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29 April 2013

Sponsor Spotlight & Giveaway: Beachbody Health & Fitness One Day at A Time

 
We want to get everyone forming good habits in exercise & nutrition! I have found the biggest thing we need is accountability and I have no doubt this Challenge group will help everyone with that. The group will help with menu planning & portion control, & most of all give motivation & hold everyone accountable! We share recipes, struggles, accomplishments, tips, & support! What makes this group different from others is first off we have the "WHOLE" package, FITNESS + NUTRITION + SUPPORT = SUCCESS, second we have you set goals & help you reach them (helping you tweak what you are doing to reach those goals...one size does not fit all), third we offer prizes that you work towards that give that added incentive to push, & fourth we really do care... We WANT & NEED you to reach your goals! 

You do everything at home, on your time and your schedule. No in person meetings or group workouts…Group interaction is all done on Facebook (in a private group), so you can post along with the team each day. The Challenge Group begins just started today. For the challenge you have to commit to working out at least 5 days a week & checking in everyday. We award points for lots of different things: checking in daily = 1 point, working out =1 point, replacing a meal or snack with Shakeology = 1 point ect. There are prizes you earn from those points, when you reach a certain number of points you get that level prize & continue to work towards the next level, & so on. Everyone that reaches the top tier of points & earned all the prizes will get their name in a drawing for a workout package at the end of the challenge. Again we will be there to help you with the motivation, accountability, & the support! (This month one of my challengers was struggling & I have been in phone contact with her for 2+ hours....I want you to reach success...failure is not an option) Beware we will be there pushing, motivating, & holding you accountable!

Here is what the challenge is! Its Pretty simple!
FITNESS + NUTRITION + SUPPORT = SUCCESS

The commitment is 30 days of a Beachbody workout program, Shakeology (meal/snack replacement, Protein, vitamin, antioxidant, pre & pro biotic, & energy drink, this is not only going to help you on the outside by helping you lose weight but help you on the inside by getting you healthy!) and the Challenge Group accountability page. You commit to the Beachbody workout program of your choice, Replace one meal or snack with Shakeology everyday, and a Challenge group spot for accountability and support! We all work together and help each other WIN!! The people in my current challenge group are really rocking it & having excellent results. One of my challengers started out in the mid 200's & by the end of the month she weighed in at 199, she said she couldn't remember the last time she saw that number on the scale! Another one lost 20 lbs & 8 inches, & more importantly brought her sugar levels down from between 500-600 down to 180- 200, (she is a diabetic). This month one of the gals lost 6 lbs in the first week! These results were all obtained in one of my 30 day challenges & are really exciting for me as I got to be a part of it and watch it happen!
The Initial Investment varies depending on what challenge pack you choose. The challenge pack comes with the workout program of your choice, a 30 day deluxe Beachbody club membership, & Shakeology. It is less expensive to buy the challenge packs as they are discounted from buying the products alone & you also save over $10 by getting FREE shipping.
For the first time ever challenge packs are on sale Slim in 6 & Hip Hop Abs packs are normally $160 & are now $140 & P90X & P90X 2 are normally $205 & are on sale for $180!! (These prices include shipping!)

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1 week supply of Shakeology, Shakeology Shaker cup, a bar & one pack of results & recovery, Beachbody gym bag, Beachbody Journal, Turbo Fire Greatest Hits Workout, & Insanity Fast & The Furious Workout. 

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25 March 2013

Introducing Staci from Luker Family Tales

 
Meet Staci. She is a strong woman, loving wife, mommy to an adorable little girl and a sweet Angel Baby, AND is expecting a bundle of joy later this year! I am so happy to bring her blog, Luker Family Tales, and her amazing INSPIRING story to light. 
Tears rolled down my face when I read her words.... I know myself and many others have Angel Babies..... And her writings show the pain, coming to terms, and accepting what God has thrown our way... 
 
 
Hello! I'm Staci and I blog over at Luker Family Tales. Mainly, I blog about life in general and things learned along the way--for me that is mostly my faith, my husband, my children, and our baby on the way.
 
My daughter Audrey is someone I blog about often as I have learned so much from her in four years. Just the other day, we were coming in the house and she stopped me yelling "Mommy! Mommy!" so excited. I turned around and she was pointing at some tiny, yellow buttercups by the sidewalk that I never even noticed. She said, "Mommy, aren't they the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?". So often she reminds me to stop and notice things--and to appreciate them. 

