Journey of A Thousand Miles...

A Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.  How many times have we all heard this?  Yet how often do we want a quick fix or try to skip the journey altogether?  The beginning of a new year is just around the corner.  I know it's a time for many New Year's Resolutions that will most likely be forgotten within the week.  This is just a reminder (to myself as much as anyone!) that the journey to health and fitness is often a long and difficult one - it doesn't happen overnight!  While I will be setting new goals for 2012, I will also be continuing my lifelong health journey.  The journey so far has been incredible!  I've learned so much, met so many amazing people, and look forward to where the journey will take me in 2012!  Won't you join me?  Commit to your health today!!!  Contact me if you need help getting started!

It's Here!!!

Yep, it's true...P90X2 IS HERE!!!  They are being shipped out as I type!  I will be starting a P90X2 Challenge Group on Monday, January 9, 2012 so if you want to be in the group, order ASAP!!!  P90X Grads, this is for YOU!

Twelve Days of Fitmas!

Who wants to put on 5 lbs this holiday season ? ? Not me and I'm sure not YOU! So here is my challenge for the Holidays:

We're going to do a 12 days of Christmas with different work outs., to the tune of the song. We'll start Dec 12th which will take us right up to the day before Christmas Eve!

Here's the set

Day 1- 1 set of 100 jumping jacks
Day 2- 2 x1 min planks
Day 3- 3 sets of lunges (10 steps each leg)
Day 4- 4 sets of 30 sec jump rope
Day 5- 5 burpies
Day 6- 6 toe touchers (abs)
Day 7- 7 perfect pushups
Day 8- 8 calf raises
Day 9- 9 deep seat squats
Day 10- 10 bicep curls (each arm)
Day 11- 11 tricep dips
Day 12- 12 Mountain climbers

So the first day you only do the 1st day, the second day you do the 1st day and the second day, and so on...(yeah, Day 12 will be FUN!) - oh, and you don't have to do it all at one time - you can spread it out over the day!

WHO's IN????? Email me at coachsueann@yahoo.com and I'll add you to the Facebook group! At the end of the 12 days, we'll have a drawing for a prize from those who completed the 12 days!

(BTW, I'm not sure who to credit for this idea - but I am borrowing it from a friend!)

Tis the Season...for Reflection

This time of year always gets me contemplating the past year.  Last week, our entire family came down with the stomach flu.  It was NOT fun!  And NOT a great way to ring in the season!  But it occurred to me that it's really been a LONG time since we've all been sick!  It wasn't so very long ago that we are always sick actually - a lot has changed in our life.  I'm so thankful that I found out about a healthier way of living and that our family has changed so much for the better.  Without the people God has brought into my life that has taught me so much, I do not know how our life would be now.  I DO know that we couldn't go on living the way we were - always sick, always tired, and not accomplishing what we were truly intended to accomplish.  So as we go into this holiday season and come to the close of 2011, I look back and thank God for the health He has given me and my family.  And I thank my Team Beachbody friends from whom I have learned so much.  If you are where I was not so long ago, sick and tired of being sick and tired, NOW is the time to make the change!  I'm here to help - I want to share with others the things I've learned!  Let me help you get started on the road to better health today!  Email me now and we'll get started! 

Have a Happy, Healthy Thanksgiving!!!

Thanksgiving Week!

I LOVE this week out of the year!!!!  Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays!  But it's also a time where it's easy to throw away all your efforts of the past months in health and fitness!  Just a reminder:  it DOESN'T have to be that way!  Make a plan and stick with it this week!  Yes, you WILL indulge and you CAN without feeling guilty.  But there are some ways you can counteract the effects of the extra calories you'll be consuming this week:

• Work out!!!  By sticking with your workout routine, you are one step ahead of the game.  The calories you burn working out will help to compensate for the extra calories on Turkey Day (and the leftovers later!).  So don't take the week off!  
• Plan some sort of physical activity Thanksgiving Day.  I plan to do my workout as usual.  You can also add in some outdoor games with the family such as flag football or if you have younger kids, hide-and-seek or tag.  Find out if there is a local 5k run/walk nearby.  The last time we were in the States for Thanksgiving was 2008 and we participated in the local Turkey Run.  It was the most memorable Thanksgiving our family has had!   A LOT of fun, not to mention starting the day with a serious calorie burn.  We took the whole family - little ones in strollers and older ones running along!  We didn't feel nearly as guilty later as we enjoyed Grandma's pies!
• Try planning a healthier Thanksgiving Dinner!  I know this doesn't always work out if you are visiting relatives, but if you are in control of the menu, make a few adjustments.  Make it fun by planning it out with your family!  Click here for some ideas.
• Enjoy the holiday!  Don't beat yourself up if you don't do things exactly how you planned/hoped!  It's ok to indulge once in awhile.  The key is to get back on the wagon once the holiday has passed.  If you decide to over-indulge from now till New Year's, well, that's another story.  Email me if you need an extra little push come Monday morning and I'll be glad to help you get back on track!  

Me & 3 of our kids at the Turkey Run 2008

My husband and 2 of our kids at the Turkey Run 2008

Have a great holiday week!!!

It's Fall!!! Time For a CHALLENGE!!!

Good morning, world!  It's November!  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this time of year!  Even though I live on a little island in the tropics, we still enjoy "Fall".  We put fall decorations all over our house, crank up the A/C so we can pretend it's cold :), make spiced cider, pumpkin soup, and homemade apple sauce, and enjoy the season!  As much as we love to celebrate these two months of the year, it's also the two months where most people gain the most weight...only to vow on January 1 to make it different.  Be honest...are you one of these?  I'd really REALLY love to help you get control of this BEFORE the holidays hit us in a few weeks.  That is why I'm starting the ULTIMATE HEALTH CHALLENGE!  Beachbody is now offering Challenge Packs.  These packs come at a savings...something I haven't been able to personally offer with challenges in the past.  You can read all the details for the Challenge HERE but I will say you will have to COMMIT if you are going to do this!  If I am going to invest my time in you one on one, I need to know you are willing to invest in your own health first!  

If you are ready to COMMIT, then what are you waiting for?  Email me right away (as I am only taking the first 5 to respond!) so we can get you ready to go!