LOSE WEIGHT AND KEEP THE FAITH

IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS THAT THE LORD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS LET THIS STORY ENCOURAGE YOU THAT IT IS TRUE. This beautiful young lady asked to join one of my 21 Day Fix Challenge groups several months back she already had the program and didn't need to purchase it from me, which was just fine. From that day forward she has been an active participant in all of my challenge groups and she has been killing it, as you can see from the pictures.

I am so inspired by this girl and impressed by her relentless spirit of faith. So, what does this have to do with the Lord and all? For over a year now I've been praying about doing missionary work with Joyce Meyer Ministry and one of the main places her missions goes to is Africa, specifically Kenya. And what does that have to do with anything? Ms. Obianuju is in Kenya and very active with her church and faith there. Hummm....

I've questioned often if this coaching thing is something that I should be doing, but I truly feel that it is a calling that God has laid on my heart. Each time that I have doubts God will reveal another reason as to why I should continue down this path. Thank you Obianuju for being the reason I stay the course that God has put me on you truly are an inspiration.
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21 DAY FIX FRIENDLY SLOW COOKER CHICKEN ENCHILADA & QUINOA

                            Slow Cooker

 Chicken Enchilada & Quinoa

Ingredients:

• 1 pound ground chicken
• 1 1/2 cups uncooked quinoa, rinsed
• 1 can (15-ounce) black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 cup frozen corn
• 1 can (15-ounce) diced fire roasted tomatoes
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 or 2 jalapeno peppers, finely chopped (depending o the heat level you want)
• 1 cup water
• 1 can (10-ounces) enchilada sauce
• 2 tablespoons Mexican chili powder
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 2 teaspoons ground coriander
• 1 cup shredded Mexican blend cheese
• 1/2 cup shredded Habanero cheese
• 3 green onions, chopped
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped

Instructions

1. In a large skillet, cook the ground chicken (okay you know me and I feel the same way about ground chicken as I do about ground turkey, so as usual I used Laura's Lean ground beef instead of chicken)  until no pink remains. Place in the slow cooker.
2. Add in the uncooked quinoa, the black beans, frozen corn, diced tomatoes, garlic, onion, and jalapeno, water, enchilada sauce, chili powder, cumin, coriander, salt, and pepper. Stir to combine. Cover the slow cooker and cook on high for 3 hours or until the liquid is all absorbed into the mixture.
3. Remove the lid and stir everything again. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Stir in the half the cheese and sprinkle the other half on top. Replace the lid and let the cheese melt. Top with the chopped green onions and cilantro.

1-RED 1-GREEN 2-YELLOW 1-BLUE

Yield: 6 servings 

Total time: 3 hrs. 15 mins. 
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21 Day Fix Banana Protein Nut Butter Crepes

                   21 DAY FIX APPROVED BANANA PROTEIN NUT BUTTER CREPES

Makes 1 serving
❤❤💜 1 tsp

Ingredients:
•1/2 cup egg whites

•1 scoop protein powder (Beachbody vanilla whey)

•almond milk or coconut milk to thin out batter (sweetened to sweeten or un

-sweet on 21 Day Fix)

•optional: pure maple syrup to sweeten

Stuff with bananas, chocolate chips, 1 tsp fix nut butter, blueberries, strawberries!! 

Directions: Mix egg whites and protein powder in blender. If your protein powder isn’t very sweet on it’s own add pure maple syrup.

Batter should be thinner than normal pancake batter. Add milk of your choice or a dash of water if it's not.

Cook in a HOT, well coconut oiled pan. Spread batter around in pan in a thin, even coat. The mix made 2 crepes in my big skillet.

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DRY BRUSHING-WHAT THE???

DRY BRUSHING-WHAT THE ???

I admit most of the time I am behind the times, so maybe most of you out there have already heard of this Dry Brushing thing, me not so much. I've seen the long handle, wood, bristle brushes in the stores, but I just thought they were for scrubbing your back when you were taking a bath or shower. Little did I know that there was so much more to the mysterious brush.  Basically dry brushing is suppose to be good for you and helps to exfoliate and detoxify the body. 

How does is work? Well the exfoliating part is easy enough, when you dry brush you use a brush with stiff bristles, prior to showering (also dry brushing is suppose to make you feel energized and stimulated, so in the morning is the best time to do it), and with light pressure against the skin you brush your skin with long, upward strokes. This action removes dead skin and improves appearance, plus it will allow moisturizers to be more effective when applied after your shower. According to Shape magazine.

