A Successful Week

What's up People! Week 1 of P90X was completed yesterday! Woo Hoo! I'm happy to report that I lost 5 lbs! What! Yes 5 lbs in one week! This has NEVER happened to me before! Never! I'm at 170lbs now and I'm st-st-st-stoked!!!! Can you tell? In case you haven't subscribed to my YouTube, U need to now! Why? Cuz you're my friend and you love me right! SUBSCRIBE TO ME NOW! I'm posting videos there to hold myself accountable to the world.

I'm loving me some P90X. Yes it's a tad long, BUT after losing 5 lbs in one week, an hour to an hour and a half is worth it! Did I mention I'm eating up to 2,400 calories a day? What! Yes boys and girls. All that food and I still lost 5 lbs! It's a lot of good and wholesome food. Nothing processed. PLUS my Recovery Formula and Shakeololgy is a real treat and I really don't feel deprived. I feel amazing and I'm ready for Week 2! Chest & back already done and it's Plyometric Cardio Circuit tomorrow. God Help me! lol

On to my Faith...My Pastor Nick Carnes posted this on his Facebook:

The hunt for the perfect church always ends in disappointment, so find one, get involved, and add to the dysfunction! #Truth

Love it! Don't know why I strive to be perfect. After all these years I've learned to be a perfect ME. But anyhow, as I mentioned before, I attended Granger Community Church for 4 years in Indiana. It really seems like a perfect church. It has it all. A great big building, an amazing children's church, outstanding Worship Team and great Pastors. It's pretty phenomenal. Too Perfect in a sense that I was wayy too comfortable and didn't do anything other than attend regularly and enjoy the show. I didn't get involved so I didn't even get a chance to see its dysfunction. 

We are in Week 3 of the series Plan B..What do you do when God doesn't show up the way you thought He would? That is the question. Still trying to figure out what Plan B I'm currently in. I feel like God always shows up for me. So am I suppose to prepare in case He doesn't? 

We are hosting our community group at our home. Great group of people and I'm honored to gather with them. I would have never had people over a year ago. Even 6 months ago. Ask my past. I was quite comfortable entertaining my Husband and Kids and family from out of town. So I thank my dysfunctional church for helping me to follow Christ's Lead and doing what He calls us to do. And that is to love thy neighbors and open our homes and be part of the community. Thank you New Passion Church!

My family is great! Always. Brody is trying to talk so much. "Trying"/lol.. All he really says is."You're bad" and He hits anyone smaller than him. He tries to say I want my milk but it sounds like, "mymantmymil" I love my lil Pal. Alyssa is as girly as can be. She's been really sweet to me lately. She keeps telling me," You're the best Mommy!" and she follows me and reminds me to exercise! Even though I get it done early in the morning. She's my little girl and I hope to call her my best friend one day just like I call my own Mommy :) CJ is the bomb. His behavior at school is on point and he's learning so much. I forget how much they pick up especially at home. I'm a health freak and he clearly gets what I'm all about. He came home with his school work and the question was, " What do you do to be responsible?" Here was his response:

I am responsible when I work out.

How awesome is my 6 year old. This morning he did P90X with me at 6 in the morning. I Love my Kids. Their Dad is a really good Dad and a good husband. He can use a few pointers on how to be romantic. Sorry to throw him under the bus, but he's getting wayyy too comfy in our marriage and he needs to romance me! LOL. Maybe he isn't because I had baby fever, but I think I'm over it. haha. 

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On 2 the Next Challenge...

What a pretty Friday Afternoon. I just got off the phone with my dear friend Amy who is more like sister to me. She always knows how to pick up my spirits. Who does that for you? Other than your significant other, children or God... who do you turn to?  I'm thankful for my friends.

Ok, so lets talk about my fitness. I just finished Turbo Fire/ Chalean Extreme Hybrid. I only lost 7 lbs, but I lost more inches. It's my fault. I started in June and I was on fire. My Nutrition was good. Notice I said good. Listen! Nutrition has to be great with routine exercise. I've got the exercise down. That's a given. But I allowed myself too many ice cream cones throughout the summer. I allowed myself too many cheat meals on the weekends. Do I regret it? Absolutely NOT! Maybe for a moment, but I slept on it and I'm ok with my failure. I'm moving forward with it and with that comes bigger challenges BUT with a peace of mind. uh-huh! I have 3 small children and having our Friday Ice Cream treat in the summer was worth it. Here are my results.

