How To Get Lean This Spring in 30 Days Or Less FOR FREE!

It's that time of year... For most of us Northern Hemisphere dwellers, the snow has melted, the fear of frost is nearly behind us, and most of all, we want to wear shorts or (Gasp!) a bathing suit. The fastest and healthiest way to do that is sticking to a manageable diet and exercise plan. Ideally, an exercise plan that's free, easy and fun. Below is my favorite go-to to get you ready for summer...

         It's time for the 30/30 Walking Challenge!

With this program, you can lower your heart attack risk, lose weight, add years to your life, sleep better and of course, better your overall health and mood. IN LESS THAN 30 DAYS!! Another great aspect to this program is that it is FREE.  All you have to do is walk to reap the benefits.  No gym membership, diet or personal trainer screaming at you, necessary. (Don't believe me? click HERE to watch a short video about this program.) 

The best part is this program shows results in just two weeks! Seriously, in two weeks you could be sleeping better, reducing your cholesterol and chances for a heart attack, be down a few pounds, and become a healthier, happier person.  How could you not want to at least try?

So, here is the plan: Walk for thirty minutes a day for thirty days. It's that simple. You can walk fast, slow, or sprint. You can walk three times a day for ten minutes, twice for fifteen or all thirty in one trip. It's up to you. Just walk every day for thirty days!

 Start by making small tweaks to your daily routine:

1. If you take public transportation to work, walk to the next stop or station. 

2. At lunch, walk 15 minutes away from your desk, eat, then walk back--maybe even the long way back. 

3. On the weekends go explore a nature trail with the family. 

4. New mothers on maternity leave, go for a walk by yourself every evening when your partner gets home. Of course you can take the baby, but getting out for some alone time will kill two birds with one stone. 

5. Only need a couple things from the store? If one is close enough, walk there! 

6. Walk the kids to school for the month. 

7. On rainy days, clean or organize a closet for 30 minutes, better yet, go to the indoor mall for some retail therapy--Again, kill two birds with one stone!

8. Set up walk-dates with freinds. Maybe enve a different friend three nights a week.

9. For a week straight, walk out of your front door and take a different street or path and see what you find! 

10. Take your walking shoes to work with you, and put them on before you leave. The first step is ALWAYS the hardest!

HINT: Tell as many people as you can that you are doing this.  Get a support group to help encourage and hold you accountable! YOU CAN DO THIS! It's just 30 minutes for thirty days. It's not hard, or an ongoing commitment. This is a challenge that you know you can do.  

Too Much Comfort Food This Winter? 5 Tips To Get Clean For Spring... #MondayMotivation

I am of the school of thought that the word "DIET" is a filthy nasty word. One that is is not allowed to be used in my house. EVER!  I think diets are gimmicks that trick people into thinking that it will be the answer to their poor nutrition and weight loss prayers. NEWS FLASH: Diets are pure bullshit! What happens when they end? Because all "diets" end. All I ever learned on a diet was that they turn me into a starving raging bitchface, and even though I lost a few pound of water weight, I usually gained it back in real fatty-fat-fat pounds binge eating once the diet was over. Total. Bull. Shit.

I also think diets help to breed food obsessed people. If you spend every minute of your day starving and obsessing about food, then eventually that will completely consume you. No. Bueno! That's why this month is all about learning healthy nutrition, and preparing the meals and snacks that will make you feel full and energized for more than 30 seconds. 

Here 5 things that will get you clean for spring...

1. DRINK MORE WATER!  This it the MAIN challenge. I truly believe just drinking 8 glasses of water a day will make you loose 5 pounds this month! Along with gaining great skin and better sleep! Seriously. Those 8 glasses a day are going to change your life. Promise. I'll tell you why on Tuesday...

2. Make at least one NEW healthy meal for dinner each week.  I do this on Sundays since I have time to prep and follow the recipe. By the end of the month that will be four great meals, almost a weeks worth... who knows, maybe you will keep up the habit until that is ALL you cook for dinner!

3. Stay active. Hopefully, last month's challenge helped teach you to incorporate some sort of movement into your day, even if it was not a full blown work out. 

4. Visit a healthy lifestyle website/Facebook page/ Pinterest board/ magazine at least once a week to learn a few "who knew" facts about nutrition and exercise.  I LOVE SELF Magazine the most. (No one paid me to say that, I have had a subscription for YEARS!)  There is also Shape, Fitness, Women's Health, Men's Health and for us moms, Fit Mom Diet is a website full of inspiration from other moms sharing their stories and healthy recipes. I know a few of you out there are Gluten free, check out their recipe for Gluten free pizzas! For the kids check out the greatest website, from the American Academy of Pediatrics, HealthyChildren.org! Knowledge is POWER.