For the Detoxifying part dry brushing aides the body in detoxifying by helping to move lymph fluid into the lymph nodes, so this waste can be eliminated by your body. The body does this naturally, dry brushing just helps to speed up the process. 

Dry Brushing's BIG Claim is that it reduces cellulite! What?

The jury is still out on that one, but some research shows that the appearance of cellulite may be reduced for a day or 2, because of the swelling after the dry brushing.  So, basically the dimples in your thighs are less noticeable for a day or two-Hey us chicks will take what we can get, right? 

How do you Dry Brush?

First you have to have the right kind of brush. You need a brush with firm bristles and a long handle.

Start at your feet and with long, upward strokes move up each leg. Then do your abdomen, back, and across your chest. Then your arms towards your armpits. Now it is time to shower!

Possible Benefits:

-skin problems such as acne improve

-feel more energized

-improve digestive issues

-skin is softer and radiant 

-exfoliates the skin

-aides in detoxifying 

DON'T BE A VICTIM OF THE GET SKINNY QUICK SCHEME

                   DON'T BE A VICTIM TO THE GET SKINNY QUICK SCHEME

You've heard of the "get rich quick scheme" well don't you fall victim to the "get skinny quick scheme" like I have many times in my life. All these diets that promise outrageous amounts of weight loss and fast results-diets where you drink only shakes all day, or eat cabbage soup for every meal, these are the diets I'm talking about. Don't get me wrong most of the time these quick fix diets do work, but the results are very short lasting, but the damage they do to your body are not. Why do these diets work? Usually because they have dangerously low caloric intake <1000 per day (even for the thinnest person this is not healthy). Your body is at a major calorie deficit so you're going to lose weight, but you will also lose muscle, do damage to your vital organs (liver, heart, kidneys), and mess up your metabolism big time.

The weight always comes back on and it brings it's friends with it, a few more pounds. The unhealthiness of Yo Yo dieting is well documented (Yo Yo dieting is losing weight then gaining it back, then losing it again, and so on...) and NO it is not just better to go a head and stay fat! Lol. Nice try, the answer is to change the way you think about losing weight. This time you're not going on a diet, you're making changes to the way you eat. Pick 1 thing that you are going to change this week about your eating habits-give up soft drinks regular or diet both are bad for you, cut back on salt, stop eating out, etc...Focus on changing just that one thing this week.

Before you start you can weigh, but also take your measurements, I know I hated doing it too but believe me later on you will be happy that you did, write down how you feel-are you tired all the time, grumpy, stomach problems, aches pains in knees & other areas? Don't obsess over the scale find other ways to measure success. How do your clothes fit? How do you feel? Do you have more energy? Are you more focused? Do you sleep better? Are you less fatigued? Are you less cranky? Can you walk a flight of stairs and not get winded? Do your knees not hurt?

You didn't gain the weight over night, so don't expect to lose it over night. It was a hard lesson for me to learn, but it is an important one if you want to be successful in keeping the weight off. Change your mind then change your world. Blessings. FOR MORE INFO ON WAYS THAT I CAN HELP YOU

352 lbs start and 179 lbs finish
18 months to lose
off for 5 years

OBESITY IS THE SOLUTION, NOT THE PROBLEM

                         OBESITY IS THE SOLUTION, NOT THE PROBLEM

I know, I know you think I’m crazy but just hear me out for a couple of seconds. I use to weigh over 350 lbs and with the help of Turbofire and Shakeology, plus hard work, I lost >150 lbs. Life was great! I was able to be active with my kids, I could workout, I ran a 5K, people were telling me how good I looked-what could be better?

Then I tore a tendon in my hip and wasn’t able to workout, so some of the weight started coming back on. And that made me depressed, which lead to more eating…then I had a hysterectomy, was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, my father became ill and died…blah, blah…life happened and I gained 75 lbs back. The gym had always been my sanctuary, the place I went to workout my problems and clear my head and now I couldn’t do that, all I could do was sit at home and think.

The problem wasn’t that I couldn’t lose weight, because I had done that numerous times throughout my life. What the pros call a Yo-Yo dieter where you lose weight then gain it back, usually even more, then lose it again. So, what the hell is the problem?! That answer was hidden under many layers of fat, because for 8% of obese people “Obesity is the solution, not the problem” according to a study done by the CDC. It’s the solution because it hides all the pain, it hides you, the person so others don’t see you they only see fat and they won’t want to touch you, abuse you, hurt you the way you were hurt as a child. Traumatic childhood events (usually sexual abuse) leads to adult obesity, that 8% that I’m a member of.

