success if you need one. Just email me at coachangel7@gmail.com!

 

 

Lean, Mean, and Squeaky Clean Challenge – March 28, 2017

Good Evening Fair Madens 😉

I meant to share this with you Sunday but forgot. Check out Jason’s second weekend cheat. We went out to Applebee’s Friday night and that was supposed to be our cheat but then Jason decided he was going to cheat on Saturday night too. Here is his cheat “meal”. It’s amazing.

• 6 cheese sticks (the breaded ones)
• 4 blueberry Eggo waffles with syrup.
• A chicken bisquit
• Huge bowl of Fruity Pebbles
• Powerade Zero haha!
• Strawberry Banana V8

Haha! I laugh but I’ve totally eaten meals like this…….pizza and donuts come to mind…..

In another life of course….. 😉

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Tuesday! How is everyone doing? I think everyone is feeling better? Melanie I know you said a stomach bug hit your house. Ugh, hope everyone is doing ok now. xoxox

So you know my nutty “cereal” (berries, nuts, almond or cashew milk). Well Anne’s been eating it and she sent me this pic….

SLICED ALMONDS!

I usually use whole. So today when I was at Costco I got the sliced ones and cherries!!! I have been craving cherries for literally weeks. Cherries + Sliced Almonds = My snack for the next several weeks 🙂

So good!!! I love the texture of the sliced almonds. And I just love that pic of Anne with her kombucha haha! It has nothing to do with the snack.

Here’s my food and workout! Workout was MHC Hammer Conditioning.

I hope you all are having a great week!

Questions:

What is a crazy cheat meal combo you’ve had?

What did you eat today?

What did you do for exercise?

*If you are just tuning in, we are doing a summer ready challenge that runs until the first day of summer June 21st, 2017. You are welcome to join now or at anytime until then! The sooner you start the more time you have to be your best self by summer. Post your healthy food and workout here for accountability or I can help you come up with a plan for success if you need one. Just email me at coachangel7@gmail.com!

Lean, Mean, and Squeaky Clean Challenge – March 27, 2017

Happy Monday!!!

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend and your week started off with a bang! It’s the last week of the month, let’s finish strong!

And if you are just tuning in and have yet to begin your journey, here is my Facebook post from this morning…

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Alright y’all, it’s the last week of the month. Let’s do this! 💪🙌👊
Whether you have had a good month or a bad month let’s make this week something amazing. It is tempting to want to wait until the 1st but don’t. Start now. After the first will be Easter, then after Easter will be May 1st, then after May 1st will be Father’s Day, then after Father’s Day will be the 4th of July and so on and so on and so on.
Do your very best with what you have where you are RIGHT NOW 💛

*If you are just tuning in, we are doing a summer ready challenge that runs until the first day of summer June 21st, 2017. You are welcome to join now or at anytime until then! The sooner you start the more time you have to be your best self by summer. Post your healthy food and workout here for accountability or I can help you come up with a plan for success if you need one. Just email me at coachangel7@gmail.com!

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Here is Anne’s pic of the Kombucha that we both love. Since I quit sugar, I have to make sure to read the label because some of them do have it but there are quite a few that don’t! The Lavender Love and Strawberry Serenity are amazing! I haven’t tried the others yet.

Anne also found these chips that are just potatoes, salt, and coconut oil if you are looking for a cleaner cheat!

 

Here’s my food! I know, shocker.

Today’s workout was ISO Chisel Strength from the Master’s Hammer and Chisel. Only 9 more days left of this program!

 

Questions:

What did you eat today?

What did you do for exercise?

Have a great night!

Lean, Mean, and Squeaky Clean Challenge – March 21, 2017

Hey hey!

I hope you all had a great day and that those of you who were sick or getting sick are feeling better. xoxox

I have been up forever! Haha! Anna got up at 3:30am and stayed awake for 2 hours. After she finally went back to sleep, I just got up for the day. I’m ok, just 99% caffeine.

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Look at Anne’s Journal! I was so excited to see this! Anyone else have a notebook/writing utensil fetish like me? Haha

 

And this doesn’t really have to do with our challenge but wook at Sarah’s Angus…… snuggle snuggle. I want to snuggle him all day.

 

Today’s Food and Workout! I did another one of the 20’s O Demand!

 

Questions:

What did you eat today?

What did you do for exercise? 

Do you keep a food journal? Any kind of journal?

What kind of pet do you have?

Have a great night Sweets!

*If you are just tuning in, we are doing a summer ready challenge that runs until the first day of summer June 21st, 2017. You are welcome to join now or at anytime until then! The sooner you start the more time you have to be your best self by summer. Post your healthy food and workout here for accountability or I can help you come up with a plan for success if you need one. Just email me at coachangel7@gmail.com!

