Down to the wire!

Excited to see everyones results. I am happy with mine and hope to continue feeling and working out hard. I love our trainer EJ he totally ROCKS! I miss class every Thursday! :( Look forward to seeing everyone bright and early Sat. morning. Let's do this! You all have inspired me to do my best and to remember not to be so hard on myself. Thank you. We should all have an ending get together! :)

I have the flu

 I woke up last night sick. I hate being sick. I was not able to exercise today and it makes me feel even worse. I was also not able to attend our nutrition class this morning. I was also suppose to donate blood. I have o- blood and try to donate regularly. I have been doing so since I was 18. My mom was suppose to come from AZ tonight, but her flight was cancelled. What is up with today?

I'm not a complainer so let's move on. I am really excited to be doing this challenge. I am almost to my goal weight. I am now smaller than I was when I met my husband Mark. Smaller than I was pre-twins. I love exercising. It makes me feel like I can conquer the world. Tonight for dinner I ate a little different than I normally do. I had tomato basil soup and two pieces of sour dough toast with extra butter. Relax, it's okay I haven't ate anything all day and my body rid it self of lasts nights dinner. So it's all good.

I entered this challenge knowing I would not be the "winner of the challenge" I lost a lot of weight before the challenge and really don't have much more to loose. I see my other teammates working hard, sweating and giving their all during their work outs. My hat goes off to them, and I say to them keep it up and you will see the results both outside and inside of your body.

I am excited for the 5k. It will be fun and I enjoy running outside far better than on a treadmill. Well, that's pretty much it for tonight. Happy Easter Everyone!

I am really starting to feel amazing!

I love the 100 day heart challenge and the results I see and most of all feel. I feel great! I have more energy than I have had in years. Hard work certainly does pay off. I am so happy that I am becoming healthy after having chemotherapy. Chemicals, chemicals and more chemicals. Scientists and doctors don't even know what the long term affects will be or could be. I know that if I work hard to eat healthy and exercise my body will be kinder to me in the future.

Spring Fever

I am tired of the cold weather. I want to soak up some warm sun rays and ride my bike or go running. Splash in the pool or run through a sprinkler and eat snow cones with my kids. I am ready for summer!
I loved nutrition class last week. Our instructor brought us a really yummy treat! Strawberry Salsa with baked whole wheat tortillas. I loved it, it was so good. I made it that night for my family, they too loved it. I love having my kids help in the kitchen preparing food. They seem to enjoy it as well and like making and trying different foods.
Will power, that is something I think all of us lack. That's why we are doing the challenge. My weakness, Miami, Arizona's mexican food. It's mexican like you have never had before. My dad grew up on it and I LOVE it! My problem I am going to AZ on spring break and I know I will have to eat my mixed burro and shredded beef taco and of course chips and salsa. There chips are soooooooo good. They are both corn and flour, and the salsa is sweet and hot. YUMO! So I will indulge but will work out an extra hour each day I do. Hopefully, I won't be packing any extra weight coming home from AZ.
I am looking forward to our next nutrition class. i love going every week and learning and exchanging ideas and thoughts. I love our teacher, she is amazing and always has a smile to welcome us so early in the morning. :)

How the 100 Day Heart Challenge made me the person I am today.

