It’s our mid-week update and week 3 of the {31.3 Jump}! Please be sure to check in online with how you did last week!
♥♥♥
Oh, I’ve got a special surprise for you today, ladies!!! I know that for many of you, reality has set in. It’s week 3 and you’ve given up—or you are about to. Changing old habits is really hard to do. The goals you came into the challenge with are proving to be obstacles. You are finding yourself back again to where you always get–on the sidelines, defeated.
I want to come alongside you today and root you on!! I understand that this is hard!! We need one another to keep this up. So today, I asked a very inspirational person to give us some thoughts on how she keeps going.
Candace Cameron Bure is just like us (minus the acting gig!)–a busy mama, wife and friend. She wrote,“Reshaping It All” and it seriously is one of the best books about physical and spiritual fitness. I’ve got good news! You have a chance to win a copy of it!! Find out how at the end of the interview!
So let’s get to it!
♥♥♥
♦ Candace, why do you exercise?
♦ What is your biggest obstacle?
♦ What is your biggest motivator?
♦ What is your favorite post-workout snack?
♦ What do you tell yourself when you don’t want to hit the gym?
♦ What do you tell yourself when you mess up either in eating or lack of exercise?
♦ Does your faith play a part in this and how so?
♦ What kind of encouragement could you provide to the participants of the {31.3 Jump} especially for those who have fallen off track already?
Girl- who cares if you’ve been off track for a day or a week. Get back on the wagon- or maybe I should say treadmill! We’re all in this together. We have lots of opportunities to encourage one another and you’re never alone. Get a friend to be accountable with on your journey, even if that friend is online. If you’re silent, you’ll fall back into your old ways. Speak up, share your thoughts, share your goals and starting doing it!! With God on your side, you can all things through Christ. And that means lose that extra weight, get in shape or achieve whatever fitness goals you may have!
♥♥♥
Thank you so much, Candace!!
Now it’s your chance to win a copy of “Reshaping It All”. Leave a comment below telling me why you are sticking this out until the end of the challenge! If you are just joining this challenge, let me know what is going to keep you going when “the going gets tough”!
The giveaway will end Friday, January 20th at 10pm EST!
(And don’t forget to check out Candace’s new online magazine, Roomag! I’m a senior co-editor there and the contributors there rock!)
thanks Clare and Candace!!! We need these real rah-rah-rahs.
now, if only I had being-on-camera as a motivator….
#wannabe
HUGS girls!!!
Love it ladies! I’m with you Darlene! Does it work if we vlog…? lol! 😀
I will be sticking to my goals because I want to be a role model for my daughter. I want to look good for my hubby. It makes me feel good when I workout and I accomplish my goals. I want to run four 5K’s this year. I have a lot to live for and I don’t want my health to be a hurdle from living the best life!
Love her book! Love this blog! Thanks for the encouragement, Candace and Clare!
Thank you Clare and Candace!
I am actually very surprised to say that I have not lost any motivation yet and have been doing great! I’ve lost 10lbs and feel super good! I actually already have “Reshaping it All” so if my name is picked, please pick again! I loved it! It helped me a lot. My biggest motivation that is keeping me going is getting my body ready and healthy to have a baby! It will be our first if the Lord blesses us. I have some medical issues from being overweight and out of shape. I also realized that by not taking care of my body I am mistreating something God gave me to responsible for. If I can’t take care of this body why would He give me another body,(baby) to take care of ? Huge conviction!! So far, it is keeping me on track! And Clare, you have been SUCH a big help too! Very thankful for you!!
I am sticking this out for me and my family, not only to loose a bit of weight but to feel good, have more energy, and for the gratification of being dedicated to this as a lifestyle not just for the moment. Thanks for your encouragement, motivation and tips!
Your encouraging words has really been a blessing. I’ve started back up again exercising and eating healthy. Looking forward to feeling better. Looking forward to what God has in store for me this year.
