Hello everyone…hope you are all having a great day! For those of you who participated in the 21 Day Unstoppable Fat Loss Challenge - Congratulations on taking this HUGE step forward. We have received amazing feedback from all you. Scott and I feel so fortunate to have had such a tremendous impact during your journey. It has been a ‘life changing’ embarkmant for many of you and we are so happy to have been there to encourage and support all of you. Now you each have all of the ‘tools’ you need to keep moving forward! You will succeed! You are unstoppable!

We will begin TODAY to answer your weight/fat loss questions, nutrition questions, and any other questions related to your health and fitness. Please feel free to ask Scott and I a question and we will do our best to give you the most sound advice we are capable of. Remember we are not doctors and can only answer questions to the best of our knowledge, and within our field of work.

Q: How much cardio should I be doing to achieve maximum benefits while following The Fit Chic program?

A: As we have laid out in the book, you will do 3 days of walking at a brisk pace for 30-40 minutes. We recommend going in the morning on an empty stomach. However, if that does not fit into your schedule, go when you can! We also recommend that you do at least 2 days of HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). As you get closer to your goal weight, you can increase your cardio and go for a walk in the morning, then do HIIT training in the afternoon.

Feel free to send in your questions and/or concerns

Have a wonderful day!

Cheers to health,

Angie
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Hello everyone…wow, what a summer vacation! First, I cannot believe how quickly it has gone by. Secondly, I cannot believe how much I am looking forward to ‘September’ and ‘new beginnings.’

We had a few vacations planned and, yes, I did get a bit ‘too relaxed’ about my workout schedule. However, I now feel SO READY to get focused on an action plan and stick to it. I have been working out very hard following Nick Nillson’s, “Gluteus to the Maximus” program. I was also doing the Fit Chic 10 minute Express Workouts. I really noticed more muscle definition in my legs! I am getting compliments on how toned and lean they look. I love that. There are times when I think that my body is ‘used to’ being the kind of shape that it is and I’ve always found it very tough to firm up my legs. However, Nick’s INTENSE leg exercises did bring me to the next level that I needed.

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Today is a very special day for me. I’m the proud father of my nearly 7 year old son Shayne, and my beautiful 5 year old daughter Noelle. My family means everything to me. I experienced a wonderful moment while filming one of my workouts recently. It made me realize the positive influence that I’m having on my children. Here’s the video of the 10 minute express workout that I did. Take note of 3 separate times where my daughter models my behavior.

Shoulder & Ab Workout

The first time that my daughter surprises me and comes into the picture she sees me doing a shoulder press on the stability ball. So she decides to grab a smaller stability ball and 5 pound dumbbells and do a shoulder press herself.

The next time she comes into the picture she

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Hello everyone!! We are back from our family vacation! We went on a Carribean Cruise. It was so beautiful to experience the different Islands and just stare at the sea…endless sea…it was truly mesmerizing. Now I feel so refreshed and ready to help you out in any way that I can! I really mean this, if there is anything I can do to help you to achieve a healthy lifestyle - I am listening. I am anxious to get working to meet all of your needs.

I hope you are all starting your “New Year” out right with great, healthy intentions! I also want to mention that while we were away, Scott and I still found the time to get to the fitness centre on the ship and get in an intense workout. It was actually very enjoyable because it was a different environment and I was surrounded by other like-minded people. Although we were on ‘vacation’ we all still held the same mentality that ‘exercise is part of our lifestyle.’ When you truly reach this way of thinking, nothing gets in your way! You wouldn’t walk out the door to work in your underwear, right? (well, I hope not!) You get dressed in the morning…it’s part of your routine. Look at your exercise and eating habits in the same context and just make it part of your everyday routine. Schedule it in. There are no excuses.

I was impressed with the variety of healthy food choices while we were away. So many fruits and vegetables! We ate so well…a lot of fish too. Of course, we treated ourselves to dessert! However, what I’m trying to get across is that we chose the healthier foods each day. We had our share of ‘not so healthy’ foods, but they were limited. When you know the real reason why you want to lose body fat, you have a stronger drive to achieve it. Do you know your powerful WHY? A hint: it’s a more powerful reason than just what the number on the scale says.

If you have not listened to Scott’s audio series: Unstoppable Fat Loss, I highly encourage you to take the plunge and check out this incredibly motivating product. You will learn the reasons why you are not achieving your fitness goals and how you can become more motivated and UNSTOPPABLE when it comes to achieving success. It really is so uplifting and filled with 21 amazing stories of people around the world that have finally found that motivating factor in their life and they want to share it with all of you.

