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Autumn's new cookbook, Fixate, is available now with 101 of her personal recipes to use in combination with the 21 Day Fix or 21 Day Fix Extreme containers, or to just start eating healthier. These recipes are simple, delicious, healthy, and kid-approved.

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Sausage, kale, & spinach pasta

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So this is absolutely fantastic!!! I found a recipe on Pinterest, and tweaked it to meet my taste buds (and you know you're jealous of my fine china, hehe!)! 

21 day fix approved! 1 yellow, 1 green, 1/2 red, 1/3 blue

 

Ingredients:

• 1 box whole wheat or whole grain pasta. I prefer whole grain ziti
• 1 pound lean turkey, chicken, or "clean" pork sausage (we butcher our own, so I used our pork sausage)
• ½ green container sundried tomatoes. You can find them in the produce section that are in a bag. Don't get the kind in a jar that's filled with olive oil.
• 1½ green containers kale
• 1½ green container spinach leaves
• ½ cup shredded italian blend cheese. You can either use the already shredded kind or grate your own.
• 1 tbsp whole wheat flour
• ⅓ cup organic milk 

Directions

1.     Boil your pasta according to package directions. Before draining, reserve 1 cup of the water for the sauce for later on. This is really important!

2.     In a separate skillet, sauté the tomatoes, kale, & spinach in about a tablespoon of olive oil, just until tender. Remove from skillet.

3.     Cook sausage in large skillet. Once browned, remove the sausage from skillet. I normally take a plate & cover it with about 4-6 paper towels, then dump the sausage on the paper towels. This soaks up the excess grease.

4.     Add a tablespoon or less of olive oil or EVOO to the pan the sausage was just in (if necessary), and add the flour, stirring constantly to form a roux.

5.     Stir in the milk, leftover starchy “pasta” water, and cheese. Stir until thickened slightly.

6.     Add the vegetables, sausage, and noodles, and stir to ensure everything is coated evenly.

7.     Use your green container to portion out one serving.

New Year New You!

I decided to go back and dig out my very first before picture from my start of Focus T25 in January 2014. I remember joining my first challenge group completely blind, having no idea what I was doing, had never done a home fitness program before the whole way through, and I had never even heard of Shakeology or clean eating! But I was definitely at the breaking point where I had to do something and I had to do it now! I was absolutely miserable; I felt horrible all the time, I constantly had to buy new (bigger) clothes to replace the ones I was outgrowing, and I had a horrible attitude about everything.

 
Though I had a gym membership, living so far away from it wasn’t working for me to get there consistently. I knew myself; I knew I would stick with it for a week or two at most and then quit! So I figured this was a better bet because I also didn’t have the confidence to work out in front of other people. I was afraid I would be judged for being so overweight, when in high school I had been so very thin. We didn't have a designated area for workout space but I made room in our living room, pushing the coffee table to the side.
Every morning at 4:30 I would drag myself out of bed and press play! It was ugly. I was out of shape, I cried, and I wanted to quit! But the one thing I kept saying is this, "I wanted to change more than I wanted to stay the same." My husband and I want to be parents some day, and I needed to make this change to a) make getting pregnant a little easier, b) have a healthier pregnancy once we do conceive, and c) lead the kind of healthy life we want for our kids some day. I don’t want them to grow up seeing mommy crying when she looks into a mirror. I don’t want them to have the same kind of negative feelings about themselves that I did. I want them to be healthy, and be able to run around and play like kids should do.
So every day I pushed play, and I had faith in the process! I knew that if I followed the workout calendar and the nutrition guide I would get results. It was tested and proven! For me going to the gym meant wandering around aimlessly doing random machines hoping what I was doing would produce results. Then I would come home and eat back all my burned off calories because I had “earned it”! I had no idea how nutrition played into my results.
So 60 days later, 20 lbs gone, faith in the process, a genuine love for challenge groups and coaching I became a believer! I was skeptical that a home fitness program would work but honestly when you make fitness, nutrition, and accountability the way that Beachbody does it, the only way you won't succeed is if you don't follow the plan!!!!!
I am a believer! The cool part is that I get to inspire hope and change in others now too!
January 5th------> It's your time! ARE YOU IN???? It's time to believe that you are meant for CHANGE, HEALTH and a life FULL OF ENERGY!
New YEAR, NEW YOU!!!!! 

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21 Day Fix

21 Day Fix

This program is an awesome one for those who don't have a ton of time to work out, and who understand that to see results, they'll really need to dial in on that nutrition piece. From celebrity trainer Autumn Calabrese, the 21 Day Fix comes with a set of color-coded containers. Based on your caloric needs, you get a certain number of each container per day. There's a corresponding list of REAL foods for each container; if it fits in the container, you get to eat it! It is really that easy. Plus, it is way more food than what you think it is...trust me! When I actually measured out my food for the first time, I thought, "there's no way I can eat all this!" You'll be full, you'll be eating real foods, and coupled with these no-joke workouts, you WILL see results! 

If you're new to working out, or it's been awhile and you're out of shape, don't fret. This program is still for you. There is a modifier in every single workout which makes the moves very do-able, yet you'll still get an awesome calorie burn! 

Better yet, when coupled with Shakeology through a Challenge Pack purchase, you'll get ME as your FREE coach, and the support of a group to help you stay accountable and help with motivation and support! https://teambeachbody.com/checkout/-/bbcheckout/challengepack?referringRepId=362976

PiYo

Who is ready for Chalene Johnson's newest workout program??? Me! Me! Me!

Chalene has done it again! This new program is built on the foundation of Pilates and yoga, but you won't be holding poses for long periods of time. PiYo has kicked it up a notch, and you'll be drenched in sweat while strengthening and lengthening your muscles. Check out the link below (taking you to the Beachbody website) to see PiYo in action!

PiYo is an in-home low-impact workout program that does not utilize jumps, weights, or other strains on your joints. Instead, you'll use your body's own weight in these low-impact (yet high intensity) moves that are founded in the basics of Pilates and yoga.

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Strength PiYo calendar
Purchase the strength package, and it will come with additional workouts and floor sliders to really work those muscles!

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