21 Day Detox Madness

For those of you who have not yet made the transition, you can catch me at Jnwelsh.com I’m still going guys!

JN Welsh

I started a 21 Day Detox called the Ultimate Reset on January 1st.  I had to stop the bleeding from the holidays, but more than that, I had read so many good things about the detox that I thought it was a great way to start 2015.

As a writer that sits most of the time (or on my bed cross-legged as I write the yummy stuff, I know that we as a group tend to struggle with weight, so I try my best to do what I can to travel through life with a healthy mind, body and spirit and encourage other do that.  In addition to being a writer I am also a wellness coach, helping those around me understand the connection between good health (fitness and nutrition) and achieving your goals!

The detox was VERY challenging in the beginning. I laugh at my first video because I went…

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Happy New Year!

Wishing you all the best for an ABSOLUTELY GREAT 2015!!

Not Quite 365 Days – Journal Entry – November 27 through December 261

Nov 27 – December 31 –  Days 298 thru 361

A Year of Results

What a year it has been!  I know I am not quite there, but it’s ok. I must say that the journey this year has had its highs and lows.  I didn’t finish the year off as strong as I would have liked.  Old habits die-hard and I didn’t have exercise to back me up for the last month due to a knee/hamstring injury I have been nursing.

Nutrition and exercise work hand in hand, but I really needed to put the fork down at some points!! LOL.  However, I am not  discouraged!  I have lost 53 lbs this year!  Whoohoo!  I know I can get to my goal in 2015.

Thanks to everyone who had helped support me this year.  You likes and comments really kept me going and I appreciate it so much.

 

PiYo To the Rescue

I started doing PiYo and though it’s different from what I’m used to, I love it and I NEED it!  I feel like I am getting strong with it.  I still get after workout pain, but it doesn’t last and I feel more loose throughout the rest of the day.  I sweat a lot doing PiYo which is an amazing.  It really is all about building strength and flexibility to help you with other workouts, running and athletics.  I see the beauty!

Final Results

Weight loss:  53 lbs. down!

Waist: 7.5 inches

Chest: 3.75

Right Arm: 3.25

Left Arm: 2.75

Right Thigh: 5.5

Right Thigh: 5.5

(total inches 28.25 – WHHAAAAHHHTTT?)

What I Have Learned

I have learned that I am a strong woman who can over come the obstacles before me. I have a drive and laser like focus when I’m working out that is pretty crazy!  I have truly learned to love the challenge!  It’s almost like an addiction that I’m ok with. haha I have done some things in my workouts that I have literally watched on TV and said, “Chyah, right!”  This year I was doing them.

I learned that even though I have developed some great habits, I still have a lot to overcome because old habits like to creep back up on me from time to time.  I have also learned that support and accountability is so important and though I started my journey without it, I couldn’t have gotten this far without it!

So the journey continues.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HELPING ME THROUGH THIS JOURNEY!!  My fitness journey for 2015 will continue on JN Welsh Blog mostly so I hope you guys follow me there as well.

Wishing you all the best for an awesome 2015!

Happy Holidays!

Hello Everyone,

I can’t believe I haven’t posted since Thanksgiving, but I wanted to make sure that I wished you all the best for the holidays.  I hope you have been and are still enjoying time with family and friends but planning for the new year and all it has to offer you.  Be back soon!

 

All the best,

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I am so happy and thankful for you all.  Wishing you and your families all the best.

 

 

 

 

 

Where The Hell Have I Been!!??!! Journal Entry October 28 through November 26

Oct 28–Nov 26 –  Days 297 thru 326

P90X3  – Block 3 VICTORY WEEK!

Yeah…That’s right!  I am in Victory Week.  I am so sorry that I have been MIA on the blog scene and not giving you updates.  I’m doing ok. Not as great as I should, but I haven’t quite been suffering in silence, so much as I have just not been respectful of my machine (body) on the nutrition front.

My body is the hardest it has ever been and I can see my muscles. So though I still have to lose about 19 lbs to get to my holiday 20 ( a little yo-yo effect there), I have made some real strides with my fitness.  Hell, I’m doing pull-ups, chin-ups, crawly and military push ups and some crazy balancing things.  Check me out!

I have to remember where I came from and where I am now.  I’m not giving up because even if I don’t hit 20, I’m hitting something! IT AIN’T OVER!