I just realized the other day that it had been two years since I was diagnosed with cancer. I was a contestant in the challenge during that time. I remember going to the gym at 4:30 in the morning and seeing Traci working out. I remember her asking me why I was there so early. I told her I was having some testing done later that morning and just couldn't sleep. I worked out that morning, pushing myself farther than ever before. Received the results from my test the next day. I thought it was a joke. My Dr. said it was stage 4 and the cancer was very aggressive. I decided right then I was going to apply all the skills that I had learned from the challenge at that point. I worked out hard, I think I shocked most everyone. I had two rounds of chemo and ran the 5k and came in second for my group. I wanted first, but I just couldn't do it. I fought to run that race and even though I had cancer I knew I was a survivor and was going to be very positive and fight, fight and fight to maintain my life. I decided from that point on that I was going to run a 5k for every chemo I had while I was having chemo. The last race I ran was in American Fork-kick cancer in the butt. It was the hardest I had just finished chemo and had had my mastectomy three weeks before the race. My husband told me it was okay not to run, he even told me that he would run it for me, but I was determined to do it myself. I ran the race and I did rather well. I am very proud of myself and my battle with cancer. I am so grateful I was part of the challenge and had learned how to take care of my body. Exercising while in treatment really helped me maintain my health and let me vent and let me maintain some sort of normalcy. Nutrition also played a big part in my recovery. I knew I need to eat healthy and right to rid my body of toxins and build up my strength. I am thankful for this program and excited for all of my team mates, especially my husband. I can honestly say that having cancer wasn't so bad, because I had the tools and attitude that allowed me to give cancer the boot!

Green smoothies

I love green smoothies. I drink them everyday.Green Smoothies... I use kale, it's so good for you and soaks up toxins in your body. Spinach, beat greens, flax oil, bananas, apples, pineapple, frozen mixed berries, carrots, beats. Everyday, I use about four cups of kale, 4 cups of spinach, two cups of spinach greens and then I just add what ever I feel like or have on hand. I have even thrown in a half of lemon with the peel on, avocado. I try and create new flavors. I don't use sugar or ice. Just all raw foods. My kids love green smoothies, but I mostly use spinach and a handful of kale. You can use other greens like mustard, or collard greens or arugula but I don't they are too spicy. Green smoothies are also really good for digestive system and colon. :)
After, I drink a quart or so of my magic potion, I feel really full and with in an hour I have so much energy!
If I skip my smoothie for some reason, my body let's me know with it's sluggish behavior and appetite for empty calorie foods.
I really enjoy the nutrition class today. It is fun to hear others comments and solutions they have found in trying to live a healthier life style. Today, my car was in the shop getting repaired, all day I wanted to go running. I have three- year old twins so I couldn't go today. I was looking forward to my husband coming home, but then remembered he was going  to a friends house to be Jimmerized. (We don't have T.V.) After, he returned home it was time for family time and then we put the kids to bed. After, that I had no desire or energy to go running. I guess it will have to wait until the morning. :)

Stuck in a rut-the story of my life

I just had surgery last Tuesday, removing scar tissue that was causing me a tremendous amount of pain. The plan was to wait until June to have the surgery, but my arm and hand and became very painful. I started this wellness journey two years ago. Just about a week out two years ago I was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer. Everything in my life came to a screeching halt. I finished the 100 days and came in second in our group at the 5k. But, I was not able to give it 100 percent. Now two years later I find myself just having surgery and having to take things easy. Well easy is not for me. Today I met with our trainer and biked for 35 mins. It felt good,but I could feel the iron calling to me. My arms wanted to curl and my shoulders wanted to do shrugs, my abs were also ready to go. The back of my mind faintly said take it easy, at least for another week. So, I will listen and wait, but will be back.

Enjoying the quiet moments with chocholate

Today I enjoyed a delicious warm very chocholatly brownie! :) It was divine and I still can taste it! :)

Things are looking up! :)

Very excited  for my training session at the gym tomorrow. I am glad to be back in the gym and looking forward to building my guns! Also, very proud of my partner who is doing a fab job also!

It's great to be back! :)

I feel great! I am alive and full of life. I have overcome the greatest obstacle in my life, stage 4 breast cancer. I want to be healthy! I want my kids to be healthy and my husband to become healthier. that's why I am doing the challenge. My numbers for the challenge are better than they were when I did the challenge two years ago. I am extremely happy for that. I feel good knowing that I have applied good habits in my life and have made the change to become a better person. I know somethings in the challenge will not be easy and I will have bad days, but that is okay. To my competitors I say good luck and just keep going. The most important aspect you can have for this challenge is to have a great positive attitude. Having that you are guaranteed to succeed. See you at the gym!