21 Day Fix Week Three | Round One Results

I want to put it out there for everyone to know that posting my journey isn't the easiest thing for me to do. I've grown confident in the last three weeks, more confident than I've ever been in a long  time, but it's still difficult to put myself out there for the world to see me at my most vulnerable. When posting a progress picture that I'm so proud of I find myself holding my breath, turning off my notifications and walking away from my phone. I'm always so nervous and I don't think it will ever get easier. Change is scary and fear is what drives me to share my journey with all of you. I'm putting it all out there because this program works and it's changed my life as well as my family's. 

Investing in my health and focusing on it changes your perspective in life.  In such a short amount of time I've changed my mindset . I can differentiate  what's important and what's irrelevant. 

What's irrelevant : the excuses I've made up to NOT work on myself. Let's be real this weight was no longer "baby weight" . This is MY weight. I dropped all of the baby weight within in a year and the following year I decided to throw my hands up and say "fuck it".

What's important : making a change to get back to who I was . I'm not one for excuses. They've always held me back. Scared or not I always jump two feet in. This journey with shakeology and team beachbody is my jump. Here are my results . 

WEEK ONE MEASUREMENTS 

R. ARM         12.5

L. ARM         12.5

CHEST          36

WAIST           33

HIPS               36

R. THIGH     21.5

L. THIGH     20.5

R. CALF       15.5

L. CALF       14.5

TOTAL INCHES  202 IN

WEIGHT               138    

WEEK THREE MEASUREMENTS 

R. ARM         12

L. ARM         11.5

CHEST          35

WAIST           31

HIPS               34.5

R. THIGH     20.5

L. THIGH     20.75

R. CALF       14.5

L. CALF       14.5

TOTAL INCHES  194.5 IN

WEIGHT               130.8    

I've lost 7.75  inches overall and 7.72 lbs in THREE weeks. That's real . If I can do this program with working 50+ hours a week, having a toddler under 3 and having to hold my family together SO CAN YOU. This program is doable, this meal plan is doable and your goals are attainable. There is no secret here guys, this program works just as hard as I worked throughout the 3 weeks. I worked my ass off to get these pounds down and I’m excited to share this with all of you. I'm proud to share all of you how I've taken my life back. It feels so damn good. My journey is far from over. I'm thankful for an entire family and a group of women that support me every step of the way. 

 If you want to stop making excuses and you want to do something that scares you shitless; this is it. Join me, ask me questions regardless of how many you may have. I want to be there for you . I want to be scared shitless together. 

Let's jump with to feet in. 

* Disclaimer : I am an independent beachbody coach. This blog post is not a sponsored post . All results and thoughts , opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting this blog and making this blog possible.

January Meal Prep | Week Four

We’ve gotten such great feedback from last week’s meal prep that I wanted to continue our meal prep blogs for all of you! Note that all of these meal preps do not include our dinners as I usually just have a lot of extra from our meal prep on Sundays, however listed is what we would typically eat. Haidyn is also included in the meal prep for the dinners. We try not to make our food different from hers as we want to make sure she’s getting the best nutrition possible.

JANNINE - MEAL PREP  

BREAKFAST - Shakeology, 1 tsp oil ( nut butter/ coconut oil) and fruit  * fridays i swamp my snack 2 with

SNACK 1 – Egg scramble w/ turkey bacon and veggies  

LUNCH – Turkey Lettuce Wraps w/ garlic rice  /OR/ Pork tacos w/ black beans and veggies

SNACK 2 - Toast w/ avocado  /OR/ Toast w/ cheese

DINNER - 1 cup veg, 1 3/4 cup protein, 1 cup fruit

WAYMON - MEAL PREP 

BREAKFAST -  Turkey & veg breakfast sandwhiches

SNACK 1 – Overnight oats w/ fruit and Greek yogurt 

LUNCH - Turkey Lettuce Wraps w/ cheesy garlic rice  /OR/ Pork tacos w/ black beans and cheesy veggies

SNACK 2 –Crackers and turkey 

DINNER- Protein shake, nut butter and fruit

Our meal prep this time , took us around 2 hours to complete from start to finish. As you all can see it’s definitely not hard to accomplish and if two hours will save you time for the rest of the week why not do it! ?  I’d like to point out is that not all snacks on Waymon’s meal prep will be featured. We are in two different calorie counts from the 21DF plan (I’m on the 1200-1500 while he is on the 1800-2099) so he eats more than I do. Since he goes to the gym at night most of his meals are consumed throughout the day so that he isn't full going into the gym. I, on the other hand, have nixed the carbs from my diet after 6 pm. It's been doing so great for me that I'm continuing it. You really DON'T need that heavy feeling at dinner time. But I’m still so envious of what Waymon's eating (sometimes) !!  We’re trying to keep things simple for our meals as we are eating clean, but that doesn’t mean we’re lacking flavor in our food! 

Have a great rest of your week guys!

XOXO

Upgrading the Green Monster

When I started to venture into the cooking/baking world my mama gifted me this kitchen aid. It’s been years since then and I still use this it weekly if not daily in our home. We looove it. But lately, it’s been such an eye sore due to the bright lime green color. I can’t for the life of me get anything to match it in our kitchen, but can you blame me?  * note that I did not choose the color of this kitchen aid. * With much pinterest inspiration I decided to take the plunge and DIY the green monster because have you seen what it costs to replace it?!? You know that this frugal mama ain’t about that life. So I saved the green monster and turned it into a beautiful black swan.

The cost to DIY our girl was around $10. We choose a simple black gloss paint and clear top coat. We cleaned her and taped off all of the areas we didn’t want to have painted and viola she’s as good as new! We waited days for the paint to full dry as well as the top coat to do its thing.  Haidyn loves commenting on how shiny it is.  It’s seriously so beautiful and fits in with our kitchen. She sticks out now, but in a good way. Werk girl!

gloss paint // top coat