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Can You be Happy for 100 Days in a Row?

4/30/2014

#100happydays

I'm not sure if you've seen this campaign floating around facebook, Instagram or other social media sites, but there's a group out to see if people can be happy for 100 straight days. When I saw this I just loved the idea and couldn't wait to sign up, and I'm on day 4 now! I think people are so quick to focus on and post everything they're unhappy about, all the negative, so it's been refreshing these past few days to go to facebook and see people posting about the little things they're happy for. So far some of my days have been being able to hire someone to take care of my lawn this year which will free up my time and also helping out a local business, and getting to work from home doing something I love (bring your cats to work day is every day!) :)

If you'd like to take the 100 happy days challenge with me, it's free to sign up here! And if you do, be sure to tag me on Instagram (@Pure_Synergy) or on facebook so I can see your posts!

I'd like to share with all of you what my #100happydays post was yesterday!

I was seriously so excited to wake up to see these pics of Amanda!!! I want to tell you a little bit about her journey, and I'm probably going to say a bit more than she'd like, but she knows I love her and I think a lot of people will be able to relate to her story. (Don't worry! I will ONLY share pics that I have full permission to use.) :)

Amanda is a friend of mine that has been struggling trying to lose weight for a while now, and as soon as she'd find herself in a groove she'd end up sick or injured and feel defeated. She was just getting back in the swing of things and doing great, and then she received the worst blow yet, she broke her foot.

For a couple weeks she let it really bring her down. She was so frustrated because for the first time it had felt like she was breaking that cycle, and now she was going to lose all that momentum. That's when she decided to quit feeling sorry for herself and decided to take control.

Even though she couldn't workout with her broken foot, she decided on the21-Day Fix and committed to ONLY the meal plan portion of it 100% for the next 21 days, no workouts. (And don't think it's a "quick fix" starvation diet. She was eating bread, chocolate and peanut bitter in the plan, and we even went to Spot Coffee one day and she ordered a breakfast wrap off the menu.)

After 21 days Amanda is now down 13 lbs and and lost a total of 8.5" all over. What's even better is how she FEELS! She took something that could have left her feeling helpless and down and used it to empower herself and didn't give up. And she's not wasting any time, she just started Round 2 today with my newest 21-Day Fix group!

My next 21-Day Fix group will be starting soon. It's pretty crazy to think of just what you can accomplish in that short of time. If you're ready to take that next step and COMMIT 100% for 21 days, message me on facebook or respond to this email and I can guide you every step of the way!

PS Memorial Day is less than FOUR weeks away!

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My first edition of Ask Julie Anything!

4/18/2014

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I LOVE helping people and answering their questions if I can, and over the years I've been asked some pretty fun, crazy and just weird questions. So much so that about a 2 years ago a friend of mine said I should start doing an Ask Julie Anything post, and I'm finally doing it now!

It all happened kind of accidentally. I kept getting asked the same one question over and over, so I wanted to put it in a blog post so I could just share that post every time someone asked me. That morning, I thought it would be fun to have my facebook friends try to guess the question, and in return I had people asking me all kinds of things, and I ended up having a lot of fun answering them!

It all started with this facebook post..

Here's how it went down after that:

Rory: Why don't you eat bacon? What does tofu really taste like? Do I have to be vegan to get results like you? ;)
Me: Haha Next time you're in town, Rory, I'll take you out for vegan food. :)
Rory: K. I'm scared but I'll do it.
Me: Scared you'll like it? ;)
Rory: Hahaha no. Do you have any idea of how picky of an eater I am?
Me: You don't think there are picky vegans? lol

Shane: Where do you get your protein? grrrr! lol
Erica: It's gotta be about the protein. Although I already know the answer. But I get asked this ALL the time.
Tatiana: Where do you get your protein? ;)
Me: Nope! Not the protein. That's too obvious. :)

Stephanie: Is it how much money you make being a coach? Or are people not that nosy? Hehe ;)
Me: And not how much money I make. My teams knows if they ask I'll tell them. And earlier this month I posted that I just replaced my former General Motors income from Beachbody so that kind of gives you an idea. :)

Jenn: Why did you choose to be vegan??
Me: I never intended on going vegan in the beginning. I gave up dairy M-F as a test to see if it would help with sinus problems. It worked! Around the same time Scott stopped eating meat, so we both did our research, couldn't find a reason not to go vegan, so he gave up dairy and I stopped eating meat and the rest is history!

