Time to get back at it!!!

Well wedding is over and I had my non healthy eating fun for the last couple weeks - now back at it! Can't stay off the wagon for too long!

Back before the wedding I bought the book PUSH, 30 Days to Turbocharged habits, a Bagin' Body, and the Life You Deserve by Chalene Johnson (she's part of Beachbody like Tony Horton and Shaun T) - its NOT a diet book - its a book about changing your habits so that you can become healthy and fit!!  So as I read the book I will report back to you after each chapter - so you can kinda enjoy the ride with me and maybe go out and buy her book.

Introduction:
Habits - it all starts with our habits.
Key to success is our Routine Behaviors (habits) - they are the behaviors (habits) we do naturally and dont need to give them much thought. For example - each time I get in my car I put my seatbelt on - its natural - its a habit. I don't think about it - I just do it. Brushing my teeth each morning - its natural - a habit. Making my shakeology shake in the morning - its natural - a habit. I think you get my point now. So why don't we make fitness a natural routine - a habit like brushing our teeth. We take care of our teeth - why not take care of our bodies??? we must break the bad habits and create successful ones!

So where do we start? When you build a house you start with what? Foundation right - well same goes with this - we must build our foundation first - then make our plan. Our foundation is our clear sense of who you are, what we value, our goals, and know what our strenghts and weaknesses are. Once we know who we are and what we want - then we can start making our goals.

We all have that inner voice that talks to us - sometimes that inner voice makes our decisions for us. Tells us that you can't lose that 10 lbs - no way. Go ahead and eat that bag of chips - you have had a hard day.. its ok. We need to start challenging that inner voice - remove the negative and replace with positive. As crazy as that sounds - it soooo works. Try it! Just for a day - anytime someone (or your inner voice) tells you something negative - switch it with something positive!! 

The book is broken out into three parts - Part 1: The 30 Day Push, Part 2: Circuits, One Bangin' Body, and Part 3: Throw and Go receipes.

Next chapter - Day 1: Priorities..........

Side note first:  Within the introduction there was Daily PUSH - I thought the contents of it was awesome. So I wanted to share some of it with you....

"I think we can agree that to be healthy, both inside and out, you need balance. The cool thing about balance is that it't uniquely individual. How we spend out time and energy to create balance must be very personal". "Balance is possible only when you know how the scales should be set for you. Knowing how to balance  your personal equilibrium comes only with full understanding of who you are, what gives you joy, and how you then execute the design of your life". "We've been led to believe that if we look "hot" or drive a certain car or wear a size 2, our life will fall pefectly into place. The trute is, when you strip all of it away, the one trait we all share is that we seek happiness".

"We are the happiset when we feel worthy, deserving, accepted, and apprecaited. We are the happiest when we are organized, confident, and know that we have the power to build and life the life we deserve."

"While rapid-start diet plan is awfully exciting, reread that last paragraph. Do you really think dropping a couple of pounds by Friday will lead you to long-term happiness? Sorry. So try something different. Stop slapping a fresh coat of pain on the outside of a broken-down barn and let's do this right? Let's rebuild the foundation before we start building your new succesfully happy, healthly, balanced life."