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ENROLLING NOW: Take the New Year's Health Bet!

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Looking for a way to actually GET PAID to stick to your New Year's goals? So, back in September, the folks at Beachbody rolled out this really fun thing called the Beachbody Health Bet. It went extremely well! They put together this giant pot of money and if you met the EASY qualifications, you were qualified to win a chunk of that change! Almost ALL of my challengers that participated in this group received a check at the end of the 30 day qualification period! I am so excited that they opted to do this again!  I have been asked to run a private group to help people stay accountable to their goals and qualify for their pot of the money. I am currently enrolling NOW for participants who want to bet on themselves in 2017!  Here's what you need to do to qualify: 1. Download the MY CHALLENGE TRACKER APP (free app for those working with a coach in a challenge group!) 2. Join MY group via the app (I will send you an invite!)  3. Drink Shakeology a minimum of 5

Core de Force: Week 4 Review and FINAL RESULTS

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Sitting here, trying to find the words to recap the last 30 days of my health and fitness journey feels a lot like one word: bittersweet. Completing this program was more than just a "check off a box" type of thing for me. I have literally been fighting for my life. For the last 30 days, I have learned more about what I am capable of and what lies within. I never knew I had this inside of me and I never knew I had this much to give. I am proud. I am excited. I am full of joy. I am sad.  .....all in one breath. You see, on October 26th I got the all clear after my postpartum appointment to start working out again. On October 31st, Core de Force launched. I had planned that I would do Core de Force after giving birth, but I thought that would be in January of 2017. I thought I would have a baby here on earth in my arms to hold and I thought that I would be inspiring new Mom's that taking time for themselves is okay. Reminding them that you can't pour from an e

Buffalo Cauliflower Bites

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Some days, I literally think if I don't get a buffalo chicken finger, I won't survive another minute. Today was one of those days! However, breaded chicken was not on the meal plan for today, so instead, I had to come up with a plan to get my buffalo fix in a more creative and healthy manner. I only have 5 more days of Core de Force and I'm trying as hard as I can to stick to the plan as best as possible! So, after much googling, I decided on Buffalo Cauliflower Bites! They were awesome! I will surely be adding this to my list of favorite, healthy appetizers. These would even be great on a salad, as well! INGREDIENTS: 6 cups of cauliflower florets 3/4 cup of hot sauce (I use Red Hot) 1tbsp butter (you can sub a different alternative, like EVOO or coconut oil. I will try this with coconut oil next time to make it even cleaner, but the butter I used was grass fed. We don't usually even have butter in the house, but I had some left over from the mashed potatoes fo

Core de Force: Week 3 Review!

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After week 2 on left After week 3 on right  I am down to my FINAL WEEK & 2 days of this program!  I cannot believe how quickly this has actually all gone by. I feel like just yesterday, I pressed play and I couldn't actually do more than a few reps of each move without taking a break. Here is my review from the past week of workouts: For starters, I am barely taking any breaks at all as opposed to the first week when I was following only the modifier.  There is one specific workout that you do each week called Dynamic Strength. It's a 47 minute workout with lots of push-ups involved. This past week, when completing this workout, I did the majority of the push-up variations on my toes, not my knees!  There also is one move called "ground to fighter stance" that has been my arch nemesis up until this week. This is like a burpee and it is introduced in this program on DAY ONE and it shows up quite often. On day 1, I vividly remember I could only do thr

Core de Force: Week 2 Results & Review!

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Whew! The past 7 days of this program TESTED me to my very CORE (haha, see what I did there?) But no, seriously. I've been crying during these workouts. The last 5 minutes at least 3 of the last 7 days have been a total sob session. I've always been a believer that sweat is the best stress reliever, but I am surely experiencing it now. I have been VERY sore. I have been really tired. I have TRIED to make every excuse in the book to not get my workouts in daily... but then I remember... Every time I push play on this program, I notice the following things: -the moves are becoming easier. -I am able to do more reps than before -I can FEEL myself getting stronger -I am taking less breaks -I am able to mentally lay it all out there and leave my troubles in my sweat. (and there is A LOT of sweat). I went into this program hoping for great physical results. 15 days in, I could care less what the scale says, I am more concerned about my head and my heart & what

Core de Force Week 1 Review!

