Its Thursday night, Day 17 of the Body By Vi Challenge, and I’m contemplating the challenge that the weekend poses. You see, Monday -Thursday there are great classes at the YMCA. Monday is Zumba, Tuesday Kickboxing, Wednesday Strength Training and Thursday is Zumba again. But then Friday morning comes and I really wanna slack. I mean, I worked out 4 times this week already… and Friday is strength training again and if there was one class I’d love to sleep through… that is IT!
So, will I sleep through it and promise myself that I’ll do a water workout later??? I mean, its Friday after all.
Then, of course thee is the question of sticking to healthy low calorie intake over the weekend. Whats with Saturday and Sunday that just invite overindulgence? All across the world people are packing more calories into those 2 days than they should be eating all WEEK! It true, and you know it!
I’m a home based entrepreneur. Friday, Saturday and Sunday are really just 3 more days that I choose to do as I like. And this weekend, I resolve to stick to the Challenge! I still have muscle to gain, and fat to lose. I have a strength training class tomorrow to wake up for, and a healthy diet to stick to on Saturday and Sunday. I can and will still eat yummy ‘weekend’ foods, just smaller portions!
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Hungarian Folk Dance practice starts again tomorrow night!!!! I found this article that gives a brief history of Hungarian Folk Dance for those interested in learning more about it.
I wanted to share a video of one of our dance practices when we had to learn a new Gomori choreography in two weekends with only 6 practices! You can find more videos and photos on my dance groups blog! This was filmed in February 2009 at our last practice. I am the one in the black top and maroon skirt.
These Friday night practices will add 2 to 2.5 hours of exercise to my challenge which will help me reach my goal and I will have a blast at the same time!
What are your goals? Do you want to live a longer healthy life?
Day 14 of the ViSalus Body by Vi Challenge and I headed to Zumba on a Monday morning. Heading to DANCE on a Monday morning?Take a minute to consider just how fantastic that is… Driving to dance, instead of driving to work??? YEZZZZ! I’m an Internet Entrepreneur and support my family 100% with my home based business – reason to be grateful!
To get to my Zumba class I drove past the high school where I spent 3 years teaching science. I taught out of necessity and did not enjoy it at all! I worked my home based business consistently and persistently in the evening, knowing exactly where I would be as a result – working from HOME!
I only know one way to succeed- and that is to take massive action to achieve my goals. I WILL lose 4 lbs and get really strong on this challenge- because I’ll workout a minimum of 5 times a week and will track my diet in the Vi-Net Health Tracking system that we get with the ViSalus Body By Vi Challenge.
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I, personally, am not a healthy eater and don’t eat half the things they mention in the video below. I started my challenge on August 13th to lose 10 lbs. About 2 weeks into my Challenge I changed that to 15 lbs while building back my muscle tone. I am down 5 lbs and I already see and feel the change in my arms and around my hips. I wore a top to work this week that was always snug around my upper arm. I showed my husband just earlier and he said, “this stuff is really working” and I said yes it is and it tastes great!
Since being on the oh so yummy shakes, I have noticed I am more conscious of what I eat and how much. Some days are easier than other to just walk on by the amazingly delicious chocolate cakes they have when I am buying my lunch at work. And let me tell you, there are days that are hard much harder than others and takes major willpower for me to not grab a slice! Thursday was one of those days! You see my major issue is that I have such a sweet tooth!
It was different when my bodies metabolism worked it right off when I was in my late teens early 20’s. As the years went by that has changed and now it just sticks to my butt and thighs! Who can relate to that?
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Zumba on Day 10 of the ViSalus Body By Vi Fitness Challenge. Day 10? Does that mean I’m 1/10th of the way through? Am I 1/10th of the way lighter, thinner, and stronger? You bet I am! But perhaps more importantly, I’m following through – I am meeting one daily goal at a time to ultimately meet this ViSalus Body By Vi Fitness Challenge.
I only know one way to get anything done ~ and that’s through consistent, persistent, work!
You can wish your day away, you can repeat your positive affirmations over and over – but nothing ever came of a wish or affirmation alone. It comes from inspired ACTION, otherwise known as WORK. The Law of Attraction could just as easily be called ‘the law of positive action gets you what you expected’…
I’m certainly not gonna lose weight and get stronger by hoping it will happen! No way! Instead, I’m up and out the door to Zumba with my Trim Slim Shake in hand - I’m dancing up a storm and blasting calories while those powerful endorphins rush through my mind. Those endorphins are truly ‘happy juice’ and they make the rest of the day go so much sweeter!
