Catching up

Life has been a whirlwind. Between hanging out at the pool, enjoying Summer, working and keeping up with challenges, blogging has just not been on my to do list.

Since buying our house we've been working on redecorating, making some changes and adding new touches here and there. Tip of the day: never try to pick out fabric with your husband for new furniture! I wanted some custom made pieces for our living room and what that consisted of is hours upon hours of bickering with my husband digging through fabric to find something we can both agree on. It was the MOST frustrating thing. But finally, FINALLY, we came together and picked something out. It all came together quite nicely and I am so happy. We both are :)

We've also been busy celebrating our Daughter's Birthday. I can't believe how big she is and it's crazy how time flies. We threw her a vintage tea party for her and her closest friends and it turned out great. After we were done preparing and decorating I just wanted to lay there during the party and tell everyone to just have fun. It was beyond crazy but for her, totally worth it. I plan on sharing a separate post regarding this party because I just love it so much and so did she.

So, what's new for this month? Well I finally bit the bullet and bought the Les Mills Combat. I love, love, love Les Mills Body Pump but I have been kind of wanting to up my workouts a bit and after much debate decided to just do it. Thankfully, at the same time my Coach decided to do a Combat/T-25 challenge. This just made it so much more inciting to do because Challenges are great for motivation! We kicked that challenge off on July 8th and it's been...interesting! Combat is foot work mixed with... well, Combat. ;) I have learned through this that I am the most uncoordinated human being on the plant. My stances never feel right and I can never remember exactly how to put my hands. But practice makes perfect and you just have to keep pushing through!

I feel myself still going back to Body Pump and sometimes I will go back and forth or do both in one day. I am about 18 pounds from meeting my first goal so this is just pushing me more this month because I really want to get there!

I also decided to better my chances of getting those last pesky 18 pounds off (for the 1st goal). So, today I started the Shakeology Cleanse. Luckily a friend of mine wanted to do it as well so when I have been starving today and wanting to break, I have called her to keep myself in check. It's always better to have a buddy to keep you going. Hopefully this 3 day cleanse will get me over that hump of seeing the scale not move as much and well on my way to meeting my first goal!

Lastly, I am thinking of Coaching my very first challenge. A few people have come to me interested in what I am doing. I'd love to be the one to motivate someone and help them change their lives for the better but my own self doubt is holding me back. I would love to Coach but I feel like since I am not where I want to be, it's just not what I should do. On the other hand, Coaching will keep me accountable and push me through to show others how much this lifestyle can help you. I am proud of myself for how far I have come because usually I would never stick with something for this long, let alone change my whole life around a program to better myself and my family in the healthiest of ways. I am still thinking on this and my Coach is so encouraging so I just might have to give it a try. We shall see!