 

National Novel Writing Month

So where the heck have I been if I was still doing my workouts and stuff?  Well November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and I took it upon myself, as a professional writer to embark on writing two(2) books in my series, each at 75K words, in thirty days (5k words a day). NaNo consider 50K words in 30 Days a challenge so you can see how big and hairy my goal for this month IS, because it’s not over yet.  Technically, I won it already, but my goal is still incomplete.  Here’s my validated sticker. Yay me!

I have been writing all day, everyday and have been helping my challengers to reach their fitness goals as well.  I’ve been having a blast, even with the positive pressure, but not a day went by when I was like, but …but…. my blog followers!  You were well thought of.  With Thanksgiving approaching I had to reconnect, even though I might be buried in my hole for yet a few more days.  I am so thankful for all of you who follow me and are like…where the heck is she?

Weigh in

I couldn’t figure this out, even if I tried.  Actually I think over the month I lost 7lbs then gained 9 which puts me at losing 1lb toward my holiday 20. It’s still progress, just not in the way I would have liked.

I have decided that I am going to post my weight loss/gain as it relates to the Holiday 20 goal from now through the end of the year to keep it super simple.

Then at the end of the year, I’m going to give you the year’s summary.  OMG!! I can’t wait. Best Christmas gift coming up EVER!!

5 Day Free Clean Eating Challenge

We all need a little help sometimes and when you can do it with others it is great for accountability.  So I am doing a Free 5 Day Clean Eating Challenge which will help me loads and I hope will be beneficial to you as well.

It’s all done online via a secret Facebook group and there is no obligation to continue after the 5 Days.  It’s a sweet deal. So if you are interested, please leave a message in the comments for me or reach out to me via my fitness community at: http://www.Facebook.com/KindredFitness

I hope to see you there and please feel free to share and don’t for get to “Like” the community page for future updates!  You can also like it in the menu to the left!

 

 

Journal Entry – October 16 through 27

Oct 16 thru Oct 27– Days 285 thru  296

P90x3 Weeks 7 & 8

I am in my last Block of P90x3!  I have been feeling good and I can see some changes but I’m waiting until the end.  It’s kind of like waiting to open a Christmas present! ME!!!  I know it is only 3 months and the weight-loss is slow and steady, but it is still progress which I am really happy about.

This last week (week 8), I really upped my game.  I started a really clean eating menu during my transition week (week 8) and I really made some progress.  It was really low in calorie count and had nothing processed really.  Though the calorie count was low, I didn’t feel like I was missing anything at all (except when people asked me too many questions about what I could eat!)

My only really challenging moments came when I had a passing bug.  I had a slight fever and I refused to take any medicine or vitamin C because I didn’t want to mess up the diet. Also doctor told me to stop taking Tylenol when I got a fever unless it was 102.  I am not your doctor and I am not prescribing that you do this, but I listened to her.  Low and behold my bug was over in 48 hours.  I still had some fatigue but I was on the mend!

Weigh In,  Say What?

So how did this week’s weigh in go?

8 lb loss

It was pretty cool to lose that much in a week, but don’t kid yourself if you think that it’s going to stay that way.  Given the calorie deficit of this diet it is only natural that even when increasing slowly that I will gain some of it back.  Don’t be surprised if I report a bit of a gain next week.  In the end it will probably round off to about a 4 or 5 lb loss, which is still GREAT!  I’ll take it.  That’s 5 lbs. toward my Holiday 20 goal!  I’m already ahead of the game.

Free Clean Eating Challenge Starting November 3rd

If anyone is interested in getting similar results and cleaning up your food intake, I want to let you know that I am hosting a FREE Clean Eating Challenge group!  There is not purchase involved.  Post in the comments below if you are interested or click the menu to the right and message me on Facebook and I will give you some simple instructions on how to join!  It’s SOOOOOO much fun!  LOL

Here’s a Vegan Halloween Treat

Remember that vegan cooking class I took this summer?  Well, it has come in pretty handy so far.  So, in the spirit of  Halloween, here is a yummy ghostly treat that is sure to please!  If you make it, tell me how yours came out!  Enjoy and make it a super fun holiday!

