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thefameofhealthandfitness: With this challenge I will provide...

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:14:07 -0400

With this challenge I will provide some guidelines but please note, I’m not a trainer and I’m not a nutritionist, but I am person who is passionate about health and fitness and I have worked hard to get to where I am.

How you design this challenge is in your hands. I will provide you with some suggestions and examples to help guide you but ultimately you will be the person setting your goals for the next 30 days. You don’t have to prove anything to me or other readers, you just need to prove to yourself that you are capable of doing what you set out to do, because you are. Mistakes, missed meals or workouts, unplanned cheats or temptations might happen. And if it does, don’t focus on the bump in the road, focus on getting over that bump and right back on track. Each meal, workout, hour of sleep, and each day is a new opportunity to learn from your mistakes. It’s an opportunity to reflect on each situation and to devise a plan for success when you get your second chance. There’s always another opportunity for change and become a better version of yourself. Only you know the direction you want to go in and only you know where you’re currently standing.

SUGGESTIONS FOR THIS 30 DAY CHALLENGE:

Get your sweat on for 30-120 minutes a day for 4-6 days a week (you can use your own program or something you found in a magazine. But whatever you choose, it needs to be consistent for the next 4 weeks).

Every Sunday schedule in your workouts for the week

Eat a clean meal every 2-3 hours (5-7 meals a day) (check out Tosca Reno’s EAT CLEAN DIET book, Oxygen magazine, my recipes/meals’ pages, or the Clean Eating magazine for some guidelines)

Eat protein with 3-7 of your meals

Cut out all added salt

Cut out all added sugar

Cut out all white flour

Get 7-9 hours of sleep every day

Drink 1-2 glasses of water with each meal

Drink 1-5 cups of decaf green or white tea a day

Avoid drinking alcohol if possible

Drink coffee before your workout if you need an extra boost (avoid energy drinks)

Prepare all your meals the night before

Schedule in 0-2 cheat meals a week (FYI: cheat “meal” does not equal a day)

If you plan on cheating also plan on what you will be having before the day

Say “No thank you” to treats that are unplanned

Eat your last meal 1-3 hours before bed

Take your measurements in the AM (on Monday, January 30th or Tuesday, January 31st) and again when the challenge ends. Measurements can include: photos in a bikini, using a measuring tape to measure your body (e.g., thighs, chest etc.), the scale, body fat %, try on a tigher pair of jeans etc. This is up to you but I don’t recommend you just use the scale! It is not the best indicator of your hard work.

Try your best

Give it your all

Ditch your excuses, it’s only 30 days - you’ll live

RULES FOR THE CHALLENGE!!!

RULE #1: If you are joining this challenge you will need to make a post on your blog stating what your goals are for the next 30 days (feel free to “steal” the NO EXCUSES picture and repost it on your blog).

For example:

I will cook all my meals and bring my lunch to work every day

I will drink 500ml before I arrive at work every day

I will not drink alcohol during the next 30 days

I will workout 5 days a week for 60 minutes

I will have one cheat meal on ____________ and it will be 2 pieces of pizza from ____________.

I will go to bed by 9:00PM Sun-Thur

RULE #2: You will need to post at least once a week (if not several times a week) how your challenge is going.

RULE #3: You MUST be honest. Honesty is key to change. If you mess up, reflect on it, get back to it, and do better the next time.

RULE #4: You need to TAG your challenge posts with #noexcuseschallenge so myself or any reader can see how you’re doing. Remember, we are all here together on the same journey towards health. No judgement.

RULE #5: Measure yourself at the end of your 30 days (in the same fashion you measured yourself originally) and make a post about your results. This could include your measurements, how your clothes fit, how your body or mind feel, personal realizations, etc.

RULE #6: Have fun and enjoy your journey!

So I’m going to try this. Starting tomorrow #noexcuses except for te weekend in chico shits bout to be cray

dorothy-cotton: niuniente: Tashiro-jima (or Tashirojima), 田代島,...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:35:47 -0500

dorothy-cotton:

niuniente:

Tashiro-jima (or Tashirojima), 田代島, is a small island in Japan. It has become known as “Cat Island” due to the large stray cat population that thrives as a result of the local belief that feeding cats will bring wealth and good fortune. The cat population is now larger than the human population on the island.

