August Squat Challenge!!

I woke up today and felt inspired by the squat challenge I saw on the news! I love doing squats and usually do them every day in my workouts. If you have never checked out fitsugar.com you should. It has tons of great ten minute workouts, recipes, and more.

I found a squat challenge on their website that looks great. Starting tomorrow, August 1, I am going to follow the plan and incorporate it into my daily workouts for a 30 days. Hope some people take the challenge with me, and see our legs look rockin in a month. I will comment on this post to fill ya’ll in on my progress and results! Below is the website that will tell you exactly what to do.

3o day sqaut challenge

Toxic to Clean

I have been on this health journey. I got a little chubby after my drugs and alcohol days, and then eating Sysco for three months while working at a camp only made it worse. I did not feel good about myself at all. I was 25 pounds over my normal weight. I started trying to eating healthy. I didn't really know what I was doing.  I grew up eating whatever I wanted. My metabolism really messed up after doing drugs and I could tell my body was kinda freakin out.

I began to make slow changes in my diet. I cut out all breads, cereals, milk, and other types of foods that just dont do anything for the body. I always thought dairy and bread were good for me..I WAS WRONG. Since I have made simple changes to my diet I feel so much better. On my best days of eating clean I dont experience constipation, bloating, or tiredness. So many foods are processed and packed with sugar. Once I cut those out of my diet I began to see a real change. Honestly, I just set standards for myself. Starting with:

I stay away from all bread

I wont order sandwiches at restaurants

Buy almond milk instead of milk

Purchase all organic

Buy organic peanut butter or almond butter(no added sugars)

Always pack healthy snacks

Only shop in the produce section

Instead of buying regular noodles try brown rice organic noodles

Stay away from gluten

These changes helped me drop the pounds and most importantly have made my body feel so much better!

It took me like a year to figure out what my body reacted good with and what it didn’t. I don’t think I know for sure what works perfect, but the journey is fun. Testing different things to see what your likes and doesn't like is more fun than loosing weight. Its about being healthy and loving yourself. 

DON’T GET ME WRONG  I still eat junk food every so often. Its just not part of my daily diet and I would never buy it. I give into wheat thins, Stacey’s chips, mini Heath bars my boss keeps in her office, and other foods that I know are not good for me. Give yourself a break and do not freak out. Its about the process, not the end result. I sware my body just started craving fruits and veggies once I started eating them. Now that I feel healthy and strong from the changes I have made, I am beginning to start juicing. I will post about this soon! 

Here is something interesting i found about gluten 

Arms, Abs, and Core workout

Arms, Legs, Core Workout: 1 to 2 rounds, do a full circuit without resting. 30 sec to 1 min break in between circuits. Use 5 pound weights and up. 

2 min run around the house or street for a warm up

15 pushups

30 squats

1 min elbow plank

20 bicep curls

40 lunges

45 sec side elbow plank

25 tricep dips

30 sumo squats

45 sec plank (other side)

20 Shoulder press

40 back lunges

1 min plank

20 in and out bicep curls

30 narrow leg squats (Feet close together while squatting)

30 bicycle crunches

25 shoulder flies

30 side lunges

30 sit ups

SuperSet: do each workout for twice doing 20 reps without rest
Tricep dips
Shoulder press

squats
sumo squats

Okay so here is a link to some of the exercises if you need them or just text me. Love ya'll. peace love and Jesus baby.
 
Sumo squat example 

Shoulder Flies 

Narrow Leg Squat 

 When I find workouts I always modify them to meet my needs. My sister and I did this tonight. It took us about 30 min i think. I love quick fat burning workouts.  Enjoy:)