I did the “Reshaping It All” Challenge last Spring and lost 5 pounds in time for my 15th wedding anniversary (and back to what I was on my wedding day!) and felt great. It was a good goal to work for! But I never read the book…yet. 🙂
~Kim A.
I’m sticking with this challenge because I know that I can’t take care of my family, my job, my college work, or anything else if I’m not taking care of myself. I want to set an example for my kids: put God first, honor God in all we do (including how we care for our bodies), and He will bless us.
I come from a long line of serial dieters. Heart problems, diabetes and obesity run rampant. I’ve been trying for 3 years to get my own journey under control and always find myself against a wall at some point. I could really use a way to combine the physical with the spiritual!
I am sticking with it because it is working! Thanks for the motivation!
I want to be around for my grandkids. I dont want to be limited to what I can do, based on my size. I am blessed to have what I have….and I want to take care of it like God instructs us to. 🙂
I’m sticking with this challenge (even while I’m on my 7 day Caribbean Cruise next week) because I want to glorify God in all things (1 Cor. 10:31).
I’m loving this challenge. I want it to be monthly! Through your encouragement to eat clean, exercise, and be intentional in our spiritual lives, I started reading The Eat-Clean Diet books, cutting out chemicals and processed foods, exercising 3-4 times each week, and reading my Bible daily again. I’m really enjoying this journey. And I’m not gonna lie…. I love the print-outs. 🙂
HI Clare and Candace!
Clare I won the copy of this book at your very first giveaway and it has helped change my life! I started my weight loss journey March 2011 and am down 42pds. I still have 40 pds to go but I have not let the ups and downs of weight loss keep me from my ultimate goal of having a healthy body that God intended. Candace thank you so much for writing this book. As a mom of 3 (one of which has autism) it is easy to fall into the comfort food eating. Thank you for the inspiration that you offer! This book will bless whoever wins it!
I need to honor God with my body and my words. I lost my sister to lung cancer and my mom has adrenal cancer. I used to workout because I wanted to be thin. Then with the cancer I wanted to work out to be “healthy.” But one day, I was reading through 1 & 2 Corinthians and realized working out is what I need to do to honor His temple. My kids also need to see that I’m not just talking about working out or reading about working out, but actually see me doing what I say . . . I hope to read the book soon!
I keep going because I want to feel good and to teach my daughter to live healthy. I have fallen down this week as my girl is sick but this is motivation to get back on it!
I know I will feel better if I get the exercise and rest I need, Thanks!
I’m sticking with it because I feel like at my age it’s do it now or start having some serious health problems related to my weight. I also want to set a good example for my sons.
I’m sticking to my exercise plan but I have major challenges with food and too much snacking. I’m trying really hard and I would love to read this book. I would also love great snack ideas!! Even simple ideas like Candace/s fruit smoothie or cottage cheese!!!
I’m sticking with this because I want to be a Godly example for my family. If I take time out of my day to spend with God I am more relaxed and able to be the light he wants me to be in the world.
I am just joining and I need to stay motivated to get my health back to normal. Blood sugars were up in December and so was my blood pressure. I don’t want to take medicine for high blood pressure so I need to get it in gear! I hope I win!! Thanks for the blog!
I motivate myself so much after reading anything Candace says. She’s so honest to herself and makes it look really worth it!. I’m excercising and praciting yoga!. Good luck to all of you!.
Carmen
I will be the mother of the groom on July 1 2012 I so want my family to see a beautiful healthy and fit mom dancing with the groom
It is amazing to have watched Candace and a girl an young woman and now an great role model as a woman of god Blessings
I’m just joining, but am highly motivated to get back into my pre-pregnancy clothes before I am pregnant again.