One unknown person was quoted as saying, “Overweight is overlooked and that’s the way I need to be”. Holy Hell! That made it all click for me, because maybe consciously I loved the praise I was getting when I lost the weight, but somewhere in the back of my mind there was this little worrier saying “you’re to thin it’s going to happen again”. Now I know what the true problem is and it has caused me to be an addict, yes I said addict because that is what I am a Food Addict, so it is time to let it go.

The best way to get rid of the problem is to write it on a piece of paper and say out loud what the problem is that is holding you back and tell it that it doesn’t have any hold over you anymore. Then burn it or tear it up, flush it down the toilet whatever just get rid of it once and for all. Go forward from this day on knowing that obesity is no longer the solution for you, that you are healed. Your past is not your future. Go forth knowing you are whole, you are at peace, you are never alone and you are loved.

21 Day Fix Extreme

After 3 rounds of the 21 Day Fix and >30 lbs gone I'm ready to cross that finish line and hit my goal weight by going EXTREME, 21 Day Fix Extreme! On 2/16/15 my 21 Day Fix Support Group will be blasting off!!! You can go low key (with the original 21 Day Fix) or FULL THROTTLE (21 Day Fix Extreme) just let me know which 1 you want to do. Can't decide, drop me a message below or on fb and I'll be glad to help you pick what's best for you to get you to your fitness goal.

Oh, did I mention both programs are on sale and you can check them out on my LIKE pg www.fb.com/LorimuddWTF3, if you know what you want when you're there then hit the "shop now" button at the top of the pg and you can go straight to my site and purchase your  program. 

**FYI YOU MIGHT WANT TO HURRY AND ORDER SOON, BECAUSE LAST YEAR WHEN THE 21 DAY FIX WAS LAUNCHED IT SOLD OUT WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS**

(then it was on back order for months and I'd hate for you to miss out on this fabulous deal and program, just sayin...)

One more thing before I go if you've struggled to have success with your weight loss goals in the past and you've never tried a program with a coach then I ask that you give this, me a try. As your coach I'll help you get started, stay motivated, and get results! Together we'll succeed in crushing our goals! 

FROM FAT TO FIERCE (Nope it's not all about losing weight).

           FROM FAT TO FIERCE (NOPE IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT LOSING WEIGHT).

As a coach your mentors tell you to find your "why" your reason for wanting to be a coach and that it needs to be so strong and personal that it would make you cry to think about it. They also tell you to develop your story, so you can share it with other people and connect with them on a deeper level. I have to be honest I thought, "What the crap! I don't have a profound, touching story that will make people connect to me." I'm just me, someone who was 352 lbs and finally got their act together and lost 178 lbs- that's it! Just a fat girl, or as my friend use to call me "Big Girl", who with diet and exercise took off the pounds and put on a healthier life.

But then I took the time to really think about the weight loss and why did the diet and exercise work this time. Because I've been over weight for many years now, since the birth of my second son, and I've tried numerous diets, exercise programs, weight loss programs, you name it. Some with success and others not so much, so why this time was I successful at reaching my goal? The answer was found in what the mentoring coaches were telling me to do "find your why". I didn't realize it at the time back when I made the decision to go on this final diet/life style change, but that was what I had done and that was what made the difference.

Usually I would go on a diet wanting to lose weight with the superficial  idea of looking good, and there is nothing wrong with that I still want to be "sexy", but that wasn't a deep enough reason to keep me committed to the chore of losing 173 lbs. It took me almost 2 yrs to reach my goal, so it didn't happen over night. It was small changes that were done consistently day in and day out, until I had success.

So, I did some soul searching and went over my life ,yes my childhood, and events that lead me to do what I'd been doing all these years, covering my pain with food, and I had to deal with them. Those issues were a type of cancer that kept eating at me, which drove me to eat so I could hide behind the FAT (fear, anger, tears). But once I dealt with those issue, treated that cancer and made the decision to be FIERCE (focused, in touch, energized, relentless, calm, enduring) nothing could stop me from losing the weight or reaching any goal that I set for myself.

The point of this blog is to let you know when your coach or me talk to you about finding your "why"  don't just blow it off like I did, because it really is important. Deep down there are reasons behind the things we do, whether we want to believe it or not. A lot of times we think we've dealt with things, but we've only pushed them aside and they will show up in ways that we don't want them to. Remember you are FIERCE!

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