Shakeology BALLS!

OMG!  I can't believe I waited this long to try these!  I am obsessed (and probably eating more than I should)  BUT, FOR REALS!  These are great!

To make:

1 cup of Chocolate Shakeology
1 cup of almond butter
1 cup of steel cut oats
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup melted coconut oil

Unsweetened coconut flakes

Combine first 5 ingredients.  Roll into balls.  Coat with coconut flakes!  Refrigerate for at least an 1 hour - They taste much better when they are cold!

TRY THEM! LOVE THEM!!!!

Thought of the Day!

I always wondered WHY I never got results like others!  I would workout and sweat so hard...but I was still not seeing definition...WELL...I ate like a trucker man ;P  I would eat everything and site my exercise as an excuse...NOT ANY MORE!  This picture sums it up!

New Challenge Group!

I am in the process of getting 3 challenge groups up and going!

Starting next Monday, April 27 I will be hosting a FREE Walk and Water Challenge.  You will drink 1/2 your body weight in oz of water each day and commit to run or walk a certain number of miles/minutes each day!

My newest challenge I am MOST excited about is the FREE Beachbody On Demand Challenge!  Beachbody will let you try their Team Beachbody Club for FREE for 30 days!  This means 30 days of FREE Access to tons of Beachbody workouts!!!!!  I am SOOOO EXCITED!

I will also be hosting a FREE fitness challenge group starting Monday, May 11!  You will commit to doing the prescribed exercises and tracking your progress for 10 days!

If you are interested in any of these challenges email me at ederickson528@gmail.com or send me a private message on Facebook!

My Goals This Week!

This week is my last week of 21 Day Fix Extreme!  Last week I did the workouts, but my nutrition was AWFUL!  Like, I am embarrassed!  NOT THIS WEEK!  I have stuck to clean eating!  I haven't even cheated!  I want those after pictures to show how hard I have worked these last 3 weeks!

Craft wise - I FINISHED the curtains for Lydia's room!  They sat here, unfinished, for a MONTH!  I will post pictures soon with the whole room done.  My next step in her room is to paint.  Some back story on Lydia's room - It started out as Riley's room, then Riley and Luke's room.  Now it is just Lydia's room.  We never actually put it together before she was born, because we were getting the boys out still.  Then, getting it together was not on the priority list.  Now that have a little more time, I would like to make it nice and girly for her!  I bought fabric at Hobby Lobby and I WILL make her pillows, a quilt, and a knit blanket, and I will paint that room!  It looks pretty bad :(

Food this week!  I hope you are all eating enough!  I am so amazed how much CLEAN food I can eat in 1 day and still lose weight!  Here is a sample of a clean day for me:
Breakfast:  2 baked eggs and 10 baby carrots
Snack:  oatmeal, apple, carrot muffin (recipe on recipe tab)
Lunch: Home-made chicken noodle soup
Snack:  Shakeology!
Dinner:  Sweet Potato, Chicken and Quinoa Soup - I topped it with cheese, salsa verde, and some crunched up corn tortilla chips - I had 2 bowls!

Remember - This is about progress NOT perfection :)

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Hello Everyone!  I am Elizabeth.  I am a mom of 3 beautiful babies, a middle school teacher, a runner, and a knitter.  I am currently progressing through 21 Day Fix Extreme!  I am learning to cook and eat cleanly.  I keep reminding myself  "progress NOT perfection."

My plan is for this blog to be accountability for me in MY journey to be the fittest, happiest, and healthiest version of me I can be.  There will be recipe posts, fails and successes, links to upcoming challenges, and my knitting projects!

Knitting and fitness don't seem related, but for me knitting, running, completing a 21 Day Fix workout are all relaxing ways to improve mySELF.  I have lost mySELF in the past, but I won't let that happen anymore.  I am learning to be ME, regardless of what others think of my choices.

I recently decided to be a BEACHBODY COACH!  Not for financial reasons, but for SELF reasons.  I love the Beachbody community!  EVERY single coach I have interacted with has had a positive and supportive role in my mind and body transformation.

I hope in the blog you will find recipes you like, knitting patterns you want to try, and overall support and encouragement to do what makes you happy to be the happiest, fittest, healthiest YOU!