Fitness Friday {Accountability}

Welcome to Fitness Friday! Every so often, I am going to take some time on Fridays to post here to keep myself accountable, track progress, and share some of my thoughts on how it's going as I work to reach my goals.

Today marks the end of Week 2 of Focus: T25. This is not the first time I've done this program as T25 was the first Beachbody program I ever bought back in February 2014 and finally worked up the courage to push play in March 2014. This is, admittedly, my soul mate workout--I love everything about it.. 25 minutes a day, get-in-and-get-out--everything about it just works for me.

If you aren't familiar with Focus: T25, it's a 10-week program consisting of 5 days on, one day off, and one active recovery/stretch day. The workouts are 25 minutes a day (plus 2-3 minutes of cool down) with the exception of the fifth day (in my case, Friday) on which you do two workouts. You do have the option of splitting them up between Friday and Saturday, but this go-around I have decided to do one in the early AM on Friday and the second in the evenings. Saturdays are for taking weight and measurements to track progress, and on Sunday you can complete a stretch workout.

This schedule works perfectly for me and my lifestyle, and with the holidays coming up it seemed like a no-brainer to tackle T25 again. The best part is that I am stronger and have MUCH more stamina than I did in March 2014, so it's been challenging and fun pushing myself just a little more.

I won't have my Week 2 stats until tomorrow morning, but here's how I did with Week 1:

Before photo:

Day 0
Next photo will be Day 35.

3.6 pounds down in my first six days.

And my measurements
October 18 (Day 0) :
Right Calf - 16.5
Left Calf - 16
Right Thigh - 25.5
Left Thigh - 25.5
Hips - 43.75
Waist - 36.75
Bust - 42.75
Right Arm - 13
Left Arm - 13

October 24 (Day 6):
Right Calf - 16
Left Calf - 16
Right Thigh - 25.25
Left Thigh - 25.5
Hips - 42.5
Waist - 35.75
Bust - 42.5
Right Arm - 12.75
Left Arm - 12.75

Total inches lost: 3.75.

Two weeks in and I am already starting to feel and see changes, which is only fueling the fire to keep pushing forward. Add in the fact that I am.working alongside my Holiday Hustle Boot Campers and I am feeling pretty darn confident that I'll be able to stay consistent through Halloween, Thanksgiving, and the weeks leading up the Christmas.

Eight more weeks to go!

Whip It Up Wednesday {Avocado Toast with Tomato & Fried Egg}

Happy Hump Day!

This week's Whip It Up Wednesday is a quick meal I made over the weekend that was filling, healthy, and tasty! I don't know about you, but I love love LOVE avocado...I could put it on everything and be quite happy with that.

This would be great to make at any time of the day! It's definitely a weekend staple at my house.

Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 slice whole grain bread
1 egg
2 slices tomato
1/4 avocado, mashed
1 tbsp. diced red onion
1/2 tsp. minced garlic
Salt & pepper (to taste)
Hot sauce (optional)

Toast your bread.
Fry your egg.
Mix together mashed avocado, garlic, and onion.
Layer on bread: avocado, tomato slices, egg.
Add salt and pepper as desired.
Optional: drizzle with your favorite hot sauce.

November {Month of Gratitude Challenge}

Gratitude

n.
the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.

syn.
gratefulness, thankfulness, thanks, appreciation, indebtedness, recognition, acknowledgement, credit


Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NIV)


November is next week. Can you believe it?!

You know what comes at the end of November.

Thanksgiving.

A day reserved for giving thanks for our blessings.

But I often wonder how much time we spend daily actually dwelling on gratitude, and if it even crosses most minds on Thanksgiving at all.

Enter the 30 Days of Gratitude Challenge. A challenge that I hope will push you to find ways to seek out and practice gratitude daily--even beyond November and into your life always.

How does it work?

Here are the prompts for the month of November.

The challenge is to snap a photo representing the day's prompt and sharing it via social media. I'll be over on Instagram--you can find me @thismisfitmama--but feel free to share on Facebook or your platform of choice. Use the hashtag #grabgratitude so I can find you and share in the joy of spreading gratitude!

Think of this as a month-long visual journaling exercise. Let's dig into the gritty details of our daily lives and coming out finding appreciation for all things we have been blessed with. I hope that this will be an exercise you can carry on for the rest of your lives, looking into what appears to be the mundane depths and finding bits of blessings and goodness.

We start November 1.

Let's do this!

#grabgratitude