21 Day Fix Journey

Day 1 of 21 Day Fix was definitely a workout!!!!  I was sore right after!  I wanted to give up several times but I didn't.  It has been almost 6 weeks since I have worked out and I can tell.  Day 2 was upper fix thank goodness because it hurt to sit on the toilet all day there is no way that I could have worked my legs if I wanted to walking was torture!!  Good burn though I would rather be sore than not feel anything at all.  Monday was pretty good on my food but Tuesday was such a chaotic day and I am a stress/emotional eater and caught myself eating more than I should have and making bad choices.  Trying to eat healthy is not an easy task especially when you are alone in the situation.  I have picky kids to feed and I seriously can not afford to cook two different meals for dinner or have the time to.  I just portion out what I eat for supper. Breakfast and Lunch I can control what I eat because I am normally feeding myself.  I am determined to lose some weight on this round of 21DF. Now that I have my surgery over with and my body can absorb the food and nutrients that I am eating where as before it really wasn't.  I know I will be bloated for a little while just because when you have surgery and exploratory surgery at that things get irritated and swell. I am starting Masters Hammer and Chisel on January 4th I would love to have you join me.  For every Challenge pack we sell Beachbody donates to Upward Bound House which puts homeless families in homes for a year and helps them find jobs!!!  So buying a challenge pack will help others and help you!!!

Elsa Worthen our Elf on the Shelf

Elsa has made it back to our home!!  She is having fun so far 

She rode in on Tigers dad!!

TP'd our stockings!

Now she is holding on for dear life in the tree!!  Our Labs Buddy and Daryl love chewing on stuff so Elsa is staying up at the top. I wonder where she will be at tonight.......

Brownie Cookies

Reganne helped me make Brownie Cookies and a little bit of a mess before the walking dead. Today was just a dreary rainy day so baking sounded good!!

These cookies are The Pioneer Eomans recipes and they are really good!!

IBS/Bowel Obstruction Surgery

As far back as I can remember I was always suffering with IBS except I was like one day constipation and then I may be like running to the bathroom with uncontrollable bowel movements.  Never predictable no matter what my diet was.  My mom was a health nut and I always ate healthy and still did not go normal.  After she passed my diet changed but it did nothing for my IBS but I still fought it.  Going into adulthood I would only go #2 once a week maybe once every other week.  I tried everything even the laxative meds never made me go normal!!

2008 I was pregnant with our third daughter and one day I woke up with these pains they were so horrible it felt like someone was twisting my insides. They were like clockwork almost like labor pains every 5 minutes my stomach was spasiming.  I was vomiting, really not going to the bathroom much so I thought I must be really compacted so I tried different safe remedies and all I could take for pain was Tylenol. Well during my pregnancy I had two episodes and figured I had ate a trigger food that brought on my stomach pains. So I stayed away from these foods and everything went back to the norm.