Journal Entry – October 9 through 15

Oct 9 thru Oct 15– Days 278 thru  284

P90x3 Week 6

Writing down what I am eating and the calorie count is really helping me. I’m still struggling to meet the high caloric intake especially with quality calories, but I am doing a lot better during the week, even on the weekend. That is with the exception of Sunday.  I attended a Fall Festival on Sunday and it was amazing, but the food choices were less than ideal.  It’s a festival after all and I had to be there with my students who adore.  I tried to stick to soup and corn and for the most part I did ok, but I was hungry and not prepared with my own snacks and food.  I had to attend a birthday right after and I kind of went overboard there.  The food was good and I had little inhibition.  I wrote it all down! It was ugly, but I wrote it down….LOL

Next week is the transition week.  It’s a tough week, but it good to whip you awake. I’m also going to be doing a little something different with my nutrition.  I think it’s going to be AMAZING, but I also feel like these workouts coming up in Block 3 are about to get super extreme.

 

Weekly Weigh In

The scale headed in the right direction this week so I’m happy about that.  This weigh in was before Sunday, so I am a little concerned with the treacherous weekend eating.

Weight: 2lb loss

I already have some water retention and bloating issues (TMI), but it will pass.  I’ll let you know what occurs with my results on my next weigh in. This week, however, we have success.

 

Holiday 20 (H20) is Off and Running

The clock started on October 13th and will run through December 28th.  It’s exactly 11 weeks.  The group officially started and I am looking forward to losing 20 lbs because it will help me pass some milestones .  I think that it’s gonna be a real challenge but that it is possible.  I am determined and so are my challengers.  It’s so cool that I can help people stay accountable with their health and fitness.  I’m glad that I mess up here and there and that I’m not perfect because I am like so many out there who are making it happen despite the pitfalls and going for it!

 

Pumpkin Chia Almond Butter

I love ending my posts with a recipe, but I have to tell you the story first.  Recently a friend of mine make greek yogurt with almond butter and I was pretty surprised by how delicious this was.  I didn’t even miss the sweetness from say agave or stevia.  It was creamy and tasty. I tried it a second time and added apple and cinnamon because it’s AUTUMN!

So when I came across this beauty of a recipe I had to share it.  It had me at pumpkin and all I have been doing since is dreaming about how good this must taste.  I may make it this weekend!  Oh yes, this is a new favorite, even though I haven’t even tried it yet!  You can easily make this at home, too! Enjoy!

 

Journal Entry – October 2 through 8

Oct 2 thru Oct 8– Days 271 thru  277

P90 week 5

Still feeling it! I realized when doing some of these exercises that I am not using a heavy enough weight, which means I have gotten stronger! Yay!! Did I tell you already that I’m in love with Block 2? Well it’s worth repeating…haha

I have noticed a significant change in my stamina. This is from doing things around the house to walking up a few flights of stairs or up steep hills and wondering why my breathing is still quite normal! No joke!  I am actually looking forward to redoing the fit test at the end of the program in another month or so.

 

Counting Calories

You know I hate this right? I’m doing it. Why? Because I was noticing that I was either getting too many or too little calories. It’s a painful process sometimes but other times I feel quite knowledgeable knowing off-hand how much a half a banana is or a cup of kale or a tablespoon of Chia seeds is. I’m a brania, right now! It has been paying off as well.

 

Weekly Weigh in and Transformation

Here are the weigh-in for the week with gratuitous trans formation pic.

Weight loss 3.5 lbs.

 

Not bad given that I had gained last week but I’m feeling in the groove now. I know calories in and out and my workouts only increase that. I feel more in control and maybe this was the step I needed to take to get over the hump and into a new perspective about my nutrition and fitness routine!

 

Recipe Alert

I posted this on IG yesterday. If you are not yet a follower, check me out. My @ is jn_welsh and is also on the photo. I used Shakeology for this recipe but you can use whatever protein powder or meal replacement shake (better) you like. Also, if you add a half a banana, it’s even better.  Have a great week and weekend my blogosphere fellows!

Nutty Chorizo Egg Fried Rice Salad

This looks so good! I couldn’t help myself. I had to share it!

Homemade With Mess

It’s probably pretty clear from recent blog posts that my current food obsession is chorizo, I seriously cannot get enough of it! I also find it great because unlike most meat products it doesn’t go out of date within a few days of buying it; so there’s no advance planning to take it out the freezer or making sure it’s eaten on time – it’s therefore the perfect store cupboard meaty ingredient. I also find that it stands out and is super delicious in so many dishes; from pasta to risotto, omelettes and in wraps (the list is actually endless). I would imagine that most of you wouldn’t have casually thought of it as a match with egg fried rice, but after this recipe it could definitely be a new firm favourite – we loved it!!

Serves 3-4

• 120g brown rice – cooked according to pack instructions
• 100g chorizo…

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