I can't afford to eat healthy

Many of us say "I cant afford to eat healthy" well guess what I bet you can. Next time you go to the grocery store look in your cart before you check out and really think  what can I swap for something healthy?" Take that big bag of chips and get a bag of trail mix instead. Take that big thing of ice cream and get yogurt. Take you pasta and get the veggies pasta instead. Its that simple and the price is about the same . If you are one those people who love to eat out but then say I have nothing to eat here are some great  ideas for  swapping something bad for something good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eating healthy is a choses you have to make. Making excuses isn't gona get you  were you want to be!

 

 

Stretch it out (fitness)

Today I woke up feeling very stiff. As I got ready to do another day of XHIT workouts I thought there is no way I can do this. So I lissoned to my body and looked for a good stretching video and because XHIT is so good they had just what I needed Hot Yoga Workout I felt so good afterwards. Taking time to just stretch your body is really important I myself sometimes forget that. You have to lission to your body. When you do this exercise let me know how is worked for you. I could believe how even tho I was just stretching I still worked up a sweat.

Husband vs Wife in Fitness

I don't know how things are with you and your spouse but me and my husband are VERY COMPEDITIVE we seem to compete in everything we do and fitness is no different. I have been working out for awhile now but he just started and now he thinks he knows everything lol men.  He is doing workout by Mike Chang at Six Pack Abs

and Im doing XHITS

 

We have spent the last couple of day going back and forth about well they said to do this well mine said to do this. Who is Right?

 

 

BOTH see the thing is we are working on two different parts of our body he is working his upper half ( stomach chest arms ) and Im working my whole body also I am working to gain and keep weight on and he is working to take weight off. Long story short what works for one doesn't work for another. You have to do the research and look at different workouts and meal plans to see what is best for you. Even me I was doing bloglaties for a year but I wasn't seeing the results I really wanted but now that I changed over to XHIT I already see result after a week and a half Its just one of those trial and error things. While it is good to have someone to workout with  and to keep each other motivated but inless you are doing the same workout plans You have to let them do their thing and you do yours and just give each other lots of compliments.   

Lets Talk Shoes (Fitness)

 

 

I want to talk shoes today. I had someone ask "why when they wear their new everyday shoes and walk their legs and feet feel fine but when they wear there walking sneakers they hurt"? I had just one question "how old are your sneaker"? Just as I though they said they were a couple years old. One thing you have to think about is not many if any of us walk level and over time our shoes ware down on one side

 

 

Does this look familiar?

 

because of this when you walk your body is trying to even itself out and you strain muscle. This can lead to injury and  the uncomfortable feeling can cause people to give up When all you have to do is buy new shoes. Another Key is you need the right kind of shoes. You need an athletic shoe these are NOT athletic shoes

 

 

 

Walking or running it doesn't matter you legs, hips, spine and neck all need the right support. You can either go to a big store like foot locker or some other athletic store and get a $100 to $200  pair of shoes but unless you plane on running a marathon or something like that  a regular pair of sneaks will work Walmart and Kmart have a good selection for a good price. Also one other little tip is only wear these shoes when you do your walks or runs It will help them to last longer plus we walk different when we walk around a store then we do when we walk outside for exercise so you will get that warn out angle in your shoe faster. I hope this helped some of you and if you have any question feel free to ask that's what Im here for.

 

 

 

Rainy Day Workout

I don't know about you but runny on a cold wet spring day is just not my thing. So instead I go to youtube and click on some of my favorite workouts. I think about the muscles I would be using if I did run. My legs, butt, abs, and arms yes there are other muscles to but these are the main ones. What do I turn to first Blogilates and lucky for my its Monday and she always puts new workouts out on Mondays. Todays was 5 Best Butt Exercises to sculpt a Cute Booty  

                                   http://youtu.be/-7cylyuk84o

And yes my butt hurts. Then I decided to change it up a little I heard about XHIT daily and thought I would check her out and wow my abs HURT I almost couldn't finish but I did its called
 7 best ab exercises

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LebPal5gKrc&list=FLenf-AjVIiF-_H0Gt3HOT_Q&feature=share

 

Then I lifted some light weights for 20 min. I feel tiered my body hurts but I REALLY feel great and now when I go running again I wont feel like I lost that day. I have found that if you take a day off because of weather or something else none medical you get in a lazy phase and before you know it a week has gone by and you haven't worked out once. So its very important to keep going everyday. If you tried any of these workouts let me know what you thought and how you felt afterwards.

BLOGILATES FITNESS

So running everyday or walking is great but its not enough. You have to tone everything and a great fun way to do that is Blogilates  its pilates . Its easy to do but it kicks ur butt and it gets results. You can find her at http://Blogilates.com .  All her videos are on youtube just type in blogilates but to get the most out of her workouts you have to go her website blogilates .com when u join you get a password that unlocks a calendar each month which tells you what workout to do and how long. She also has one for beginner.

this one is the beginner one but this is what they all look like and she comes up with cute names for each moth like april is Aprilabes .

Look for her

 

She also just made her first dvd this year so you can look for that im so getting one. Like I said she is on youtube and u can just type her name and there are so many workout to choose from and they target different areas so you choose to just do legs and butt one day and arms the next then abes it all up to u. I have been doing these workout for a year now and I do feel stronger my mind is clearer I sleep better I have more energy and she makes it fun instead of counting the hole time or just saying come on u can do it she talks to u like a real friend would she talks about her nail or how do we like house she did the house or just a new song she heard and believe me u really do forget ur working out at times other times ur yelling for her to say stop cause ur body is on fire and she is just smiling saying only a couple more WE can do it. I love it hundreds of other people love it and I know u will love it to so go check it out give it a try and let me know what u think.

