My Morning Personal-Development

🌞🌞🌞MY MORNING🌞🌞🌞

"The Beautiful Thing About Learning is no One Can Take it Away From You!"

You may all be tired of hearing me talk about personal-development, but it has become such a big part of my life. By starting my morning with a life's lesson it brings so much positive energy to my day.

One of my biggest struggles is keeping from becoming depressed. Most peole wouldn't know this about me, but it's one of those hidden things I don't often share. Why do I suffer from depression sometimes? Being away from my family. My children and grandson are a day's drive away and I only get to see them a couple times a year. This is very hard knowing how much that I'm missing. I talk to them as often as I can on the phone and  we video chat sometimes, but it still isn't the same.

So I could be depressed, sit around on my coach and choose a miserable life. But that isn't me. So I lift myself up and find ways to stay poitive and think about all of the good things in my life.

Yes I'm away from my family, but I'm also helping to provide a better life for them. This was one of my deciding factors when I joined the Army was a way to provide for my family. It has added so much to our lives I'm very thankful for that. They have become very strong and independent individuals and I'm so proud of them. Life hasn't been easy.

Another postive that I have brought into my life is becoming a Beachbody Health and Fitness Coach. Honestly, this is what has brought personal-development so deeply seeded and back into my life. I'm so thankful for the tribe of women I work with and the friendships I'm building as well as the coaches I have brought into Beachbody and my customers. I don't know if you realize how much you bring to my life everyday!!☄ Thank you 👏👍 and keep brining on those positive vibes!! 😉❤

Have an Amazing Sunday! Coach Jo

Healthy Eating On The Go

🍎🍏EATING HEALTHY ON THE ROAD🍎🍏

I've had several people ask me what I take for healthy snacks when I'm traveling. Here are a few tips!!

On our health and nutrition journey one of the times that people struggle the most is when they are traveling! The key is finding healthy snacks that work for you on the road.

I do a lot of traveling. I'm in the Army and sometimes I'm out in the field for days at a time. So I've had to find a way to do my job as a Soldier and at the same time fuel my body with healthy snacks. We have very long days sometimes. As a leader and Army Officer I always have to be setting the example and at the top of my gain.

These are some of the ways I fuel my body when I'm traveling. These snacks fit easy in a pocket, in your back pack or purse and something that you will love.

PROTEIN: I'm one of those people that my body craves lots of protein. My energy really drops if I don't get it. So I try to eat half my body weight in ounces of protein every day. How can I do this when I travel? Two easy things to take are peanutbutter and tuna. When I'm on the road for the day I will also take lean chicken meat and put a little hummus on it and roll it up to snack on.

SHAKEOLOGY: For me Shakeology has become a way of life. I can tell such a difference in how my body performs if I don't get my daily dose of dense nutrition. These sample packs are great ways to take it on the go with a shaker cup and I don't miss all my daily vitamin intake this way.

FRUITS & VEGGIES: I love to pack fresh fruits and veggies. They are a great healthy snack to take along. However, that isn't always something that travels well. I do a lot of food dehydration. Here you see dried sweet potato chips, squash, apples, watermelon (so sweet like candy if you have a sweet tooth) and I also have strawberries, kiwi, and bananas not pictured here.

SNACK BARS: These are two of my snack bar favorites...Kind (high in protein) and Goodness Knows Snack squares. With Bars such as this just watch the sugar and sodium content. There are also a lot of great recipes out there for homemade snack bars. The Fixate Cookbook has awesome snack ideas for traveling.

OTHER IDEAS: A couple other easy take alongs that I like are nuts, yogurt and cheese sticks. I also bring water bottles and Crystal Light packets so I'm not drinking Soday. If you need a pick me up Beachbody Energize is also one of my favorite take alongs!

So what are all the benefits to taking your own snacks:
1. Healthy
2. You save money rather than buying at exensive gas stations
3. You avoid the easy fast food stop and waiting in line at the restaurant
4. You feel satisfied and you don't have sugar spikes that you would have otherwise from candy bars and junk food.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Don't waist all your hard work and efforts because you fail to plan. You will be much happier when you get to your destination!!

TGIF!! Do You Have a Weekend Plan?

💪🏋 Good morning! TGIF!! That acronmyn has so many meanings. I'm thinking Thank Goodness It's Friday!! I had a really long week at work and I'm ready for a long weekend!! Another is #flexfriday The Grind Includes Friday! How about sharing those flex photos after your workout today. I'm continuing on with The Master's Chisel This morning and then also getting together with a new person I'm coaching tonight and doing a round of 21 Day Fix.

Looking forward to the weekend, what is your plan? Weekends, and especially long weekends like this...I have a four-day weekend 😊 Can be a real challenge for me. Remember that a cheat meal doesn't mean a cheat day. I often over eat on my days off. I want to go to the refrigerator and snack or it's a lot easier not to stick to my plan when I don't have a packed lunch to eat. So just think about your nutrtion as you go forward with the weekend and take the needed steps to not over eat.

🎯The big thing is being aware and commited to this health and fitness journey that you are on!!

Make it a Great Friday!!