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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Challenge Showdown Transformation Day #10

Something To Think About

"Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it is too late. Today, this hour, this minute is the day, the hour, the minute for each of us to sense the fact that life is good, with all of its trials and troubles, and perhaps more interesting because of them."
Robert R. Updegraff
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I received this quote in my daily Bob Proctor Insight Of The Day email.  It served as an excellent reminder for me in this early morning that I must be happy right where I am, the joys of life are in the here and now, not in the "Someday I'll"...living in the land of "Someday I'll" leads to frustration and defeat.  Join me, today, this moment and live in the here and now!

Embrace Happiness!!

~Just something to think about~
JmFUSCO

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Visalus Most Common Product Questions Answered



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Marilyn is down 11#, Stephanie down 3#, Me down 20#, Cindy down 37# April down 12#, Bria down 11#, Eric down 240#.......the list goes on and on..

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Be That Which You Want

Thots spring boarded from a quote by Eric Hoffer

"The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own."

Eric Hoffer
1898-1983, Writer
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Reading this quote this morning really convicted me--how often we approach our outside worlds through the filters of our inside world--the feelings inside us--about ourselves--color our perceptions of other people and situations. These feelings then feed on one another and grow--being intolerant of others' shortcomings that we see in ourselves causes us to become even more angry--it is cyclic--some of us can easily turn the anger inward at ourselves while others lash out at others and don't appear to have the introspection needed to look within and make change. Neither is an emotionally healthy place to be.

Change always begins with BEING, not DOING------
BE the person you want to become--
if you want love, BE loving
if you want peace, BE peaceful
if you want good friends, BE a good friend
if you want joy, BE joyful

and the list goes on---
this principle of life is so true---
who when they are bitter and angry are happy? One can SAY they want to be happy but unless they BE happy, happiness won't come to them.
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THOUGHTS lead to FEELINGS that lead to ACTION that lead to RESUTS

It all starts with what we think about--

Today, as I am,  ponder what results you have had in life--than be introspective, look at how you really THINK about things--it really IS all in your head---it all starts with how you think about things.....
Jm

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Transformation Day 5


The End of Day 5 -still wanting chocolate but have a plan in place for tomorrow

NEVER EVER EVER GIVE UP!


Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Transformation Day 4



What I forgot to mention was that I had a "staring down" contest with a Hershey Bar that I won!


What I love about the challenge is that it has given me a focus point--going public with my goals, my starting point, my day to day actions, gives me that accountability.  Fail to plan, plan to fail, don't want to do that.  4 days down, 86 to go---

Monday, July 23, 2012

FOCUSED CONSISTENCY-Transformation Day 3



Had a great day #3!! Rocking this Challenge--
I can do all I put my mind to!

Kept my food choices under control and
below the 1350 limit I have for myself.  

FOCUSED CONSISTENCY is my Challenge Motto

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Life Deposits-Transformation Day 2


 Planning out my day's food and exercise strategy knowing I have a 7 hour round trip drive I committed to make--I said I would do it and I need to do what I say consistently not just when it's easy.

Sitting here I thought about the story with the pennies--how it is better to be given/save a penny doubled every day rather than a million dollars all at once.  Losing weight, getting healthier is the same kind of thing.  We make small changes, make deposits into our "health bank account" every day by the choices and decisions we make. At first it may not look like its moving along and we question our decisions, our plan, our goal--it is those small focused consistent daily actions that create the habit and create the life/health/weight we want--I loved reading Darren Hardy's book "The Compound Effect" because this is exactly what happens--in everything you want to be successful at-relationships are no different.

I have been focused on the idea of transformation now for a week, really delving into what I want to change--I want to be happy.  That sounds so simple, yet so complex.  Finding what makes you happy is just as much of an "exercise" as determining your goals and plans for your life.  If you haven't already, you have got to read "Get Happy Now"   then click on the title here, these two books are at the top of my "Hot Summer Reading" list this month.
~JeanneMarie~


Saturday, July 21, 2012

Day 1 Of My 90 Day Transformation

Day One!