Where the heck was everyone this summer? I did so great with Insanity back in Spring. It's like everyone was really there trying to get their body right for the summer. I need accountability yall! I lost my momentum when my son started 1st grade. It just sucks that it has t be this way, but I'm ready to bring it. I've got over 65 confirmed P90x/Insanity challengers on Facebook. Whether or not everyone will stick around, we shall see. But I will be here. I'm holding myself accountable to the world. I was a BEAST back in spring and I'm backkkkk.

I feel sorry for my husband already because he knows how witchy I get when I restrict myself. He's re-joining me. I kinda lost him there the past 2 weeks. It's not fair though because he's still losing weight! errr. I'm really hoping that he will get up with me at 5am Sunday through Friday. I love working out with people and I would love it more if that person was my husband.

Soooo....for the next 90 days I'm suppose to consume 1,966 calories per day according to the Harris-Benedict calculator. Back in the spring I was eating up tp 2,100 calories a day. It was a challenge, but I got results by eating MORE! Imagine that! For Turbo Fire & Chalean Extreme I was only consuming 1,700-1,800 calories. Maybe that's why I was so hungry all the time. I just didn't put much effort into counting calories this past summer. I  ate clean for the most part with protein and carbs at each meal, but I guess it wasn't enough. Either way, I had a blast with Mama Chalene Johnson. She's amazing and inspiring. But I'm ready for Daddy Shaun T. & Uncle Tony Horton! Let's goooooooooo. BRING IT!

Precious Moments

Hello Friends! I just wanted to take a few moments to share with you all about my Precious Moments. And those are my children. I have 3. Two boys and my special girl. You should know that my husband is a Navy Recruiter and he works MAD hours. He leaves the house at 8 and comes home around 8pm. So I'm pretty much a "single mom" 90% of the time. It's fine. I'm used to it. You should also know that I'm a Beachbody Coach. I spend a lot of time working and growing my business and I plan to attend Augusta State University this Spring semester. I AM A BUSY PERSON! It's fine. I'm used to it. lol.

 Ok, so what moments has been so precious these past few days? My kids adore the crap out of me! I'm not your typical fun-loving Mommy. I'm strict and can be harsh at times. I'm not too affectionate only when I want to be. Sad, I know. My kids don't even try to come close to Mommy cuz they know I'm busy whether it's cleaning, working out, cooking or whatever. They know to stay out of my way.

Well lately, they have tore down my barrier and they are just smothering the crap out of me. At first I would get upset because there is stuff that I need to get done! But 3 against 1 is working in their favor. My baby Brody LOVES to cuddle and so does Alyssa. Yesterday I was getting my daily reading done. I usually aim for 10 pages a day of any motivational book. While I was reading, my daughter snuggled up next to me and fell asleep. She never does that or at least I would never let that happen. If she naps now what time will she go to bed? Anyhow,  as I lay there with my baby girl I was in awe of her. I can't believe how much she has grown. I stared at her for almost 2 hours. I could have napped too but it's not in my nature to. I could have got up and got some cleaning done or worked on my business or even get my daily workout in. But I didn't. I decided to enjoy that moment with my baby girl and hold on to her small body for as long as I could.

Any other day I would have thought of it as 2 hours wasted of my day. But recently it just seems to clear to me. Although God has revealed my purpose in life, which is to Lead people to Christ through fitness,  I have to remember the biggest challenge and blessing he gave me before I even started my own business. And that is my duties as a MOTHER. If it weren't for these babies I certainly would not have the determination to get Fit and healthy. I wanted to do all this for them in the first place. If it weren't for my kids then I wouldn't have the motivation to go to college. If it weren't for them then I would not have the ambition to truly succeed as a Beachbody Coach. 

If it were not for you God, I would not be able to enjoy Your Precious Moments in life. I'm thankful for all that you give to me. I am a blessed girl. I thank you for Your 3 lil Angels that remind me how very much You are ALIVE and I am so honored that I get to enjoy your presence/presents everyday!

Behold, children are a gift from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward.

Psalm 127:3

Church Choice

My FAITH.....is good. of course it can be better. I believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. That's a given. I believe in the BIBLE. I guess I know what needs to be done as far as putting 100% of my TRUST  in God. I struggle with $$$. We got it and it's enough to cover bills, but as Jim Rohn says....there's way too much month at the end of the money. I really want to TITHE. We did it faithfully back in 2007 and part of 2008 and I can say that was a really good year for us. My relationship was so good with God. When we lived in Indiana we attended Granger Community Church led by Mark Beeson. Hands down, the best church we have been to. I miss it :( GCC was about an hour drive. We always went either Saturday night at 7pm or Sunday at 11am. Never missed a service from July 2007 til we left Indiana in May. That year we tithed faithfully, my energy was up and I couldn't be stopped. I was driving an hour each Wednesday with CJ and Alyssa while Dwayne always worked late. I even drove through the horrific snow! You couldn't keep me away from Wednesday Night service. It was always a treat when worship was led by Trace Rorie. Although every artist was pretty awesome, Trace was very captivating for me. I felt so connected with Jesus and that's exactly what I needed mid-week.