Lean, Mean, and Squeaky Clean Challenge – In the Trenches

Happy Monday Sweet Challengers!

Dear Friends,

We are in the trenches. Right now. We are not dreaming, we are not talking about what we are”going to do”, we are not waiting on the right time. We are in the trenches and we are making it happen.

Feel it. Get comfortable here in the uncomfortable. Let go of the thought of an end date. We are exactly where we need to be. Keep working.

GREAT JOB LADIES!!!

Lean, Mean, and Squeaky Clean Challenge! March 20, 2017

I cannot express to you the delight I felt reading all of your comments from the weekend posts. You ladies are absolutely blowing this challenge away. I love that we are already getting results 2 weeks in and all of you are killing me with your mindset. ROCK freaking Stars. Gah! (as Anne says lol)

Here are some of our food and fitness stuff!

Here’s Sarah’s BCAA’s and she made the coconut flaxseed bread that Christine gave her the recipe for!

Anne made clean pork fried rice! You and Sarah are so good at making faux restaurant food!

Christine made this amazing pesto chicken casserole with cauliflower rice and then these chocolate nutty treats made with just 3 ingredients. Nut butter, coconut oil, and chocolate protein powder sweetened with stevia. Yummy!

Then here is my fav vegan concoction right now. Normandy blend and fungus with dijon mustard and flaxseed. 🙂

I love fungus

How was the start to the week? Mine was good. Here’s my food and my workout was MHC Max Hammer Strength. Getting lower on my squat haha!

 

Questions:

What did you eat today?

What did you do for exercise?

Have a great night everyone! Catch ya tomorrow, same time same place. 😉

*If you are just tuning in, we are doing a summer ready challenge that runs until the first day of summer June 21st, 2017. You are welcome to join now or at anytime until then! The sooner you start the more time you have to be your best self by summer. Post your healthy food and workout here for accountability or I can help you come up with a plan for success if you need one. Just email me at coachangel7@gmail.com!

 

 

 

Lean, Mean, and Squeaky Clean Challenge – Gearing Up

Hi Everyone!!!

As of today we have a little over 3 months until our end date. Let’s rock these 3 months! We keep saying this but I really am so thankful for you ladies doing this challenge. This challenge is not just a way to get in shape for summer for me, it is a way to train my mind to do what I set out to do as well. That fact the way hold each other accountable everyday while constantly encouraging one another has proven to be paramount. I thank God for you ladies and I love what we are doing here.

Lean, Mean, and Squeaky Clean Challenge – Gearing Up

To gear up for the week, let’s answer these questions:

What is your “Why” in doing this challenge? (I know we already stated it but we have to remind ourselves!)

What are some things you learned these past few weeks that you can take with you moving forward? 

I will answer in the comments with everyone. 🙂

Also, here are 3 superset workouts that can be done in 30 minutes for Melanie, You are doing awesome girl! Hope these help.

Do 3 supersets of each with 10-12 reps. You can do weights Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and then cardio Tuesday and Thursday. Just an idea.

Legs:
(Dumbbells or barbell)
Squats/Dead lift
Walking lunges (no superset, just 3 sets)
Sumo squat/leg curl

Back:
Pullups
Wide grip cable pulldown/Seated row
Close grip cable pulldown/ Seated close grip row

Shoulders:
(all dumbbells)
Overhead press/Upright row
Bent over rear delt fly/Front raise
Arnold press/lateral raise

Alright yall, let’s do this.

Here are the questions…

Questions:

What is your “Why” for doing this challenge?

What are some lessons that you have learned from the past few weeks that you use moving forward?

What did you eat today?

And exercise?

Love you ladies!

*If you are just tuning in, we are doing a summer ready challenge that runs until the first day of summer June 21st, 2017. You are welcome to join now or at anytime until then! The sooner you start the more time you have to be your best self by summer. Post your healthy food and workout here for accountability or I can help you come up with a plan for success if you need one. Just email me at coachangel7@gmail.com!

 

 

Lean, Mean, and Squeaky Clean Challenge – March 15, 2016

Hi Friends!

It’s that time again! What did you eat today? What did you do today? Hope all went well and goals were crushed!

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She said she didn’t eat any but look at the beautiful cake and cupcakes Sarah made!

The cake is made with coconut oil, grass fed milk, “00” flour, organic eggs and sugar.The icing is grass fed butter, organic sugar, and imported dutch coaco. Wow!!!

Here’s my food…

And for my workout I did another short cardio workout from The 20″s on BB On Demand. These things are great!

I am still really liking the vegan diet but today I had a headache. I’m wondering if it’s the same kind of thing as when I tried keto. In the beginning, your body has to adjust to the new way of eating and metabolizing. Who knows but I hope it doesn’t continue. Other than today’s headache my experience has been great so far!

Alright yall, how was today?