Increase water intake to 110 oz-YES
Cardio -YES 30 minutes
Eating-ON TARGET
1350 calories is my goal-hit under 1100
What I ate today
Breakfast:
Vi pack coffee with NF milk and stevia
Vishake- half frozen banana, 4 frozen strawberries, 1 cup NSA Flaxmilk
                  2 Scoops VI Shape

30 Minutes Cardio with recovery 2 scoop Vi Shape shake, water and a PRO
2 sets 10 squats  3 sets 15 ab crunches-

LUNCH-Magazine Debut/Challenge Party-sampled shakes, the equivelant of one shake with 1/2 cup fruit and and 1/8th of a banana, unsweetened flaxmilk

DINNER: rice tortilla, 1 slice LF Cheddar cheese 2 oz sliced turkey 1/4 C homemade avocado Salsa

Since I have about 250 calories left ( I didn't eliminate the exercise calories--that day may come) I plan to eat some more turkey with avocado salsa sans the tortilla with a little cheese--that should bring me right where I need to be

So I had actually 3 shakes today and 2 meals. Having had GBSx, my meals are what for a lot of people are their snacks or "light" meals--The shakes are definitely my friend-quality protein low calorie low fat. 

Plan for tomorrow:

2-3 shakes 2 meals or snacks
Cardio 30 minutes plus Core exercises Ab cunch, Superman, Toe Touchers


I am currently in a company called Visalus and am taking part in the Visalus Challenge Showdown!  Following is my Challenge Showdown Video for my 90 Day Transformation Challenge see below, click HERE to vote


 

Paraphrased transcript*This is Jeanne Marie Fusco!  I’m originally from NJ but currently coming to you from Kingman Arizona. I was introduced to the Challenge by Cheryl Ables back in April 2012 and I am so grateful for that moment in time.  This is my second 90 day challenge, you can watch my first video for the results but I’ll briefly recap it here.  I started my first challenge off with a sense of excitement but skepticism as well-I mean I have addressed these same issues time after time after time. I have been overweight my entire life- I even went to the lengths of having gastric bypass surgery in 2002—I lost 160# and got down to 178# (for a day), over time my weight steadily creeped up –yo yo’d, in essence nothing is really different then before the surgery, I am just at a smaller place.  Losing weight is tough but keeping it off is even harder.  I honestly thought at that time that once I had the surgery and lost weight, this “issue” would go away.  In my first 90 days, I lost 20# and met my goal of reaching the rank of Regional Director.  So today is a new day! My challenge goal is to lose 30# and exercise to decrease my body fat % which in my mind means I decrease fat and improve lean muscle, increasing my overall health.  I will be using the Transformation kit which means I will be replacing 2 meals a day with the Vi Shakes and eating one healthy meal.  Because of my altered stomach, I will also have two small snacks between shakes to avoid a drop in my blood sugar. As my exercise increases, I plan to add a recovery ViShake after exercise, just water and Vi Shape.
Ok so here it is.. I want on overall body transformation so I measured a lot of spots although my lower body is what I visually focus on—I know these numbers will be smaller hence the only reason I am putting them out here today!  I changed scales which for any chronic dieter is hell =D
I weighed 228.4 this morning, my body fat % was 38.1.  My measurements are:   
 CHEST: 41.5           
 UPPER ARM R 12.75 L 13   
CALF R 19.5 L20.5   
UPPER THIGH R 29.5  L 31  
WAIST 42  HIPS 53.5

Action Plan:
FOCUS and CONSISTENCY are my action words
Increase water—target is 110oz a day
Increase Cardio—I have been sporadic in this area, by the end of my challenge I will be doing an 45minutes or more a day
Be consistent with my exercise program, Sunshine Harmon of  Sunnygirlfitness developed a program for me, I need to follow it.
I will also be posting on my facebook profile under the group MY 90 DAY CHALLENGE my daily intake as well as blogging  and tumbling my progress—feel free to encourage me, prod me on, follow my progress, share and lets inspire one another!