Showing posts with label September Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label September Challenge. Show all posts

Saturday

FREE 3 Week Yoga Retreat at Home! #MoveEveryDay

Who wants to know more about yoga? I have to share this with you because it is too good to not share! If you have ever wanted to know more about yoga I have a 3 Week Yoga Retreat you can do in your very own home on your own time!


The 3 Week Yoga Retreat at home starts off with basic breathing which always seems like my struggle with yoga. I forget to breathe through the moves. Since it is just being released I don't know all the details but I have been told by our CEO that it isn't just for beginners. 


Even if you've tried Yoga and want to learn more or just do more yoga at home, this is for you, too. Do share my code with others! 
If you get this let me know so that I can help answer your questions. 




This is being sponsored by my September Challenge to Move Every Day! We are on Day 3! #MoveEveryDay Won't you join us? If you want in the small group then email me at cafescrapper @gmail . com
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Thursday

Join the September Challenge to Move Every Day #MoveEveryDay

Today is Day 1 of the Move Every Day September Challenge. I am hosting a small private group which you are welcome to be apart of. Just leave a comment with your email address or send me an email at cafescrapper @ gmail . com and I will add you to the group. I will post daily here on my blog with the challenge so feel free to leave comments here as well. I will also update my Facebook page and other social media sites to set reminders that I have posted.


 Welcome to the Challenge. I originally advertised this challenge group as Move 1 Mile a Day. I changed the name to Move Every Day for a reason.  Below I explain the start of my healthier lifestyle journey and the reasoning for the change of name! 

 In the spring of 2012 I had had enough of feeling yucky, achy, depressed, restricted, isolated, etc. I stepped on a scale and I had never seen that weight on a scale. Instead of crying and eating more I started walking. I told myself that every day for 4 weeks I would just walk around the track at my gym. I had a free month trial and if I did that then I would try something else. To put the track in perspective, it took 18 times around for 1 mile. could barely walk 2 laps at a time and I would have to sit down. My heart was racing and sweat was pouring off of me. A baby could have crawled faster than I walked. After 6 months of this I could then could walk and run it over 3 miles at a time and I'd even go outside and walk/run 5+ miles at a time. So I'm here to tell you that if YOU want to feel better and if YOU want to build up strength & endurance and if YOU want to drops some pounds and build muscle then YOU can do this. Start today. If you already exercise then please participate by walking, running or exercising every day for the month. 

Soooooo I changed the name of the challenge because you don't have to start at a mile....you just need to start. I planned on changing the name all along once the group got started. I had it at a mile just to see what type of responses aka excuses I would get. So many of us were quitting before even starting because the goal was not their own. Does that make sense? If it isn't your goal it isn't going to happen. If it isn't your why it won't happen. 

I ask 2 things from you today----- 

#1 What is your WHY? Why do you want to do the challenge to move every day? 

#2 Set a goal. Goals can change, be broken, modified but you have to give your mind a goal to work on this month of September. It is a goal for the next 30 days. Just like I said my goal was to walk every day. That is all I did. I walked. I didn't count steps, miles or time. After that I set a new goal. You make your own goal. ****Only requirement is that the goal be something that moves your body more than you have been moving it. So think about it and write it down. I can help you with ideas but just write something down! 

So- write your 2 goals below. This will be done so we can help each other achieve it and makes us accountable! 
Have a great day and I'm happy that each and everyone of you took a chance to read this and to participate. If you want in the private group, email me at cafescrapper @ gmail. com or leave an email below in the comments. You can also follow my other social media sites to keep up with the challenge. 
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Saturday

Tips to Fall in Love with Running #MakeTime

One thing that saddens me the most about exercising is this comment, "I hate exercising," made by someone who is struggling with a desire to lose weight. When ever I hear this I do tell them that they haven't found the right exercise. I also tell them to not see exercise as a chore but something that will make you feel better.

This comment fits perfect with the topic today of learning to love running. So many people in and out of the gym say that they hate running yet they haven't really given it a chance. I'm a new reader of the blog, Running With Ollie by Lea. She is a runner and shares a lot of great tips for runners. Her inspirational post for me that I want to share with you is 5 Tips to Fall in Love with Running.

Lea points out the same thing I have heard over and over with people saying that they hate running. She said that most say it because running is hard and that they don't put time into it to make it easier. She gave the perfect example of doing the plank. Most people hate they plank but once you get doing it you want to keep doing in and increasing your time doing it.