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I decided to weigh myself after putting on a pair of pants this morning that felt a bit loser than usual. Stepped on the scale and it told me that I weighed 141.5! That’s 3 lbs since I started on August 13th and only on the Balance Kit! Wonder what my progress will be on the Transformation Kit that I will start on Wednesday. That reminds me got to log in to Vi-Net and check on my order to make sure it is still on schedule.
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Do women need strength training to lose weight? Yes, if you want it to happen quickly! And lets face it, when it comes to weight loss, we women want it off like, yesterday! Lifting weights is one sure way to increase rate at which those unwanted pounds fall off.
How? Because muscle burns more calories at rest than fat. So even as you are sitting at your computer right now, you could be burning off those extra calories that you ate today… IF you had done some strength training to build up muscle!
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I could do a cardio workout every day – its alot more FUN and it gets those endorphins pumping. I don’t find my weight lifting sessions fun. In fact , they HURT. They hurt when Im doing them, the day after and even worse on the 2nd day… but its SO worth it!
As a mom of 2, I find that if I dont strength train and keep myself reasonably strong, I can get really soft quickly. My metabolism slows, and I start to blow up – even if Im not eating more food. Does this sound like you? Are you overweight, feel sluggish and weak? Then get on the challenge, drink your shake a day and get active! Include strength training in your regimen and watch the pounds fall off much quicker, as you watch your body transform.
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Its Tuesday, and I could easily have taken a break. Could have rolled back over and gotten an extra 30 minutes of sleep – which would have ensured that I missed my kickboxing class. I could even have convinced myself that I’d workout in the pool later – and I might have – if it wasn’t for the ViSalus Body By Vi Challenge! You see, I set GOALS for this challenge. They are
1. Lose 4 lbs 2. Decrease my Body Mass index (BMI) 3. Increase muscle mass – get strong! 4. Get FIT!
And in order to get myself up out of bed this morning, I recommitted myself to those goals. Otherwise I might have gotten a little lazy and slept in, and done a bit of exercise in the pool… but that wouldn’t have been nearly as good a workout as kickboxing was! Instead I got myself up and out, knowing that I’d get an excellent workout out of the way early, and would feel far more accomplished for having done so.
So, up at 8:50, showered, dressed, Trim Slim Shake with Banana Energy Charge mix-in in hand… I headed to my kickboxing class!
And accomplished my mini-goal for the day, which ultimately will help me through the 90 Day Body By Vi Challenge by ViSalus!
I use the same strategy to achieve success in my home based business. Each day I recommit to my goals and examine the tasks at hand that will help me to get closer to accomplishing those goals. When I’m feeling less than motivated, I re-up! I think of WHY I do what I do… and I put my head down and go to work – in my home office.
Man, I don’t wanna go back to job outside the home! I’ll keep at the task at hand and recommit and accomplish my my tasks for the day! I work hard on my work days, so I can play hard when I like
It was hot and humid but well worth every step I took about an hour ago!
I had to get my son to take his afternoon nap way earlier than yesterday (3 pm) so we can get to a afternoon Hungarian Folk Concert at 3 pm. I grabbed his stroller out of the car though I could have easily taken his for a car ride instead. I chose not to take the easy way out and to incorporate some exercise into my Body By Vi Challenge!
Breaking a sweat sure makes me feel great! I feel like I have accomplished something and my legs can use the exercise to get ready for my Hungarian Folk Dance practices that start again this Friday! I can’t wait for that because that will be an additional work out! Some of those dances are like an aerobic workout with great music and company!
Loving my morning shakes! I still can’t believe there is <1>
Its Monday, and most people dread them right? I mean, its usually the end of the weekend and the day you need to set the alarm again and drag yourself to work. I mean, people do have to WORK, it makes the world go round…
But I have to say I’m totally ecstatic about Mondays! I look forward to Mondays as I know I get to dance with the wild and crazy Wendy at Zumba! At 10am at our local YMCA, at least 50 women convene for 60 minutes of high energy Latin inspired dance moves done to an international mix of music. The result is massive calorie blasting, endorphin pumping and pure FUN on a Monday morning! Its the perfect start to the week.
Zumba makes me RICH! It truly enriches my life. I was born to dance – am made to dance, as we all were. Before Zumba, I felt a sense of loss for not being able to express this aspect of my self regularly. As a Mom, I found that I went out less and less to dance. I certainly did not spend my weekends clubbing anymore, or even as I had in the past – traveling to festivals to dance! Could you say I smiled less because I wasn’t dancing? Absolutely! Was I aware of how much I missed dance? Oh yes, I was!
