Thirty-Minutes-a-Day Challenge: Let's Go!

WELCOME TO THE THIRTY-MINUTES-A-DAY CHALLENGE!

We officially begin August 1st

Even the busiest of us can find 30 minutes a day to work on being healthy, fit, and happy, right? For the entire month of August, I challenge myself (and you!) to fit in 30 minutes of exercise each day.

Remember, that is an average of 30 minutes per day. You can work out for 60 minutes one day, 20 the next, 45 when that fits better, etc., just as long as you hit 930 minutes (31 days x 30 minutes) by August 31!

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Join me in my 30+ minutes a day challenge

I've got 35 days to hit my first goal weight so I've really got to exercise more and couldn't find a challenge which suited me so if you guys like mine, feel free to join in too.

The challenge is to do at least 30 minutes of exercise each day.
You MUST exercise everyday. If you're not 100% committed please don't join in. I need the motivation and quitters aint gonna motivate me! Post your exercise everyday, any time of the day and however you choose to post it whether it's with a ticker or just simple format of:

Date:
Minutes exercised:

Apart from that please feel free to jump in at any time.. The challenge officially ends on the last day of October.


Let the challenge begin!

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September's Healthy Eating Days

SEPTEMBER HEALTHY EATING DAYS!

This is really for me but anyone & everyone is more then welcome to join. I know I'm getting a late start but I NEED this! MJ's 40min a day challenge is helping me move but I need something to help me eat better & there is no reason why 1 person can't eat healthy for 1 day! Why not bask & soak up the day your in & totally rock that 1 day out ...1 day at a time is how you meet success! So here is how this works.

OBJECT:
I made a ticker for September. The object is to eat healthy for at least 25 days out of what's left of the 30 days of this month. That also allows for a few cheat days bc let's face it, we all need a day where we can throw alcohol down our throats or have a piece oF f*cking birthday cake! For every day you do good & follow all the rules you give yourself a 1 on your ticker for the 1 day.

RULES:
1. Must eat breakast (B), Lunch (L), & Dinner (D). 2 small healthy snacks are allowed if hunger strikes & calorie count is low.
2. Must meet calorie range for your weight. I must eat between 1200-1800 a day.
3. NO JUNK! You be the judge of what's considered junk.
4. No eating after 8pm. This prevents binging & late night mindless snacking.
5. Last but not least no regular soda & only 1 DIET soda a day & must keep count of how many trips you fill up your water cup/glass/bottle (drink lots & lots of water!).

REWARD:
There's gatta be light at the end of the tunnel. The scale just ain't promising. So I'm putting some money to the side or maybe even pulling out a naughty credit card & if I make my 25 days this month I'm going to Victoria's Secret & buying a sexy little bra & panti set! Nothing makes me happier! And I haven't done it in years bc I felt like I haven't worked to deserve it! 

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October's Healthy Eating Days!

Eating healthy can be difficult. In this challenge we focus on eating healthy 1 day at a time. And with Halloween just around the corner candy is going to be everywhere! So here's how this challenge works!

Object:
To eat healthy 25 out of 31 days of the month (or all 31 days if you can do it!).

Reward:
There's gatta be motive! So give yourself your very own personal reward (other than weightloss) if you succeed. For me, I want to buy a panti set at Victoria's Secret (I have yet to do this since I failed last month!)

The Rules:
1) You MUST make a ticker for this challenge in order to keep track of how many healthy days you have.
2) You are your own judge of what is healthy & what isn't healthy (portions, junk food, water/diet soda, ect.).
3) THE TRICK! It is Halloween after all & since candy is around ...well, let's have fun with it! For every day you do good ...instead of giving yourself a '1' for the day -give yourself a '2' on your ticker (so your ticker goal should read 50). I think if you can go an entire day w/out eating any candy it deserves an extra point!!

This month is gunna be hard but I think with the support of one another & the motive to want to push our tickers in the right directions we can fit ourselves slim into some sexy costumes by eating healthy this month! Let's do this!

~Stevie

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Stevie'S November Challenge

This November Challenge is for my personal benefit but anyone is welcome to join me.

*It lasts all of the month of November.

*Weigh in days will be every Saturday & recorded.

*Purpose of this challenge is to get 3 points everyday to add up to a total of 90 points by the end of the month.

