New mom, New Shakeology recipe

Well....one thing I am definitely learning as a new mom is that even a perfectly laid plan and schedule don't always get executed as such. So the dinner plan yesterday was lettuce wraps inspired by P.F. Changs...well you see...the baby needed to eat around 5:30 PM and then my husband came home from the gym and he was pretty much hungry right away and then all of a sudden it was 6:15 PM soooo long story short, we went out to dinner. Our first outing as a family of 3! Thank goodness she had just eaten! It was a success! She slept through the whole dinner which was amazing but also nice to know we can handle leaving the house for dinner with her...for now that is! So we are going to try again with that recipe tomorrow because tonight we are having my mother in law's spaghetti!

In other news, I tried a new Shakeology recipe today and I am in love! I honestly didn't think I could like anything more than PB2 and banana with chocolate shakeology but this is a close 2nd or maybe even a tie! I used a capful of this caramel extract, about 4 oz of coffee, a few oz of water and almond milk and ta-da! I like to put it up there with Starbucks Caramel Mocha without all the garbage sugar, calories and fat! 

Also, my Fit to be Fit fan page is back up and running on Facebook after a few weeks sabbatical with having a baby! I am trying hard to get to 400 likes and do my next giveaway! Will you help me? All you have to do is share my page or a post from the page and you will be entered to win some Beachbody Swag and shakeology samples! THANKS! Have a great HUMP Day everyone! 

2.5 weeks postpardum and ready to workout

 

 Hi there Friends! I am now 18 days postpartum and am feeling wonderful! I am anxious and excited to start working out again and get this body back to pre baby shape! I know, I know I need to take my time and not rush things says EVERYONE with an opinion! But I feel good so I figure it doesn't hurt to start somewhere right? 

The baby was born May 1st, might I mention she was a week late, was 8lbs 2 oz and this is now : )

So we all know that getting in shape starts with getting our mind right FIRST, then assessing our DIET since 80% of getting fit and in shape is our FOOD intake and THIRD is the 20% portion which is exercise. I have added 3 new recipes to the Clean Eating Recipes page. Check out the husband approved dinner! That is what we had tonight and it was soooo good. I am getting in trouble with Pinterest. Well not trouble exactly but am finding great recipes and snacks to make while I am nursing. I will be sure to keep updating them as we try them. Tomorrow's dinner will be Lettuce wraps inspired by P.F. Changs so I will let you all know how it goes. Thanks for your patience with my lack of blogging during the pregnancy and moving from CO back to FL etc. I am officially back on the wagon! Tough Mudder Central Florida, Here I COME!

     

waiting for baby....

Well it has been a month I see since I have last done a blog post. As most of you know, I am waiting for baby ! My due date was Wednesday but she hasn't decided to grace us with her presence yet. From what I understand, first babies are "late" but I also keep hearing that 40 weeks is just an average and most first pregnancies go info 41-42 weeks. So....with that said..any day now.

I have her newborn and 3 months clothes washed. The ultrasound on Wednesday estimated she was 8lbs 14oz! Holy Crap! I was so not ready for that! But the doctor says those things are know for a 20 % margin of error. So here's to hoping she's smaller than that. 

I can't wait to get back to my regularly scheduled fitness routine. I plan on doing the T25/Insanity hybrid once she is born and I wait the 6 weeks the doc says I have to...But until then I will be still drinking my shakeology just as I have through this whole pregnancy. I will probably be walking too but I am really anxious! Especially since we signed up for the Tough Mudder again in November! 

Well I will be sure to update again once this little miss makes her arrival. On a side note. I will be having a new moms challenge group starting 6 weeks after baby (just don't have a date for that yet since she hasn't made an appearance.) I hope this finds everyone well and have a great Sunday! 

 

 

Tough Mudder in November for this new momma!

 Here is a post I did from today on my Fit to be Fit Facebook page. I thought it was worth sharing and adding to the blog world since not everyone follows my Facebook page. I really am starting to understand what it is like to live with weight that you want to get rid of and can't. Just from being pregnant. I want to help and inspire others and can't wait to get baby girl out in this world so I can show her what a fit mom is like!

 

I have been thinking a lot about this pregnancy and how it went by so quickly. I have loved almost every minute of it. The almost being the part where the lower back pain was bad but luckily it came in waves and has since gone away. The one other thing that all women I am sure can relate to is the weight gain. I had the best of intentions of working out and sticking to my Beachbody programs while being pregnant and somehow that didn’t happen. 

 

I let excuses get in the way, no matter how big or small, they might have been reasons, but they were ultimately excuses. Moving across the country being one of them.
At the beginning of the pregnancy it was like a fear that took over me about working out because I didn’t want anything to happen to the baby and then as the days and weeks and months flew by, all the sudden we are back in FL and about to have a baby in about 4 weeks! I will say though that having not worked out for this long now has put the FIRE under my YOU KNOW WHAT and I am getting antsy to do so. If you haven’t seen my posts about doing the #ToughMudder, I already signed up for November and that is my FITspiration. I am going to need all the muscle I can gain to get across those monkey bars, (the obstacle I didn’t even try last time)…I did the rest but for some reason that one just intimidated the crap out of me. (I even jumped in a vat full of ICE…darn #articenema )

But this time I am more than determined. And I want to live a healthy life for our baby girl so I can keep up with her. I was working on my weight loss goal when I found out I was pregnant and now it seems like I have further to go but might as well do it all at once I suppose.
The problem I most have is with food. I think that is everyone’s issue. I can get the workouts in no problem but the meal planning is so daunting to me. I have been trying to figure out which program I want to start with when I can get back into the working out routine per the doctor. I have #insanity #t25 #lesmillscombat #brazilbuttlift (and the master series) and I was thinking of maybe getting the #21dayfix to focus on the food portion but we will see. Or maybe doing a hybrid between T25 and Insanity and then add the Tough Mudder training in from their website and add running of course. Just going to have to see how it all pans out. So for this #motivationMonday, just know that I may be 8 months pregnant but I am motivated more than ever to get FIT!

The major thing I have realized with gaining weight is that being a beachbody coach and helping others get fit has so much more meaning now. There are so many people who start at this weight that I am at now. Who are discouraged and can't see the light at teh end of the tunnel. Maybe they want to have a baby but can't until they loose some weight...maybe they have the best intentions to START tomorrow, like I did while being pregnant. Who knows. The thing is, that I can''t imagine walking around at this weight and NOT being pregnant. It has given me a better understand of where people begin and now I can relate a little better to them.

If you know someone who might need a little extra attention paid to them with their health and fitness goals and would benefit from a challenge group, have them message me, I would be glad to help! Have a great monday friends! #askmehow

Let me know how I can help you!
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Shakeology® Tough Mudder Carl Daikeler