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BeFit has created a whole-life, healthy living program that combines a workout calendar, workout videos, and nutritional supplements to help you live your healthiest lifestyle possible.

Because I am a fitness ambassador with SweatPink; BeFit selected me to try their 30 day Fat Burn calendar and three items from their supplement line to review.

Here’s an intro video about the BeFit 30 day Fat Burn program. It’s totally FREE on their YouTube channel and all the workouts are 10-12 minutes so there’s no excuses!

There is no warm up or cool down because of the short workout time, so make sure you do that on your own. I really liked the Dynamic Strength Training workout. I used 3-5 pounds hand weights with the workouts because of the fast pace.

30 Day Fat Burn: Fitness Program Introduction

30 Day Fat Burn is a unique, high-intensity cardio program that torches calories and tones muscle with a mix of cardio exercise and strength training moves. It is a full body workout system that will burn fat, shed pounds, and work all major muscle groups for lean and sexy results. This fitness program consists of 10 workouts, each 10 minutes long that are designed to target the abs, arms, thighs, butt, chest, legs and back. These workouts consist of a special blend of jogging, running and sprinting to increase endurance and melt away pounds. You will learn several variations of squats, and lunges to tone the lower body and firm the glutes & legs, as well as push up, dips, and tricep pulls to build muscle and sculpt the upper body. Strengthen the core and activate the abdominals with side planks, crunches and leg lift variations as you ignite your weight loss potential and build stamina and increase agility through unique plyometric exercises including ski jumps and mountain climbers. Transform your body with Expert 30 Day Fat Burn Trainers Astrid McGuire and Danielle Pascente as they provide motivational, step-by-step instruction on each highly-effective move to ensure correct form and maximize results. Look and feel your best in just ten minutes a day!

Click here for the 30 Day Fat Burn Playlist:
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I received these three full size supplements to try.

I like that the pre-workout powder doesn’t have any artificial dyes in it! I look for that in all my supplements and it’s really hard to find! It mixed well in water and tasted fine-a little sweet than what I typically like though.

The chocolate protein powder was also good and mixed well. I like to have it with 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup almond milk, 1 cup frozen strawberries and 1/2 of a banana. I sometimes like to add spinach leaves as well.

I didn’t particularly care for the burn pills. I didn’t really notice a difference with taking them, but at least they were easy to swallow and didn’t have a weird taste when swallowing them.

Here’s some specific product information about each item I tried:

Pre-workout energy and endurance booster

There are three key elements required for a good workout: ENERGY, ENDURANCE and FOCUS, and that’s what you get with BeFit PRE™ pre-workout supplement. This fresh, energizing, and clean pre-workout helps prepare your mind and body for a great workout.* The foundation of BeFit PRE™ is composed of two powerful, clinically studied ingredients, elevATP™ and BetaPower™ Natural Betaine. ElevATP™ is an extract from peat water and apples that stimulates the production of ATP – the body’s energy source. Betaine is derived from sugar beets and helps to improve muscle endurance.* The rest of the powerful ingredient team to support your workout includes:

Natural Branched Chain Amino Acids
L-Carnitine
Organic Coconut Water Powder (electrolytes)
Guarana
L-Citrulline
Vitamin B12
Let BeFit PRE™ become your workout partner, especially on those days when you are just not feeling motivated to workout. Take one scoop and let natural energy and endurance boosting ingredients fuel your muscles and help you perform with intensity and focus.*

You can buy it here:
https://www.befitfitnessnutrition.com/product/pre/

Whey Isolate and Micellar Casein Blend

BeFit™ WHEY PROTEIN is a great ally to help you satisfy cravings, curb hunger, and help your muscles recover after workouts. It is also great for on-the-go shakes, which fit nicely into your busy lifestyle. Additionally, BeFit™ WHEY PROTEIN is great for baking, making pancakes, smoothies and a variety of other tasty treats!*

BeFit™ WHEY PROTEIN helps satisfy your appetite and supports muscle recovery by combining two different types of protein into one delicious, naturally flavored powder. Whey protein isolate is quickly digested and absorbed, helping you feel full faster. Casein protein is considered a slow-release protein, which enable the naturally occurring amino acids a longer window of time to help muscles recover. The combination of whey and casein in one supplement means you’re getting the best of both worlds.*

