My theme for this month is "NOW IS THE TIME"

Now is the time for WHAT?

~~Now is the time for WHAT?
~~Now is the time for NO EXCUSES
~~Now is the time for LOVE
~~Now is the time to get FIT
~~Now is the time for making TIME
~~Now is the time to plant
~~Now is the time to identify your goals
~~Now is the time to identify the SEASON of your life
~~Now is the time for Thanksgiving
~~Now is the time for warmer clothes, jeans, scarves, coats and mittens
~~Now is the time limiting treats, sugars, carbs and calories
~~Now is the time for TEA
~~Now is the time Hot Baths
~~Now is the time for lotion and oils
~~Now is the time for baking
~~Now is the time for TURKEY
~~Now is the time for NO REGRETS
~~Now is the time to love yourself
~~Now is the time for JESUS
~~Now is the time to be proactive about your immunity
~~Now is the time to be an encourager
~~Now is the time for change
~~Now is the time to learn
~~Now is the time to FINISH
~~Now is the time to change your normal "holiday mentality"
~~Now is the time for Football
~~Now is the time to DO!
~~Now is the time to expect results
~~Now is the time for proper perspective
~~Now is the time for going for your purpose
~~Now is the time for FAMILY
~~Now is the time for practical proven strategies
~~Now is the time for Shopping
~~Now is the time for Festivals
~~Now is the time for limits
~~Now is the time for LOVE!!
 

I could go on and on…

My goal this month is to reflect and start each of my daily blogs with "NOW IS THE TIME…" not later, not when the new year comes, but NOW being the TIME!!

I encourage you to do the same…Let’s make this a fun Monthly theme and START each of our blogs with "NOW IS THE TIME…."
Let’s live in the NOW this November~
love,
Michelle

Oh my word…My kids have been fired up for their costume carnival at school the ENTIRE MONTH~ and It’s finally tonight!! I’m so happy because after today I won’t have to answer an more questions about it, lol!!
My day yesterday went well and I even got to the gym for a little leg workout…my back is doing quite well considering it’s just been a week since I hurt it :yay:
Here’s a little run down of what I did:
warm up r-bike 15 mins
Most every exercise listed was done light and higher reps (12-20) for 3 sets:
leg extensions
leg curls
leg press (one leg at a time)
45degree squat machine
abs,
stretching,
leg raises,
cats/dogs,
vacuums
smith squats
smith lunges

30mins on r-bike- with about 20mins of intervals in there- Nice sweaty mess after this! The plan for today is to get to wal-mart soon and hit the gym this afternoon~ for back/sh/biceps and a run

The best thing about my workout is that it made my body relax and I slept so good last night! Good Sleep ROCKS!! I hope all of you are having a Fantastic Friday…God Bless!!
-Michelle

I’ve been thinking a lot of thoughts lately…do I sound like POOH bear?

Anyhoo…Thoughts about my mission, my current existance, my goals, my frustrations, etc…  Overall this October has been filled with un-rest…stress…contemplation…and SICKNESSES!  ICKY!  I know the mental really affects my physical. I also know that the definition of INSANITY is to continue to do the same thing over and over expecting different results.  Thus…my blog about CHANGE on Tuesday.

I am sick of the unrest and sick of the lack of peace…So where do I start?  I KNOW where to start…with GOD!  He is the start of it all and my #1 priority, my first love.  I’ve been neglecting HIM for too long, taking HIM for granted and separated from HIM due to my own stupidity. 

The past 3 days I’ve been pouring into who I love the most~ God, Travis and my family and guess what…I feel better both emotionally and physically.  I’ve listened to several amazing messages from pastors I HIGHLY respect to fill my heart and mind with wonderful thoughts about my Jesus, my KING, my Father, my Love!  And that love has spilled over to my DH…I had a GREAT date with Travis yesterday~ The first in a long time!   Because God is LOVE, I need HIM and HIS love in order to have love to give to others.  He holds a stockpile of Love and gives it to us when we give HIM LOVE.  It’s so wonderful!!  God is GOOD!!

I plan to keep going after God; Keeping HIM my #1 priority in life above ALL else…and YES even above my husband and above my children.  HE has to be FIRST!  Becuase I know from horrible past experiences that when HE is not #1, everything else falls apart!!  I want HIS love so I can GIVE MORE LOVE and have more passion for the all those looking for true LOVE!  I want to really make an impact on this world and there is no way I can do that if I don’t have massive amounts of LOVE! 

Thanks for reading this!  I love that I have friends who love me~ I LOVE YOU too!!

God Bless us all!!
LOVE,

Michelle

Time for Change Tuesday~ What’s the thought process that you go through when you are making a change in your life?  What are your emotions and feelings?  Are you excited, scared, nervous, confused, confident? 

Change no matter what is stressful, but having friends who support you through the CHANGE makes the entire process much easier!  I love Change in my life…it keeps me on my toes and Challenges me to rise up and be my best!  My faith in God through change is what keeps me positive, confident and stress-free!  God is GOOD and wants the BEST for me!! I know that!! 

My yearning for change is crazy sometimes…I get bored way to easily~ A few years back we "moved" from Fargo to Dallas, Dallas to MN, MN to Fargo and Fargo to Arkansas.  All within a matter of 3 years!  That was too much change and CRAZY! 

Another example of crazy change is jumping from one failed diet plan to another…Back when I was "lost" to my HORMONES…I tried every diet under the sun!  Every month I’d start a program and 2 weeks later I’d fail!  The cycle continued until I CHANGED my apporach.  I found out that my HORMONES were the cause of my failure and all I needed to do to fix the probelm was to integrate them into my plan!  And that’s how Hormonal Timing was born!  I’ve STUCK to that plan for 6 years…and Have had NO DESIRE to change it!  When something WORKS and gives continual results why CHANGE??  There is NO REASON TO!

