Chili Recipe - 21 Day Fix Approved

I am loving the fix and the flexibility that it offers. You get to eat so much food every day. It's just crazy!! At first it was fun to play with salads. We ate a lot of salad for the first week but we soon found out that we are happy to eat salad during the day, but we really aren't a huge fan of it for dinner. So it's time to get creative. The other thing that matters to me is that I am a Mom. I seem to be busy most of the time and there are nights that making dinner is super hard. Not to mention that our sweet baby seems o be a little on the needy side at the same time as I need to be making dinner. Sigh. The solution for me is the crock pot. Thank goodness for the crock pot. It saves me so often.

Here is yesterday's dinner. We loved it and it's one red, one green, one yellow. Perfect.

Chili Recipe - 21 Day Fix Approved

Ingredients:

Two 14.5 oz cans of low sodium diced tomatoes - 4 Greens

1 large onion - 1 Green

1 16 oz Cans of Kidney Beans - 5 Yellows

5 Red Containers of Cooked Fat Free Ground Turkey - 5 Red Containers

3 tbsp chili powder - Free Spice

1/2 tsp garlic powder - Free Spice

1/2 tsp cumin - Free Spice

1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes - Free Spice

pinch of black pepper - Free Spice

1/2 cup of water - Free

Instructions:

Combine all ingredients in a crock pot and stir.

Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.

Separate into 5 equal sized servings. Each serving counts as 1 red, 1 green and 1 yellow.

This freezes very well:-)

Making the Financial Commitment to Your Health

I hear from a lot of people that they can’t make the financial commitment to a challenge pack. I completely understand this. I had the same objections myself when I was making my decision to invest in my own health. The result was that for a long time I refused to make the commitment. I was hiding behind any excuse not to do the work, not to make changes to my “comfortable” and “fluffy” life. I had a lot of “reasons” why I couldn’t do this. I am a mom. I don’t have time. I don’t have the money. I don’t have space in my house to workout. Sound familiar?

Guess what? Not only do you owe it to yourself to become healthy, to model the behaviour yourself that you want to see in your kids, the excuses simply are not true. The biggest excuse that I would like to help you move past is the excuse of “I can’t afford it”.

I wanted to share with you the numbers that I crunched.

Before I switched to an at home workout program I was spending:

• $8 – 3 times a week buying lunch = $24 a week = $96 a month
•  $5 – 3 times a week at Starbucks = $15 a week = $60 a month
• $50 a month for a gym membership that I didn’t use enough as it was hard to get there around work and my child’s schedule.
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That is a grand total of $206 a month going out a little here and a little there!!!!!!

Once I saw these numbers it became hard to argue with myself about the financial commitment. If I could easily spend $206 each month maintaining a lifestyle that was unhealthy and hurtful to my child, then why exactly could I NOT make a ONE TIME financial commitment of $140????? I decided to make changes and BE SMARTER with my hard earned money. If I purchased a challenge pack I would own the workouts and fitness plans forever. It no longer required a monthly fee to workout.

 I decided to give up Starbucks and to make lunches, not buy them. I bought a challenge pack for a ONE TIME COST of $140.

I SAVED $66 the first month!!!

The second month (and every month since) I continued to purchase shakeology. This costs me $125.87 (all in). Now each month I SAVE $80 and I lost 18 pounds!!!! I also stick with my workout because I can do it at home around any schedule that I have. While the baby naps, while the kids are at school, early in the morning, while they have quiet time….literally whenever. Some days my daughter even wants to do it with me. There is nothing better then modelling a healthy life for my kids! The added bonus is that at 4 years old she understands the difference between a healthy snack and a processed snack and requests the healthy snack. To me, there is not price that can be placed on that.

So, I ask you to please, HONESTLY look at where you are currently spending your money. Why wouldn’t you want to get a program that WORKS and will SAVE you MONEY each money. Why wouldn’t you want to model healthy behaviour to your kids and be responsible for providing them with a long, healthy life?

If you are ready to invest in yourself because you ARE WORTH it please let me know.

I have never once regretted my decision and I made it OVER a year ago.

You can get more info on taking the challenge here: http://livinghappyandhealthy.automaticceo.com/marketing/go13

WIN A FREE WORKOUT by Participating in our Shakeology 30 day Challenge!!!!

Starts: October 6th!

Location: Your own home

Details: Take my 30-day Shakeology challenge starting on October 6th.

Lose weight, feel more energized, and improve your digestion. And that’s just the

beginning!!!!

Here is how it will work:

1. Visit my website and then order Shakeology on home direct, in whatever flavor you prefer. OR become a coach first and then order Shakeology when you sign up to be a coach and save 25% on all orders!!!!

Why Home direct? Because at the end of 30 days, if you are not completely happy with your results, you can return the bag or box for a full refund and cancel your HD order. But….it if you love it—and you WILL—you won’t have to worry about missing a single day.

Also, it takes a full month to completely feel the benefits of drinking Shakeology every single day. I can provide samples to those who would like to try it first, but don’t wait because the challenge starts on April 22nd and you want to make sure you’re ready to roll!

2. Send me your weight—that’s it, no measurements—at the start and then again at the end of the challenge.

3. At the end of the 30 days—the person who has lost the most weight on Shakeology will win a cool prize from me…..a workout program!!!!

There are no other rules or fees to put in. Just place a shakeology HD order with me, send me your weight by October 6th and then drink your Shakeology until the end of October.. The person with the most weight loss will win a free complete at home workout system!!!!

(Open to new customers only)