In an effort to smile more , I resolved to join a dance class locally. In the past I had danced with a troupe that performed with a Batucada ensemble. That is, I danced an African style Samba with a group of about 80 drummers! Talk about high- energy and fun! It was an incredible time. However, its not something I was going to find in my little Florida town… I was a member of the YMCA though, and in looking over the schedule I saw this class called Zumba that was described as a Latin inspired workout – and I figured, why not try… I was hooked! My instructor is this incredibly tight blond Irish chick who speaks not a word of Spanish, but moves like she was born of Latin blood. Turns out she has been a dancer and cheerleading coach for years and years – so she does alot of her own choreography and is an excellent teacher. I feel really lucky to have Wendy as my Zumba teacher at the Y! I get my dance class, as many as 3x per week if I like, and its included in my membership
I smile more now that I take Zumba – I really do! I smile as I enter, as my freinds and I know we are about to have a blast – and I smile as I leave sweaty and full of the happy endorphins that start my week. I am grateful that I am an American woman with the freedom to dance my azz off on a Monday morning!
I make more money now that I take Zumba? Could it be true? Zumba makes me rich? I do believe so- it is an expression of life – of living an ecstatic, joyful life and for me that includes dance. It helps to break my mind out of a rut. You cannot jump around and sweat for an hour, learning new dance routines, and not have a shift in consciousness – its just impossible! I have walked out of there with inspired ideas – and keep a notepad in the car for jotting such ideas down… Some of my best work is done on a Monday, after Zumba. So yes… Zumba makes me Rich!
I forgot to load the battery into the camera today – so I couldn’t get Wendy on film – sorry! I told her to dress in her Zumba wear for next Monday’s class and I’d film one of her original choreographed dances. Until then, here is a great vid I found on YouTube . As you can see, Men SO Zumba too! In fact… Beto Perez created this revolutionary fitness program – and he is most definitely, a MAN! Check him out in the vid below:
Zumba is part of my weekly fitness regime for the ViSalus Fitness Challenge, Body by Vi ! Join me to morph your body into the YOU thats hiding inside
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I have been religously making my Body by Vi TSS shakes for the past week. I am very happy that I am not starving by the time I get to work and can make it through to lunch, no sweat! I feel fuller, quicker when I am eating lunch. I am good about only eating what I feel is enough and have been asking for less when the give me my lunch!
I am going to start incorporating exercise into my routine a few times a week. I have been on hiatus from my Hungarian Folk Dance group all summer which starts up again next week and want to start getting a bit in shape for that cardio work! Sometimes I leave feeling like I just left an aerobics class and not a dance practice! Some dances from one region can be full energy with a lot of jumping! Others can be mellow non-jumping dances from other regions! But that’s for another blog for another day!
Now I am off to bed to get a good nights sleep which is a huge part of getting fit and healthy!
Day 4 of the Body by Vi Challenge and I took it easy! No strenuous workout for me, just time with the kids and a little swimming.
Because I didn't actively burn calories I had a shake for both breakfast and lunch and really paid attention to what I ate.
I've been using the online health tracker that is built into the Vi-Net. You simply add in your current wight and a few other stats, and it tells you exactly how many calories you should be taking in based on your goals. Then, you can input your daily diet and track exactly what you are taking in. It has most of the USDA food database in it so its really easy ~ and crucial! 80% of weight loss is changing your diet. We cannot change our bodies through exercise alone.
If you want help planning out your daily meals- the Vi-net health tracking system has suggested recipes and will even give you your shopping list based on your planned meals. Talk about push button easy!
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When I joined the Body by Vi Challenge I decided to make time for ME each morning to make a TSS Shake for breakfast before running out the door.
Between getting myself ready and my son, the time in the morning goes by very fast! With two scoops, 8 oz of milk and fresh fruit or the chocolate mix-in, my TSS Shake is ready in 30 seconds! Ok so maybe 1 minute if I have to wash the fruit of the day. Bananas are the easiest because you just have to peel it! Love having a Magic Bullet even more now!
This morning my two year old son decided that two bites of the banana I peeled for him was enough for him for breakfast so I used it in my shake. He wanted to taste the “smoothie”, as he likes to call it, and kept coming back for more! Wait until he gets a taste of the chocolate mix-in TSS Shake!
I am not one to keep drinking or eating something if I don’t like the taste. I was pleasantly surprised at just how great the TSS shake tastes. Great tasting with a killer website to help you keep track of your progress which you can access from anywhere there is internet and a computer! Talk about easy access!
