Continuing on!

So I just got back from an amazing vacation!  And for once in my life I'm not looking back at the pictures and wishing I had done more before I went on vacation.  I look at them and I am so incredibly proud of how far I have come!  During my vacation I enjoyed life, food, and everything in between!!  Now I'm in a food coma haha.  It's funny how I could not wait to get back to my clean, healthy life style.  I was sick right after the challenge up until the vacation, so I've essentially had the past 3 week "off" from healthy.  It has not been as rewarding as I would have thought!  My body rejected the food for the most part, and really did not like any of it.  Some of it did taste amazing, such as the pumpkin seed cheese rolls....yes I"m still dreaming of them....but all the desserts were not that enjoyable!  I ate about half of my order with each of them, except the key lime pie...that's my down fall haha. Maybe I'll work on finding a healthier alternative....

I have to add that I am so proud of my husband Josh.  I thought that he would only eat junk food while I was away, but he ate healthy!  He learned how to cook fish on his own :-)  I'll have to make him cook one of these evenings haha.  He also has really committed to his work out routine that him and his trainer have worked out for him!  I cannot be more proud :-)  He helps inspire me everyday. He deserves a wife that is willing to work just as hard as him towards our health.

Tomorrow I start back up with my workout routine, and healthy eating.  My goal for this week is to hit the gym at least 3 times....then slowly work my way up to 5 days a week by the end of the month.  I'm going to go back to drinking 2 shakes a day, but I'm keeping dairy in my diet.  I also will keep a little gluten as well, maybe a sandwich here and there.  I am also going to work on upping the amount of veggies I have a day, and cut down on fruit.  I relied on fruit a little too much during my last detox to get me through, and I believe in turn I got a little too much sugar.

The next 30 day clean eating challenge begins May 2nd and I would love to help you out during it!!  Please comment below if your interested in joining in!! Let me help you, and in turn you will be helping continue to inspire me!  That's why I began this blog in the first place...to help keep my self accountable, and to help inspire others!

While on vacation I also continued to read my book "The Slight Edge" which I mentioned in an earlier post.  It inspires me every day more and more to work towards what I want in life.  It has made me realize that Josh and I can no longer just sit around and wait for life to happen, but that we need to go out and get it!  There's little things we can do every day to make our dreams come true, and we need to make sure we are always doing it.  I do not want to go into much detail right now what exactly I'm talking about for our lives until things start falling into place, but I have great hope in all of it!

Keep reaching for those dreams everyone, whether it's a health journey, work, or life in general! Keep checking back for more posts!

After the cleanse...

Sorry I haven't been on here over the past week and a half!!  I actually ended up sick right after the challenge ended!  How crazy is that?!  When I'm sick my body rejects pretty much any food haha.  I have to eat whatever I can get down so I don't become too weak. So my diet for a few days was a milk shake, some fries, and a couple smoothies.  That was it!! I know bad Michele, sugar, and dairy and fried foods, but that's all that I could even stand to think about eating! Even today all I could eat really was some chicken at lunch, and fries for dinner.  So horrible for me! But if that is what it takes for me to eat right now, that's what I eat! (I have though lost another 1/2 inch around my belly! haha)

I haven't even gotten to work out since the end of the cleanse!  I've done some home stuff, but not a whole lot.  It's been a lot of sleeping for me.  So yeah that's fun!  I have to get better before my trip that I leave for on Friday!  I'm starting to feel much better, so hopefully it just keeps going!  I'm planning on making a shake tomorrow morning before work and seeing how that works for me!

I've already decided that when I get back from my trip that I will be keeping my diet pretty much the same as the cleanse...2 shakes a day, and a clean meal, along with 2 snacks.  I'm going to do a little dairy, but not a whole lot.  Also trying to intensify my work out!  We're trying to work up towards being able to climb a 14er this year, so I have a lot of work ahead of me!  But since the weather is just getting nicer each week, hopefully we'll be able to get out there and start hiking more!

For Josh we reintroduced dairy back, his trainer said that he really needed those healthy fats.  He's still going strong with working out, and I could not be more proud of him!  I can't wait to take another pic of him towards the end of the month to see even more results with him!  You can tell that he just has more and more energy everyday!  He is by far the healthiest he has ever been in his life!

I do have some exciting news though!  I have decided to become a rep for Arbonne!!  It has made such a difference in our lives, that I want to be able to help others out there as well reach their goals!! Not only does Arbonne have some amazing products for nutrition, but they have amazing all natural skin and hair care lines!  Please message me if you want to know more!

Well that's all for tonight, I just wanted to give a quick update to what's been going on, and why I haven't been on here!  I'll be gone on vacation, so my next post will be after I get back!!

Keep pushing for those dreams and goals!