Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Goodbye Deodorant, Hello New Blender!


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
resource for exercise routines. Exercise has never been my favorite activity, but I am always glad after I do it. Right now, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays are my favorite weekdays because I don’t exercise on those days. While losing my weight last year, I mostly just went on the treadmill for about 30 or 40 minutes, no more than three days a week.

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!!!






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