Strengthening my Core

What are you working on? My primary focus when I workout is strengthening my core, I know that I NEED to according to my back doctors. I've already made progress in the last few weeks and I'm feeling sooo much better already! Who wants to join me to commit to a healthier fit lifestyle? Find me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/coachshalonn, we can do this together! Whatever your reason to join me is...use that as your goal to push yourself! Your body can do amazing things so bring out the best version of you!

Blueberry Honey Yogurt

Starting my day off right with blueberries, Greek yogurt and a little bit of honey.

I'm curious.....what's your favorite brand of yogurt?

Sweet Potato & Spinach Quesidillas

Microwave sweet potato til soft than mash spinach into it....I used frozen spinach but thawed mine beforehand. Add coconut oil into skillet. When oil is warm...add corn tortilla and than top it with potato mixture. You can top it with pepper, spices or low fat mozzarella. Lastly add another corn tortilla and mash, flip & cook on both sides.

That's it, so easy & I hope you all enjoy!

Healthy Recipes

I love cooking and trying new recipes especially if it's Pinterest inspired!  No really, go ahead and check out my Pinterest page and you'll see thousands of recipes that I've been wanting to try lol. However, my eating habits have changed and I no longer feel the urge to cook fatty recipes unless I make it for my hubby.  I am on a journey to a better me and you know what they say.....only 20% is from physical fitness and 80% is what you do in the kitchen!  I will tell you that I know that's true because no matter how hard I worked out, I wasn't loosing the weight UNTIL I changed my eating habits!

This page will contain all my healthy eating recipes that I try along with my feed back and my own photo of that recipe.  If I didn't come up with the recipe, I'll add the link of where I got it from so I can give credit to the creator.  If you have a healthy recipe that you'd like to share, than please contact me.

Enjoy!

Progress

It took a lot of courage for me to post this because I've never done this before but here are my transformation photos....

I took the one on the left at the end of May & the one on the right at the end of June. I will be posting my July photos at the end of the month. 

I've lost about 8 lbs and 7 inches around various areas of my body. I've still got a long ways to go but I'm happy with my progress so far 

To Post or Not To Post

Does anyone ever get excited seeing your own progress photos but get scared or nervous to post them?!?  I took photos in May & June while on my journey but haven't posted mine yet because I get ready to post them but than back out of it since I feel so EXPOSED lol.  Has anyone done this before?  I know I HAVE to do it, I want to inspire others and what better way than to post progress photos?!!  I will be posting pics tonight of my 30 day progress photos on here but I'll also be posting them to my Facebook & Instagram so if you have any of these social media sites, please show your support by following me.

My pics are getting posted, no matter how uncomfortable the feeling is!

*I think I can, I think I can, I know I can I KNOW I CAN*

My Why

I have a love for fitness & nutrition because I grew up being overweight.  It wasn't until my mom took me to the doctor that I decided to make a change.  I'll never forget that day back in 2008, the doctor looked me straight in the eyes and said that I needed to lose the weight or else I was going to get diabetes.  I was almost 230 lbs and was officially pre diabetic, I felt so ashamed of myself! The next day, I signed up at a gym and got a personal trainer that helped me lose 80 lbs within a year!  My personal trainer taught me a lot, I learned how to use proper form during exercise but more importantly I learned the value of nutrition and feeding your body right.

After moving to Texas in 2011, I found myself gaining some of the weight back! My physical activity ceased to exist and I started trying new foods that I hadn't tried before.....my husband is Cajun so I had been introduced to Cajun cooking and lets not forget that Texas is home to the BEST food after all. Of the 80 lbs that I originally lost, I gained 30 lbs back and slowly started loosing my confidence. I just woke up one day and realized that I am NOT going to gain the full 80 lbs back, I was putting a stop to it!

I didn't want to sign up for a gym so I started ordering fitness programs that I can use at home and now I have quite a few in my collection. I  personally own Insanity, Chalean Extreme, TurboFire and PiYo. I'm starting to fit in my clothes again, my confidence is coming back and I'm starting to feel so much better......NEVER again will I let myself gain weight out of losing self control.

I KNEW I had to turn this into a LIFELONG lifestyle since I obviously didn't keep the weight off the first time. I wanted to hold myself accountable and what better way than to become a coach?!? I decided that I wanted to inspire others to take control of their health just like I did and so I made a choice in May 2014 to become a Beachbody Coach.  I'm still a "work in progress," I want to inspire others to take back control of their health just like I did. I enjoy changing people's lives through fitness and nutrition, that's what's so great at what I do.