Kelly's Belly

Will I Get Beach Ready In Time for The Bahamas?

Kelly — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:31:16 +0000

In March Beachbody is sending myself and my little family to Atlantis in the Bahamas! We’re all very excited!!

But there are a lot of things to try and prep… swim lessons for the boys… and getting Mom and Dad swimsuit ready! For that one we’re both doing one of the newest Beachbody workouts Les Mills PUMP!

We just finished week 2 and are LOVING this workout!!! My husband has already lost 12lbs! I’m down 4! I’m loving it so much it almost makes me sad that I’m going to miss a couple days this weekend while I’m in Disneyland running the Tinker Bell Half Marathon… almost

SNOW! Wait… I need to run 13..1 miles!

Kelly — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:49:52 +0000

The Tinkerbell Half Marathon is less than 2 weeks away! And we’re covered in SNOW! I really thought Mother Nature was working with me and was going to hold off on the snow until after the race. Where I live we have no side walks… running in this would be stupid and dangerous So I guess I’ll be doing Insanity on my running days and hope for the best come Disneyland

Can I please go to Disneyland now?

I’m so ready for some sunshine!

Maybe I’ll just run

This was the first day of snow… we’re looking at 8-9 inches now! It’s in the 70′s at Disneyland… think I’ll go day dream now

Tinker Bell Half Marathon Training

Kelly — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:27:50 +0000

With my husbands travel schedule and the holiday’s my training calendar has been hard to follow. I didn’t get my long run in during the weekend so I had to bust it out yesterday (Monday). It was a 10 mile run!! Double Digits!!

What has shocked me with this winter running thing, is actually how nice it is to run in 36-39 degree weather! If you have the right layers on – you stay nice and warm and the chill can cools you down. When I need to cool down I just take my gloves off – instant ventilation.

I’m am kinda concerned about my knee, it’s the next day and still hurting some. The race is like 4 weeks away! This is so frustrating!

Motivational Wednesday – You got to Start

Kelly — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:54:33 +0000

You just got to Start!

It’s that time of year again… we start thinking about what’ve we’ve accomplished this year and what we’d like to do next year. And sometimes when we look at our goals the seem too big to reach them. But that’s just the way they look when you’re looking at the BIG END GOAL. If you stop and look what needs to be done to accomplish that goal and break it up into smaller goals – it will seem more doable.

Lets say you want to lose 100lbs this year – kinda of intimidating right! Keep that goal, but break it up – make it your goal to lose 5-10lbs every month. So much more doable!

Whatever your goal is, you’re not going to hit that goal in a month. You can’t be an amazing runner who can run marathons over night, You’re not going to be able to perform in a concert playing the violin over night. (always wanted to learn to play the violin) But if you want to get there – you NEED to START! Are you going to be great to at the beginning – probably no. But if you start… you are on your way to greatness!

Les Mills Pump–Coming soon!

Kelly — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 06:14:59 +0000

I’m so excited for this workout, Les Mills Pump to become available. It’s based on Les Mills- Body Pump, classes available in many gyms.

I’m so going to be all over this! I’ve seen Pump classes available at gyms and wanted to try them, but with my 2 little boys, and the distance we live from any gym, I can’t justify a gym membership for how often I would actually get to go.

I’m just so excited for this coming out. I’m hoping before the end of the month (December)

What do you want for Christmas?

Kelly — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:43:59 +0000

Christmas is coming!! So are the New Years Resolutions or Goals!! Are you ready do you know what your goals are? Are they fitness related? Wouldn’t it be great if those things were under the Christmas tree this year – so you can be ready to go on January 1st (or 2nd – depending on how much fun you had Dec 31st)

If you’d like someone to get you one of these amazing workout programs – I can pass the hint on for you! Just send me a message let me know what you want and who to give the hint to. I’ll make sure they get the best price and you’ll get FREE Coaching!

Another thing to think about is the Challenges I have coming up! 2012 is going to be the YEAR OF RESULTS!! In my holiday challenges I already have people losing 6-8lbs! In the season where most people will put on 8-10lbs they’re losing! These Challenges WORK! And I’m so excited to help people reach their goals this year! So go ahead – ask Santa for a challenge pack and guarantee your spot in one of these groups – they will fill up fast! What you’ll get:

1. Get A KICKA$$ Program
2. Nutrition & Plan
3. Accountability and 110% support

Another option you have with the packs… If you’re thinking of becoming a Coach to work the business or for the discount, your sign up fee is waived if you buy the pack when you sign up as a coach. May 2010, that’s what I asked for, for my birthday – best gift I ever got! It’s the only gift that has really helped me lose the weight, stay accountable to my weight loss and it pays me to help others on their journey. If it’s something you’re thinking about, this is the time to get in! So many people to help!

