Beachbody Challenge

On Monday, July 23rd, I will be starting a new Beachbody Challenge for the first five people that sign up. This will be a challenge unlike any other, and I am very excited to share what I have been working on for the last few months. Here's how the challenge is going to work...
The challenger will pick their own fitness program (one they already own or a brand new one), will take part in a free private accountability group on facebook, will be given an easy to follow nutrition program with options, and can win money just by submitting a before and after picture to Beachbody. An added bonus would be winning cash daily by logging workouts daily in the Beachbody Super Gym.

As I am still a "work in progress" I will be participating in the group as well. I will be doing the exact same thing as the challengers...working out to the P90X/Insanity Hybrid, following my own nutrition plan, submitting my before and after photos to Beachbody, logging my workouts daily in the Super Gym, and interacting in the accountability group numerous times a day.

So, do you want it? Email me to secure your spot...only five spots in this challenge!!!

erineffenheim@gmail.com




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New Challenge...

I am always looking for new ways to challenge myself, and new ways to implement a healthy lifestyle that I'm going to stick with. I've tried so many different plans/challenges/"diets"...Weight Watchers, Clean Eating, Beachbody Challenge, Body by Vi Challenge, Food Lovers, etc...

Starting on Thursday I am starting the Bikini Booty Club Lean & Tone Fitness Challenge. It is incorporating an eating plan with specific exercises to target areas that need to get slimmed down to be "bikini" ready. The eating plan is super simple, and the workouts are easy to incorporate into my last four weeks of Les Mills Pump and the first few weeks of the P90X/INSANITY hybrid I'm starting in July. I'm hoping to see great results...results that will stick, while learning to eat in a clean and healthy way.

Per usual...I will be blogging about my journey, and sharing my results. I've only got 20 more pounds to shed to reach that final goal, and I would love it if for at least half of the summer I will be able to wear a bikini...my fitness goal! This journey started in February 2008, and I'm hoping to have my body, health, and LIFE completely transformed by February 2013...exactly five years later. I want to continue to learn about fitness and nutrition, and use it to help my family and my customers as they reach their goals as well. I'M READY...BRING IT ON!!!

Day 22: Food Lovers For Life

Day 22: June 4th 2012 - "Food Lovers For Life"

I have been through the 21 Day Metabolism Makeover, and I've gotta say...not too impressed with the results. I know that it's not the program...it's still me! I can follow the plan some days, but other days I just can't do it. I let my thoughts interrupt my progress every single time. I stop exercising, I cheat on my eating, I don't get in all my water...it's a never ending cycle, but it stops TODAY!!!

I am going to take on the next five week of the Food Lovers For Life program with 110% effort. I am going to stick with the eating plan, finish my last five weeks of Les Mills Pump, and stay away from the caffeine and alcohol. I NEED to lose these last 25 pounds to show myself that I can do it, as well as my amazing Beachbody customers and coaches. I NEED/WANT to succeed, and I want that amazing Before/After photo. I started out Beachbody many, many years ago at 215 pounds...am now at 178 pounds...and am going to end up at 155 pounds...a true SIXTY POUND WEIGHT LOSS!!!

I not only want to get back in the 150's again, but I want to be able to wear a bikini and show off all my hard work. I have worked so much on my own personal and emotional transformation as well, and I know that I need that visual picture of myself at 215 pounds next to myself at 155 pounds to really see how far I've come. I'm still addicted to food, but I need to find a way to eat all my favorites in a way that I am eating healthy, but not depriving myself. Food Lovers is doing that for me, now I just need to stick to the plan so I can see those final results.

Wish me luck! I will be posting my stats every single week and checking in until I reach that goal of 155 pounds. I can use all the support you guys have to offer...until next week! :-)

Day 16: 21 Day Metabolism Makeover

Time for some honesty...yet again! Changing my eating is HARD for me...really hard! The Food Lovers Fat Loss System is easy to follow, but I am just too addicted to food. After the first 21 days of this program you can chose one of two options. The first option is to continue to do the original plan...cutting out sugar, alcohol, and white flour or you can change to the "Food Lover for Life" program where you start adding those things into your diet. I think I'm just going to stick with it until I reach my weight loss goal. I am going to weigh and measure myself on Monday, and continue to do that every week...starting each week over fresh...still trying to learn how to eat healthy for the rest of my life without depriving myself of what I love.

I really need to dig deep into the material so I can learn how to turn the unhealthy choices that I have been making into healthy ones. There are ways to tweak certain recipes to make them healthy and keep a person's metabolism in fat burning mode continuously. Here are the secrets I've learned in the past 16 days:

• Eat within an hour of waking up in the morning
• Exercise 5-6 days per week
• Eat every 2-3 hours
• For breakfast, lunch, and dinner have one serving each of a protein, a fast carb, and a slow carb
• For snacks try to stay around 150-200 calories without a lot of extra sugar (protein in snacks is also helpful)
• Drink 80 ounces of water per day
• Stay away from alcohol, with the occassional glass of red wine if it's been a good week
• Stay away from sugary, super-caffeinated drinks at Starbucks, and coffee with cream in general
• Take nutrional supplements daily
• Get 7-8 hours of sleep each night

These are the few guidelines I've compilled for healthy, "clean" eating. My goal is to stick to this plan, and see the results of my hard work by Christmas! Two weeks ago I weighed myself and I was 179 pounds. My goal is to get down to 159 pounds by 12/25/12. That gives me seven months to loose the weight...basically three pounds each month...doable!

I'm thinking of starting a "Clean Eating and Exercise" Accountability Group on Facebook, so let me know if you're interested. I want to keep it to under ten people.

Day 8: 21 Day Metabolism Makeover

Alrighty...I've been doing the 21 Day Metabolism Makeover through Food Lovers for a whole week now. It's been tough, but not impossible. I'm learning how to make the "perfect fat loss plate" that will help keep my body in "fat burning mode" all day. Basically I eat every 2-3 hours up to 1 hour before bed. Snacks must be between 150 and 250 calories and three meals a day should be even portions of protein, fast carbs, and slow carbs.
So, I bet you're wondering...what does a typical day look like. Well, yesterday was a perfect "fat burning" day, so I'll share my food log from yesterday.

• Wake-up: 6am
• Breakfast: 7am - 1 cup oatmeal, 1 scoop of whey protein, 1/2 cup strawberries
• Snack: 9:30am - protein shake makde with 1 scoop of protein, 8 oz light vanilla soy mile, and 4 oz water
• Lunch: 12pm - 2 slices Pepperidge Farm Whole Wheat bread, 4 slices deli turkey, 1 slice Kraft 2% Swiss cheese
• Snack: 2pm - banana and 1 reduced fat string cheese
• Workout: 3pm - 60 minutes of Zumba
• Dinner: 5pm - 5 oz lean steak grilled, 1 cup whipped cauliflower, 1/2 cup watermelon, and 1/2 cup strawberries
• Snack: 8pm - 16 BBQ pringles
• Snack: 10pm - medium orange
• Bedtime: 11pm

All my meals were 2-3 hours apart, and breakfast and my final snack were within an hour of waking up and going to bed. I also drank 10 8oz glasses of water. I'm still having a tough time staying off the scale, but I'm doing it! Another great component of this program is an audio CD set where you listen to 10-20 minutes of audio each day that explains the little daily tweaks that you are supposed to make. Well, onto the second week and I'll be checking back in next Monday!!!