Revive Fitness Wellness Transformation

It has been a week of no posts and not a lot of working out.  Truth is, my friends, life gets in the way sometimes.

That and yeah, Fitness is not my true passion in life, however, I NEED to make sure that I MAKE TIME for it… so I can enjoy my passion in life.

This is exactly WHY Revive Fitness is the only place that works for me.  I constantly get preoccupied with work, or the kids, or just life in general, and put myself last.  Lee Anne and Shawn stay on top of you, and follow up.  The beauty of these two, is that they genuinely care.

When I re-read the blogs that I have posted, I realize that these two sound like hard asses, and most people would think – why in the WORLD would I want to go work out there!  YIKES!  Blew that one – dope!   In actuality this husband and wife duo are probably the most caring people I have ever met.

THAT – and they are probably the most fun people that I have ever spent time with.  Watching Lee try to open a bottle of water while eating a sandwhich, and the entire bottle spills ALL OVER HER LAP!  Why?  Because she thought she could hold it between her knees, and one handed open it while eating the sandwhich!  Those THIGH MASTER legs, smashed the bloody thing and a guiser shot up and landed on her lap!  Now THAT is funny!

I whine like a moron, over the classes, but in truth, how hard is it really to do Pushups, Sit ups, squats etc?   I love Revive Fitness, because regardless of my personal fitness level, they find the means for me to make it through a class.  Sure they make fun of me a little more than most, but that is because I can take it, and I do enjoy pushing myself.

I was watching Toronto City TV Breakfast Television this morning, and they were promoting Cross Fit:  Reeboks latest and greatest.  When looking at the examples of exercises, I began to laugh!

Revive Fitness has been doing this stuff for years it is called CROSS TRAINING, INTERVAL TRAINING, ATHLETIC TRAINING!  Reebok did NOT invent this stuff.  They just grabbed a Name, Trademarked It, and Marketed it.  Good Trainers have been doing this stuff for years… old school workouts. THEY GET RESULTS!

Revive Fitness does not work with machines, nor do they just rent you access to their equipment to use unsupervised.  They know that they best results occur when trainers are there to MOTIVATE and MODIFY!

I sprained my ankle, and they modified, so that I could continue to exercise, but not hurt my ankle…  This is what a GOOD personal trainer does!

They believe in athletic training, and honestly?

If you push yourself for 30 – 45 minutes a day – YOU CAN CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL! 

OK – SO I may NEVER look totally ripped… but hey!  I don’t have to… I just need to be healthier, and more fit, so that I can enjoy my kids, and grandkids  (NOT that the boys are out there…. you know…)

I am not feeling quite so negative about the exercises anymore… which leaves me to wonder – HOW in the world am I going to find the FUNNY in being Happy?  Human Nature loves to laugh at other’s misery.

So maybe I will be featuring the Joy of Lee and Shawn, and sharing the tales of getting fit, and laughing all the way back to the mirror!

Regardless of your age, or fitness level, Revive Fitness has a program that will make you FEEL REVIVED!

I am sitting at the Revive Fitness front desk in between classes,  I DON’T Do Zumba.. however,  my son Jordan seems to have a lot of rhythm… he is stealing the show right now as I sit – hands shaking from the Circuit..

Poor Mel, she did it and is now in the Zumba class – what a trooper!

So here are my 2 birthday moments of reality …

First Moment: Realizing that my thong was stuck up my butt, and I discreetly try to pull it down, only to realize that I made eye contact with someone across from me – who could view everything I just did in the mirror behind me  I have no dignity…

2nd moment.. Like Whoopi Goldberg says, ” I Leak”  .. Happy Birthday Burpees, have a whole new meaning, when the movement forces, you to realize that you should have gone to the bathroom before hand..

But this time, I was good, and when faced with the truck tire, I did what I should have done in the first place… UP UP DOWN DOWN,… no jumping.  I did it!

Back on track…  as much as I hate it, I have to admit that I do feel better.  Steel cut oats, with blackberries and a poached egg for breakfast, from my wonderful husband,who learned how to cook the oats, just for my breakfast!  He is going to meet us for Sushi for lunch… and has been making meatballs using my recipe and spelt bread crumbs, and putting the spelt pasta ready, and rapini… truly healthy dinner… and in proper portions.. the perfect end to a great day.

Now, I still have to go into the Hot Yoga class, but I am not thinking about that right now, that is offensive… Just watching everyone do Zumba,…. crap… .watching another class that I could have done…  DAMN – what will be the price this time??

Will put the Meatball Recipe up now… Enjoy.

Cake Girl by Hyeyoung Kim /Free Photos

Revive Fitness is having a birthday on Sunday… celebrating 10 years in Caledon! How awesome, 10 years of tortured people celebrating the pain, the agony… the… oh right… this is supposed to be a motivational blog…

So Lee Anne Simpson, is truly excited about this, and has created 3 workouts!  Circuit Training at 11:00 am, Zumba at 12:00pm and then Hot Yoga 1:00 pm.   This is going to be very very exciting … (To people who loves to exercise)

Soo, my best friend…lets call her….”Dopey”  gets all excited and says – We (meaning her AND I) are going to do these classes Candace!! Ok I have to be there, because well hey – I work here so I will be there to support and work the desk and answer questions..