I would like to encourage you to change things in your life that arn’t working …but things that DO work, stick with them!  And when you are changing things up, stay plugged into friends and support who’ve successfully led the way.

My Chest/Tricep workout from yesterday was a bit less than I had hoped for and a bit more painful than expected, so I didn’t do any intervals and I am taking today off from my workouts, but NOT my diet!

Here is my running tally for today:
P- shake
C- cream and sugar in coffee

Have a great day!!

-Michelle

Day by Day, workout by workout is how you build a beautiful sculpted body…Every workout COUNTS and don’t forget that! I want to encourage you that your effort adds up and is rewarded. I was reminded of that myself tonight! Never forget that consistent effort is rewarded!!
My buffing workout went like this:
warm up r-bike 10 mins
Lat pulls 110×18 130×10 150×10x2sets
paired with knee ups on bench 3 sets of 25
Shoulder Press 70×10 90x`10×2
paired with roman chair knee ups 2 sets to failure (40, 25)
Bicep curl machine 40×15 50×15
paired with Assisted pull ups (slow negatives 5-6 sec each) 30# assistedx 2setsx 6-8 reps
Seated rows 100×10 110×10x2
paired with bent over lateral raises 15’sx12repsx 1 set and hanging sit ups 25reps
Standing military 45×15 65×8 55×10x2sets
paired with bicep curls 55×6x2sets and inverted pull ups 3 sets various hand positions 10+ reps
T-bar rows 45×20 70×10x2sets
paired with cable bicep curls 70×5 60×10

Running intervals on tready 18 mins total…knee felt good, right foot pinched by shoe,hmmm? I’ll have to watch how tight I tie my shoe next time Roman chair knee ups 40

I am a tired, sweaty mess but I feel good…much better mentally than I did before my workout~ yet another reason why EXERCISE IS MEDICINE!
Work it!! It works!!
-Michelle

HEY ladies~ it’s Week #6! and we are now at the “half way” point in the contest!! Can you believe it…it’s time to KICK IT IN!!! My plan is to take halfway stats and pictures on Wed and do some goal setting from there. I am so happy that I am healthy this week and am starting my buffing phase. The world is a BED OF ROSES for me right now!! I love it when hormones are being nice, lol! I had a good weekend of workouts~
Saturday I did a good BACK, Sh, Biceps workout and yesterday a long cardio day: 15 mins u-bike; 15mins run intervals outside; 15 mins more on the bike The bad thing though is I irritated my knee afterwards when I was stretching my quads…It was so bad I actually iced it…and it was really sore last night! It feels decent today, but I’m going to hold off on running again until Wednesday just to be safe. Here’s my POA:
ABS daily, bikini photos daily
M-legs
T- back/sh/bi and intervals
W- chest/tris/run
Th-legs
F-back/sh/bi and run intervals
Sa-chest/tris
Su-run
Let’s not forget to do our~~ WEEK #6 Mini-Challenge “try on your bikini DAILY”~ The reasoning behind this challenge is to get you looking at yourself and motivated to take action towards making your bikini look even better on you!! I know for me trying on bikinis can be fun or painful! Know that you can create a better body… taking action daily and doing the little things will add up!!! BELIEVE you can wear your bikini with confidence and you will soon be strut your stuff on the beach !!!! Know that you can create a better body…taking action daily and doing the little things will add up!!! BELIEVE you can be confident in your bikini by next summer!!!! A fun option on this challenge is to take a daily picture of you in your bikini…I’ve done this before and it was very fun!

-Michelle

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We have 40 Days left in this year’s buffmother.com sponsored SuperSTAR Success Contest!! AND I am planning to make it count!! God has all kinds of special 40 days in the Bible…that makes me know it’s a special timeframe. For my last 40 days I am going to sign up form my "40 days to FIT" challenge (*it’ll be my 3rd time through it)!! It’s going to help keep my focused and my MOJO high.

I made it back to the gym last night and pulled out a good one:

12min r-bike
lat pulls-cybex
lat pulls
pull ups
shoulder press
bicep curls
knee ups- abs
arnold press
DB bicep curls

I also found out that a lady I helped with some posing coaching won her contest on Saturday!! YAY!! She looked amazing and can you believe she used to compete back a LONG TIME AGO and this was her first contest in 17 years.  WOW!! I am very happy for her!

Today’s plan is to get my new shoes on and run a bit and also do a little bit of a leg workout~

Let’s make these next 40 days count!! I know I plan on making them SPECIAL!!
Love,

Michelle

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Hey All!!  Hope you are doing great…It seems like everyone if fired up for week #5!!  I know I am~ !  After this week we’ll be HALF done! Can you believe that?? My goodness time flies.  It really seems like it was just summer here and now it’s instantly fall…all the leaves are changing colors, etc… VERY PRETTY , but Chilly!

My week#5 POA:

BOOSTING (week 2 of it…I can’t wait for it to be over!! LOL!)
mini challenge~Workout with someone
personal challenge~ limit wheat…I’m finding more an more WHEAT causes me more issues than dairy even.  I will continue to monitor and limit both

M- MISH MOSH workout for upper body~ Just getting back to it…maybe a little run on tready with my new shoes!
T- Legs
W- BACK
Th- off from gym…but I am working out at home with a friend/trainer…she’s gonna help me with boxing
F- Chest
S- LEGS
Su- off

NEXT MONDAY= BUFFING!  HEY HAY HAW~ WHOOHOO!!

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