Tinker Bell Half Marathon Training… End of Week 1 of 10

Kelly — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:00:54 +0000

Sorry, I haven’t used the video camera on my Nano in a while – so I’m sideways

1st week is always the easiest, as for distance. I’m surprised how much I’m liking running in the Fall/Winter elements. I think as long as we can stay above FREEZING and SNOW – I should be in good shape. But who knows if that’ll happen

8 Tips for Avoiding the Holiday Pounds

Kelly — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:53:10 +0000

By Stephanie S. Saunders

It’s that time of year. The leaves turn majestic hues of red and gold. The air becomes fresh and crisp. We can finally put an extra blanket on the bed and cuddle up with a cup of hot tea. Yes, it’s fall. We just spent 8 months killing ourselves to get into that bathing suit, but now we’ve replaced it with a worn pair of jeans and a much more relaxed attitude towards food. After all, it’s the holiday season, and no one’ll notice a few extra pounds under layers of clothes. A little extra weight just gives us a New Year’s resolution to focus on, right?

Wrong. According to a study by researchers at Sweden’s Linköping University, those 4 weeks of celebrating can actually lead to long-term weight gain.

Essentially, the researchers took a group of healthy young people, increased their caloric intake by 70 percent, and lowered their exercise levels. They also had a control group whose diets weren’t altered. At 4 weeks, the participants in the test group had gained an average of 14 pounds. After 6 months, and no longer on an increased-calorie diet, only a third of these participants had returned to their original weight. After 1 year, the test group members were each still an average of 3.3 pounds heavier. After 2 and a half years, the "gluttonous" group continued to gain, while the control group still maintained a stable weight.

Now, most of us don’t increase our calories that drastically for 30 days straight. Sure, there’s Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving leftovers, Hanukkah, the work Christmas party, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day, not to mention the extra sweets, cocktails, and (ahem) fruitcake. But according to the New England Journal of Medicine, the actual average weight gain over the holidays is only 1 pound. (They obviously didn’t poll my family or friends.) So what’s the big deal? The problem is, a year later, the vast majority of people have not removed that pound. Continue this pattern over 30 or 40 holiday seasons and the problem becomes—quite literally—huge.

So how are we supposed to get through the holidays without gaining weight? Here are eight effective ways to get yourself ready to beat the holiday bulge.

Buy clothes that fit right now. This first tip might be a bit pricy, but it’s a great motivational aid in staving off weight gain. A new addition to your wardrobe in a size that shows off your summer body can be all you need to prevent those extra pounds from creeping on. Imagine that beautiful holiday dress or great pair of pants, then imagine being unable to zip them up thanks to sugar cookies. Yeah, no one wants that. So before you begin the festivities, go buy yourself something perfect to wear to your parties and hang it someplace visible, so it serves as a constant reminder. Perhaps on the TV where you play your P90X®, INSANITY®, or TurboFire® videos, or in front of that treadmill that might be starting to collect a little dust in the corner, or on your refrigerator door . . . that way, if it doesn’t fit quite the same way the next time you try to slip into it, you know it’s time to get back to work.

Write it down. We try to write down everything we eat, right? We spend countless hours each month staring at a food diary, adding up our calories, and seeing if we got the correct balance of macronutrients. And then the holidays happen, and our little book ends up in the bottom drawer. It’s almost like we’re hoping that if we didn’t write it down, it didn’t happen. Unfortunately, the scale doesn’t fit in that bottom drawer. The truth is, if we would write down the not-so-perfect meals and treats, we could find a way to compensate for them, at least a bit. For example, you have a peppermint brownie in the break room at work, which you know is carbohydrates and fat. Eat one less portion of carbohydrate and one less portion of fat for your dinner. It’s not ideal, but it’ll help. Or perhaps you couldn’t resist Mom’s homemade scones for breakfast. You could plan on an extra 20 or 30 minutes of your workout tonight. The point is, if we write it down, and do the math, we can lessen the damage. It isn’t a good long-term plan, but to help compensate for a few slip-ups, it can help.