5. Think of your body as a fine tuned machine.  Everything you put in has to be good for the machine, or it will fall apart and stop working. The same goes for your family. Make healthy choices.  Carrot chips instead of Lays. Grapes instead of gummy worms. Choose a healthier cereal this month.  Clean out those pantries. I think you will be shocked to find healthy choices are cheaper than you think. You can get two bunches of bananas or a pound of grapes for the same price as a bag of name brand potato chips! 

Your mantra for the month is: If I eat like Crap, I will Feel Like Crap!  

To learn more about the 30/30 Challenges 

CLICK HERE!

15 Tips To Lose 15 Pounds in 2018. No Gym Membership Needed

Is weight loss at the top of your New Year's resolution list?

Below are 15 awesome easy to follow tips to lose 15 pounds in 2018.

1. Drink Up! Staying well hydrated will boost your metabolism by 3%! That's right, just drinking more water will knock a pound or two off in 2018. If you swap your sugary soda for water expect to lose even more. 

2. Don't eat dinner before it's done. Snacking while making dinner is dangerous. Before you snack on the shredded cheese or bread, take a big gulp of water. If that doesn't work, take another gulp. Studies show you can snack on 200 extra calories while cooking. Tasting your sauce is one thing, shredding a pile of cheese to snack on is another.  

3. Find a Friend.  Get a workout buddy to join you for one Yoga/Pilate/Spin class a week, with the goal of eventually getting out for three.

4. Pack a Snack. Pack healthy snacks of fruit, nuts or protein fiber bars to avoid hitting the vending machines and drive-thrus mid-day. 

5. Eat one less bite.  Where do you want that last bite of your meal, on your plate or ass? There's no need to stuff your guts, eating one less bite at each meal saves about 75-calories a day or 8 pounds weight loss a year. Add that to the 200 calories you cut out not snaking while cooking and your 15 pounds lighter. See, small changes make a big difference!

6. Set small goals- Don't focus on losing twenty pounds. Set a goal to lose one pound, twenty times. Small victories will continue to propel you toward your goal.

7. Stop dieting-To quote, Jullian Michaels, directly, "Everyone's like: 'Give up carbs!' 'Give up fat!' 'Wait, no, now I'm taking pills!' None are manageable long-term—and they destroy your metabolism." Starving yourself or cutting out a major food group is dumbassery. Diets end. Healthy lifestyles last. 

8. Create a diversion.  Studies show food cravings pass in about 10 minutes, so call a friend, paint your nails or knit an afghan until the craving passes. Or, you could drink a large glass of water.

9 Citrus slashes cortisol. Vitamin C inhibits the production of cortisol, a hormone that essentially tells your body to store fat. Suck down grapefruit slices on the way to the office, or pack a cutie for you too! 

10 Lean protein lunches. Lean protein helps you stay fuller for longer; it has the amino acids that are the building blocks of muscle. Pack turkey or chicken into a whole grain pita with lots of veggies. 

11. Can the crap!  Clean out your pantry of all trans fats and unhealthy sugars and swear them off!  Don't let that shit cross your threshold again in 2018. Create a healthy grocery store in your kitchen to make healthy choices easy.

12. Stand up for weight loss. Standing burns 1.5 more calories than sitting. Reason #44 to get your ass off the couch. Walk around, or in place for 20-minutes while on the phone checking email or playing Candy Crush.
  
13. Eye-level layering- Keep healthy snacks at eye-level in the refrigerator and put on display on the counter.

14. Portion control is key. Think of eating the portion for the size you want to be; Small, Medium, Large or Extra Large?  

15. Brush away temptation. When you finish dinner run right to your toothbrush. Studies show people were much less likely to snack after dinner once their teeth were brushed.

Bonus: Want to really jumpstart your 2018? Try my 30/30 Challenge! Click Here. 



Do you have any awesome tips to add?

Be Your Best You In 30-Days Or Less! #30DayChallenge

The temperatures are plummeting, the trees are starting to show their beautiful colors, and I made the best beef stew with made-from-scratch Everything Bagels and turkey chili with jalapeño cheese cornbread last week. Oh, yes, the cold air and comfort food are taking over my life. If I was in my early 20s when I could eat and drink anything I wanted and still be a size 4 I'd be stoked for comfort food and cornbread, unfortunately, since crashing into my 30s, everything I put in my mouth shows up on my ass, five minutes later. 