Running is a free sport. You do not need any special equipment. It comes down to you, your mind, your body, your shoes, your environment, and your desire to be better and feel better each day. It isn't easy to run if you have never run before. Depending on your health, your size and your will it can be very challenging. Trust me when I tell you that once you build up your endurance and strength and you start pulling up getting air you will fall in love with running instead of hating to run.

Check out the 5 Tips from Lea and her Running with Ollie blog. Check out the running apps and get one to help you get moving. Don't over do it, start slow and you will be up and moving in no time at all. Surround yourself with information like Runners World, support groups like LifeKraze, recipe blogs like Skinny Kitchen and other online groups for support. Get started, get educated and be open to learn along the way. Don't wait, start now!

So are you in? Are you joining in the September Challenge? By the way since I'm not big on rules, you can JOIN IN at anytime this month. So don't be discouraged if you are just finding out about this after the first. Just start where you are and move move move! Share this post and invite others to join in.

I'll be sharing this on all my social media sites so follow me --on Facebook, Pinterest,Instagram, Twitter, Google Plus and LifeKraze with the hashtag. I will try and always use the hashtag #MakeTime when referring to this challenge so we can track our progress. The LifeKraze link will take you to my page and let me know that you have joined and I will add you to the MakeTime Team!

Here are the post so far




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Friday

Inspiration from Operation Beautiful #MakeTime to be Kind!

I'm bumping this post up from my January archives to share it with you today. As part of the September #MakeTime Challenge to walk or exercise daily I hope that you make time to look around you and see who you can take along on this journey with you. Even we judge those around us and I have learned and relearned daily that everyone we see has their own story, their own journey. So if we could share a smile or some kind words we might help someone who is struggling.

My young friend Mackenzie below shares her way of being kind below. I hope you get inspired by it while you are off on your healthier lifestyle journey. 

There are so many inspiring people around me each day. I want to share their stories with you this year! Check in each week for a new dose of inspiration.
operation beautiful
My first Week of Inspiration is dedicated to a young lady that I met 8 years ago. My family had to evacuate from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and we settled for almost 1 year in Kentucky with family. She was a sweet, young girl at the church which we attended. Once we moved we reconnected on Facebook. She started to really inspire me and my teens a few years ago because she would post inspiring notes on her Facebook page with the theme of Operation Beautiful.
 This inspiring, beautiful young lady is Mackenzie. Here is her interview and explanation of Operation Beautiful.
What is Operation Beautiful?  
The goal of the Operation Beautiful website is to end negative self-talk or “Fat Talk.” It's a little blog that tries to help readers realize how truly toxic negative self-talk is — it hurts you emotionally, spiritually, and physically.
How long have you being involved?
I started doing it sophomore year of high school, so about three years.
Why do you do it?
I do it because it helped me so much (as a teen) and I wanted others to be helped as well. Operation Beautiful really proves that even a simple phrase can do as little as change a persons day, or even completely change someones life.
How do you spread out the message? 
I spread the message with daily posts on Facebook (limit one per day), tweets on Twitter, and of course a note or two while I'm out running around. Operation Beautiful isn't something that has to be strictly limited to post-its in the bathroom.
What are some of your favorite messages?
My favorite messages are: "The best angle from which to approach any problem is the try-angle," "Be(YOU)tiful," "You're a cupcake in a world full of muffins," and "YOU are loved. You ARE loved. You Are LOVED."
Have you inspired others to do this, too? 
I have inspired a couple girls at my school to do it, but I don't know if they've continued to post notes or if they only had those few times I caught them. 
FROM Susie: I can say that she has inspired me and I have left a few of her quotes on post-it notes! She has also inspired my teens.
How can others get involved?
Others can get involved by posting notes, writing statuses, tweeting tweets, and using whatever they have to change people's views of themselves and end the negative fat talk. It helps if you include the Operation Beautiful website at the bottom of the note, or whatever you've written to let people know about the movement, but it's not absolutely necessary. The main goal isn't to get Operation Beautiful more well-known, it's to end fat talk.