Each day
-Eating Healthy = 1 point
-Exercising (@ least 30mins) = 1 point
-Doing something that makes you happy & sain (ex: a 5 minute pep talk, drink 8 glasses of water, 5 minutes of stretching, a hot bubble bath, reading, 10 minutes, quiet alone time, ect.) = 1 point

*My reward if I get 80% of my points (72points) will be to buy a new 2011 planner. I'm a crazy calendar agenda planner freak (like you haven't noticed haha). Make a personal reward for yourself other then weightloss. Weightloss should just be a bonus bc ultimatly we all should be working towards making these healthy habits STICK!

It's simple enough to keep you going through the winter months & moving to where you don't put on the winter weight. Let's keep pushing through this winter! Let's keep moving forward! I know I sure as heck don't want my new year's resolution to be to lose weight but instead to be in a fabulous dress making new years resolutions to see new places & making exciting plans instead in a fabulous fit body! Let's start with November bc we all know how time flies!! Feel free to join.

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60 day Challenge: Win A FitBit!

Keep thinking 'I should start working out' or 'I should start my diet' but keep pushing it back to next Monday? Then next Monday comes and you push it back one more week then another and another? Don't you want to finally lose weight and get into those jeans you've been dying to wear already? How about if I give you an awesome reason to get on that horse?

Starting August 6th, I'm giving you a reason to get started. Get ready for the 60 Day Cut the Fat Challenge! Dedicate yourself for 60 days to shred some inches and some fat and... if you lose the most out of the group? You win a free FitBit. OH YEAH! How's that for a reason to start moving?

If you don't know what a FitBit is, I'll fill you in right quick: a FitBit is a nifty little wireless device you can clip on your clothes. It tracks calories burned, steps taken, calories consumed and even your sleep patterns. It's a pretty sweet little gadget.

So, here are the rules:

You must take pictures of the scale every week to prove loss - to prove the pictures are current, take a picture of the number on the scale or the numbers down on the measuring tape with that day's newspaper.
You must be registered on TeamBeachbody.com with CaitlinSnyder (me) as your coach. To do this easily, sign up on beachbodycoach.com/CaitlinSnyder and click join. A basic free membership will work! If you're already a TBB member but I'm not your assigned coach, you can switch by sending an email to coachrelations@teambeachbody.com asking them to switch your coach to CaitlinSnyder, coach ID 162380.

Must be a U.S. resident to participate.

You can do this using ANY fitness program, provided it's a Beachbody program. Why? These are the programs I'm qualified to coach. I would have no idea how to help you get through TapOut or a Jillian Michaels workout because I'm not familiar with them or affiliated with those companies. So for the sake of keeping things neat and tidy, please stick with Beachbody's workouts! There are a ton to choose from!

This isn't a rule, but thought I would share. For the month of July (and there isn't a lot of time left), you can try Turbo Fire, P90X or Brazil Butt Lift FREE for a month before you buy them, and they also come with a month's supply of Shakeology. You just pay for shipping. How? Go to my site - beachbodycoach.com/CaitlinSnyder and look in the bottom right for the link to Challenge Packs. On the left, look for 'trial offers' and click there. I absolutely recommend all 3 programs - especially Turbo Fire. Brazil Butt Lift and P90X are also very effective and if you want proof - check out my Success Stories tab! (There are a ton of other programs that come in challenge packs or by themselves that you can pick from, these 3 are just the ones available in the trial offer)

You MUST have a Facebook account! All of my challenge groups meet over Facebook - what allows me to work with people all over the place, not just in my town! Daily accountability in our Facebook groups is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Having a bunch of people to check in with and support you really makes a difference in your success. Fo' shizzle.

Before and After pictures will be required! These will be considered in your total transformation. You do not have to post these until the challenge is over if you are uncomfortable.

While I don't care which Beachbody program you pick, I am very seriously recommending using Shakeology for this challenge! Especially for those who don't have time to eat breakfast in the morning, don't like eating veggies or have tendencies to emotionally or binge-eat. Seriously, get every weapon in your arsenal that you can. I can give you 100 people who will all tell you that they swear by Shakeology who I know personally - it really is amazing stuff. You can save money on Shakeology by ordering it HD (monthly auto-ship). This gives you free shipping and you can cancel after one month so you don't keep being charged. Want to save even more money on ShakeO? Email me and we can discuss some different options.

And that's it! The rest is up to you - so make the decision! What better motivation is there to finally get the weight off than a possible prize at the end? And it doesn't get easier to get through a weight loss journey than to have support from others along the way also going through it. Decide! And then email me at CoachCaitlinTBB@gmail.com with the subject FITBIT CHALLENGE telling me you want in.


