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Sunday Nights

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Are Sundays nights when you plan out your week too!?! I once heard "If you fail to plan, then you plan to Fail!!!" So Planning it is!!! πŸ˜‰βœŠ
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For accountability sake and so I don't go get ice cream.....I'm having my shake for dessert! I'll be honest..... This weekend was not my cleanest and I've been feeling it! Getting back on track with nutrition though! This week I'm planning it all out....(and yes. My schedule is a little different than most...I've always worked out better on a almost empty stomach. Just listen to your body to see what works for you too πŸ˜‰...
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9am wake
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10am coffee with half and half
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1PM workout
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2Pm superfoods vegan chocolate with frozen berries and almond butter
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6ishpm salad with homemade dressing
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8ish PM hello fresh dinner
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10pm BB choc cherry bar
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12or 1am bed
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Why Not Me?

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I remember thinking 4 years ago what my ideal schedule would look like. It included 15-20 classes a week to be able to make just enough money to live in our 1 bedroom apartment and to be able to travel back home and visit family 1x a year....But I wasnt fulfilled and I had put a ceiling to my success. I started to think.... "why make "just enough"!?!?"
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I saw online entrepreneurs who were crushing it (don't get me wrong, some were so annoying and spammy and that's why I didn't sign up right away)πŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆ But somewhere deep down I thought .."HOW were the SUCCESSFUL (and not spammy) ones doing it!?!? and WHY NOT ME!?!?!"
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I had hit a wall of overtraining and working wayyyyy too hard for "JUST ENOUGH". So I did it. I jumped in with both feet, joined a Virtual Fit Club as an "Intern Coach" and decided that if this was going to work I had to SHOW UP for it. I was teaching 15+ classes with 6 different formats so time was limited but I had a good enough reason for this. And that reason was ME. That reason was bringing home Eddie from work. That reason was freedom to CHOOSE to teach fitness classes and personal train......not "HAVING TOO" just to "make enough". That reason also included mentoring others who are just like me. Who are reaching burn out. Who need the help and guidance just like I did. 
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This business has forever changed my life. My family's life. And the lives of the many clients and fellow Coaches I've helped to become successful. I love what I do and I will be doing this forever. I ain't going anywhere πŸ˜‰ If you need help reach out to me. I can send you info on what this business is and see if your goals align with it. I'm here to help. Always. πŸ˜πŸ˜˜πŸ˜πŸ˜˜ #onlinecoach #zumbainstructor#poundinstructor #notamorningperson#busybuildingmydreams

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Start Doing

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Most people will quit their goals and dreams before they even begin because being a PERFECTIONIST means you also are a QUEEN of PROCRASTINATION. oouuuccchhhh...hurt a little bit!?!?! Then I'm probably talking to YOU!!! (nothing but love, k!?) 

No, you don't have to be perfect to start...you just have to start! And your fear of SUCKING?!? Yeah, that's inevitable. Get over it. We ALL stuck. We are human. I haven't washed my hair in days. I'm over it.πŸ‘Έ And your fear of what others think!? UMMMMMMM People are too caught up worried about how they appear to others too.....so no. THEY DON'T CARE. πŸ˜

So DO IT already!!! No more PLANNING. No more Talking about it. No more meetings. If you think you need to "wait till you are ready"....then guess what!?!?! IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN FOR YOU. That's the truth. 

Ok y'all pep talk.....
πŸ’β€β™€οΈWaiting for a sign to get become healthier? Here it is!!
πŸ’β€β™€οΈWaiting for a sign to ask for that promotion at work. Here it is!!!
πŸ’β€β™€οΈWaiting for a sign to become an entrepreneur and partner with something you are passionate about. Here it is!!
πŸ’β€β™€οΈWaiting for someone to open that door for you!? βœ‹βœ‹βœ‹Get over derrrrn yourself and knock that door down YOURSELF you grown adult! 

Adulting wasn't meant to be EASY. It's meant to CONTINUE to grow you. There's no ceiling on what you CAN DO. What you do TODAY can help lead you down the path of AWESOME. So stop stopping. START DOING. βœŒπŸ˜‰ #onlinecoach #stopstopping#startdoing

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Happy & Healthy

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I was going to say...."oh look, enough for lunch tomorrow." But nahhhhhh. I ate this whole plate.πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ I'm gonna give it to ya real folks. Yes I eat pizza, burgers pasta...all the things those popular "diets" don't allow. I'm not about that. Thank you very much. But what I do instead has worked for me. I practice intermittent fasting(I've been doing it for 30 years, and plz don't think I jumped on the keto/Atkins bandwagon mmmmmmkaaayyyy?!πŸ€£πŸ˜‰) I just kept to something that works for me and hey if it helps you too then great. Here's what I do....

