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Refresh Complete!

Exactly one year ago, I decided to do a three day cleanse that Beachbody had just launched.  It was a key tool in breaking my addiction to diet soda and I lost some weight too, which was awesome.  As I've shared lately, in the past four months, I gained ten pounds after maintaining a comfortable weight (the enjoy whatever/whenever lifestyle) for over a year.  This has been a tough thing to wrap my mind around.  How did I go from balanced to imbalanced without even noticing until the weight was there?  Have you ever found yourself in a similar situation? So after failing to tighten the reigns on my own, I decided if the Refresh could break an establish soda addiction, then it could help me again.  And luckily, I found a local coach that had one on hand, so I didn't have time to back out of it :) Last time, I completed two days at work and one day at home; this time one day at work and two days at home which was a little more difficult since the boys love snacking and all thin

A Case of Busted Biscuits

Hello 2016!!!  Our family rang in the new year with two very sick children; and,while it was an extremely rough time, it was the best way to start the year in hindsight.  I was able to begin the year slowly and without a ton of busy activities.  I had realized in the last quarter of 2015, I was SUPER busy!  And while, most of the time, everything was fun and something I WANTED to participate in, it was wearing me down. I became exhausted and when we went to Florida in December, I savored not having anything to do.  It was a great feeling.  But when we returned, I jumped right back into holiday busyness and completely lost track of working out and eating right.  I became arrogant with telling myself that I could eat anything I wanted any time that I wanted. Well, I was WRONG!  And after a year of maintaining a weight/size I was content with, I gained ten pounds in a month and a half!  To tell you I wasn't freaking out would be a LIE!  I was y'all!!  My clothes are ti