You are worth a happy and healthy life. There is no better feeling in the world than achieving a goal and having a healthy functioning body to go with it is pretty awesome too. Everyone should know what it feels like to be healthy and strong. So let's do this thing!!!

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Top 7 Fitness and Muscle Tips!

1. Avoid Over-training 

Each time a muscle is used in an intense activity, it actually breaks down muscle fibers. Hence, they need some time to recover & be ready for training again. Most good muscle growing routines target a group of muscles only once or twice in a week. This ensures adequate time for muscle growth.

2. Avoid Prolonged Workouts 

When looking to grow muscles, think quality over quantity. With longer workouts, your cortisol levels begin to rise. This can cause damage to the muscles rather than muscle growth. Your workout duration should ideally be between 45 minutes to an hour; with adequate periods of rest in between.

3. Grow Muscles While You Sleep 

Sleeping for 8 to 10 hours a day is essential for ensuring muscle growth. The rest period gives the body a chance to grow new muscle fibers.

4. Restrict Alcohol Usage 

Alcohol interferes with the body's ability to generate muscle mass. It can also reduce the general fitness levels.

5. Inject Variety in Your Fitness Routine 

Make sure to change your exercise routines every 6 to 8 weeks. This ensures that muscles don't adapt to the same exercises; which will in turn restrict muscle growth.

6. Constantly Challenge Your Muscles 

Muscles grow in response to the stimulus of working against a load; or resistance. Hence, it is of the utmost importance to try & increase the load with every exercise session. This ensures that the muscle is challenged all the time.

7. Get Plenty of Proteins for Muscle Growth 

Proteins are called the building blocks of the human body. Thus, make sure that you include an adequate supply of proteins in your diet. You may want to consider using protein shakes or supplements; if your diet is low in proteins. A quantity of 1 gram protein equivalent for every pound of body weight is usually recommended for effective muscle growth.

Follow these principles & stay focused. Although there are many more factors which also play a part, the above fitness tips should help you get started on your way towards having the body your working for.

Efficient Tips for Clear Skin

Is it possible to maintain your clear and youthful-looking skin? Being blessed by having clear skin is a dream happened; certainly there are more and more individuals who are speaking with skin doctors on how to have clear skin and also ways to get clear skin over night. Acne and pimples are two of the most common clear skin complaints that teenagers and also adults have today and lots of skin care professionals agree that there are a number of aspects that contribute to these. Understanding all about the elements that lead to skin imperfections like acne can easily assist you locate effective techniques for clear skin.

1. Unhealthy diet; we are what we eat and a Western eating plan typically results in unhealthy skin. Eating foods that are actually rich in easy starches, fatty oils, grease and a diet plan doing not have fiber and essential vitamins and mineral often lead to undesirable skin. Therefore eating healthier is an efficient means to protect your skin health.

2. Active schedule-- a busy timetable causes unhealthy eating, shortage of sleep and leisure, shortage of workout and stress. This is the ultimate recipe to deal with breakouts and undesirable skin conditions. With a occupied routine, you may certainly do not have a feasible skin maintenance routine too. Organizing your schedule is probably the most essential thing of all because this will certainly lead you to obtain more rest, eat healthy foods and to have regular skin care.


3. Pollution-- there is merely excessive contamination anywhere we go and if you reside in the city, chances are pollution affects your wellness and the health of your skin. Contamination can result in skin dryness, breakouts, skin aging and unequal skin tone. Raised being exposed to the sun is a opportunity as well with the ozone layer depleting; damaging UV radiations of the sunshine causes premature maturing and skin cancer. Take added time to use protective garments, sunshine block and make use of an umbrella when you should go out in the sun for a very long time. Select sunshine block with the greatest SPF if you plan to stay out for the day.

4. Shortage of knowledge in skin maintenance; obviously that your skin doctor is the greatest source of information on what to use for skin attention. Nonetheless, more and more skin attention professional suggest a skin care answer that looks after acne and additional skin breakouts with no causing any type of reaction. Clear Skin Max is a relied upon brand with a 6; step technology that will certainly assure pimple-free skin in no time at all.

There is merely no excuse for not using the optimal product for your skin which is Clear Skin Max. And despite so many online websites that declare Clear Skin Max scams, Clear Skin Max examines tell consumers otherwise.

Clear Skin Max's skin attention system will certainly help anybody to preserve clear and youthful-looking skin with no using other costly and dangerous products like chemical substance peels.

Your skin will certainly stay healthy and balanced and younger-looking when you adopt a strict skin attention guideline and that is Clear Skin Max.