You can buy it here:
https://www.befitfitnessnutrition.com/product/whey/

Dual Action Weight Loss Support Supplement

Nothing replaces a nutrient-rich low calorie diet and a rigorous exercise regime when chasing your weight loss goals. But a little help in boosting your energy and fat metabolism can go a long way to achieving those goals. BeFit’s dual-action BURN™ does just that – it is a supplement designed specifically to give you an edge in your healthy weight management plan.*

BeFit BURN™ helps your body create thermogenesis (heat), which helps metabolize, or burn fat. It also supports healthy blood sugar levels (already within normal limits), which is important for managing cravings and curbing your appetite.*

Unlike most fat burners, BeFit BURN™ works without over-stimulating the central nervous system, so you don’t get that jittery, anxious feeling.*

To further support the weight management process we have included prebiotics, probiotics and polyphenols to provide good bacteria to the gut.*

You can buy it here:
https://www.befitfitnessnutrition.com/product/burn/

>>>>WOULD YOU LIKE TO WIN A SET OF SUPPLEMENTS FROM BEFIT?

One USA winner will receive a full size pre-workout, Whey Protein, and Burn capsules.

Retail value: $149.97

One prize per person. If you win this giveaway and have already won another prize from BeFit through another blog, please disclose that you have already won so I can choose another winner.

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Grab a towel and join Jessica Smith for these 10 moves!

Free workout is here:
http://www.sparkpeople.com/blog/blog.asp?post=the_towel_workout_makes_toning_easy

 

The Bible is no doubt a timeless book, but often it’s seen by the younger generation as ancient and antiquated. How can we make the stories of the Bible—particularly the Easter story—alive and exciting for our children? Adventures in Odyssey has created a free activity kit for families to experience the Easter story brought to life through eight days of Christ-centered and fun activities. Click here to sign up and download the kit for free.

 

If you’re looking to bring the Bible to life further during the Easter season, consider signing your family up for the Odyssey Adventure Club (OAC). It offers safe and free content for everyone in your family. Membership to the OAC costs just $9.99 a month — or even less if parents make a six-month or one-year commitment. Enrollment provides more than enough content to keep kids engaged throughout the year:

• Access to exclusive content and first looks at books and select Radio Theatre dramas.
• On-the-go access to the OAC app for both iOS and Android users.
• 24/7 streaming access to nearly 800 AIO episodes.
• A new, members-only AIO episode every month.
• A subscription to Adventures in Odyssey Clubhouse Magazine, and more.

To learn more about the Odyssey Adventure Club, visit www.oaclub.org, Facebook, Twitter. and Pinterest.

Set of 5 Exercise Bands Ideal for Training Legs and Arms – 100% Natural Latex Stretch-elastic – Great for Physical Therapy and Stretching – Bonus Ebook and Carry Bag by Fitness Demon

I received this set of 5 exercise bands quickly from Amazon and as described. They come with a black drawstring bag and each of the 5 bands are in their own plastic sleeve. They had a slight latex odor when I took them out of the plastic, but within a couple of hours they were fine and ready to use. I really like that each band is labeled with the resistance strength because not all resistance bands come labeled.

I have used the bands several times in the last week for various upper body and lower body exercises. I mostly used the green medium resistance band.

Here are some of the exercises that I like to do with Loop Resistance Bands:

SIDE LEG RAISES

SQUATS

ARM/SIDE STRETCH

LEG SCISSORS

The only slight annoyance is that because I have larger thighs, when I slide the resistance band up past my knees the band tends to curl some and not stay flat against my legs. Not a big deal but worth mentioning.(like during the bridge exercise)

HIP BRIDGE

I like that this set of 5 bands came with an ebook emailed to me after purchase! I am always looking for ideas on how to use my various exercise pieces that I purchase, so I like when sellers do this on Amazon.

These bands are small enough to carry around in the black bag provided-to use at home, at the office, at the park-anywhere! Overall, I really like this exercise bands set and can’t wait to use it more in my home gym and for my workout classes that I lead at the park.

I received this product discounted from the Tomoson Blogger program in exchange for an honest review on my blog and social media-all opinions are my own.

