Monthly Motivation

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Welcome to the first installment of Monthly Motivation, a monthly healthy & fitness link up! I am joined by my BOFF Pinky and the lovely Carolyn where we will share our goals, trials, triumphs, successes and failure in each of our health & fitness journeys. We hope you will join with us the last Tuesday of each month and allow us to keep each other accountable. My fitness goals: 1. Tone my arms. I have an obsession with my arms. I had an arm envy over a girl I competed in Miss Texas with, and have been on a quest ever since. I have been slowing changing up my arm workouts so that I can achieve that sculpted v of a deltoid. Ya know that, muscle above your bicep and not quite your shoulder?

2. Change it up! I get in the worst workout rut. I do the same thing every time: 40 minutes of cardio, abs then weights. And my weight routine? boring and the same. I am going to work on changing up the cardio, add in sprints, intervals, high resistance. And.... doing more dynamic lifting. 3. Get up and move at the office. I need to get up every 30-60 minutes and take a lap around the office. It refreshes the mind and keeps you from being sedintary all day long. When you feel the slump of the back or the your eyelids start to quiver, get up and take a lap.  My Healthy Diet Goals: 1. Salad Sundays. I started this at the beginning of the summer and hope to keep it going. It gets my reset for the week. I hope to eat at least 2 salads at week. 2. Substitute yogurt for dessert. I just need something sweet. Hello greek yogurt! 3. Water, water, water! I have been trying to drink more water with my new water bottle. I just need to pack on the H2O! Water does wonders for the skin, digestion and metabolism! It also can decrease tummy bloat and fatigue. Add lemon, lime or other infused fruit blends, but what ever you do, drink your water! Alright, let me know your health & fitness goals. Let us keep each other accountable and motivated! What is one health goal you have? 

Just a Reminder

Tomorrow is the day! The Monthly Motivation Link Up. Get your health and fitness stories, goals, hopes and dream ready and share it here. This is to keep you accountable, to give you motivation and have a community of support.

Monday Musings & Some News!

Happy Monday ya'll!! Hope you had a great weekend. Mine was pretty boring as I sat around, slept and binge watched seasons 1 & 2 of Mad Men. I feel like this could be the law, instead of an ad agency any day of the week. So.. I am enjoying some time off before I start the new gig. But I also want to introduce you to something new you will see on the ole bloggy blog... As you know health and fitness is kinda one of my big life things. I have blogged on Wednesday about workouts and such, but now I am teaming up with my BOFF and new friend Carolyn to bring you all a monthly health & fitness link up!

Being healthy is such an important part of our lives, but the craziness of life often gets in the way! The three of us wanted to come up with a way to hold ourselves accountable and help motivate others (and ourselves)…

Which is how “Monthly Motivation – a health and fitness linkup” was born!

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This link up is about motivating yourself and others through fitness and healthy eating. Feel free to share your week's workouts, your favorite healthy recipes or if you want, your failures of the week. We're all here to cheer each other on and hold each other accountable, so we can collectively reach our goals.
We will have this link up just once a month and will occur on the last Tuesday of the Month! So grab your button and get motivated! You have all month. We will see you back here on Tuesday August 26th!!