Hi girls…I am sticking with this because I have health problems and I feel God telling me He will help but I need to do my part too. I can really relate to the sweet tooth that Candace has. Plus I am on prednisone so I am hungry and craving sweets 24-7’s. I would love to win the book. I am praying for all of you. Satan wants us to crumble and fall. It is how the whole sin thing got started in the garden…WITH FOOD.. COME ON GIRLS…WE CAN OVERCOME THIS FOOD. We have an awesome God and He is with us holding our hand. God Be with all of us and hang in there.
KathyM in Illinois
Sticking to my goals is extremely hard. I had lost about 15 pounds a few years ago, then I was diagnosed with a-fib. That derailed my workouts and the physical therapy for my sciatic nerve (I fell down the steps while pregnant with kid three almost 11 years ago). And those 15 pounds came back with a few buddies :-/
It was scary being in the hospital for several days while my kids were home. Lots of fear about my health and future with my family. Now I’ve had an atrial ablation, I take my meds, and I’m trying to get back on (and stay on) track.
I would love to see my pre-pregnant body again, but getting close to it would be wonderful.
I just keep going and try not to be too hard on myself when I have moments that I slip…..
I loved Candace’s book. I read it last January and it has been a great help for me on my weight loss journey. Turning everything over to God and getting serious with making changes and sticking with them has made all the difference to me. God wants me to depend on Him for every aspect of my life – big and small. I really don’t think that I could have lost the weight without getting real with God and getting real with myself that if I want to be healthy for my family, I have to be in God’s word daily and seek His guidance with my food choices and every other choice that I make during the day.
As a mom of 4 young kids, I have a really hard time fitting in everything I need to do – including exercise and healthy eating. But I get so much more done when I do exercise because I have so much more energy! I’ve been wanting to read Candace’s book since before it came out. Thank you both so much for this!!
Hi Clare,
First off I want to say thank you to you and Candace, you guys are help inspire me. I am a 23 year-old mom with 2 boys and a husband. I have a dad in jail and mom hooked on drugs and in out of prison, so I have always had some eating problems. Since I had my first child at 19 the weight has just packed on and I find inspirational people hard to come by in my workplace and I don’t really have any friends. But I do have you all online! THANK YOU :). I find it sometimes hard to go on some-days with being a working mom, a wife and a mother, BUT I will be sticking it out, because i want to prove to MYSELF and My CHILDREN AND MY HUSBAND that addiction (of food, for me) is not going to ruin mine and my children’s life like my mom and dads drug addiction ruined my childhood and still to this day has an effect on me. I want my treat my body good as the Lord made intended for it to be. I know i can do it and i will keep going until i beat this. I hope to run a race one day (when i get some running shoes, hehe). But again thank you for your blog and helping me on this journey to not only better my life but my children’s life most of all.
**********ADDICTION FREE**********************
Ps. I believe the Lord had this all planned out and I WANT TO SAY ***********THANK YOU JESUS**************
I’m sticking to my goals so I honor God in ALL things; including taking care of the temple He provided me. I want to be a good example to my family.
Hi,
Honestly, I am really struggling keeping with my goals on watching what I eat and exercising. I am preschool teacher and have 2 young boys (9 and 11) and am finding it hard to put myself first (exercising) and doing things that are good for me even though I know I should! This is a stressful year for me too there are alot of changes going on in my life and I don’t do well with change so stress is playing a huge factor in my challenge. Thank you for all you do to encourage us to stay on track! I heard about Candace Cameron’s Book from TheJoyFM in Florida and have been interested in it ever since! Thanks for the opportunity to win it.
Tricia
I discovered your blog around a month ago and have been quietly following along with this challenge. 🙂 So far I have done pretty well sticking to my health & fitness goals for January. My biggest goal was to avoid sweets for the whole month and so far, so good! I have also lost almost 4 lbs. so far. I want to glorify God by taking care of the body He’s given me, and also to slim down a bit for my hubby. 🙂 And to be more healthy overall so I can have more fun running around with my kiddos!
I am actually reading Candace’s book (from the library) this month and am about 2/3 of the way through–love it! But I would love to have my own copy, too! Thanks for the chance to win it.