There is a small cat shrine Neko-jinja (猫神社^?) in the middle of the island, roughly situated between the two villages. In the past, the islanders raised silkworms for silk, and cats were kept in order to keep the mouse population down (because mice are a natural predator of silkworms). Fixed-net fishing was popular on the island after the Edo Period and fishermen from other areas would come and stay on the island overnight. The cats would go to the inns where the fishermen were staying and beg for scraps. Over time, the fishermen developed a fondness for the cats and would observe the cats closely, interpreting their actions as predictions of the weather and fish patterns. One day, when the fishermen were collecting rocks to use with the fixed-nets, a stray rock fell and killed one of the cats. The fishermen, feeling sorry for the loss of the cat, buried it and enshrined it at this location on the island.

There are at least ten cat shrines in Miyagi Prefecture. There are also 51 stone monuments in the shape of cats.

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one day i shall make my home here

Seriously I must go here! Honey moon?!? PERHAPS!

cielsblackglitter: darlingrachel: renting a glass igloo in...

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:13:10 -0500

cielsblackglitter:

darlingrachel:

renting a glass igloo in Finland to sleep under the northern lights

I want to go here.

I need to go here.

On my bucket list

aplacetolovedogs: Giddy and Twinkle say that dogs are not meant...

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:10:00 -0500

aplacetolovedogs:

Giddy and Twinkle say that dogs are not meant to sit in a yard for hours on end. They are pack animals and like to be with you! If you want to put something in your yard, plant a tree, get a plastic pink flamingo, plop a gnome down but dogs want to be with you….I don’t know why but we do.

Well said guys, well said.

Peace and Paws Dog Rescue on facebook

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This hahahah makes me think of Byron. Our epically perfect...

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:06:45 -0500

This hahahah makes me think of Byron. Our epically perfect relationship which I’m absolutely terrified of jeopardizing/ I know if it works he and I would end up married in 2 seconds flat… #bestfriend

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Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:58:54 -0500

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Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:57:37 -0500

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I would love anyone who did that for me

kaleidoscopeofmemoriess: I believed in them more than i ever...

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:57:09 -0500

kaleidoscopeofmemoriess:

I believed in them more than i ever believed in myself.

"There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the..."

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:55:14 -0500

“There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.”

- Jane Austen (via fornicating)

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Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:53:20 -0500

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Makes me laugh every time

acceleratedfitness: Yes.

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:52:54 -0500

acceleratedfitness:

Yes.

I ignore texts. I let the phone ring. It's nothing personal, but people need to realize that sometimes I just don't wanna talk.

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:04:19 -0500

yanilavigne:

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misterpuffnpass: Me #storyofmylife

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:57:35 -0500

misterpuffnpass:

Me

#storyofmylife

weedporndaily: Landlord Can’t Evict Oakland Medical Marijuana...

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:54:17 -0500

weedporndaily:

Landlord Can’t Evict Oakland Medical Marijuana Dispensary

(CannabisCulture) Oakland’s Harborside Health Center is in the business of selling medical marijuana. This is obvious to anyone — and in particular the dispensary’s landlord, who last week had her effort to evict the dispensary tossed by a judge.

The landlord, Ana Chretien, tried to evict her tenant in an effort to prevent the federal Justice Department from seizing 1840 Embarcadero, which has since 2006 housed the dispensary. U.S. Attorney for Northern California Melinda Haag filed a forfeiture proceeding in July, and Chretien filed an unlawful retainer lawsuit in August.

Chretien might have had success, had she not made one fatal error: including in the lease explicit permission for Harborside’s operators to run a medical marijuana dispensary. That’s protected under state law, ruled a judge, who added that federal law can’t be used to evict or otherwise shut down a state-legal operation.

This does not mean that Harborside’s fight is won. Far from it. A federal judge is scheduled to hear Haag outline the government’s case for taking Chretien’s property — a low-slung office building just a minute’s drive from Interstate 880 — on Dec. 20. The hearing has been postponed several times and may be postponed again.

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lovequotesrus: EVERYTHING LOVE

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 04:56:00 -0500

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EVERYTHING LOVE

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booditea: we all deal with situations differently

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 04:44:22 -0400

booditea:

we all deal with situations differently