Pure Insanity.

I need this shirt.

I have just taken upon myself the INSANITY Challenge. the prize? This sweet T shirt.  You can only get it if you complete the 60 day challenge and send in before and after pictures.

Today is day 3 of my work out and i need to say it's FREAKIN HARD! The people in the work out are like killer sweaty and stuff so that just goes to show me that no matter how awesome yer body will look after, you'll still get a killer work out every time you do INSANITY. 

but BOY DOES IT FEEL GOOD! 

I have pushed back my beach Body Goal a month from May 1st, to hopefully June 20th. 

My INSANITY 60 day goal is June 26th so HOPEFULLY by then I'll have a body I can go to Seven Peaks in and not be embarrassed of wearing a swim suit! THAT"S THE ULTIMATE GOAL!

I'm so excited! 

I LOVE a good challenge so I'm excited to keep going!

In doing this program though it's been way tempting to quit even after just 3 days, 

but I keep cheering myself on saying out loud "ABS, ARMS, LEGS!" 

Those are my main targets.

I can do it though! I CHALLENGE YOU TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF

to doing something you know is way hard.

Lets do something INSANE together.

Your Best You..

I heard something awesome the other day that's been weighing on my mind for this entire week. It's a quote by Olympic Track Runner and Creator of INSANITY workout, Sean T. He said something to the likeness of 

"Stop looking for people you want to look like. You'll NEVER look like them because there's only one them and one you. You'll only look like the best you, NEVER like anyone else so don't aim to be someone else, be your best YOU"

DANG.

I think it rang true to me because I've become so obsessed with working out trying to reach this fitness goal of having a beach body by May 1st that I've lost sight of why I had this goal in the first place. I had the idea that if I work hard I'll have that hot Jillian Michaels body.

When in reality, that's a CRAZY GOAL. According to my genes and just the way my body is built, there's no way I'll look like her.

BUT, that's totally fine with me.

I'm not quitting my goal. I'm going to change my perspective and reset my path so i look like my best ME. The best Andrea Veenker I can be.

I challenge you all to do the same.

:)

Love you all.

(PS I'm saving to do Sean T's INSANITY work out! Check it out! It's not for everyone but it's worth a shot!)

Our Bundle of Joy!

Well everyone! I'd like to introduce you to the newest member of out little family! YOGI BEAR. He's a lil Yorkie and we were lucky enough to have found him through my sister in law, Yennifer! He's been so fun to have around! It's quite the change to go from being lonely during the day, to coming home to a lil guy who's happy to see you ALL THE TIME! 

i LOVE IT! He's so happy all the time! The training is the hard part! It's all a work in progress though! BABY STEPS!

Also I wanted to thank the Springville Zumba Crew for putting on the Child Rescue Zumbathon! It was a total success and it was so fun to be able to back up our lovely amiga, La Osorio! she's AMAZING! The cutest girl in the world! haha we're waiting on some pics from the event and hopefully we'll have some video footage!

Here's a picture of my back at the Zumbathon. hahaha

Also I wanted to make you aware of the following events coming up! FIRST OFF 

The Pleasant Grove Rec Center is putting on a GIRLS NIGHT OUT! It's for all you lovely ladies that 

are stuck at home while all the boys go to Priesthood session! It's going to be a BLAST!

They're going to have :

Door Prizes, Massages, FOOD, crafts, hair-do's, a fashion show, make up people, facials, pedi's, gel toes, brow waxing, yoga and of course, ZUMBA

Put on by all the lovely ladies that teach there!

 

oh PS, that now includes ME! WOO! I was just hired to work there last week and i start first week in April teaching Tuesday and Thursday's at 10:30 AM! It's going to be a party so you'd better come join me!

Anyway, register for the Girls Night Out at PLGROVE.ORG

or email me for any questions regarding that evening!

 

LASTLY

There's going to be a "Health and Wholeness Expo" at Thanksgiving Point!

   go here  http://utahnaturalhealth.com/ to register and get a coupon for $3 dollars off!

I think that is all for today! I'll keep you posted on progress with the new family addition and any other announcements.

 

I didn't tell you about Peru huh?

I totally spaced in telling you about our Christmas in Peru!!
My dad's company flew my whole amily out there including Scott and I! IT WAS AWESOME! The weather was perfect, being together as a family was perfect! EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT!
Scott and I only got to stay out there for about a week, but that was still awesome! My parents and siblings were out there for ab out 3 weeks so they were super lucky and came home even more tan than we were! Here are some pics!

Here's the view from my dad's place.

Our first real meal out in the town- which was DELISH! Best seafood EVER!

View from he roof! CHECK OUT THAT OCEAN!

we were just a few blocks from the beach!

Just a cute sign we passes when heading to the BEACH!

We made Ami a fat sand person... awesome.

Rommmmance!

The beach house!

This was our room. YESSS

The back yard.

the peruvian love hold.

It was simply a well needed and WAY FUN vacation! EVERYONE GO TO PERU!

Empower yourself..

Hello everyonnnnne!
What an amazing beginning of the year! I can't say that enough! It's simply been amazing! like i mentioned before, I started teaching at Champion Karate West and had an awesome first night and have had the cutest people come join me to dance and work out. It's been a party!
We also added a Saturday morning class at CURVES and that was soooo fun! it was packed with fun ladies and a TON of energy! It was awesommmmme!!
I just wanna say thanks to all the awesome people that come to my classes and that have been so dedicated and supportive! I also wanna say, I LOVE NEW STUDENTS and NEW FACES so don't be shy! Come on in!!
It was so fun to see girls come from Timpanogos High School and Provo High to my classes! My heart was just so warm and I just had this overwhelming feeling of like... "YESSSSSS!!" I just wanted to jump and shout I was so excited!
Keep coming! I love new friends!

