PT WorkinIt - Fit and Healthy for Life

As part of my wellness journey, I have started running online, virtual support fitness groups.  I get a group of ladies (mostly) together and we check in everyday to talk about our day, how our eating went, how the workout went and to make sure we actually did it! This new workout I'm doing is a mixed martial arts program with strengthening and stretching mixed in.  It has been an amazing workout so far and I think it is my new favorite!  I love the challenge I get from it and the external results are astounding after only 2 weeks! I cannot wait to see the results in 2 more weeks and from now on I am sticking to the program without any straying!  So nutrition planning is on and if you need some more ideas, I post daily on my facebook page Here! Always remember that even though we are on a journey to better ourselves, we will always faulter.  We are not perfect beings and never will be.  We just have to keep pushing, learning and doing our best to ...

It has been a glorious 5 days off work and time spent with the family!  We normally travel for the holidays, but we had been traveling so much we decided to stay home and have Thanksgiving.  Our neighbor invited us over to join their family so I didn't have to make a big meal for the 4 of us - plus AJ said he would rather go out to eat than make a big meal that may get wasted.  So I accepted the invitation 😊 I did make some pies, chocolate chip cookies and a green bean casserole to bring over 😱 I did quite well with my eating and only had a little piece of cherry pie and pumpkin pie!  I told myself I wasn't going to have any, but I only eat pumpkin pie once a year so I couldn't resist myself! No skipping on the workout though and I tried to make the green bean casserole a little healthier - this (http://smilesandwich.com/2015/10/26/clean-eating-green-bean-casserole/) isn't the exact recipe I used, but similar.  I tried to follow the one on Beachbody on Dem...

So sometimes life happens and we get busy and things fall to the backburner. I haven't written in 11 days!! Yikes - we have a lot to catch up on! Since last time we have been out of town and played at a really cool playground that was developed for all kids - so kids with disabilities could have the same fun as a child without a disability. It was amazing and really struck my heart since I occasionally work with kids with disabilities. I only took one real picture unfortunately, the rest were on snap chat (terra227). It also gave me the thought that they need an adult sized playground. My SIL and I had fun playing but were too big for a lot of it!  Have you ever seen an adult playground, like with old school playground equipment meant for adults?? Someone should make one! I have also started a new program!! I am so excited and am loving this program. I have done it for 5 days so far and am already seeing amazing results!! It is an MMA style workout but they throw in strength...

So I know I posted yesterday and I don't usually post back to back days, but I came home sick with Bronchitis today and decided that since it was raining and I was home to be resting, making homemade soup was going to be the best thing for me to do and keep me from cleaning! The absolute worst part of being sick, besides having to cancel my patients at work, is that I was told to not workout for a couple days :/  I'm glad it happened this week and not next when I'm starting my new program with the coach test group!  So, this week is focusing on making sure I eat right and prepping for this new eating plan.  Gotta look at the positive, right? :)   Ok, so this soup was amazing and we used AJ's grandma's recipe with the addition of shredded chicken.  It was so good, and I'm excited that we have left overs for me to take to work!  The kids loved it too and it was perfect for our first cool day of fall! Here's what you'll need: Beef soup b...

As we sit on the plane in Florida getting ready to take off to head home, I'm already beginning to think about the coming weeks. I'm so excited to start the new Core de Force and dive into the meal plan for this program. I haven't gotten my book yet but I've heard this plan is different so I'm super excited!! I've also been reading a little bit about carb cycling. As I figure that out I'll keep you all updated too! I think it sounds great but I need to keep researching it for me and my fam. I feel like carbs are my biggest struggle so if I can find a plan where I can still eat them and not have my stomach blow up that would be amazing!!  For now I'm going to stick to the specific plan for Core de Force though. I wanted to share with you our homemade spaghetti sauce today. It's so easy to make and so good. The best part though is that you can freeze it for another time! Plus it's sugar free!! Ingredients 1½ pounds ground beef/turkey ...

Halloween is tomorrow!!  Goodness this month flew by.  The weather is amazing here for the end of October - today's high was 75 degrees and tomorrow's is 81 degrees!  Normally we are walking around with coats and gloves and hats and freezing while we walk house to house just for some candy.  Why do we do that?  :)   Are your kids dressing up? The kids had a birthday party a couple weekends ago and dressed up in their costumes - so here's a preview, there will be makeup and better hair tomorrow! Our kids LOVE and request meatloaf - that seems like a strange thing to me!  I don't think I had meatloaf a lot when I was a kid, but it always seems to have a bad reputation with kids. We don't have meatloaf a lot because it takes a while to bake, but I've discovered that making them in muffin tins they take about half the time!  Glorious!! The newest recipe I modified may be the best one yet.  It makes 12 regular sized muffins and uses h...

Hey Happy Friday!!  Friday's are my absolute favorite weekday because I only have to work until 12ish!!  I get to come home and do whatever I want until I go get the kids from school!  It's amazing!!  Most of the time I go to the grocery store, clean, workout or chat with some friends - but it's my choice and I can do whatever I want! :) Yesterday I finished my latest workout program - 21 day fix extreme from Beachbody - heard of it? It is a fantastic workout because it has 7 different workouts to do weekly and it teaches you how to eat proper portions for your weight and activity level!  I love it and can see a lot of results from it when I am eating like I should...um, not this time....I just have a huge sweet tooth and sometimes it gets the best of me!  But I am learning to control it and have made huge strides from when I started 3 years ago!!  November 2013   October 2016 (silly cat!) I am going to keep going with 21 DFX un...