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Blogging Change

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Moms Just Wanna Be Fit

I had every intention of starting prep to do a bikini show this week. I was excited and ready to go. I felt like I was ready to get back to it. I have been tired of not having a "goal" or a "plan."
I am a fit mom. Consistency is my middle name. I have been doing this thing--eating clean and exercising for a long time and I LOVE having a plan.
I took these pictures to start prep and I got the most overwhelming fearful feeling, that I would hate these pictures afterwards. This is the first time in my entire life I saw pictures of me in a bikini and thought-- "I want to wear this! I look good!" Thats an amazing feeling!
 The point of doing a show, is to lean out for the stage--then one goes into the off season, bulks back up to add more muscle and then the cycle repeats. Well, anyone who tells you those off seasons "gains" are an easy transition period is lying. I had a really rough time with it before and although I now KNOW how the operation works and feel like I could do it much better than I did before-- I feel like my calling is aimed at moms. Mom's who are working inside their home and outside their home. Moms that have an hour or so a day to dedicate to themselves in the gym and besides that it is "homemaking work", "outside the home-work" or literally "homework with the kids."
We need some way to have a goal, without having to run 13.1 miles or stand on stage in a tiny bikini. The competition scene is amazing, exhilarating, but also very time consuming. I want to have a plan that continues to allow me the flexibility to eat dinner with my family, eat clean 90% of the time but still allows for that baby shower that's coming up, and for that lunch when my daddy calls to take his favorite daughter and grandbabies out for the noon hour. I want those things to feel happy and content in life. Some people think that's stupid--and that's ok. I like it. I love my life and love my family and I continuously have the goal to make health and fitness a "part of my life" and not "my whole life."

So I decided...I need to write a plan for us moms! I am so excited! It's going to be a 12 week program designed to give us a "goal." Whenever other trainers ask me, personally-- "Teri, what are your goals?"

I don't have any. I want to eat dinner with my family. I want to exercise 5 days a week. And I want to continue to love my body more, while seeing it get hotter!! Thats the truth. Some people have more concrete goals: my only two concrete goals are: I want to complete 10 dead hang pull ups, and I want to be able to do 3 sets of 25 good push ups on my toes. Those are my goals. That's it. I don't care how much I can squat, I just want a nice butt. I don't care how much I can bicep curl or shoulder press, I just want my arms to look nice and tight in my cap sleeve shirts when I am not working out.

So how do I accomplish those goals? I fuel my body. I exercise. I keep track of things. I did my starting measurements today. I did a first day video today :) I don't know if this will turn into an e-book, or if it will turn into a print this off Teri's blog kinda thing. Time will tell. I am just so anxious to have a plan!! So excited to eat food, without being in a calorie deficit. My goal right now is just under 2000 calories a day. Lifting heavy crap up and down, some HIIT training....and mommy hood, mixed with some trainer hood.

Tell me...do you like having a plan? Do you like monthly plans? Or longer? How often do you work out each week?