So, today's health topic comes from a sweet Youtube video from this awesome trainer, Alycia Kluegl. She's AWESOME.

In a video of hers i watched today, she talked about Common Mistakes when trying to loose weight... and in listening, I agree COMPLETELY. So many of my students when asking what they're doing wrong when starting to diet, all seem to do the following. There are 3 mistakes she mentions and I'll write em out for you here.

1. Believing in "Magic Pills". Without hard work, they simply don't work. They're made to assist, not replace a work out. So if you use a weight loss supplement, plan on still working hard to get it to assist you. :)  I'm not going to lie, I've been using a metabolic booster and fat burning supplement that has actually helped a ton, but I only purchased it because needed that energy boost, and I knew it'd help because I work out about 15-20 hours per week. If you're way into working out or you already have a set routine and diet, I'd highly recommend it. It says it's made to "Increase Metabolism, Improve Mood, Metabolizes Fat, Cuts down Cravings." I will tell you though, for the first few days I took it, I was SUUUPER jittery because my body was getting used to it and stuff so if you have intense reactions to caffeinated supplements, they have a lower level of the same brand for you.
2. Severely restricting calories. There are so many diets lately that are supper effective such as the HCG diet. But from what I've heard of friends and family that have actually TRIED that diet, is that the main reason it's so affective, is because you cut down calories to about 500-1000 per DAY. Your muscles have about 3500 calories they need per day. Now when loosing weight, if you want to cut down cals, cut down to about 2500, or the LOWEST is 700 to loose like 2 lbs a day, but even then that's not very healthy.  Why isnt it effective? Because your body goes into STARVATION MODE. So your metabolism shuts down. Your body tells your metabolism you're starving. It doesn't know you're just not eating, so thennnn, your body holds on to whatever fat comes in to store up to a MONTH worth of energy. The body completely stops burning fat, because it's storing whatever comes in to keep your body going in it's starvation mode. If you DO decide to cut down calories, Do it a little bit at a time so your body slows into the new diet rather than shocking it into starvation mode! Which leads me to the final mistake.
3.  People do too much, too quick. You need to let your body accomodate to your new diet and the new weight loss it'll be going through. Don't rush it! Weight loss is a journey. In today's society we want to look good NOW. Let it happen according to your body and your fitness level. You'll get there! It just takes Eating right, Working hard, and Knowing what you want to achieve to get there! BABY STEPS!

You're all amazing! I hope that this helped you out a little bit! Check out more of Alycia's tips on Empoweyourbody.com and on Youtube!

Song of the day-  La Vida Es Un Carnaval- Celia Cruz.

Yeah 3x

Dang everyone. 

It's been such a crazy year already! It's only been a month! I started school and I've been teaching TONS of Zumba and living at 24 Hour Fitness, and it's been AWESOME. Loving life and loving all the people in it!

So here's the update. We've had awesome turn outs so far this year in all my Zumba classes and it's been beyond great! It' the best feeling in the world to have full classes! KEEP COMING! It's the biggest motivation for me to bring new songs every class to keep it interesting, and keep all my people on their toes!

Don't forget that your first time at Beyond Sports is FREE!

Announcements:

STARTING  WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 2nd 2011

I'll be teaching at a way cool martial arts studio in Provo, so all you Provo friends can now come and I can see all your beautiful faces ALL THE TIME!

The place is Champion Karate West

3224 N University Ave
Provo, UT 84604

It's way awesome. The owner, Paul is super cool, and if you have kids interested in martial arts, take them to Champion Karate. The staff is way nice, the classes are top quality and AFFORDABLE which is way good seeing as we all like to save a few dollars on things we love right?

Anyway, ZUMBA PRICES THERE are

$5 a time, or $30 dollars for a 10 class punch pass. Bring a water bottle and a buddie!

Anyways, song of the day is the above! Yeah 3x by Chris Brown!

Learn it. Love it. 

One day I'll dance like Chris Brown!

I love you all!

SEE YOU IN CLASS!

I'm gonna rock your world! (Happy 2011!)

New Year! New start! 

Time for a new look?

Before i continue with this, when you're writing out your weight loss resolutions, make goals that you

CAN and WILL pursue! Don't do something like 

Loose 60 lbs 

No way. That might be possible, but aim smaller! Also, when goal setting, set a due date and and set out a plan of how you're going to achieve that goal..

In my experience, I've found without due dates, I've NEVER accomplished any goal!

Start small.

My resolutions are the following :

1. Have a Zumba Fundraiser by June 11th 2010

2. Lean Body Mass with NO EXCESS FAT by July.

3. Tone arms and abs by July to be a summer hawtie and not be embarrassed of wearing a swim suit.

4. Improve Zumba attendance in classes.

That's it.

Don't overload yourself with impossible goals!

BABY STEPS!

Now for the commercial!

My amazing husband granted my Christmas wish with a 2 year 24 HOUR Membership! 

I have the best husband ever!

GO THERE! If there's any better gym, let me know! I love the equipment, employees and everything else there!  

Also,

Above is the best protein shake invented. 

25 grams of protein.

Best TASTE!

Most filling and best for a snacking beverage, or post work out refuel!

DRINK IT!

and LAST Don't forget Classes start again TOMORROW!

CURVES at 8 am!

BEYOND SPORTS TAEKWONDO

8 pm!

See you there!