Monday, August 31, 2009

Commitment



Scott Schwab
Wow has it been a long time and I wish that we would have done better with keeping the nutritional ball rolling. I do want to thank everyone for the encouragement to get things going again, the emails, the phone calls. I am recommitting today to get the blog consistent as we had it last year. To do that I will need help from you as readers. My goal with this blog is to create a community of people concerned with health and people who want to improve. We need more comments. We connect with less than 1 percent of you who have been to the blog. We do not know what to write about and what interests you unless we hear from you. We have found that people really enjoy the guest blogs, which we will continue with. The ideas for working out have also been a favorite for people. I would like to hear what many of you have been doing and if the suggestions are working. If you are not currently a follower; become one. My busy time, like tax season is over and my goal is to get everything going with Mixers. The online portion is waiting on a resale licence that we have to have for the E-commerce side of the business. Due to funding we have adjusted our plan of opening. Rather than common brick and mortar locations, we feel it essential to have drive-thru access. Also with associated costs, it will be much easier to have small Mixer huts, similar to the size of Java huts, to deliver the fantastic shakes. That is where we currently stand and it is my goal to have everything up and running before the snow fall. The other thing that I wanted to do is get everyone thinking about a commitment that they are wanting to take on for the next challenge that we introduce. The last challenge was good, but we had very few people willing to show results, because there were none. This is because we did not continue with our goals and lost track of how we could be effective. Personally I did not hit my desired goal, but I did learn some things and believe that I can really do a lot better this time around. What we need is for everyone to take a pre picture. This should be you with a picture of the area that you want to work on. For instance I am going to recommit to my core, with specific attention on my muffins(back fat/love handles). I know that if I am to have the abs I want, I need to have my lower back in shape and get rid of those muffins that nobody likes to see. Anyway lets stop the excuses and get going on living life and achieving our goals. I have talked to many people that cant seem to get results, but in diagnosing their habits it is clear why they did not have success. So lets get the community popping and truly be able to help each other with questions concerns, ideas, etc. I recommit to doing a better job with the blog, keeping it interesting and fun for all. Suggestions are always welcome and appreciated. Think of your commitment this week and lets have pictures in to me by the end of the week. We will start Monday and go for 8 weeks. This way you are in shape for the holidays. Also there is a lot of power with making a commitment in writing. So each of you that will participate need to leave a commitment via a comment. This way we are all accountable. Have a great week and lets make the change together that will make life worth living.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

8 week core challenge results

Chandi Schwab 06/28/09

Chandi Schwab 08/16/09


Scott Schwab 06/28/09

Scott Schwab 08/16/09


Chandi Schwab
The 8 weeks are over. I can't believe it. Like everything else, it flew by. As I promised here are the results. My husband Scott and I did this together. We both feel like in the 8 weeks we were able to get a great jump start on where we would like to be. I really enjoyed actively engaging in working out. I ran 3-5 miles at least 5 days a week. followed by lunges and stretching. After that I would focus on strengthening my abs pretty much every day. I used many of the ab workouts we have on our blog but my favorite has been the Ab Ripper X from the P90X collection. Now that I am back home and close to the gym I am going to hit it even harder the next 8 weeks. I have to confess that my eating habits have not been where they need to be. As a nursing mom it has been hard to control my caloric intake.That is no excuse though and I am going to work on healthier intake that I will follow up on shortly. I would like to invite you all to a new 8 week challenge.For those of you that would like to continue and those that want to start fresh. That is the beauty of life. There is always room for improvement. We will be posting the results of those who committed this last 8 weeks shortly. Please e-mail me you results with a brief synopsis on how to obtained your results to...http://chamba_08@hotmail.com. And for those of you committing to the next 8 weeks make your commitment in the comment box below!! Thank You and Good Luck!!