Product Description

• 1 x Premium carry case and drawstring
• 1 Yellow X- Light Band (0-8 LBS)
• 1 Red Light Band (8-15 LBS)
• 1 Green Medium Band (15-20 LBS)
• 1 Blue Heavy Band (20-25 LBS)
• 1 Black X-Heavy Band (25-30 LBS)
• 1 x LIFETIME MONEY BACK GUARANTEE

THE BENEFITS OF USING RESISTANCE BANDS

• Workout at your own pace: easily adjust the intensity of your workout by moving to stronger bands.
• Workout in your own home: Stay at home MOMS and DADs can still get their workout in without having to leave their little ones – or with our premium carry case take your resistance bands with you to the gym, yoga class, or use them to stretch before running or hiking.
• Increase flexibility and mobility: Prevent injuries and increase blood circulation.

WHY SHOULD I CHOOSE FITNESS DEMON RESISTANCE LOOP BANDS FOR EXERCISE?

• Longer Bands: Most resistance bands are 10″ in length. Our 12″ bands are longer and allow for a more efficient and effective workout.
• Premium Quality: Our bands were designed by personal trainers and physical therapists. They are thicker than many other products and made of the Strongest and best quality 100% latex which has been factory tested for durability.
• FIVE LOOP BANDS (Extra Band): most resistance band packs contain only 4 bands – Fitness Demon contains 5 resistance bands allowing you more versatility in your workouts to use and interchange as you see fit.

You can purchase a set here:

Book 2 “Deliverance” picks up right where book 1 ended with Moses fleeing Egypt after killing a man. While wandering around the desert he meets Jethro and his family while rescuing them at the well. He is immediately drawn to his daughter, Zipporah and her quiet and caring nature. He begins to learn their language, as well as their belief in one God. The longer he stays with Zipporah and her family, the more he learns and the more at peace he feels.

I loved reading about Zipporah and how she cared for others and her falling in love with Moses. I also liked reading about Moses’s spiritual transformation and him meeting his Hebrew family.

I absolutely love biblical fiction and this story is the perfect follow up to book 1. It ends with a perfect lead into book 3 but I’m bummed I’ll have to wait for another book to come out to continue to read Moses’s story. This is definitely a series to read again and again!

Another thrilling, well written volume of The Moses Chronicles by author H.B. Moore!

I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review on my blog and social media-all opinions are my own.

About the book:
Experience the life of Moses as never before, following his journey from fugitive of Egypt to prophet of God. In this exhilarating follow-up to H.B. Moore’s biblical drama. The Moses Chronicles: Bondage, the account of Moses’s flight from Egypt continues.
Moses’s life as he knew it is over. He has chosen to stand for his beliefs at the cost of being cast out of his royal home and family. He is free of the wickedness of Egypt, but peace is not to be found, for Moses is as much an aimless wanderer as those in the nomadic tribe he encounters in the wilderness. Exhausted by long weeks of travel, he nevertheless jumps to action when he observes a group of young women accosted by a band of Bedrayan men at a communal well. These lovely daughters of Jethro are grateful for his help, and their Midianite tribe welcomes Moses with open arms. As he learns the ways of the Midianites, his kinship with Jethro grows as does his admiration of one of Jethro’s daughters, Zipporah. But when Moses suddenly receives a burning call to free the very people he has long oppressed, will he have the courage to return to the land from which he has been exiled?

You can purchase book 2 here:

Biography
Heather B. Moore is a USA Today bestselling author of more than a dozen historical novels and thrillers, written under pen name H.B. Moore. She writes women’s fiction, romance and inspirational non-fiction under Heather B. Moore. This can all be confusing, so her kids just call her Mom. Heather attended Cairo American College in Egypt, the Anglican School of Jerusalem in Israel, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University in Utah.

Please join Heather’s email list at: http://hbmoore.com/contact/
Blog: http://mywriterslair.blogspot.com
Website: www.hbmoore.com
Twitter: @heatherbmoore
Facebook: Fans of H.B. Moore

Literary awards: 4-time Best of State Recipient for Best in Literary Arts, 3-time Whitney Award Winner, and 2-time Golden Quill Award Winner

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Here’s my review for book 1: Bondage
http://empowermoms.net/2015/09/the-moses-chronicles-volume-1-bondage-by-h-b-moore-heather-moore.html

You can purchase book 1 here: