woensdag 7 oktober 2015

Who is Ashley Horner?

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Ashley Horner Transformation pictureMy in real life friends know that I always talk about Ashley Horner.  My kids talk about her as if we are friends.  We love to watch her snaps where she gives us a glimpse into being a busy mom.


Who is Ashley Horner?
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Ashley Horner is a sponsored athlete with Bodybuilding.com, a business owner, and a busy mom of 3 boys. I first started following Ashley when I bought her training program Magnify You a few years back. (I also own PipeHitter, PipeHitter2, and Sweetcakes. I love them all!)  Her training programs are fantastic yes, but Ashley Horner the PERSON is even more amazing.  I got a chance to train with her in person this summer and I asked her how she manages to “do it all.”  Her answer was that she simply loves what she does and it is her life.

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This is obvious to those of us who “know” her!  She lives the lifestyle and she promotes “beauty in strength” in everything that she does. She just started the Unbroken Movement to help battered women and families.  She has a site devoted to healthy living for kids — www.sledpups.com.


In my mind, she is the poster child for health, fitness, and positive living.
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I asked Ashley if I could “interview” her for my blog and she agreed because despite having a full busy life, she still finds the time to help and promote others!  Please read on for more about Ashley:

Q: Have you always been fit?  What inspired you to live a fit lifestyle? 
I was an athlete growing up, but didn’t practice Health and fitness as a lifestyle. I exercised when I had too with my soccer team.

Q: What advice do you have for moms who claim they don’t have time for exercise? 
I would suggest trying to include your kids with your exercise.  Not only are you encouraging good habit by leading by example you’re ramping up that metabolism too.Q: What is your least favorite exercise? 

Can I say cardio is an exercise.  I hate cardio, it’s so boring.  I recently had to run 5 miles on a treadmill and it was the longest 5 miles of my life!!

Q: Do you have any mental tricks that you use when you just don’t feel like working out?

Yes, I do! I make myself at least show up!  Whether that’s simply putting on my shoes to walk out the door or drive to the gym & usually once I get there the hard part is over with.

Q: What is your go-to snack food?

My go-to snack is always a Quest bar, chocolate chip cookie dough. FAV!!

Thank you so much Ashley for taking the time to answer my questions and continuing to inspire people all around the world!  And thank you for all the burpees you put into your workouts that continue to kick my ass every single day!  :)

For more about her training programs, please visit my “Favorite things”page.

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zaterdag 3 oktober 2015

How to Keep Weight Loss Off Forever [Video]

Why is it that 99% of people who lose a large amount of weight gain it back again? What’s so hard about sustaining weight loss long-term?


The answer lies in the brain.

When you lose weight, you can do it by overpowering your brain and willing your way into a smaller size.

But if you do that, you’ll gain the weight back, eventually.

Or, you can re-wire your brain to support your weight loss efforts, so that over time, it gets easier, not harder, to keep your weight off.

When you understand the brain and how it works, losing weight suddenly gets easy. And, more importantly, it stays easy.

In the third and final video (and, in my opinion, the BEST video) of the Food Freedom series, Dr. Susan Peirce Thompson explains the 5 critical ways to rewire your brain so that eating the right foods, and not eating the wrong foods, becomes completely automatic.

I want you to know that I have gotten a HUGE response to Susan’s first two videos from people talking about the A-HA! moments they’ve had with the information she is sharing. They are finally understanding why they sometimes overeat, even when they KNOW what to eat… and they are beginning to feel like there is something they can do about it.

This third video takes it to a whole new level.

Here's the link to watch now: VIDEO 3: “Re-wire Your Brain for Food Freedom!”

Mark Dilworth, BA, PES

donderdag 1 oktober 2015

I am an Asics Ambassador!

Thank you ASICS for choosing me to be a Brand Ambassador!  Ambassador-logo

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maandag 28 september 2015

Early intervention improves preschoolers' heart healthy habits

Teaching 3 to 5 year olds about diet, exercise can also improve entire family's health behavior Introducing healthy lifestyle behaviors to children in preschool improves their knowledge...

Healthy and quick dinner with Tyson® Grilled & Ready® Fully Cooked Refrigerated Oven Roasted Diced Chicken Breast

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Tyson®. The opinions and text are all mine.

I struggle with healthy dinner ideas, do you?  We are in full blown sports mode right now so we literally have to eat and go most nights to get to various practices on time.  I need something that is quick, easy, healthy and #everydayeffortless.

I was asked to test out Tyson® Grilled & Ready® Fully Cooked Refrigerated Oven Roasted Diced Chicken Breast, so I took my little guy up to our local Walmart to do some shopping. He loves to “find” the product and this one was within his reach, so he was super excited! tysonchicken1 tysonchicken2I love the fact this chicken is already cooked and just requires simple re-heating. Not only is this nice for those of us who are short on time, but also for those of us who are slightly cooking “challenged”.

We always have a protein with our meals and my kids generally prefer chicken. It was so simple to cook, I just had to put the oven roasted diced chicken breast in the skillet and turn on the heat!  Super easy, right?!  I also added some fresh salsa because my kids love salsa on everything.  tysonchicken3It only took about 20 minutes for it to fully heat up, which was just enough time for me to bake some asparagus.  In just under 30 minutes, we had a super healthy,  and very delicious, home cooked meal!

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My oldest said the chicken was “great” and he liked that it was already “cut up” for him.

The leftovers are perfect for lunch salads or even added to some eggs in the morning for a protein packed breakfast.

I will definitely shop at Walmart again for some more of Tyson® Grilled & Ready® Fully Cooked Refrigerated Oven Roasted Diced Chicken Breast and their other products as well.

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woensdag 23 september 2015

101 Ways to Boost Metabolism, Weight Loss and Energy

Simple, 30-second, "trick" ignites your body's "brown fat" and not only boost your metabolism, but also detox your body, balance your hormones, increase your immunity, and boost your energy

By Mike Geary - Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Fitness Specialist &
Jeff Anderson - Weight Loss Coach
Authors of the best-seller: Do This, Burn Fat


Did you know you actually have more than one type of fat in your body? Sounds strange doesn't it? Fat is fat, right? If you look at yourself in the mirror and see something that jiggles... it's fat, right?

Well, the truth is that scienctists have actually discovered your body has more than one type of fat, and the really cool thing is that the amount of each "type" of fat actually changes as you age.

For the purposes of this article, we're only going to discuss 2 different types of body fat:

“White Fat” and “Brown Fat”

The White Fat tissue is what you usually think of as “fat” - the kind of fat that sits on your hips, butt, belly, and thighs.

It’s the fat most people are trying to get rid of through diet and exercise.

Brown Fat Tissue, on the other hand, contains a much higher concentration of something called mitochondria, which are like “mini power stations” in your body and one of their roles is to burn fat to be used for energy…

When this happens, heat is generated from the cells and this is actually the primary reason brown fat is on your body in the first place.

From the time you were a baby, Brown Fat has acted as a natural heating system for your body.

This is why babies have a higher ratio of active brown fat cells. When they get cold, Brown Fat is “activated” to begin burning fatty tissue throughout the body. Generating heat and warming them up from the inside.

It was thought that brown fat only occurred in newborn babies and was lost as we get older, but recent research has shown that this is NOT the case, but that in adults our Brown “baby” fat is simply lying dormant, waiting to be used.

What if you could trigger your body’s natural stores of brown fat to once again begin generating "internal heat"

This would allow you to begin melting away that extra layer of fat sitting on your stomach, butt, or thighs you’ve been trying so hard to lose for so long.

The great thing is you can activate this brown fat easily, and naturally, with no extra effort
Not only that, but recent research has also shown this trick to:
  • Decrease blood pressure
  • Detox your body
  • Increase your immunity
  • Supercharge your endocrine system to naturally balance your hormones…
Here’s all you need to do to ignite your Brown Fat…

First, start with a warm, but NOT hot, shower to begin your day, and then at the end of your shower, slowly begin to make the water cooler and cooler.

When the water is very cool, but not yet cold, simply turn off the hot water completely and allow the cold water to rain gently on your shoulders, chest and back (which is where most of your body's brown fat stores are) - invigorating your body.

It only takes about 30 seconds to benefit from this activity, but you’ll soon find it so refreshing that you’ll want to stay in the cold water for up to several minutes.

Step out of the shower to towel off and you’ll instantly feel the difference in your body!

Now, I’m not going to promise you that this is a ‘miracle weight loss cure,’ but it will absolutely help you burn more fat, while also revitalizing your entire body - both inside and out.

That’s it!

Before you decide this is much too extreme and crazy for you and you could NEVER take a cold shower, let me tell you WHY this works so incredibly well…
Brown Fat’s role is to act as a “rapid reaction force” that signals your body’s fat cells to generate heat when it feels cold, right?

That extra heat literally burns fat as it’s used for the energy you need to keep you warm

By standing under cold water, your Brown Fat cells are instantly called into action to tell the body you need to get warm and to start generating heat.

This is why when you jump into a cool lake or pool you initially feel like you’re freezing, but in a minute or so you don’t even notice the cold at all.

It’s not that the lake or pool got warmer - Your body is simply responding by triggering the mitochondria of your fat cells to generate internal heat while your heart pumps that heat to your skin to warm you up.

As this happens your capillaries are expanded, and toxins are flushed out of your system allowing fresh, oxygenated blood to be circulated throughout your body, revitalizing your organs and invigorating the glands of your endocrine system.

In essence, not only have you turbo charged your body’s fat burning metabolism, but your entire body gets an “instant tune up” that will leave you feeling refreshed & energized throughout the entire day!

And the best part is it really takes no extra effort on your part.
Easy enough, right?

Here’s what you should do next…

On the next page below, you're going to discover some extremely SIMPLE tricks that you can apply to your daily life to BALANCE your hormones, BOOST your metabolism, and fire up your fat-burning machine inside your body... there are 101 total "tricks" you can use to flatten your stomach faster and get lean, including these:
  • Fat-Burning Trick #1: The simple twist to your morning routine (takes less than 1 minute) that INSTANTLY jump-starts your metabolism and boosts fat-burning by as much as 30%!

  • Fat-Burning Trick #5: The tasty beverage you've been WARNED to stay away from...but new-found studies reveal the shocking health benefits jam packed in this potent anti-aging & fat-burning "elixer"!

  • Fat-Burning Trick #15: The amazing "super-food" that in one clinical study, dissolved away more than 10 extra pounds in 12 weeks...WITHOUT DIETING or any other lifestyle changes!

  • Fat-Burning Trick #99: The candle (yes, candle) that can help maximize your body’s own natural release ofage-defying, fat-melting growth hormone and have less fat on your body within the next 8 hours!
Some of these fat-burning tricks are odd, some are crazy, some involve your diet, others exercise, and some involve your mind - but they all have one thing in common... they are all SIMPLE!

All you have to do to discover those tricks, and so many more, is head to the Next Page...