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Ended week 3 of Jillian Michaels Body Revolution. Still loving it!!

Here’s how my week looked:

Wednesday 

10 mins on the elliptical, day 21 squat challenge, Jillian Michaels workout 4

Friday 

Swimming for 3+ hours with the family at a water park. 

Saturday

Jillian Michaels workout 4, day 23 squat challenge, 1 mile Leslie Sansone 

This past weekend we had a family birthday party so I decided to make a gluten-free, dairy-free dessert to bring.

I found an awesome Apple Crisp recipe online from minimalistbaker.com wesbite (posted link at the bottom of this post) and decided to tweak it a little bit for my personal use.

Here’s the recipe and pictures:

I buy my Gluten Free mixes from Kroger and Big Lots. 

Love this spread!

Ready to bake!! 

I baked it for 45 mins let it sit for awhile until after dinner. 

It smelled SO GOOD!! It was eaten pretty fast too with no complaints. 

Of course putting vanilla ice cream on top doesn’t make it dairy free any more. 😉 

I will definitely be using this Apple Crisp recipe again.
However, I felt like it was too sweet so I’m going to cut back or eliminate all together the white sugar for the apple coating and see how it turns out. I’ll post here after I try that and let you know how it turns out.  

I’m on week 4 of Jillian Michaels Body Revolution and LOVING IT!!

Body Revolution is my first Jillian Michaels program/dvd that I’ve done. I’ve watched The Biggest Loser so of course I knew what kind of trainer she was, so frankly I was scared to even start the workout. It has been challenging but doable and the weeks have gone by really fast. I hate when I do workout programs and the weeks drag on like the program lasts forever. I’m excited that I’m seeing personal progress-not much-but it’s still progress.

I found some FREE Full length Jillian Michaels workouts on youtube from the BEFIT channel that I wanted to share with my readers. I haven’t done any of these yet, but I plan on trying them after Body Revolution. I’m sure there are more free videos on youtube, but I don’t like to share videos unless they are from a person I know or a company.

Have you tried any of these Jillian Michaels videos before?

ENJOY!
Let me know what you think!!

It’s time for our third check in for The Daniel Plan 40 day program.

Day 30 is today Tuesday July 29th so it’s time to evaluate how we’ve done and what can be done better.

Have you been able to finish reading the whole The Daniel Plan book?
What did you like about it and how did it help you?

My goal is to go back thru it again this week and pick out some things to focus on in my every day life.

I have been TRYING to use The Daniel Plan journal every day because when I use it, it helps me be more mindful of what I’m eating and what I’m thankful for. Unfortunately I have gotten behind, so last week I decided to go back to logging my food and calories with MYFITNESSPAL app. I still look at the journal, but to be honest its hard to remember to use it, and post my food calories online, and keep track of things on my blog.

One of the five essentials to the program is Food! 

Have you been following The Daniel Plan nutrition guide or another food guide? I would encourage you to make one change-it doesn’t have to be a big change-to your nutrition this week. I have been trying to be dairy and gluten free as well as little to no sugar. So far it’s going great and overall I feel alot better!   

Remember to eat lots of veggies and fruits!! 

Another essential to the program is FITNESS. 

I used the hashtag #thedanielplan and #danielstrong on my fitness Instagram pictures, if you want to check out what I’ve been doing. I’m on week 4 of Jillian Michaels which I have been loving!! 

What workouts do you enjoy??

One of the things I like about my journal is that it asks me every day what I’m thankful for! 

Another element to The Daniel Plan is Friends. 

I hope my blog check in has been helpful to those of you following this plan and wanting support and motivation! 

I hope you have had an awesome time living The Daniel Plan Lifestyle these past 30 days.
Our FINAL check in will be on day 40 so check back here for a chance to win the grand prize!

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 One winner will receive:

• A Kindle Fire
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