2012 I had another episode but it was ongoing so my doctor had my gallbladder tested and sure enough it had died a long time ago!!  I met the surgeon on a Wednesday and was scheduled for surgery the next morning!  After that life was back to normal.  Still fighting IBS but that was normal just no episodes.  I had a couple times where I had some pains but nothing like before. In April of 2014 I ran across SHAKEOLOGY and my life was changed!  Yes I am a coach and you can purchase this thru me but I am merely telling my story.  Once I committed to drinking it daily I was NORMAL after a few months.  I was going #2 EVERY DAY once or twice a day. I was so excited I never had this happen no matter what I did. I felt so much better.  Shakeology if you are not familiar with it is made up of Vitamins, Minerals, and TONS of super foods.  So apparently I was lacking a lot of that.  I lost 51 pounds at one point and in less than two weeks gained 28 pounds back.  I was heartbroken and no one could give me answers.  I was still eating right and exercising and even if I had stopped there was no reason to gain that much weight in that amount of time!  My weight just kept going up but I was going to the bathroom normal so that was a plus.  fast forward to October 28th 2015 I had a headache and didn't feel 100% but went on to work.  That night I went to bed with my stomach not feeling right.  The next morning about 2 am I was woke up to those horrible spasm pains again,  I walked the floor and tried to go to the bathroom all night.  By 7 am I was headed to our Urgent Care.  The doctor knew I was in pain and she personally walked me to ER.  I never in my wildest dreams imagined I would be transferred by ambulance to a bigger hospital for possible surgery.  I was at our local ER from 7:30 till that evening.  During that time I had a NG tube inserted and if you have never had that done let me tell you what IT IS HORRIBLE!!!!!  I drank contrast which then I went for a CT scan and once I arrived back to my ER room I threw it all up projectile!!!  By then my doctor came in and told me I had a bowel obstruction and that he wanted me moved to a hospital that could perform surgery should I need it.  Apparently sometimes if you have the NG tube it can pump enough and give enough suction that it unclogs the obstruction but not in my case.  I was so scared and in so much pain. I arrived at the new hospital and was a direct admit and they kept the tube and was watching me to see if it would help.  I did that till Halloween night.  I was so sad that I was missing my babies Halloween I never miss these moments but I had to.  By then my pains were getting worse the pain meds were not helping much.  They gave me more contrast and I went down for a scan by the time I got back to my room I was projectile vomiting all the contrast!  My surgeon was then in my room telling me that I was going in for exploratory surgery.  They honestly did not know what was causing it or if I was going to get a portion of my small intestines removed or what?  By this time my family had headed home to take the kids trick or treating and to get some rest the surgeon came in after they had left.  I was panicked I thought I was going to go thru this alone.  My hubby was working that day so he had no idea till I called.  By the time I was prepped for surgery my father in law was headed back up to be with me and my mother in law was already taking my kids to our spookfest.  My husbands work sent him home to be with me.  When I came out of surgery I guess it was close to 10 or so and my surgery had taken about an hour. When they wheeled me out of recovery to go to my new room there was my hubby and father in law. I think I cried I can't remember I was still out of it some but so relieved to see him.  The surgeon came in to talk to me the next day and apparently when I was in my moms womb my intestines had a blood vessel that wrapped around my small intestines and was causing a blockage.  So basically I was born with this defect and it had been a problem all my life.  What I thought was IBS was really something completely different.  The surgeon removed the vessel and I am home now recovering.  I finally ate some regular food last night.  Since the surgery I have eaten malt a meal, chicken noodle soup, and ensure shakes.  My bowels are not on schedule yet but in time they will be.  I am hoping this is my answer to always being so tired and bloated and my weight issue.  I still ask my hubby about stuff because I don't remember everything and I was so in and out of it.  I go this week to get my staples removed. I have never had actual surgery my gallbladder was laparoscopic so this is all new to me.  I am slow moving but I do get up and walk around and do small things.  I tire easily and my incision is sore.  If I sit too long I get bloated so exercise is a must.  I was so emotional when I left the hospital I had been there for awhile and I was leaving my safe zone!  not that I wasn't ready to go home but being right there where my doctor was and the nurses in case something went wrong made me feel safe.  This goes to show that we know our bodies better than anyone if you feel like something is wrong listen to that gut feeling.  Right now my goal for each day is to have bowel movement and hope that everything works good or my next step is to have some intestine removed if there was damage from the vessel.  I think that is what scares me.  I will keep you posted on my recovery and I look forward to getting back to exercising.  I am going to follow the 21 Day Fix meal plan as I introduce foods into my diet.  They told me to stay away from fried greasy foods, watch my seeds and fruit intake some foods can cause me issues.  This has been a journey that I will never forget and will be on the rest of my life I am sure.  I am just thankful that I am here and healthy not all bowel obstructions work out like mine has so far and I am truly blessed to be in the place I am right now......

 

my little trick or treater Reganne as Maleficent the other two think they are too old to trick or treat

 

my kids were scare and worried thru all of this but with family and school friends and teachers they had a lot of support. My hubby was our rock and he did everything. Making sure the kids got to school, made sure his mom and dad knew the kids schedules on days he had to work and he made time to bring the kids up to see me and spend time with them, he took on all the house chores and never complained. He is my rock and my best friend and I don't know what I would do without him and our babies.  Our lives are chaotic at times, we are not perfect but we are a family who loves each other with all our hearts.  I love my family :)  Now to get my next accountability group together and my next coaching opportunity group together and keep busy.  That is one of many perks of being a beachbody coach you can work anywhere and whenever you want because you are your boss and it helped me keep busy at the hospital!!  I hope you all have a great Sunday and don't forget WALKING DEAD comes on tonight!!!!!

Pumpkin carving

We LOVE Halloween!  It is my favorite holiday :). The kids carved their pumpkins this past weekend!   I will have to light them up this week and get pics of the finished product but I must say they did an awesome job!

Our Daughters

Super proud!  All three had awesome grades! Reganne is student of the week this week and she is on cloud 9!  She gets to do the classroom chores which she loves!  Last year she was the mail girl and she had a blast going to get the mail and visiting with the office girls!  So she is looking forward to visiting again this week lol!!!