Listening to this while you are walking and/or jogging along with following Jon Benson’s Every Other Day Diet - Lifestyle Plan (what I follow) will get you started on the correct path to success. I guarantee you will see results. Of course you are missing one more piece of the puzzle and that is weight training. I am a busy mom and I always find the time to spend 20 minutes on weight training 4x/week. That is not much time ladies! That is a total of 80 minutes a week! These are quick, but very intense workouts. I do them in the comfort of my own home with a stability ball and some free weights. You can too! Check me out at: The Fit Chic’s Year of Workouts. I savour this time to work my muscles like gold. I feel like a million bucks afterwards.

Today, I plan on getting my workout in before dinner. I usually try to get it done in the a.m. , however I still feel really groggy and dizzy from the cruise ship. I guess it was a little rocky! This is the bonus of working out at home though. It is just easier to find that 20 minutes to spare…my kids are sometimes running around me…oh well…as long as no one gets hurt! They are cute, they are usually imitating what I’m doing. (or trying to!)

I suggest you write out your goals for the next two months. What do you want your weight to be? What size do you want to fit into? Go try on that dress at the mall that you want to fit into! See yourself already fitting into it…listen to the unstoppable fat loss audio…empower yourself girls! You have all the power within you. Take action today!

Cheers to health,

Angie

Hello there! I just to share with you the wonderful evening Scott and I had with our neighbourhood friends. We decided to meet up at a restaurant for dinner. There was not much variety on the menu and I was feeling so stuffed from eating cheese and potatoes the last few days…however, there was something called “SoHo Chicken Salad” Wow, it was so delicious!

There was a lot of chicken, red onions, mandarin oranges, chinese noodles, and poppy seeds. As we were waiting for our food everyone was asking each other what they ordered. When I told them what I ordered, most of the responses were, ‘that’s it’ and ‘aren’t you hungry?’ The funny thing was that when they saw my plate they were all drooling over how good it looked and how large the salad was. I was so full afterward! I am following the Every Other Day Diet - Lifestyle Plan and it truly was the perfect meal for me.

I was totally satisfied and energized afterward. I wanted to share this with you because I know some of you may think that it is difficult to eat a healthy meal when you are at a restaurant. Or, you may feel that you have to order a full size meal when the rest of your party is. I am here to tell you to be a leader! Be the healthy role model in your group of friends! Find friends that support your healthy food choices and choose to live the lifestyle of champions.

Okay, so that was the first part of our evening. Then we all went to Rock N’ Bowl and had a blast! The lights were dimmed and awesome dance music was blaring in our ears! It was so much fun! My bowling score was humiliating, but the laughs were endless!

The final and most hilarious part of our night ended with two couples coming back to our home to participate in a DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) challenge! For those of you whom have Playstation 2 may know what I’m talking about. If you do not, it is a game where you have a mat on the floor in front of you and it has arrows where your feet will go. You watch the t.v. screen and you try to match up the arrows on the screen with your foot movement. Basically, you are doing dance moves and you can make choose a ‘beginner’ all the way up to an ‘elite’ level. I have yet to conquer the ‘difficult’ level. I always get booted off!

Do you sweat? Is your heart rate through the roof? Is it addictive? Is it fun? The answer to all of this is OMG , YES! It is an amazing fun cardio workout! We had such a blast with our friends! It’s just as much fun to watch them as to do it yourself. I have been practicing it on the ‘workout mode’ and I am breaking out in such a sweat! It’s fantastic! So if you need some spice to your cardio routine, or worse yet, if you do not have a cardio routine…look into this DDR. It really is a blast. The funniest part is that Scott and I are the only ones using it! We bought it for our 4 and 6 year old. They are not interested in it - YET. I know the time will come.

We will post a video soon of what exactly it is. I love it because its another dimension to add to my Fit Chic Year of Workouts that I follow each day. A couple of days in the week, I only do cardio. So I can choose DDR now and its so much fun. I’m sure once my daughter sees how much fun I am having, she will hope right on. For the girls who are already following the Fit Chic Year of Workouts you can choose DDR on two days and then walk for at least 30 minutes the other two days.

Remember,too, if you need some extra motivation during your walk just listen to the Unstoppable Fat Loss audio series. You can download it right to your MP3 player or ipod. Trust me, it’ll give you that extra skip in your step that you’ve been lacking. It will totally get your mind opened up to the possibilities that you can attain by simply controlling your thoughts. I know I’ve said it before, but yes I cannot stress it enough…IT IS POWERFUL. It’s all about real people, real life stories, real change.

I hope I’ve enlightened you in some way today…

Cheers to health,

Angie