I have MOVED!!

Hey there!

Just wanted to let you know that I have moved away from this blog and am over here now. Please follow me there!!

How Bad Do You Wanna Breathe?

A friend sent me the link to this video yesterday.  It actually made me cry.  Yeah,  it's that good.  Please enjoy this and let it inspire you to breathe deeper....you'll get that after you watch the video!!

 

P90X Plyometrics

This is me doing some P90X Plyometrics in my bedroom!

That's what's so awesome about working out at home, you can do it anywhere you've
got a little open space.  No packing up the kids, trying to look half way decent or anything
else to go to the gym.  Just pop in the dvd and get moving!

Come by my blog at Beachbody Coach Chelle to find out more about how I get my workout on!

The Purple Monster

I have been dying to have a Vitamix blender for so long!  Would love to to use it to make all sorts of tasty treats like the one pictured and described below.  If you've never looked at a Vitamix, google it, you will be amazed.  The team over at Beachbody Coach Chelle has been pushing me to get one...so I might just bite the bullet soon!

This was about 1/2 cup of blueberries, 1 cup of ice, 1/2 cup of Almond Breeze, a splash of pineapple juice, and 4 huge romaine leaves and 1 packet of Truvia. The berries gave it a nice sweet taste, and you could barely taste the romaine. I great way to get your greens in if you don’t like salad!

Thanks for keep us posted on your ongoing Vitamix adventres Lizliving Vegan, can't wait to read your recipes!

A little piece of my heart!! <3

I have some exciting news to share with you that makes me super happy! In a VERY short time I will be preparing for my personal trainer certification!! This is something that I’ve wanted to do for a while and I’m soooo excited that it’s finally happening!!

I would’ve never guessed, dreamed or imagined that this is what I would want to do with my life just a few short years ago. Being focused on myself was how I lived…..doing what I thought made ME happy. It was all about ME, ME, ME!!  But I’ve found so much more fulfillment in focusing on helping others!

I know how awful I felt being overweight, not happy with myself, lacking in self-confidence and I know how great I feel now - that’s how I want others to feel!! I know it takes commitment, hard work and there are days that you just aren’t feeling it. But when you have support, motivation, someone standing WITH you pushing you to give it your all, it makes it a little bit easier! And THAT’S what I want to do for others!

Making a difference in the lives of others, giving someone back their health, their self-confidence, their desire to live, that’s what I want to do!

So stay tuned and I’ll keep you posted on how things are going!

If you’re looking for a great workout to do at home, checkout my website. www.teambeachbody.com/mwhitley.

Plant, Cultivate and Harvest

If you wanted to grow something, maybe a garden of flowers or a garden of vegetables, there is a step by step process that you must follow in order to successfully grow them. Right? Right. We all know this! I am not so “green-thumbed” and have actually NEVER been successful at growing anything in a garden! However, I do GROW things in my life ….whether I realize it or not!

With anything in our lives, there is a plant, cultivate and harvest time that must take place before we see results. If we didn’t water (cultivate) the  seeds we planted every day, would our vegetables grow in our garden? No, not likely. And does the vegetable pop up immediately after planting the seed? Again, no. It takes time! But we must be faithful with the caring of our crop in order for it to GROW!

There are certain disciplines in our lives that play a HUGE part in how successful we are as individuals! Simple things that could seem quite insignificant at times but added up over time are crucial! We want things to happen in our lives but we expect them to happen RIGHT NOW and when they don’t we get frustrated! I am a very impatient person and I often struggle with this. But I know that it is the little things that I do daily that add up to the BIG things down the road!

A personal example of this would be losing weight…..haha, big surprise! :) But when I first decided that I was sick and tired of being sick and tired, I really wanted to just lose the weight quickly! I would find myself looking in the mirror and getting frustrated that I wasn’t where I wanted to be yet. But you know what? It was the commitment to do it daily, whether I felt like it or not, that made ALL the difference and over time has made a DRASTIC change to my body. Sure there were days that I’d think….and still do….."Well, if I don’t work out today, those 50 pounds won’t just jump back on me.” And that’s true, it wouldn’t…….TODAY.  But making that choice day after day after day, it probably would!

It’s simple decisions TO DO things in our lives rather than NOT DO things that make the biggest impact in our lives! So what is it that you’re striving for? What is the goal that you’re shooting for? And what are the simple “TO-DO’S” that will make the difference in you reaching your goal??

What is your WHY??

In light of the things I’ve been working toward lately, I have been faced with a question that I think is often overlooked before people dive head first into making their dream a reality!

There is a process that you should follow in achieving your goals. A KEY element in achieving your desire is setting your goal! In the famous words of the great Wayne Gretzky, “ You miss 100% of the shots you never take!” And oh how true that is!!

But once you’ve established your goal, you need to determine your WHY! Why do you want to……insert your dream here…….??? Is it because you want to help people, is it because it’s something that you enjoy doing…..what is YOUR why??

Along the road in my fitness journey, my original goal turned into a PASSION and from that passion a dream was birthed! I have surpassed every fitness goal I set for myself at this point, so where does that leave me NOW?? Empowered! It just motivates me to set higher goals and achieve greater accomplishments in my life. Have there been bumps in the road along the way? Sure. But I’m not going to allow it to KEEP me down. No, I use those bumps as learning experiences and GROW!

My dream is to share my passion with others and improve their lives through health and fitness! I KNOW it’s hard, I KNOW it takes work, I KNOW it takes pain…..but I also KNOW how great is the reward!! And I want to be there for other people to encourage them and help them achieve their goals!

The opportunity that I have with Beachbody is making my dream a reality! I have the opportunity to coach, encourage and motivate people who aren’t even in my zip code! :) It gives me the opportunity to reach MORE people than I could if only reaching out to the people around me! (I do have plans to reach the people in my community as well, in a different way)

So in light of that, what are your dreams, goals and what is your WHY???