Keep exercising. Most fitness trainers will tell you the slowest point of their year is between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. Sure, their clients schedule workouts with the best of intentions, but then they cancel them for parties and gift shopping. It’s hard to remain balanced when you have a million things to do and gifts to buy. Yet the greatest gift you can give yourself is to stay focused on your fitness goals and get your workout in. Shopping getting in the way? Do it online and save some time. Parties getting in the way? Just show up later. Who cares if everyone else is a couple of cocktails ahead of you? You’ll be healthier, and you won’t have to worry about the embarrassing YouTube^® videos in the morning. Just stay consistent, even if it’s inconvenient. You’ll be much less likely to look like Santa (both belly-wise and red-nose-wise) at the end of the month.

Eat before parties. Most holiday parties don’t focus on low-fat, low-calorie refreshments, so unless you’re organizing the event, the best damage control is to show up with a full tummy. Make sure you eat your meals and snacks throughout the day, and try to eat a healthy meal before attending any party. If you’re going straight from work, prepare a healthy and filling snack to eat on the way. You’ll be a lot less likely to swim in mayonnaise dips and pigs in blankets if you’re full.

Get junk out of the house. The majority of people don’t get into their car at midnight, drive to the store, buy the ingredients for cookies, bake them, and then stay up to eat them. But if those homemade cookies that Linda in accounting made for you are already on your kitchen counter, you better believe you’ll find a way to justify it. Frankly, at 12:30 AM, after a rotten day, for most of us there’s nothing like a few cookies to drown our sorrows. The secret is to get the garbage out of the house. Send it to work with your significant other, donate it to a bake sale, re-gift it to your 100-pound friend with the perfect metabolism, or just dump it in the trash. Linda will never know. If you have holiday dinner leftovers, box them up for your guests individually and send them home with them. If your family still sends you that Pepperidge Farm^® cookie assortment, invite a bunch of people over for a pre-party party and serve ‘em up before the drinks. Try not to be wasteful, but get the less-than-healthy temptations out of your reach.

Offer to prepare healthy fare. This suggestion won’t be well received by those of us who’d rather spend Thanksgiving sitting around watching football than toiling in the kitchen, but if you do the cooking, you have the control. Your family could have a tasty and satisfying meal without ingesting thousands of calories and fat grams. The way the turkey is prepared, the type of stuffing, how vegetables are made, whether the cranberries are real, and countless other things can make or break the healthiness of a meal. There are tons of cookbooks out there, plus recipes in this and past newsletters, that can help you out. Yes, it does require a bit of work. But you’re part of the Beachbody community. You can do anything!

Choose wisely and proportionally. Something occurs during a holiday meal. It’s like a Las Vegas buffet—we feel like we have to eat some of everything. We feel almost like those foods will never exist again, and this is our last meal on the planet. This year, why not try to eat only your favorites, as in two or three items, and keep the portions to the size of your palm? If you’re still hungry, try to fill up on veggies (preferably ones that aren’t drowned in butter or cream-of-mushroom soup). If you want dessert, lean toward a small slice of pumpkin pie (220 calories) as opposed to pecan (a heftier 543), leaving out the hydrogenated nondairy whipped topping if possible. If you’re going to have an alcoholic beverage, go with a flute of champagne (100 calories) as opposed to that rum-laced eggnog (with more than four times more calories, at 420). Just a few wise choices will save you a ton of calories, and probably a significant amount of heartburn as well.

Don’t beat yourself up. Quite possibly the worst thing you can do is beat yourself up over a bit of holiday indulgence. Yes, it does stink to backslide after working your tail off. But sometimes it doesn’t stink as much as dealing with your mother when you turn down her brisket and potato pancakes. Sometimes, we don’t have time to go to work, buy a Christmas tree, decorate it with our kids, make dinner, oversee homework, tuck kids in bed, and spend an hour doing our Beachbody workout of choice. We can only do our very best. Mentally beating yourself up will only make you feel worse, which never helped anyone get back to their fitness program. So if you happen to gain that 1 extra pound this holiday season, be part of the rare group who actually follows through with their New Year’s resolution and manages to shed it again. A week of hard work and a slight calorie deficit should do the trick. Resolutions don’t come easier than that!

A wise person once said, "The toughest part of a diet isn’t watching what you eat. It’s watching what other people eat." That really is the crux of the problem with dining out in public. When you’re surrounded by people who are consuming the equivalent of their body weight in fat grams, it’s really tough to stick to that chicken breast and steamed veggies. But if you have a game plan, you’re more likely to walk out with both a satisfied tummy and a satisfied mind. So spend a few minutes on researching, on eating, and on exercising beforehand, and be strong when you get there. The effort will be worth it, and you might even be an inspiration to your dining partner. What greater reward is there than that? Oh, yeah—a six-pack.

Give the Gift of Health and Fitness This Year!

