Living Beyond the Scale

Dear Rowing Machine,

Where have you been all my life?

Sincerely,

Your New Friend

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My Tips on Fitting Exercise Into Your Busy Schedule:

• Schedule it - Mark it on your calendar or planner and treat it as an important meeting, not to be missed!
• Wake up earlier - For a lot of people, waking up earlier than normal is a horrible inconvenience.. but it’s also a great way to get a workout in before your day has even officially begun! (Trust me, it’s such an awesome feeling walking out of the gym as all your fellow bleary-eyed gym-goers are just walking in!)
• Keep your workout gear close-by - By keeping a set of workout clothes in your car at all times, you give yourself NO excuse not to hit the gym after school or work. Just swing by the gym on your way home 
• No gym? No problem! - Bodyrocktv on Youtube has AWESOME, intense, at-home workouts that you can do for $0 and minimal time! There are also a massive amount of workout DVDs available online.
• Avoid the elevator - You can burn extra calories by skipping modern conveniences. Take the stairs instead of the elevator, park far away, not in front of the store, skip the car and take your bike..
• Take breaks - Get up from your desk, stretch and go for a quick walk to the coffee machine or the water fountain. Sitting for long periods of time is unhealthy, so give yourself a break.
• Use time wisely - While you’re waiting for the shower to heat up or your ride to arrive, do jumping jacks, push ups, squats, burpees.. anything you feel like to get your body moving. At least it’s SOMETHING.
• Squeeze it in - Even if you don’t have one giant block of time, you can squeeze in 10 minutes here and there of something like Yoga, Pilates or Tabata style workouts.
• On the phone? Walk! - Don’t sit if you spend a lot of time on the phone. When given the opportunity, walk and talk.

If exercise and health is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse. You’ve only got one body, take care of it! =)

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BOOM with the back of the Muscle Milk Light.

Basically the gist of why I chose Living Beyond the Scale as my Blog name!

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IS THE NUMBER ON THE SCALES GETTING YOU DOWN?

Girls, girls, girls. I know we all have our own stories and we’re all here for different reasons. But I see A LOT of girls desperately trying to see lower numbers on their scales. It looks to me like the main reason they’re doing it (working out/eating healthy) is to see a low number on scales. The only thing thing keeping them going is the hope that one morning they’ll stand on the scale and their “ultimate goal weight” will be staring them in the face.

I believe, and yes this is my personal opinion, that what should be staring you in the face, is yourself in the mirror. Why not forget about the numbers for a while? Check your progress in the mirror, how your clothes fit, compare old photos with new photos, happiness, how well you sleep at night, how much energy you have, how strong you are mentally and physically, there are probably a million other reasons but these are the ones just came to mind now.

Different weights look different on every single body. Just because your favourite celeb has a bangin’ bod at a weight, doesn’t mean it’s going to look fantastic on you too.

I hope my progress will inspire some of you and make you realise that you don’t need to see incredibly low numbers. I rarely weigh myself. I only weigh myself when I see a big difference in my body in muscle definition. It turns out the better I look, the more weight I’ve gained.

Don’t let numbers define you. Please. I am genuinely concerned for some people that I see on here. 

ugh these photos make me feel good <3

Love this

This girl is a perfect example of living BEYOND the scale. Great job!

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Cosmopolitan In-Home Exercises!

If you’ve been following me for a while, you know of my obsession with Cosmo! Well, here are some equipment-less exercises you can do that are simple but really work your muscles out. And if you’re anywhere near my neck of the woods, it’s DEATHLY hot outside! These exercises can easily be done inside where the AC is going and you’re not at risk for a heat stroke! Let me know how these go! And if you’re part of the Sexy Autumn Bootcamp…here are your required 20 minutes. ;)

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever you are! I just wanted to share my check list that I created to track my daily points for the Sexy Autumn Bootcamp! I made a basic template so that each week I can print a new one and just fill the dates in. There’s a space to fill in how many points you received for the day in each category, as well as final scores for each week. I’m wishing EVERYONE much success in this camp, but a special shout out goes to my team- Yummy Berries!!!!!!

If anyone would like a Microsoft Word file of this template to use, feel free to email me or tweet me:

LivingBeyondtheScale@yahoo.com

@LBtheScale

Good luck, all! Let’s keep it up- for ourselves and for our team. Happy Bootcamping!

I was so exhausted today that for a second, I considered skipping my run. Then I remembered my team and got right to it. I finished EVERYTHING, including the Bonus Daily Mini Challenge and got the maximum number of points possible for the day. Happy to contribute to my team!!! Let’s keep it going, Team Yummy Berries!