Pastor Mark Besson

Trace Rorie

Ah ha! So that's why Christians go to church twice a week! I never understood why. I love weekends at church with my family. We all look forward to it. ALL OF US :) As a stay at home mom with little kids and trying to earn my degree, life is super tough during the week. I can pray all I want, but community is a phenomenal experience right in the middle of my week. I love being surrounded with people who want to be surrounded with others even if it's just one hour of our busy week...all to Praise Jesus! Then do it again on the weekend. It really is the highlight of my week.

So we are here in Grovetown, GA. I wanted to try a Baptist Church. So we went to Warren Baptist in Augusta. Great church, but something didn't click for me. They had a contemporary service and the Pastor was true to the BIBLE, but I wanted to look some more. Then we visited Stevens Creek Church. Awesome church! I really like the Executive Pastor Kevin Lloyd and his wife Melissa sings in worship. She has an amazing voice. OMG she really does. I loved Dorna. She is the Pastor of Connections. Very friendly woman. And I will not forget Julie. She runs the retail shop and she's just the kindest lady. Very warm and so sweet. I was going to serve with her and had every intention to, but I felt like I belonged somewhere else. I didn't want to leave the Creek because the children's ministry is awesome. My kids loved it and the church was just a really good church. When I cry at church it usually means something. And that is, the Spirit is alive!  I admit that I hate when God pulls me away from things that I fall in love with.

So We found Journey Community Church in Evans. LOVE that church again! God was really making it hard for me to choose a church. Pastor Bobby is good. The message is clear and the worship team is great. My son didn't really like the Children's ministry. I'm not sure why, but when it comes to God I always pay attention to my kids' reaction. I feel in my heart that they are reason for my relationship with God. My husband and I both had a moment with God in that Church. Now when my Husband gets something out of church then I know it's a good thing. But still I needed to seek more churches.

Our neighbor invited us the Vinyard in Augusta. My son loved the Children's Ministry! He LOVED it. He really wanted to be at that church, but my Husband & I didn't. We couldn't sync in with the service. So I was thinking Journey would be the Church. But it wasn't fair for CJ.

Pastor Nick Carnes & His Wife Nicki

The next weekend Dwayne went to his Dads to go fishing. SO I decided to check out ONE more Church. I found New Passion Church online. I found out who the Pastor was and I looked him up. Read up on him and watch one sermon of his online. I liked it. I really wanted to see a service with the worship team, but couldn't find one. The thing that I liked about this church was that it is fairly new. One year old. My husband kept telling me that we need to find a smaller church to really grow as Christians. I LOVE mega churches. Granger has about 5,000 members and I loved that. But I wasn't challenged there. As much as I loved GCC I never volunteered my time. Sad, I know. But God has a plan and purpose for my journey. I knew once we moved down here, that I would dive right in and give my money and my time.

So that weekend I went with just my kids. Didn't know what to expect. First off, Jonathan is a great musician. The Worship team impressed me. i cried right away. (Good sign) Then the Lead Pastor Nick Carnes preached about "Family Ties" in his Series DESTINY. I remember him opening up talking about dysfunctional families and mentioned Facebook. Ok, my ears are open. One, Im very dysfunctional and two,  I'm on Facebook quite often. Ok, Pastor whatchu got?! Nick talked about how we don't get to choose our families, but we kinda do when it comes to choosing our church family. Ah ha! This is what I've been doing all these months. Church hopping all in hopes to find that right church family for ME. Pastor Nick talked about the importance of community. He talked about how we label each others dysfunction. It was clear that just because some of us has exterior dysfunctions while others have interior dysfunctions, it makes no difference. He called us religious bigots. WOW! It's true. Unless we have a genuine love for one another, then our relationships at church makes no difference. I really enjoyed his sermon. Check it out here then look for FAMILY TIES sermon. New Passion

So could it be? THE right Church to call home for the Bolings? God I hope so. I'm ready to grow with this church.  I get excited when I think of all the potential this church has to offer. I really think Nick and his team can reach out to a lot of people that have strayed away from God and the Church. He's very REAL and not afraid to preach it. I want to give my all to God and I'm glad I stumbled across New Passion Church. Excitement ahead! Hollerrrrr