UGH! 

Long story short, it’s time to kick off the third annual winter season 30-Day Challenge: Beat Holiday weight gain before it beats you! If you’re a long time reader then you know how the 30-day challenges work. If not, get ready to have your life changed in 30-days. Actually, it’s more like 14 days. You’re gonna love this!

Today it is my honor, for the third year I row, to partner with TeaMi Natural Tea Blends (and other amazing stuff!) to kick off my Fall/Winter 30-Day Challenges! All opinions are my own. 

The first 30-day challenge requires a two-step approach. 

Step 1: Detox to get you clean, lean and ready for jeans. 

For the third year in a row, I’m sticking to my trusted and beloved, TeaMi 30-day Detox. There is no better, healthier, tastier, tea detox. At least not that I've ever found and I’ve been a tea detox devotee for about 15 years. 

All Natural Ingredients: 

TeaMi Skinny Tea: Oolong, Yerba Mate, Lime leaf Extract, Lotus leaf, Ginger

Root, Dandelion leaf, Rhubarb Root.

Teami Colon Cleanse Tea:

Senna Leaf & Root, Hawthorn Berry Extract, Lotus Leaf, Lime Leaf & Extract, Psyllium Husk Seed, Phaseolus Calcaratus Seed, Rhubarb Root, Poria Cocos Stem Bark, Valerian Root.

The Teami Detox Tea Pack includes:

• 30 day supply of our Skinny loose-leaf tea
• 15 colon cleanse tea bags

TeaMi Detox will completely change how your body looks and feels in just 30 days!

• Boost your metabolism
• Start burning stored fat
• Calms muscle spasms and muscle tightness
• Naturally, raise energy levels
• Detox your internal organs
• Reduce Bloating
• Improve skin complexion
• Flush out harsh toxins
• Fix digestive issues

The program is a super fast, healthy weight loss blast that takes minimal effort. It's as easy as drinking a cup of 'Skinny tea' every morning and then every other night, a cuppa Colon tea before bed. Thirty days later, you will have lost a stupid amount of weight and most of all, you’ll be feeling great about yourself. Which, in my experience, has led to making much better choices around the holiday food table.  Unless your doctor says otherwise, DO THIS!

TIP: If you suffer from the mid-day rut and mindless snacking that comes with it, the TeaMi ALIVE Natural Tea Blend will solve that problem instantly. No more coffee jitters. LOVE LOVE LOVE this tea!!!! All Natural Ingredients: Ginger, Honey, Lemongrass, Green Tea!

There are a host of reasons I LOVE LOVE LOVE The Alive Tea:

Benefits may include:

• Eliminating Chronic Exhaustion 
• Boosting Metabolism 
• Heightened Focus & Concentration
• Increasing Energy Levels
• Relieving Muscle Pain & Inflammation
• Purifying the Colon
• Increasing Blood Circulation which Improves Skin Complexion
• Detoxing of the Kidney & Liver
• Decreasing Migraines
• Relieving Discomfort from Stomach Cramps

Step 2: 30/30 walking challenge to get you active, sleeping better and off the cold-comfort couch. 

The second part is my favorite, the 30/30 Walking Challenge. This 30- day challenge requires you to walk 30-minutes a day, for 30 days. You could do two 15-minute walks, too! 

 I personally lose about 10 to 12 pounds on this challenge alone, but people who have more weight to lose, I’ve known to lose up to 22 pounds! The Aussie is a week ahead of me! What's more annoying, if I don't do the Tea Detox with the walking challenge he will lose TWICE as much as me.


MEN.

I’m not kidding. Diligently stick to the detox and walking challenge for 30-days and you will be a completely changed person inside and out. 

Please, do this. I know you’ll thank me. 

Every year I have many readers who do! And my favorite part is that throughout the year, I receive emails and photos of members of this community doing their own 30-day challenges. (Alissa, thank you for getting your entire office involved!) I’m serious, once you start your first 30-day challenge, you’ll never stop. The possibilities are endless. Focus on a different aspect of your mind, body, and soul each month, and at the end, you will be better for it. 

To get your hands on my beloved TeaMi 30-Day Detox and mid-day rut buster ALIVE tea, go here. Use code: April15 at checkout for 15%!! 

Start this weekend, and by Halloween, you will be down a dress size and by, Thanksgiving, possibly two! Remember, it's far easier to keep the weight off then burn it off later.


For more information about the 30/30 walking challenge and tips to incorporate more activity into your day go, here.

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