Squat Like You Mean It! Workout Wed!

So I LOVE to squat. No for real. So I thought I would show you how I was taught to squat. (Shaun T style)

Start With you Feet hip width apart!

Lower yourself down. Weight in the heals. 

Tuck your booty under

When you come up lift through your heals and push your hips forward. You should also tighten your lower abs.

Back view so you can see that you should also squeeze your glutes at the bottom and the top!

Also here is my daily check in video

With A Little Help, I get by! Book club review of "Spirit driven success"!

So first here is a video about yesterday and how I did with getting back on track!
http://youtu.be/u-2B7Ju9Z8o

So this week I finished my latest Personal development book "Spirit Driven Success" by Dani Johnson. Now I have never been a religious person but this book opened my eyes a bit. and made me think. I have started to slowly put what i learned in to action. Dani is a very blunt and to the point author and what she says has purpose. I am so grateful I came across this book! So much so that I Just started another book of hers! and that is next on the book club review!!!

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Confession

This is ME.

I weigh 198.6 after a really bad week with my eating choices and not working out. I was out on a work thing. I am doing some small jobs nothing full time. And I was out of town. I was going to do a whole blog post on how I did what everyone say's they will do, workout when on a business trip or on vacation. But the truth is I wasn't part of that 2 % that does that. And this at first made me depressed, disappointed, angry at myself and all of those emotions, I have been fighting a depressive episode all week, and I gave into it. So what are my plans moving forward? 

My goal is 3 pounds this week. Which means sticking with my plan. No pop, which I had plenty of last week. The first in many months. Also sticking to my eating plan and my workout plan. Next Sunday I will have my week 1 results and photos to help keep me accountable. 

What i love about my career is that being human shows my ability to relate to others. If you too are struggling and looking for accountability please don't hesitate to give me a shot to help you. That is my job, my passion, to help others who struggle just like me. Email me at dowellfitnes2011@gmail.com or click this link below to learn more!

·        http://challenge.gettingfittogether.com/EDOWELL2011

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Mental Monday: Finding Motivation

As I sit here to right this. one thing is clear. My motivation is nowhere to be found. for anything. I don't want to workout, I don't even want to write the blog today. Whats worse? I didn't even want to start the coffee. But I DID.

Motivation to do anything doesn't appear from some magical land. If you want it you just have to start. It is something that comes when you form a habit. I can tell you that after I workout I will have a great big helping of it.

But I also must say that motivation is hard for me and others suffering from mental health issues. am I perfect in this area? Nope. I have day where my bed and a dark room in a house on a deserted island sounds amazing. In fact I want that NOW. But as soon as the husband wakes up we will workout and start our day.

What I have learned is you can't do this alone, you can't shut the people who love us out. We need support. And a success partner is something we all need. So my call to action for you is to find a person you can count on to help you through the days where solitary confinement sound awesome and lean on them, but also remember to give back what they give to you.

Happy Monday!

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Tasty Tuesday: The Vito

So the hubs and I are obsessed with the #5 at Jimmy John's. We love it. But one we need it to be slightly healthier but without losing the awesome. So I decided to make one myself. Here is how that went.

what you'll need
2 1/2 cups self rising flour
2 tbs of regular flour, more if dough is sticky
1 large container of plain Greek yogurt
Salamis
Shredded lettuce
pepperoni the big kind
sweet yellow Onion
A vinaigrette dressing
Mayo  1 tsp

1) combine yogurt and self-rising flour in mixer using a dough hook. mix until it forms a ball, ad regular flour if it is sticky.

2) Tear dough in to small little balls. and place them in a mini loaf pan and bake for 25 min.

3) once the are done and have been cooling just simply make your sandwich with the rest of your ingredients (side note: we sliced the onion thin and put some dressing on them instead of directly on the sandwich) Add 2 of each meat.

Hope you all have a blessed day!!!

xoxo Erin 

Mental Monday: Finding Your voice

When I write a mental Monday post some days I have to fight the voices in my head that just want to complain. But then when the bigger picture comes in to focus complaining just isn't worth it.