 

like miss blogilates herself always says

 

 

 

 

 

First Run

Today I decided to start my run. I was going to wait till the weather warmed up more but living in Pa if you wait for good weather you will get nothing done. So if you are going to follow me on this little workout goal then here we go. Weather you are running or walking there are some things you need to remember.

1. You have to stretch before    These stretches are the same for running as walking

HOLD FOR 30 SEC THEN DO OTHER LEG FOR 30 SEC

                         
TWIST TO THE RIGHT AND HOLD FOR 10 SEC. TWIST TO THE LEFT AND HOLD FOR ANOTHER 10 SEC

 

          BEND DOWN AND TOUCH YOUR TOES HOLD FOR 1O SEC.

 

HOLD THIS FOR 30 SEC.

 

 

TOUCH YOUR RIGH HAND TO YOUR RIGHT FOOT AND HOLD FOR 10 SEC THE SWITCH AND DO THE SAME ON THE OTHERSIDE

 

 

NOW BRING THEM TOGETHER AND REACH FOR THE TOES HOLD FOR 10 SEC

 

NOW STAND UP AND JUST WIGGLE YOUR ARMS AND HANDS STRETCH YOUR NECK BY DOING BIG CIRCLES WITH YOUR HEAD PUT YOUR EAR PHONES IN AND START GOING

 

 

 

2. Don't over do it! If your getting tired stop and rest for a few minute. If your running try walking a little. If you get tired you start to lose balance and you can fall, your breathing gets out of wack and you get to winded. Also your form gets sloppy and you could end up injuring yourself.

 

3. Don't just stop. When you finish your run walk around a little to losing up the muscles you can even do the stretches again same with walkers .

 

4. When your all done and resting give yourself a thumbs up.

 

 

 

        Today im gonna talk fitness. I can here you growning from her. Spring is here and its the perfect time to get im shape. Its also that time of year when we all need new cloths or just want new cloth and we want to look good in them. Before I go any further I MUST clear something up fitness is NOT just for people over weight. Fitness is to be health, to feel energized, and to not be overweight.

 

           Everybody has their own type of exercise they like to do weather its weight lifting, running, going to the gym, dancing, yoga/pilates . One this blog I will only be talking about certain exercises because one I like them and two because I know the most about them. Now having said that I must tell u I am not a fitness teacher and I did not go to school for it. I learned by research and personal experience.

 

  So the types of exercises I do are running/walking, Pilates and yoga not all in one day I like to change it up every few days so I don't get board. I want this to be Us working together not me telling you what to do. I have not run or done much walking all winter so I am out of shape I do pilates everyday but running and walking are using different muscles. Im going to set a date really like this week were im going to start my everyday workout and you are all welcome to join.

 

    What im going to do is put pictures or links of the workout im going to do that day. I am also going to run everyday on top of the workout you don't have to you can just run or just do the workout or you can walk instead I know not everyone likes to run  . Also there is no set time of day you have to do this if you only have time at night fine or sometimes you can in the morning and others days at night what ever you have to do is perfect. Many of you including me have know one to workout with not pushing you so with this we can help each other.

 

You can leave me comment on here or twitter, facebook or google plus even if its just to tell me that todays workout killed you and you hate me right know or to tell me that you want to do more butt exercises even just to tell me how good you did today. I get lazy to I am the queen of ill do it tomorrow so I need you support to and the more I see it im helping even just one of you it will give me that push to keep going. 

 

So if this sounds good to you TELL ME!

 

and if its not for you fine I will still be doing my normal daily blog and I want to get more recipes and crafts  and now that its getting warmer we will be doing a lot more so the blogs Will get more exciting .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How To Get Motivated To Workout

Summer is right around the corner and with that comes shorts, tang tops and the dreaded bathing suit. I like many of you lack the motivation to get off my butt and get in shape. We talk about doing it we even went out and bought new workout cloths, shoes and equipment but then we play the I'll so it  tomorrow game. Am I right? Well I have found a great system that really works and I know it works because Ive been trying it for a week now. What it all comes down to he have constant reminders around the house telling you to work out. So here are some simple tips to become and stay motivated to work out in the morning


1. Put your cloths out before bed. Put them on ur night stand or dresser. So when you wake up its right there waiting.

2. Go to bed early. It will help you get up early and your body will work harder for you.

3. Set two alarms. I set one alarm next to me and then I set my cell phone alarm and put it on my dresser. It make you have to get up and once your up its easier to stay up.

4. Let in the sun. Open the shades as soon as you wake up. When your eyes see light they let your brain know it time to wake up. I even had my husband open the shades before he went to work. If my room is dark I aint getting up.

5. Put notes around the house.  I put little notes on my bedroom wall, coffee pot and bathroom mirror. Just little reminders to WORKOUT.

6. Have equipment in the open. So as your eating breakfast or cleaning up a little its staring you right in the face.

7. Keep it fun. Make sure the exercise your doing is fun. If your not having fun you wont want to do it again tomorrow youtube has lots of fun routines for all exercises. I love Pilates myself.

Do all this every night before bed for a whole week and you will see that by Friday its easier to get up and get started. I hope this helps you but if will only help you if you get up and DO IT!