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Top pictures are Day 1, Bottom pictures are Day 7!  Core de Force Week 1 Log!  WHEW!  What a week and test this program has been for me! I have found myself extremely winded and confused as to how I got so out of shape! (carrying a child for 28 weeks will do that to you, apparently!)  My core strength is TOAST and halfway through Day 1’s workout, I knew I was in for a wild ride! But, SO WORHT IT! I am learning to trust the process and not weighing myself at all again until Thursday morning before Thanksgiving!  My honest thoughts on the program is that it’s HARDER than I thought it would be— not just because I am that out of shape, but I just have never actually moved my body in this way. Joel & Jericho do an awesome job of breaking down the moves, though! And let’s just talk about that modifier…. SHE’S MY BEST FRIEND! There is a track where you can split the screen and have her on half the screen the whole time to see the modified moves, which I LOVE, because

FJM PART 5: Frankie meets Finley

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In the past month, I have debated how I continue to share this journey through the grief of losing a child. What has become so blatantly obvious is that when people see Dave and I in person, they refrain from bringing up our loss. It seems that people are afraid to upset us or maybe think that we don’t want to talk about it or that it’s too hard. It’s not their fault. We were the same way before our lives were shattered with this situation, too.  What I hope people reading this can learn to realize is that every time you see a parent you know is grieving their child and you DON’T bring up their loss or say their child’s name, it hurts worse. I’m always thinking about Francesca. ALWAYS. I always will find a way to intertwine her into conversation. Hearing her name out loud keeps her ALIVE for us.  You are hurting us worse by not speaking of her. You are hurting us worse by not acknowledging our pain. Ignoring the pain makes us feel like it is insignificant. While that is NEVER

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for CORE de FORCE: Beta Test Group!

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As I sit down to write this blog post, I'm realizing how different the launch of this program looks from what I had envisioned in my mind. I learned of this program this past July at our annual Coach Summit and anticipated being close to 8 months pregnant and rocking this with a bad ass baby bump and showing my customers that if I could do it, they could do it. But, that all looks different now.... however, the last statement STILL rings true. If I can do this, you can do this. We can do hard things, no matter what the path looks like that has lead us to right here-- to this program.  This will be my FIRST workout program post birthing our beautiful angel born asleep, Francesca Joy at 28 weeks gestation. There will be no working out while a baby is in a bouncer seat. There will be no meal prepping in between feedings. I was ready for this post baby transformation. I was excited to rock some results. But, that is the reality I am facing. However, I am so GRATEFUL that this prog

Francesca Joy Molitierno: Part 4-- Forever and always, my angel you'll be.

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September 23, 2016  When the time came for us to be moved to the postpartum floor, Jessica came in and woke us up to inform us of this. As much as they didn’t want to have to move me next to the nursery and newborns, they were in need of labor & deliver rooms, so we had no choice. I was calm & at peace, so I felt okay with this & we were told we would be in a corner end room so there wouldn’t be a lot of traffic past our room. The brought in a wheelchair & this… is where it gets hard for me as a mother.  Protocol at the hospital is that when moving from labor & delivery, you carry your baby for security purposes. I didn’t think twice about this, I love holding Francesca and wish I could hold her in my arms forever. But, as we began what seemed like a 5 mile trek down the hall, I began to feel all of my motherly defenses kick in. People were in the hallway, people were looking at me with my baby girl in my arms and people didn’t know the reality of our s

FJM: Part 3- She's Here

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September 22nd, 2016.  On the Morning of Thursday, September 22nd, 2016, we heard the sounds of our parents cooking breakfast, making coffee, trying to stay quiet as to not wake us. What they didn’t realize is that we had been up for hours. Every hour since 5am, we were calling the hospital to see if they could get me in yet or if it was a good time to try to come in early before our 11am scheduled induction. At about 8, I decided to emerge from the bedroom, but the second I sat down on the couch, the tears started. I just couldn’t believe it was 12 hours after I thought this whole nightmare was going to start to play itself out, but we still had not yet begun the process of meeting our baby girl. I remember talking with Katy Ursta via text and just telling her how scared I was and she encouraged me to find some time alone to pray. She though God might tell me why I had to wait, but I needed some alone time. I locked myself in our bathroom and in the shower, I asked God “Why? Why