It’s been awhile since I’ve posted in my blog! I thought this
would be a good week since it marks an anniversary for me. Last year on
Thanksgiving weekend I met my 75 pound weight loss goal- all thanks to
nutritional cleansing. WOW!!! Sometimes I still don’t believe it myself. Since
my last post, things have been going well. I’ve dropped another 5 pounds over
the last year along with more inches. I actually fit into some size 6 pants,
which is incredible since my thinnest in college was a 10.
Honestly though, for a long while now, it has been so much
more about feeling my best and teaching my children healthy nutrition. The
weight and inches lost are just an awesome bonus. My big motivator is feeling
great and wanting to be in good health when my great great grandkids come along…
I have continued to gradually make changes for our family. I
enjoy finding new recipes here and there and just tweaking our favorites to
make them healthier. All six of us love drinking our protein shakes each day. I
also am changing things up to lessen the toxins in our home. One example of
this is I said goodbye to deodorant. Well I’ve said goodbye to traditional deodorant
and have switched us to mineral deodorant. I enjoy using the roll-on Crystal
Essence.
It works well for me, but I am now looking for a natural deodorant that
also prevents giant sweat circles from covering my armpits. I’ll keep you updated on my
search. Let me know if you have found a natural deodorant that is also a great antiperspirant.
Shortly after learning about toxins
and the benefits of cleansing my body at the CELL level, I switched to Tom’s
natural deodorant. But then I had an enlightening conversation and learned about
the main ingredient in deodorants- aluminum chlorohydrate.
A friend of mine told me about the dangers of this ingredient
when she shared her Grandma’s fight against breast cancer.
I am sharing this with you because I think it is so crazy
that it is not common knowledge. There have been so many dangers I have become
more aware of, and sometimes I wish I was still in the dark. There’s the old
saying that “Ignorance is bliss.” Ultimately though, I am thankful to be informed
so I can make changes and choices that are best for me and my family’s health.
I also want to share about a new type of blender I’ve
discovered. It’s called Fitness Blender, and it’s a fantastic
This past summer I started focusing more on toning and strength
training routines after my hubby told me about Fitness Blenders. Now he and I
work out together 3 mornings each week with Fitness Blender.
It is a website that you can go to (https://www.fitnessblender.com/)
that has workouts for every fitness level and they are absolutely FREE! This site was started by Daniel and Kelli, a husband and wife team, and they are both personal trainers. I love
that you can search for any type of workout and specify what equipment, if any,
you want to use. They have so many different types of workouts including HIIT,
Cardio, Low Impact, Yoga, Kickboxing, Tabata, Pilates, and more. You can also
specify the difficulty level and your desired workout time. We access Fitness
Blenders on our t.v. using the YouTube app on our Roku. Here are a few of my
favorites:
Cardio Workout 33 Minutes
Fat Burning Cardio Intervals- No Equipment 25 minutes
Total Body Toning Low Impact Cardio Workout- 30 Minutes No
Equipment Needed
To end this post, I want to share some new before and after
photos. Last week I celebrated my 37th birthday. I had fun finding
pictures from 10 years ago. I may be a decade older, but I look and feel
younger than ever!!!