My son Barrett is a major focus on my blog--in fact he is probably the main thing I write about. He has taught me a lot too--or rather, God has taught me a lot through him. My son was born on August 23, 2012, at 6:05 a.m. He weighed 4.6 oz. It was a somber occasion--just my husband and I in a room speaking no words and trying to choke back tears to be strong for the other. At a routine anatomy scan on August 22, we learned that our son's heart had just stopped beating with no explanation. I chose to schedule my induction for that night, and he was born the next morning. He was the most beautiful little boy I had ever seen and I didn't want to give him back. I remember praying to God to please let me hold him forever--I knew that when I gave him back to the nurses I wouldn't see him again until we meet one day in heaven. As a mother, giving my boy back to them was the hardest thing I've ever done--deciding that I had held him long enough was a hard decision. I finally realized it would never be long enough, and I just had to do it. I cherish the pictures of us with him that day. We run a charity, Barrett's Blankets, in his memory to assist others in the grieving process (or just hard stays in the NICU) and as a way that God has allowed us to minister to others through his precious life. Barrett's life has impacted so many. One major thing I've learned through my son: God can use anyone. He has changed countless lives through my little boy who never even took a breath outside of my womb. I remind myself of that when I get to thinking that God can't use me.
 

In the months since Barrett's death, I've often blogged about Audrey's intense love for her brother. She was just three when he died, but her comprehension blew me away. She still talks about him and asks questions. She has shed tears over him and that was hard as a mother. But I learned through her to love hard. She had a great love for a baby she never met or saw--surely I can love others around me just the same.

The loss of our son brought my husband and I so much closer. I have never loved him as much as I have on the days that our two children were born. Both days I saw my husband cry--happy tears for our daughter, and broken tears over our son--but each time I could see in his eyes the depth of his love for our children. Mommas, you know what I'm talking about. I've always heard that men don't get attached to a baby until it's born, but those people didn't see the love in my husband's eyes for the little boy I was carrying in my womb last summer.

In January we found out we were expecting again. The Lord had blessed us with another sweet baby due in September. This pregnancy has been a roller coaster of emotions. Baby has been 100% fine at every appointment, but Mom and Dad have been a wreck. Part of you doesn't want to get attached, but that's impossible. I was attached from the moment I saw two pink lines. I hold my breath at every appointment until I see the flicker of the baby's heartbeat. The ultrasound room carries an intense amount of anxiety for me, but God is carrying me through it. My husband and I purchased a Doppler with this pregnancy so we can hear baby's heartbeat every morning and that past week that we've been using it, I've been a different person. It has put my mind at ease.
 
I can distinctly remember the day that we found out Barrett died. I went to my appointment alone. It was just a routine appointment (I will NOT go to any alone now). I remember sitting outside the ultrasound room rubbing my belly and being so anxious to see him again. I remember when he popped up on the screen that I instantly felt like something was wrong because he was so still. I remember knowing something was wrong when the ultrasound tech didn't say a word. And I remember laying there begging God to take me instead when she went to get the doctor.

I had someone ask me after he was born "How do you trust in a God who allowed your son to die?" and responding with this:

In response to your question, I have one for you. How could I not trust Him? Before I got that terrible news, He was right beside me in my joy. When I lay there crying on the ultrasound table, He was still there. I could feel Him all around me. How was I able to compose myself to make decisions? How was I able to hold my head high as I walked to my car? How was I able to drive an hour to my house to pack my bags without completely losing it? On my own, I wouldn't have made it out of the room. But that same God who walked beside me in my joy, carried me in my sorrow. My world was rocked, but my Jesus was the same. 
 

My world was rocked last August. But God has been with us all the way--carrying, leading, guiding. I now look forward to seeing how He will continue to use all of my children and love blogging about it on the way.
 
 

08 March 2013

Ramble Along with Ramblings of a Southern Belle

I'm so happy to introduce you to one of my wonderful EGA sponsors Tiffany from Ramblings of a Southern Belle! This amazing mama and wifey does it all! Shows off today's latest fashions, sings, writes music, hunts, refabs old furniture, is a woman of God and oh so much more!

I had the honor of interviewing her!!! I just had to find out more details about her beautiful life, favs, fashion loves AND she even provided a video of her singing!!!!! WHOA.... Beeeeautiful voice! I really want to hear more! Here I had thought that I was a shoe lover... Wait to you read how many pairs she has! I may have to go raid her closet... And her favorite rifle.... Makes me smile! It is my fav too!

Tiffany is an absolute doll, beautiful inside and out! I am so happy to have virtually met her and have her not just as a sponsor but now a wonderful new bloggy friend.  
 
Be sure to stop by today for her "Fashionista Friday" (gorgeous trends) & show her some Southern Hospitality.   

