Strengthening your Relationship

Hey everyone! I wanted to share this article with you written by the inspirational Chalene Johnson. You can find her on facebook, here! That's where you'll find many more gems of advice, like this one.


7 day To-Do list to Strengthen your Relationship

Sometimes we spend so much time working on our business, our body, our image, our clean home that we forget to put the most important thing first!


1 Read or listen to at least one book or CD on how to improve your relationship

2 Greet your partner as if it's the happiest moment of your day!

3 Start having more sex tonight! Not in the mood? Tired? Too bad! Just start!

4 Set a non-negotiable date night each week.

5 Figure out your partners desired expression of love.

6 Plan to deliver your partners desired expression of love 3x this week.

7 Write your significant other a quick "I love your because" note.

8 Ask your partner for one thing you could be doing to make them happier

9 Tell your spouse or partner all the things you find "sexy" about them.

10 Work to improve something you know drives your spouse batty

11 Tell your partner how important their support is on your fitness journey.

12 Figure out a way to spend more time with your spouse and less time apart

13 Ask your partner to set a 5 year list of goals for your family.

14 Do/say something to make your partner feel like the center of your universe

15 Listen with your full attention

16 Compliment your partner on something you know they take pride in

17 Do something care taking, but unexpected for your partner

18 Vow to join your partner doing "their favorite" activity

19 Commit to spending less time consumed by media when your home

20 Write a long love letter to your spouse.

21 Remind yourself daily of your blessings.

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Exercise & Skin Care- they go hand in hand!

This article came from Yahoo! Shine, click here to see it.

Why Exercise is Good for Your Skin
Working out is fantastic for firming up flabby areas and losing weight. As if you needed another excuse to get your fitness on, it's no secret both your inner and outer health improve when you exercise. Proving that glowing skin not only comes from a bottle, jar or a tube, here are four ways that getting physical can pack amazing results for your skin.

1. Sweating clears out your pores. But let everything stay on your skin and it could have adverse effects. Be sure to wash your face post-workout and shed your workout clothes to avoid chest and back breakouts.

2. Exercising will firm you up, making your skin look toned and firm—doesn't a set of toned legs or strong arms always look nicer?

3. As Elle Woods in Legally Blonde put it, "Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don't kill their husbands. They just don't." Rising stress levels can cause trauma to the skin in the form of wrinkles, acne or breakouts. Any physical exertion will reduce the level of stress you have.

4. When you work out, you should be drinking more water. Although your body is using that to hydrate itself as it sweats, it's also nourishing and cleansing to the skin.

How to start a workout journey

If you'd rather skip the video and just read:

Before you start exercising, whether your doing a DVD program, hitting the gym or you just downloaded a running schedule from Google, you should know there is one BIG step you need to take before you dive in!

What are you going to need for this BIG step?
-A camera
-Scale
-Tape measurer
-Notebook

You figure it out yet?

You've got to TRACK YOUR PROGRESS. When the pounds and inches starting melting off your body, how are you going to know what you've accomplished without tracking from DAY ONE?

So before you PRESS PLAY make sure you take your before pictures and make sure you track often- day 1, 30, 60 (this could change depending on your program). Also get your before weight and before measurements (biceps, stomach, chest, thighs)- sometimes you won't lose weight right away from you'll notice a different in your inches. If you can figure out how to calculate your body fat that is something equally, and sometimes MORE important, to know.

It's a FIYA!!

Alright Turbo peeps! The time has come to announce the ETA of TURBO FIRE...it's the day after my birthday & yes you can send me presents..."alright alright enough already" is that what your yelling at me? It's....


JUNE 18th!

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Deluxe Kit comes with 8 more workouts!

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Yes, that is me in the preview. So you know what that means...I've done TURBO FIRE! So you can take my word for it- it's an insanely FUN yet SWEAT BREAKING workout! I was drenched in sweat after each workout but I had a blast doing them which made me want to keep PRESSING PLAY!

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Shakeology Cleanse: Day 2

Hey all!

Today is day two of the Shakeology Cleanse. I'm happy to announce that I am still alive and that today was WAY better than yesterday. :) I reminded myself to drink more water, I think I didn't have as much yesterday, so that's one tip I have- don't be afraid to drink up!

I've gotten a lot of emails & facebook messages about what kind of green tea and fruit I'm eating. I just picked up an organic brand of green tea at Meijer and called it a day. And for the fruit I'm eating organic apples. But whatever fruit works for you is fine.

As for lightheaded-ness or hunger, that improved so much from yesterday. I think that previous to starting the cleanse I was putting too much caffeine in my body and I was craving that.

Also its great to have other people doing this with me. Being able to text and talk to Kathy, Jola and Jamie to see how they are doing and what they are feeling is GREAT. I recommend doing this with a friend if you are going to try. Makes you feel like you aren't alone. :)

I've also had a lot of people ask me for the schedule & for more details, here you go.

One more day to go! I'll let you know the details tomorrow! :)
If you have questions, feel free to ask!

Shakeology Cleanse: Day 1

Today is day one of the Shakeology Cleanse. A cleanse is something I have NEVER done before, I was scared and intimated. It's 8:45 p.m. and day one is almost over and all I have to say is THANK GOD.

In the "Shakeology 3 Day Cleanse" webinar it was said that the first day would be the hardest, well if that's so, then it won't be SO bad. I can do this!

I woke up, weighed myself and then started the day with a cup of green tea, which is probably one of the worst parts, I'm not a big fan of tea. I pretty much wait until it cools down and then I chug it. Next I drank my chocolate Shakeology with water/ice and 1/2 cup of fruit, lunch again was Shakeology with water/ice ONLY followed by dinner which was the salad with 4 oz of chicken and vegetables. I saved my last shakeology snack for after dinner, I haven't had it yet because I know that I get really really hungry in the evening.

I have been hungry several times throughout the day which made me realize how much I eat within a day and I'm not going to lie, normally I eat A LOT. Also my house is FULL of temptations. In the kitchen at this moment there are three different cakes and brownies just staring at me. Why oh why!

I have energy, that is not a problem. I did get a little light-headed but again let's remember I normally have a lot more food in my system. I can get light-headed easily, so that wasn't something that worried me.

I'm off to hang out with Mat and drink my last Shakeology snack for the night! Tomorrow I will update you all on how day 2 goes.