So, It Doesn't Get Easier - and One-Pot Lentil Chicken Recipe

First let me say that we took our family portraits yesterday for our Christmas cards and it was a beautiful snowy wintery day. We got lucky!  Second - I am actually loving our pictures! Beachbody - specifically Turbofire and Shakeology have given me my confidence back and I like how I look....

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I used to think that the Beachbody infomercials were fake....

For the past 25 days I have been diligent- and for the past 23 days I have been doing Turbofire. Busting my ass really, eating right, no snacking after dinner, healthy snacks (think carrots and celery or an apple) during the day and faithfully drinking my Shakeology. For the past 3 days my weight hasn't...

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3 (or 4) Ingredients for Clean Eating Pancakes... And Brody loved them, too!

2  eggs, 1 banana, cinnamon to taste (we also added Pumpkin Pie Spice since pumpkin seems to be Brody's favorite flavor right now!)  Blend until smooth. I didn't have to use cooking spray or oil in the pan - my pans are great, but you can use a Misto with olive oil if you need too.  Pour...

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Day 16 - Rest Day

So today is a rest day - and my legs needed that rest!  I did do ab igniter today though and walked about 2 miles between walking outside with my patients today. (It was a gorgeous 65 degree Nov. day here in CO and most of my patients wanted to take advantage of the beautiful weather and walk outside!)...

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Ok... I am literally bareing it all here.

I promised I would show my before and afters... I am so disgusted with my day 1 photos. This is the heaviest I have ever been at 138.7 when I started. I am now at 130.8 - 15 days later. I feel tighter all over. I just think - If this is what 15 days bring, I cannot wait to see my 30 day shot, 60 days,...

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Better than the Gym?!? No way....

I never ever thought I would say this about a home fitness program - I have tried so many- 30 day Shred, Carmen Electras Striptease Aerobics (yes I did and I am not ashamed to admit it!), The Grind workout.... and none of them have worked. I LOVED my gym. It had so many class options, childcare for...

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Busy Week! Days 6-11- Where did the time go?

Oh my gosh, I have not been great at keeping up with my days. But in all fairness it was the weekend and then I was out of town for work until tonight. We ended the weekend with firestarter as well as fire40 - both workouts we had become comfortable enough with, however making them more challenging...

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Rest Day & 5 Day Challenge!

Happy Halloween! Today is my FAVORITE holiday. I don't know why Halloween has always appealed to me. I love haunted houses, love scary movies, and love being scared!  I have a sweet tooth as well - and weirdly enough that started when I found out I was a T1 diabetic.  Before then don't...

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Day 3 - Should Have Listened to the Rules and Brody Gets In on the Action!

I needed this today. I got into a big fight with my sister last night, had a long tough day at work and I just needed to get home and workout. And YES... it helped! I came home on lunch to make our shakes today, and got a second blender today as well, so I don't have to keep coming home (it would...

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Day Two: Fire 40 + Stretch 10 and our first day on Shakeology!

Today feels great. I am not going to lie, the choreography in Fire 40 was much harder than Firestarter... but I still loved it and even when I would mess up a move I just kept bouncing around to keep my heart rate up. I remembered to set my HR monitor today and burned 563 calories and my husband burned...

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TurboFire and Shakeology - My 90 Day Challenge

Day 1: I cannot even tell you my excitement when I opened the mailbox today and my Beachbody boxes were in the mailbox a whole day early!  I have a few friends who are coaches and I have always wanted to do it, but in my head there was this or that holding me back until last week. My friend from...

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