I write mental Monday post to inspire others who may read this and decide today is their day to achieve the life they want.

So what does one do when the voices in their head, or the bipolar monsters, roar? Well the truth is you have to be the one who is stronger and louder than them.it is a skill we must master everyday. And it sucks. But to get us where we want to be we must do the important things that we don't want to do, and do it everyday.

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Just wanted to add a fourth favorite thing!!!!!!!

Friday Favs

Time of the week to show you my top three things I'm loving this week!

First up!

Fabletics! I love these workout clothes. And let me say I mean it when I say I need to feel cute when I workout! Why mansweat that's why. I sweat like a man! And these clothes have almost everything, from bold to basic, but I said almost. Miss Hudson I need som leopard print in my fitness clothing please and thank you. The cost is high $49.99  but what is great you can skip the month if you want to!

Number 2!

The Mathew 17:20 necklace from Premier Jewelry. I love it! simple and keeps my faith in everything in sight!!!

Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

And 3! Hourglass lip gloss/stain in rouge! Its red lip color and I love it. Need I say more? Available at Sehpora  

First day, New me

From a young age we are taught education, and the value of working. Forget your dreams is what society is telling us. But what if we didn't follow the norm here. What if we do follow our passions. Furthermore how do we find our passion. 

From darkness we can find light. Some just know what they want and what passion drives them. But not me. I just floated through life for my first 28 years. I was stuck. Then from the darkest part of my life BAM ! I saw my purpose. What I was supposed to learn from it and how to help others.

I love a quote from Robin Williams " You are only given one spark of madness, and you shouldn't waste it." 

Now that spark is a huge flame. 

Another quote I LOVE is "Sometimes taking a leap of faith, means building your wings on the way down." That is what I am doing, and believing that you don't need the safety net or a comfort zone.

Is it scary? HELL YES. But I have to keep faith. 

Having the desire to help others live, and I mean LIVE a healthy life, is my way of honoring my mother. I want my story the one of a now motherless daughter, to inspire someone to change, to tell diabetes to excuse my french, f-off , to suck it. To show them that they matter not only to their children but to themselves. 

So in my new life, what is my definition of success? One, is that even if I have helped one person, I have done my purpose. Two success means never giving up, and for many years I would quit, or give up. I would start that weight loss or that hobby and quit. But not now. This is my life and I am choosing to live it un-apologetically. I know this means that some things or people will grow apart from me, and that's okay.  

So if you want a change or want to LIVE a  life Un-apologetically and have freedom Click the tab bars above whichever on suits you. or click the links below

http://mylifeasadowell.blogspot.com/goals

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Personal development book club

One of the things I value the most in my journey is personal development. So I though each week I would share either the book I am currently reading or have read. 

This is the book I am currently reading,  

You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero

This is one of the makes you laugh out loud and thoughtful personal development books. And I love its message. She walks you through every important part of personal development. And it makes you look at life from a fresh perspective. 

Next week I will dive in to more of this book. If you want to join in on the conversation please leave a comment below!

 http://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Badass-Doubting-Greatness/dp/0762447699

Mental Monday: Finally I choose what was right for me

This past Thursday I made a decision with my husband. It was one that was ultimately my choice. I put in notice with my job that I was leaving.

February 14, ironic. is my last day.

Sometimes the best choice is the one where the biggest risk is taken. This is a big one. I know where I want my life to be, and mentally working full-time in a job you hate is not good for you.

Everyday I would get home and be worn out mentally. It was making my choice to be healthy put in to question. And I like to workout and eat healthy. But I felt myself slipping down my old path almost every moment. All it would take would be one word and I could drink a soda or eat a bowl of pasta that would make me sick. I could easily been over 200 pounds again.

So what am I going to do? I am pursuing my business Dowell Fitness, a BeachBody business. I have always thought when I would see others succeed in this company and say that couldn't be me. And then one day I thought why not me.

I am still on my Weight Loss journey and as always inspired by my mother and her legacy, to fight and believe in yourself. But now I am motivated on a professional level. I feel that if I can help one person or one family from going through what my mother did, that is what being successful means to me.