 
1. Having a birthday 11 days after Valentine's Day~ do you combine the two or celebrate them individually? How did/will you celebrate this year?  
Nope...we never combine special days.  My son was born the day before Valentine's day...so February is a busy month.  This year my darling husband took me out to dinner, gave me an amazing card I will cherish for the rest of my life and a Hello Kitty stationery set.  Now before you say "WHAT?" isn't that for kids?  Let me give you the back story.  When we took my son to dinner for his birthday we were all talking about presents...and I told the story of how when I was in elementary school, each year for Christmas we'd bring a gift and you'd draw a number for a girls "gift" and every single...I MEAN EVERY SINGLE YEAR...I got the dang bubble bath...I hated it!  All of my friends got the really cool Hello Kitty stuff...with the tiny crayons, pencils, papers...and I got the dang bubble bath...I was bummed every year. (now...this is back when Hello Kitty first began...so the stuff was AMAZINGLY COOL...it's still cool...but still...lol)  So...the fact that my husband took note of that and chose to get me a Hello Kitty set...was in a word...AWESOME!  He paid attention...I was impressed...and I even wrote his love note for his lunch on the paper! :o)

2. If you could choose one getaway, where would you go?   
 Well..I'm gonna have to disobey you and give TWO...lol!  One is a life changing trip...the other is a life exploration trip.  First...the life changing trip...to the Holy Land!  My Momma's going in a few days...I'm so jealous!  She is to be baptized in the river Jordan...wow...I can't even imagine how amazing that will be!  I told her not to even pack mascara, because as soon as she begins the tours she will cry the entire time!  I know I would!  Now the life exploration trip...would be to Ireland.  It's where my people come from, and I would LOVE to find the headstones and possibly track down distant relatives...that would be amazing!

3. You have a keen eye for fashion, what is your favorite clothing item? (NOT shoes, we'll get to those). 
  My favorite clothing item is my Miss Me jeans...I love love love them!  They can go dressy or casual...they are a must in my wardrobe!

4. SHOES!!! Flats, pumps, boots, sandals, flip flops, slippers, wedges.... Be honest, HOW many pairs do you have and which (i'll give you 2) 2 pairs are your fav?  
  Ok...to be honest...I have to go count...hang on...OMGosh...I have 82 pairs of shoes!  WHEW!  My 2 favorite pairs...ummm...my Michael Kors and my black knee high leather boots....and my....oh crap...only two....sigh....

5. So you hunt..... :) Obviously a woman who is comfortable with a weapon (and stylin') what is your favorite rifle or gun?  
Remmington 742 Semi-Automatic 30-06.  AND I LOVE IT!  The guys at the lease are always making comments..."That is too much rifle for a girl" "She needs a smaller rifle" but they shut up when I bag the biggest game!  So HEH! LOL!

6. I read your B4 I'm Toe Up page.... A real wedding... Tell us about your dream wedding. (Many of us MilSO's never get a "real" wedding of every friend and family member in the books.)  
Really my dream wedding isn't that fancy schmancy...ok...maybe a little bit.  I want a re-vamped 1920's flapper style wedding dress with a long veil, pink roses, a huge wedding cake, dancing, somewhere romantic...not a destination wedding...just somewhere romantic locally...but honestly...the real reason I want a REAL wedding...is to get married by a man of God...not a Justice of the Peace.  That is what we did...I found my dress at 5 7 9 and we took our son and some family members to the courthouse and we had a quickie wedding.  That is one of my biggest regrets.  OH and we honeymooned at Astroworld (used to be a local theme park)....sigh. 

7. You look FAR too young to have an almost 24 yr old son... How was it being the only woman in the house (outnumbered by your son & husband)? Please tell, as I'm a tomboy too, but these guys here, they can drive me batty sometimes!!  
  Oh thank you thank you thank you! :o)  Actually I have two FEMALE shelties...so we outnumber the boys! LOL!  Nah...the guys are great...they give me my space...although sometimes it is a slamming door in their face...lol!  Just kidding...ok....not kidding...lol!  I love being the only woman in the house...we are such a close family...it doesn't bother me.  Am I weird? Ok....that is beside the point! LOL!

8. What are your biggest fears?  
Wow...this is one question that gives me the heeby jeebies!  Losing someone I love.  Compared to all of my other fears...that one...well...that one has kept me up at night, has had me bawling at funerals and my heart aches for the loss of the ones I have lost.  The only comfort I find in it...I will be with them one day in Heaven.

9. Singing, Songs, Lyrics..... Favorite place to sing, favorite song that puts you in a dancing mood, lyrics that touch your heart.   
I write songs...I love to write songs.  I sing EVERYWHERE...shower, cleaning, laundry, outside.  My favorite song is "I Can Only Imagine".  And Iove dance music too!  I actually used to not let anyone hear me sing...then one day...we got our little Peanut (female sheltie) she was covered in fleas when we got her, and being her new Mommy I couldn't stand it...so I gave her a bath.  What I didn't know until halfway through the bath was my son was video taping me...I put it up on youtube to show off my sheltie and I was SHOCKED at how many people commented on my voice.  Later on I went and joined my Church Choir which was great for a while but I felt my calling elsewhere...went to a music school to learn to write, play, sing and record my own songs...now my family and I are attending a new Church and if we decide to join, I've been asked to join the worship team...that is my dream!

10. What do you do and where do you go for you time?  
I don't really have ME time...lol!  I'm usually so busy...but when I do find time I like to write lyrics, play my piano, read my bible and of course...blog.

Tiffany, Thank You so much love for finding your way to me! I cannot express how much I look forward to getting to know you more!
You can also find Tif's Rambles & loves at
    
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