Doing the Classes?  What the heck??  HELLO… Ok so I agreed to do the circuit… at 11:00 and the Hot Yoga at 1:00… NO ONE is going to get my ass into a ZUMBA class… I mean at this point, I don’t have a of dignity … having posted my unflattering pics on THE INTERNET!!

I know. Looks like two pigs fightin' under a blanket!

But I draw the line at ZUMBA… I do not have an OUNCE of coordination!  Remember the Calvin Klein floatation device around my waist, hmmm – now add to that, that I will not be able to follow any pattern of coordinated dance steps (Zumba) and you pretty much have…  two pigs fightin under a blanket!  NOT pretty.

Here is the other kicker… It just so happens that the 10 year celebration happens to fall on my Birthday. So, ME who dislikes physical work, is going to be doing physical activity ON MY BIRTHDAY?  What the heck?  I was thinking, you know – My DAY MY WAY….  NO exercise at all!

Maybe a relaxing day reading, watching all the girl movies that no one in my house of men would watch, having a hot bath… manicure – but NOOOOO  I am going to be exercising… Shawn better be there.. I heard some nonsense that he was staying home…??

I guess it really is the best gift I can give myself… the funny thing is this… I am actually starting to hate this activity thing less… WHAT THE HECK IS THAT ALL ABOUT?  Has Lee Anne brainwashed me?????  As I getting addicted to the hormones?   Let’s not get into that one too deeply… who knows what that will open up.

Sooo – see you tomorrow, at the “PAR TAY”   …. crap… how the hell??

Mel?  You BETTER be struggling as much as I , cus it is your birthday in a few days – so misery loves company, and we will do this together.

orenia /Free Photos

Upon reviewing the blog, I realized that  I have mostly been featuring the exercise portion of my lifestyle change.  The reality is, fitness accounts for about 3% of your week.  (This is if you do 5 hours of fitness training every week …. I don’t..)

SO what do you do for the rest of the time?  33% is sleeping. So 64% is dedicated to working, resting, playing and EATING.

Whether we are eating or not, it is remarkable how much mental energy is dedicated to food, whether we can or can not eat it, whether we are craving or not craving.  Feeling hungry, miserable, denied etc.

Food has a remarkable emotional power over us, we share dinner with our family, converse with our kids, friends.  Most of our social existence revolves around food, we celebrate with food, and we grieve with food, we reward ourselves with food.  We share business deals, family celebrations over food.

YET, not one truly gets a handle around controlling the food for themselves.

Revive Fitness offers a program called “The Answer” which addresses the symbiotic harmony of food with nutrition.  They need to go hand in hand.

I am wheat free and refined sugar free, and seeing as I wrote the nutrition portion of the work book that Revive Fitness Offers for the Answer, I have a ton of food tips, and recipes.

I am going to spend the rest of the week, loading recipes, and food options, so that you can find something that works for you.

First off, you NEED TO GIVE UP WHEAT!  AND REFINED SUGAR!

Replace with Spelt, Rice,Kammut etc…

If you purchase the replacements (Garden Foods has the best variety) then substitution is simple.

Honey, Pure Maple Syrup, Agave, Cane Sugar, replace refined sugar.

Keep Watching – it will grow…

Later Gators!

Week 4

Yesterday morning, I had the battery in my truck die, and I had to boost it to get it to the mechanic to have it replaced.  This took a few hours, and I missed the lunch time workout.  My phone rings, and I hear the voice of ….not an angel…. but a STALKER!  Lee Anne from Revive Fitness is on the phone asking me where I am??  Then she says, oh right – you did send me a message about the truck.

So I missed the lunch workout… zero for one for the week. BUT WAIT – there’s MORE!

AND NOW FOR THE LOSER MOMENT OF THE DAY.

I brought the boys for the Revive Fitness 4:30 class – the cross training class.   I drop them off, and come inside the studio to wait.  Shawn is pacing back and forth like a caged lion, about to eat his steaks – the clients.

NOW, many of you would be thinking… hmmm – why not do the 4:30 class?  Legitimate question, my friends.  Let’s make this clear, the “young fellas”  that go to that there class,  get beat to crap…and they enjoy the breaking point of almost throwing up – because that makes them more of a man…

I have NO INTEREST in being more of a man…. thank you very much.

So in walk, “C”, “K” and “T”, all women, my age, (Better shape than I – this is what I tell myself… can you smell the BS?) and they are there to do the class…  YES… SHAME CANDACE. I am even in workout gear that I wore for the day.. EVEN WORSE.

I watch them all do the class,  5 pull ups, 10 pushups, 15 squats… in 1 minute,  30 TIMES!

I sit and watch them, and yes… I do feel a couple of twinges..but I remind myself… HELLO… no interest in throwing up..

I know – I really do sound lame don’t I??

I AM SUCH A BONEHEAD

I am going to go to the lunch class tomorrow at 12:30 – where I CAN do the class.

Sooo.. now that I have just finished the class, and my arms are shaking… because GUESS WHAT THE CLASS WAS TODAY???

THE SAME BLOODY CLASS  THAT I TRIED TO AVOID!

Irony…. sigh…

Here is the recipe:

Had a FANTASTIC SOUP on the weekend..

Thai Butternut Squash Soup Recipe… FREAKING AWESOME!  My friend made it but used banana instead of mango..

check out this link…  http://www.yummly.com/recipe/Thai-Butternut-Squash-Soup-Food_com-107091