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Well... when you take a Zumba class, essentially you get to do some wild and crazy dancing in the morning! I can't imagine where else you could dance to Latin, African, hip hop, belly dance and trance music, all within an hour, and NOT end up with a hangover!
Zumba is a high energy aerobic workout done to a fusion of Latin and International Music. The variation of fast and slow rhythms means you are getting an aerobic workout with intervals of high intensity to burn far more calories than if you were going at just one pace. The moves are fun and sexy and totally tone and sculpt the body - and all your doing is dancing! You'll start to take a Zumba class for the health benefits - you'll continue because it will become the highlight of your workouts! Its truly a fun workout that leaves you feeling really happy!
Find a Zumba class if you think exercise is boring - a guarantee you will change the way you think about fitness! Try Zumba and you will want to work out, will love working out, and get hooked. You'll achieve long term benefits while having a blast in one exhilarating hour of body-energizing,caloric-burning,awe-inspiring movements that will totally keep you hooked!
So this morning I made the second shake in the video with chocolate mix-in. Before adding the mix-in, I tasted it and it has a vanilla taste to it. Then I added the chocolate mix-in!
Watch the video below to see just how easy it is to make the shake in under 3 1/2 minutes!. Tomorrow I will try one of the great recipes they suggest. I have so many to choose from!
You see, I'm a home based business owner and have a major aversion to alarms. Don't like em, don't use em. No alarm clocks, don't wear a watch - you get the picture. I prefer to wake with my kid's smiles, or on my own time...
Well, this morning 'my own time' was 9:26 and I needed to leave the house by 9:40 to get to my class ON TIME.
I got up, kinda showered and got dressed - in 8 minutes.
Then I made my Vi-Shake in the blender in about 3 minutes (you cannot say you don't have time for this!)
Blueberry Banana Super Energy Shake 1 cup plain almond milk 1/2 cup frozen blueberries 1/2 frozen banana 2 scoops Trim Slim Shake mix 1 Banana Energy Charge Shape-up
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I'm undertaking the 90 Day Body by Vi Challenge to reach the fitness goals that have been just out of reach ever since I had my second child!
I'm a 34 year old mother of 2 young children, and I thought for sure I'd always be stuck at 136 lbs. No matter how much I worked out or thought I was watching what I ate, I just couldn't get below that 136lbs! I blamed it on my metabolism changing after the second baby, or my age.
~ But just 45 days ago I started on ViSalus' 1 shake a day program and plugged into their health tracking tools and have dropped down to 124lbs!
I have just 4 more pounds to lose to reach my weight loss goal and I absolutely will do that easily over the next 90 days. More importantly, I intend to increase my lean body mass - that is, increase muscle mass and lose inches! I'll do that with the Transformation Kit and a workout regimen of 2 days of cardio and 2 days weight training, with a liberal dose of swimming for good measure.
Day 1 of the challenge, and I almost didn't make it to my Kickboxing class! I could easily have rolled right back over in bed when I realized I had less than 20 minutes to get ready and make my shake... but, well, watch for yourself!
Now, I have an amazing advantage in that I have an incredible YMCA. Over the coming weeks, I'll share with you the variety of classes I'll take to reach my goals.
I decide Sunday night to start my 90 Day challenge by placing my order for the Balance Kit! The order was processed on Monday and shipped that very same day! According to the tracking of my order it will arrive Wednesday!
Thursday morning I will start my day off with my first shake for breakfast! My goal is to lose about 10 lbs. My current weight at 9:56 pm is 144 lbs at 5 ‘ 5 1/2″ tall.
I am not a very healthy eater and I hope between the shakes and the great Vi-Net Health Guide it will push me in the right direction! It will help me track my sleep, what I eat, how much water I drink, give me great shake & meal recipes and so much more!
My 1st goal is to lose about 10 lbs while building my muscle tone again to what it was like before I had a child and before I started working. Like it was when I spent my summers swimming in the pool, riding my bike everywhere, walking to get to places, skiing every weekend in the winter, and so much more! Only thing I have kept up with is my hungarian Folk Dancing which can be like an aerobic workout but we don’t have practice over the summer!
And this weekend, I resolve to stick to the Challenge!
Day 4 of the
When I joined the Body by Vi Challenge I decided to make time for ME each morning to make a TSS Shake for breakfast before running out the door.
Day two of the challenge almost didn't happen.
I got home and my package was waiting for me!
Hi everyone