P90 Sweat C

Wow!!! What a workout. Tons of combination moves easy to modify with!  It is raining here today which makes me appreciate my gym that is in my living room!!!  I do not like the cold so not having to get out in it is a big bonus for me!  

What a week!!!!

 I finished my 3rd week of P90 B. Only one more week before I move on to C!! #P90.  My middle child has been fighting the croup after she wasn't getting better I had to take her to the Dr and of course it was STREP!  So now we are taking Antibiotics on top of the steroids and nebulizer treatments but she is improving! Even though today is Monday and I am not a fan in fact I think I am allergic lol BUT I showed Monday who is BOSS!  

Rib sticking Oatmeal

1 cup oatmeal

2 cups liquid (water, almond milk)

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp cinnamon (I add more)

1 tsp vanilla

1 tbsp flaxseed

1 tbsp wheat germ

1 tbsp honey

1 Apple chunked up

*unsweetened applesauce or whatever you want to top it with

Cook oatmeal according to package then throw in the rest of the ingredients. I covered the pan and let it sit so the apples would soften up and I also added a little extra almond milk to make it creamier

So easy and kid approved!!!

What a week!!

This week has been crazy!  Mondays are always nuts but then we had picture day for two of our girls. Which makes for a crazy chaotic morning!  Wednesday workout did not happen my hmdi box for crome cast was going nuts so we had to remove the box so now in order to do my workouts with Beachbody on demand I have to just unplug the cables lol  Simple is better!!  I let my back really get bad before I went to the chiropractor so I was so out by the time I went Wednesday! But I felt so much better and I ended up trying out the new Hammer and Chisel program on BBD love it I can not wait till it is released in December!  Sagi and Autumn what a collaboration :)  I was so glad to get to Friday!!  We shopped for Halloween decorations today because the 6 year old thinks we need to lol. Tomorrow is Six Flags for the kids and man our weekend is already over!  How does the weekend fly by so fast when the week takes forever!!!!  Our weather here is cooling off quite a bit I was hoping for a warmer fall but I don't think that will be the case!!  I start my new challenge group for 21 Day Fix Monday I am looking forward to it!! I have the exercise down but I have to get my nutrition back on track.  I bought the clean eating diet book to see if it can help me some.  I feel so much better when I eat fresh non processed and greasy food.  I know I do but yet I still will find myself eating something that I know will make me feel like crap!  Why do we do that to ourselves? I have picked a few recipes out of my fixate cookbook for this week and they are 21 Day Fix approved!

Moved up to P90 B

B is definitely a step up!!!  Lots of combining moves and new moves. I am sore already :). Have a great Monday

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Fast Feet!!

Fast Feet get me every time!!  When they yell fromt center back or spin I swear I jump first lol!!  Thursday Workout is in the bag!  I almost have my first month with P90 finished. I am still on the fence about it. I am more of a Shaun T or Autumn Girl!

Honest opinion!

I ha not tried our Recover drink from thePerformance  line. Well I decided to try it this morning......Yummmm. It taste like chocolate milk!!!  Definitely buying more!!!  So far i love the Energize

and Recharge and now i can add the Recover to that list!!

Wednesday Morning Workout!!

I had every excuse to not get up this morning!  Do you ever do that?  I woke up earlier so that i wpuld have extra time to work my beachbody business before the chaoticness of the morning routine starts :). I was tired but i had enough sleep i just didnt want to get up. I know better than to say i will work out tonight!  I will be too tired by then for sure and i have all day to talk myself out of it!!!!  Hope everyone has a great day!!!

New 21 Day Fix Group

October 5th I will be starting a new 21 Day Fix Challenge group!!  I love 21 Day Fix!  The Workouts are 30 minutes long, a different workout for each day and boy do they work you!!!  The eating plan is super easy and you actually get to EAT!!  You will not starve on this program!  Lets talk if  you are interested I would love to have you in my next group!!! 

Back to school!!

It is back to school for our kids.  They enjoyed a three day weekend! I wish I had a three day weekend lol!!  Of course they are  not looking forward to it!  This is my favorite time of the year the cooler weather, changing colors of the leaves, bonfires, and of Course the Walking Dead!!!  Yes we are Walking Dead fans! Time to get the day started our house is always chaotic in the mornings!  Fights over bathroom time and no one wanting to get ready :(  But we eventually make it out the door somehow!! Tuesday Workout is finished!!

Early Morning Workout!!!

P90 SCULPT A