Jenn: Do you get bored working from home?
Me: I could never get bored, I meet new people every day!

Suzanne: Hmm, how about how long do you workout for each day to achieve your amazing physique??
Me: 30 minutes! Sometimes an hour.

Shawna: When/if you and Scott are going to have kids....??
Kasia: when are you going to have a baby?
Me: Lol NO kids!

Wendy: I bet it's "How much do you weigh?" people are kinda obsessed about that one...
Me: No, but that's a good one! I'm actually surprised I don't get it more often. My weight is all over the place. At my heaviest I was probably close to 160 (I say probably because I wouldn't weigh myself then, and that was years ago). Now it varies depending on what workouts I'm doing. When I did Body Beast I was around 140, after a cleanse I did I was 130, and right now I'm 135... all about the same body fat, which is why I tell people to take progress pics. The scale lies!

So what was the question I get asked the most (other than where do you get your protein)? You can find out here!

After that first post I had so much fun answering everyone's questions that I decided to do another Ask Julie Anything day this week, where I answered some of the questions in a video which you can find below! I've been getting a lot of questions lately about my fitness journey, how I became a coach, and how long it took me to build up to coaching full time, so I'm going to be putting all of that in one big post coming up soon. In the meantime, you can check out a little bit about why I became a coach here and you can learn more about becoming a coach yourself here.

I hope you've all enjoyed my Ask Julie Anything days as much as I have! Leave the questions you'd like me to answer in the comments below, or add me on facebook and you can ask me in a message there!

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The #1 question I get asked

4/4/2014

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This is by far, hands down, the #1 question I get asked... (aside from the obvious "where do you get your protein?" question)

Drum roll please.....

What does Scott eat?

I know. Crazy, right? But it's true!

So before I get into the details, let me get the legal hoo ha out of the way. ;) Neither of us are dietitians, nutritionist, etc, blah blah blah (but we would both like to do the eCornell plant based certification in the near future!) and most people you hear from online aren't either, just something to keep in mind (don't believe everything you read!)

After almost 5 years of eating a vegan diet, this is what Scott has found to work for him.

*Disclamer: He/we eat weird. We always have, even before we went vegan. We don't eat weird "because" we're vegan, we just eat weird. Pre-vegan Scott would be happy going to work with a can of salmon or a chicken breast baked in salsa (the only way I knew how to cook it) and a can of green beans. Now we know better. ;) (And can I just say how happy I am to not have to cut up slimy chicken breasts every week to cook for lunches!?)

So here's what a typical day looks like!

Scott is much more of a planner than I am. (MUCH) Every night he packs his lunch for the next day. He even combines all the dry ingredients for his breakfast smoothie so the only thing he has to do in the morning is add the fruit and water and blend. Also, he "says" it's 2 cups of kale, but I buy the kale, and we go through WAY more than 2 cups a day. Picture the biggest Vitamix container they have, crammed with kale. Yeah, that ain't 2 cups. We also go through a TON of hot sauce each week, too. And oats. I feel like we're always buying oats. He eats them dry with the raisins with a spoon at his desk every day for a snack. (I told you we eat weird!) For the tempeh and kale, he adds them both to our giant cast iron skillet with some Braggs liquid amino acids. As you can see, there's lot of carbs and lots of fruit (Umm, fruit makes you fat, right? Clearly.)

So this about sums up Scott's diet! He pretty much eats this on the daily during the week, and the weekends change depending on if and where we go out to eat or what we have going on that weekend. I hope this helps everyone who's been asking me "What does Scott eat?"

As always, please leave any comments or questions you may have below. If this helped you, please share with others who may like to see this, too!

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Can You be Happy for 100 Days in a Row?

My first edition of Ask Julie Anything!

The #1 question I get asked

What does Scott eat?﻿

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