What are some of your future plans? College or job aspirations?
 I have no future plans yet. Right now I'm not looking at colleges, but that's not to say I won't go sometime in the future. As for job aspirations; I know I want to do a ministry of some sort, but I haven't really felt a tug in a specific direction yet. I'm just going with whatever comes my way, and trusting my future to God.
What do you like to do for FUN?
For fun I go on random trips with friends, go to church, shop, and do random shenanigans. The randomness is what makes life fun!
Who inspires YOU?
God inspires me. He's kind of number one. If we're talking about people, then my friends Rebecca and Kristina do. They're always there for me, give me the tough love and wisdom I need, and they're great examples of women who fear the Lord. 
Do you have a favorite recipe? 
Uhh...I can't cook. That's one lesson I haven't learned yet. I'm a master at making grilled cheese, and heating up frozen pizzas if that those count. I do LOVE this Artichoke & Spinach dip! I could eat it for days!! That's as far as my cooking goes, apart from grilled cheese.

What is Thirty-One? How long doing it? Why are you doing it? 
Thirty-One is a company that produces totes, thermals, purses, and everything else they can think of to help women get more organized. It's based off Proverbs 31, and God is all over this company. Thirty-One was formed with a goal of helping women by giving them an opportunity to own their own business. Through God's strength, Thirty-One has built a family of individuals who feel women deserve to treat themselves and those around them to something special. That mission is at the center of everything Thirty-One is as a company.
I became a consultant on October 30 of 2012; I'm doing it, because I don't want to ask my parents for money any more...or at least not as often. 
Click here to go to my Consultant page. You can email me from that page if you have any questions for me or reply below. I'd LOVE to hear your thoughts and comments on Operation Beautiful. 
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So are you in? Are you joining in the September Challenge? By the way since I'm not big on rules, you can JOIN IN at anytime this month. So don't be discouraged if you are just finding out about this after the first. Just start where you are and move move move! Share this post and invite others to join in.

I'll be sharing this on all my social media sites so follow me --on Facebook, Pinterest,Instagram, Twitter, Google Plus and LifeKraze with the hashtag. I will try and always use the hashtag #MakeTime when referring to this challenge so we can track our progress. The LifeKraze link will take you to my page and let me know that you have joined and I will add you to the MakeTime Team!

Here are the post so far




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Thursday

September Challenge Day 12 - Keep on Moving #MakeTime to Eat Right, too!

When you decide to get healthy you might start a diet of some sort. For me I started a new diet several times a year and never found one that I didn't somehow cheat on or quit after a few months. Sometimes the lost weight would creep back up and over where I had begin. Anyone else have this happen to them?

Today is Day 12 and I know that some of you have been here the entire 12 days while some pop in and out every few days. I have also had new and old friends talk to me more about what I'm doing and what tips I can give on Facebook, Twitter and even the wonderful app over at LifeKraze. I started the MakeTime Team and it is the go to spot to give and get encouragement. Either way if you have been following along, pop in here and there or just saw this today I'm glad that you are here.

This post was inspired by many things I have done over the past year and a half as well as what I have read from other websites, blogs, etc. I did read The Secret of Success by Taylor over at Pink Heels Pink Truck today and she shares wonderful tips on what you should eat and how much you should exercise to lose the weight. I would love for you to pop over there and read her information. The one thing that stuck out the most was how much you should eat. The formula that she gives is 45-65% Carbohydrates, 10-35% Protein and 20-35% Fat for weight loss. She also stated that if you need to lose weight that 60-70% is based on your Nutrition stated above and 30-40% is Fitness to get to your goal.

She does a great job at explaining that and I'm trying to figure it all out. I have the Fitness part down it is the Nutrition part that I need to keep working on. I found several times when I actually kept track of my exercise and eating that I wasn't eating enough food for how much I was exercising. Crazy I know. How about you? How are you doing? What help do you need to get in the right amount of nutrients?

I really do believe that this is a long term journey. I am thrilled when others join in. Take it day by day and be proud of every little new thing you do and try. I hope you enjoyed the few funnies or thought provoking memes I've been collecting or have been sent to me. Have a great night and see you tomorrow! :)

So are you in? Are you joining in the September Challenge? By the way since I'm not big on rules, you can JOIN IN at anytime this month. So don't be discouraged if you are just finding out about this after the first. Just start where you are and move move move! Share this post and invite others to join in.

I'll be sharing this on all my social media sites so follow me --on Facebook, Pinterest,Instagram, Twitter, Google Plus and LifeKraze with the hashtag. I will try and always use the hashtag #MakeTime when referring to this challenge so we can track our progress. The LifeKraze link will take you to my page and let me know that you have joined and I will add you to the MakeTime Team!

Here are the post so far

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