It’s the month of LOVE! 💕
There is so much to love on the road to creating long-term changes. So, let’s love the journey we’re on to better health and embrace every step this month!
NEW Kickboxing HIIT Class
WEEKEND WARRIORS !!! Thanks to everyone for welcoming even more of our brand new kickboxing/HIIT format WARRIOR Combat Lesson 1 with squat presses and booty work 🥵🥊👊🏼, & for unwrapping all of our latest WARRIOR Rhythm Lesson 14 with rolling down dogs & punching burpees 🧘🏻♀️❤️🔥🎢 !!!
And… 🌟 Special thanks to those who stayed afterwards for class photos 📸 and reels-making fun! 🎥 📱 Here are our photos; I’ll get our first remix posted tomorrow! Stay tuned 😉
See you this week!!
Start Without Motivation
“The momentum of continuous action fuels motivation, while procrastination kills motivation.” – Steve Pavlina
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard “How do you find the motivation?” in reference to my health and fitness routine. The answer…I don’t! 😲 I don’t magically find motivation like it’s a hidden coin in a video game. I create it for myself!
You see, if you wait around for motivation to happen or to just ‘feel like’ working out or ‘feel like’ eating healthier…you are never going to start living a healthier lifestyle. We have to motivate ourselves. That means taking that really hard first step to just START.
Because motivation doesn’t occur out of thin air. Motivation occurs from momentum. If you have ever had a health and fitness routine, you know what I mean. The first few days working out or eating from a meal plan are HARD. But once you start, you create the momentum to keep going. You start to feel stronger, healthier, lighter, more energetic, less stressed…and that is what motivates you to keep going. 👌
So that’s it. Just start. 🤷♀️ Start even when you don’t feel like it. Start without motivation. Start even though it’s hard. Get the ball rolling, and watch it snowball into all the motivation you need to keep going! 🤩
Sharing Your Journey
This journey (for this month) is coming to end. We just have a couple days left and we are Looking For Love And Support this week! 🥰 Obviously, you already have love and support from us here in this group. But we all know that the support of those closest to us, who we see every day, matters too. If you can get them on board to cheer you along in your journey, it can make all the difference. 🎉
I know it can be hard to be on this journey when people don’t understand. If they don’t have similar goals, they may struggle to even know how to help you. Or they may not realize how important your healthy choices and habits are.
First off, if you want someone’s support, you need to ask them for it. But to really get them involved, give them some ownership in your success. Let them have some input. Ask them how they would like to be involved. Maybe they don’t want to workout with you, but they would be excited to help you track your workouts. Or maybe they don’t care what you eat, but they want to help you with your water goal. Everyone gets excited about different things, and you never know until you ask. 🤷♀️
So, invite them along on your journey. Share the celebration and success with them. Acknowledge their involvement. Let them be a part of it, not just watching on the sidelines.
Strawberries & Cream Overnight Oats
Easy Overnight Oats recipe!
Serves 1
Ingredients:
1 cup chopped strawberries, divided
1/3 cup vanilla coconut yogurt
1/2 cup canned lite coconut milk
1 tsp pure maple syrup
1 Tbsp strawberry jam
1/4 cup rolled oats
1 Tbsp chia seeds
Directions
1.) Place a 1/2 cup of strawberries, yogurt, coconut milk, maple syrup and jam in a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth.
2.) Place the remaining 1/2 cup strawberries, oats and chia seeds into a medium bowl.
3.) Top with the yogurt mixture and stir to combine. Cover tightly and refrigerate overnight.
4.) In the morning enjoy as is or garnish with more chopped strawberries.
WARRIOR Instructor Certification Trainings at YMCA in Dallas, TX
WARRIOR Strength and WARRIOR Rhythm Instructor Certification Trainings being hosted at YMCA in Dallas, TX!
WARRIOR Rhythm
February 18
9am – 5pm
WARRIOR Strength
February 19
9am – 5pm
Get certified in one or both! 
Purchase one training for $199 with promo code YMCAWARRIOR, and then get the second training for just $99 using promo code DOUBLEHEADER !
I am so thrilled to announce not just 1, but 2 Instructor Certification Trainings at YMCA in the Dallas, TX area !!! My Master Trainer friend, Marlena Robinson , & I had the pleasure of leading WARRIOR Strength & WARRIOR Rhythm Master Classes at Semones Family YMCA this January & received raving excitement from members & instructors alike for the class experiences! We return to the same location in February to lead in person trainings for instructors.
Are you an instructor (or aspiring instructor) interested in getting certified to start offering WARRIOR classes near you?
Enroll now (
linktr.ee/warriorinstructoracademy ) in one or both of the upcoming Feb 2023 trainings using the special discounted promo codes, or go to warriorinstructors.com to learn more about WARRIOR formats and Creator Ellen de Werd
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Grateful to the Traci Dunn and her team for welcoming us and bringing WARRIOR Formats to the YMCA family!
We hope to see you at the upcoming WARRIOR Strength and WARRIOR Rhythm Master Classes and Instructor Trainings! Don’t forget to register with the link above and use the special promo codes listed for you ;-).
“Life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever.”
Peter Hagerty
I hope you are ready to embrace loving the journey to health and happiness with me on the blog this month! I am so excited to come along with you and to see what God has in store for us in February!
Til Next week!
Angel
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