Kelly — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:28:48 +0000

Holiday shopping can be stressful. Between driving all over town, long lines in crowded stores, and the never-ending holiday music, it’s enough to make you want to throw up your hands and exclaim, "Bah, humbug!"

Let us help. We’ve put together a list of 40 Beachbody gift ideas that can help make everyone in your life feel not only happier, but healthier! We divided the gifts by price levels so all you have to do is decide how much you want to spend on someone, and choose from several suggestions within that range. All items are available online, so take off that winter jacket, grab a glass of Shakeology®, and knock out your holiday shopping quickly—and with the confidence that the gifts you’re giving will enrich the lives of those who receive them!

PLUS: If you’re a Team Beachbody^® VIP Club member, you’ll automatically save 10 percent off all items you purchase through TeamBeachbody.com.

How to find out if you’re a Team Beachbody VIP Club member:

Make sure you’re logged in to TeamBeachbody.com. If you’re not logged in, click on the "Sign In" link in the upper right-hand corner of this page.

Click on the "Shop" tab in the upper navigation menu.

Scroll down to look at the price for Shakeology. You’ll see "Regular Price: $119.95." But if you’re a Team Beachbody VIP Club Member, you’ll also see "Your price: $107.95." That’s a savings of $12.00, or 10 percent!

If you’re not a Team Beachbody VIP Club member, consider joining now. If you plan on purchasing three or four holiday gifts through TeamBeachbody.com, your savings could more than cover the 3-month membership fee. Learn more, and sign up for the Team Beachbody Club.

9 gifts at $25.00 or less:

Tony and the Folks! ($9.95)
Tony and the Kids! ($9.95)
P90X^® T-Shirt (Men) and P90X^® T-Shirt (Women) ($19.95)
Turbo Jam^® Camouflage Tank ($19.95)
Shaun T’s Fit Kids^® Club ($19.95)
Get Real with Shaun T ($19.95)
Weighted Gloves ($19.95)
P90X^® Protein Bars ($23.95)
$25.00 Team Beachbody^® eGift Card

8 gifts at $50.00 or less:

Chin-Up Max ($29.85)
Total Body Solution ($29.95)
Slimming Formula ($29.95)
Chalene Johnson’s Get On the Ball ($39.90)
B-LINES^® Resistance Bands (39.95)
Tony Horton’s Signature PowerStands^® ($39.90)
P90X^® Results and Recovery Formula^® ($49.95)
$50.00 Team Beachbody^® eGift Card

6 gifts at $75.00 or less:

Brazil Butt Lift^® ($59.85)
Hip Hop Abs^® ($59.85)
Slim in 6^® ($59.85)
P90X^® Chin-Up Bar ($59.85)
Turbo Jam^® ($59.85)
Bowflex^® Strapless Heart Rate Monitor ($74.85)

6 gifts at $100.00 or less:

5 gifts at $120.00 or less:

Shakeology^® ($119.95)
TurboFire^® ($119.70)
P90X^® ($119.85)
P90X2^™ Base Kit ($119.85)
INSANITY^® ($119.85)

6 Ultimate Gifts:

P90X ONE on ONE^® ($239.40)
INSANITY^® Deluxe with Mat and Bonus Workout ($239.70)
TurboFire^®: The Complete System ($239.40)
$250.00 Team Beachbody^® eGift Card
P90X2^™ Ultimate ($299.55)
$500.00 Team Beachbody^® eGift Card

All of these products can be purchased through my store. Click here to buy now!

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Half Marathon Training… here we go

Kelly — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:40:55 +0000

In January I’m running the first ever… the inaugural year – Tinker Bell Half Marathon. I’ve ran one other half marathon… The Disneyland Half Marathon in 2010. Early yes, but yeah I can see a pattern starting to show. I’m a Disney person. I figure if you’re going to run 13.1 miles, you might as well run it in the happiest place on earth

So on January 29th 2012 around 4am, I’ll be heading to the gathering area for a chance to earn my wings! Crazy early – YES! 13.1 miles Crazy – Yes! Total rush – Totally!!! And you get a cool medal – BLING!

I’m doing a 10 week training. It worked well for me last time around, the only difference is I’m training in Fall/Winter. I’ve never been a Winter runner – I’ve had to get some new running clothes… I’m learning about the running layering gear. I need to remember to run with a tissue, it seems that my nose likes to run with me when it’s cold out. So I’m learning all kinds of new stuff – this will be an adventure. I’m really hoping we have a warmer Winter and don’t get much snow… I’m not so sure about running on top of the white stuff. If you have any tips I’d love to hear them! Please leave a comment!

And it starts!