  • # 1 I don't eat breakfast. Instead its 2 cups of coffee with half and half
  • #2 around 2 I drink my superfoods smoothie that freaking changed my life..I've not had fruit loops since. No joke. I drink it almost ERRDAY and add my fruit and PB to it. (That's my big meal #1)
  • #3 I eat dinner around 8(that's my other big meal #2) its hello fresh or a big salad with enough protein to keep me full (or its pizza and salad πŸ˜‰βœŒ
  • #4 if I want a treat its usually my pb& choc bar around 11pm. 


That's it. No counting cals or cutting out whole food groups. This is just me trying to listen to my body and on the days I don't eat as well I feel like crap for a few days. So instead of 4 slices of pizza, it's a big salad and 2 slices of pizza. And if I want a burger AND the fries I skip the bread. 

😘Hope that helps y'all. Because healthy and happy SHOULD go together....just like fries and a burger πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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Hot Mess

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I want to be real for a hot second. My life seems pretty great but in reality things are far from perfect. There are times in my life where I struggle with self doubt. There are times in my life where people hurt me. There are times when anxiety takes over.....And it sucks. It makes me question everything I've done and everything I am. But I'm coming to realize I can't be responsible for what anyone does. It does not reflect who I am.
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Listen, I know I'm not the only one who struggles with this so I just want to share that life is not about being perfect or having a perfect life... it's about taking a deep breath and CHOOSING to see the good in today and CHOOSING to love myslef no matter what crap is thrown in my face. 
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Now repeat after me...."I am good enough. I am worthy of love. I am beyond awesome and I am not going to let someone else's thoughts or actions determine my happiness and success".✌

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Grateful

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Happy people are not happy because they have everything they want, instead they are happy because they are grateful fo what they already have.
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Sounds simple enough but we(me included) get caught up with times of comparison and the "if onlys" and that only steals our joy and helps us to forget about everything we already have. And the most important thing to be grateful for.....our own life. When we aren't grateful for who we are and discredit and knock down the reasons we arent already amazing it's like telling God..."ya know God, ya could have done better." 
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Time to stop the negative self talk and start with thankfulness and love towards OURSELF so that we can better love on OTHERS around us. Everything falls into place when we believe and act on the belief that we are thankful for our life. πŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ§‘ Love and be loved today and everyday friends. Because YOU are enough. πŸ˜˜

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Amazing

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πŸ’ŸBELIEVEπŸ’Ÿ you already have an amazing life and you are 99% of the way there. 
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Sure ....things might not go PERFECTLY as planned but that's when you tell "PLOT TWIST!" & go a new route and look at the CHALLENGE as a Place to grow to become the person who CAN overcome the HARD. 
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Whatever you are going through now is only a lesson that NEEDS to be learned. Never stop learning and growing and MOST OF ALL.... Never stop Loving who you are BECOMING. Because babe....YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!!!! AND SO IS YOUR LIFE!!!! πŸ˜πŸ’ŸπŸ˜

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Friend Circle

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THESE 2 MAKE ME SO FREAKING HAPPY!!!!! πŸ˜πŸ˜ 
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How Positive is your friend circle!?!!? Positivity spreads like wildfire when you search it out. But so does negativity. 
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If you search out the bad in situations then that's all you see and if you surround yourself around people like that then you will soon have that mindset too.....and it sucks. Sooooooooooo....Instead search out fellow GIVERS and LOVERS OF LIFE and trust me you won't be giving from an empty cup. It will be full and happy. And that's how life should be lived πŸ˜˜πŸ‘Œ

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Coach Summit

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Business development at Coach SummitπŸ€“πŸ€“πŸ€“.....I might be in the back of the class(on the floor and confortable) but I'm proving to myself I can be here. And I deserve to be here. 

Most women won't have enough support and encouragement and the MOST important factor πŸ‘‰πŸ‘‰πŸ‘‰Enough BELIEF in themselves to also be here. Just know that I know the struggle and guess what?! It's worth it to own your own business and to build a tribe of people who also believe that they deserve better for themselves. So cheers to the people here. The Speakers and the Trainers and the Major influencers who stepped up to be here. I believe is ALL OF US. β˜•β˜•β˜•#coachsummit2018 #coachlife#bestlife

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VFC

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It's funny to think that a once gym ONLY girl thought she could ONLY get in shape from fitness classes and equipment at the gym. πŸ€£πŸ˜…πŸ’ͺπŸ˜‰ #false 
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Don't get me wrong I still love teaching Pound and Zumba from time to time but I will always enjoy my gym time at home... I got my music. I can wear less clothes 🀣#lesslaundry ... And I don't worry about who left sweat on a gym machine or mat before I did.😱😱😱 Listen, People can bash home workouts all day but it's not untill they fully commit to a Virtual Fit Club where they see their OWN transformation and become a believer like I did. 
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Are you in a plateau!? Reach out to me sometime. I've got another VFC starting in July. πŸ’ͺ😘

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