INSANITY WEEK 3 Update!

Last Saturday we attended a Master Class with DEEJAY FRANCIS! Beto Perez's own DJ! It was so awesome! The energy was full and it was amazing to be surrounded by ZUMBA FANATICS!

WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES!

It was a blast! They had Jocie, Cecilia, Diosa and Karine teaching and they were all amazing!
I imagine that's almost as awesome as the conventions except probably a MILLION times fuller and crazier! I'm beyond bummed i can't go to the convention this year, BUT NEXT YEAR FOR SURE! I'm already saving for it! 

As for INSANITY! Last week was awful! I was sick all week and could hardly work out cause my body was just shutting down the entire week. I still managed to work out as much as my body would let me so this is week 3! I've already done my second fit test today and I'm already seeing a LOT of progress, ESPECIALLY in my LOOKS! 

check out this picture showing I actually have some definition in my arms! WHAT!?

It's coming along! I'm feeling so awesome about myself! I'm looking better than i ever have before and I'm so excited about that! I love being able to wear anything!

Last night, i had the urge to try on my wedding dress. It's a lace up back and we had to tie it all the way tight to fit me and it was STILL about 3 inches too big! BEST FEELING EVER! 

I'm pretty bummed though that I couldn't look like this my wedding day, but being able to feel that dress be bigger than me, was the best feeling! I have almost accomplished all my fitness goals EXCEPT the midsection! I've measured and since my wedding my waist and tummy have gone down about 7 inches which is awesome! HOPEFULLY I'll have a flat tummy in time to bikini season. haha I've never been able to wear a bikini so just having the body to wear one would be KILLER. 

Every swimsuit season has been really hard for me. last year was okay but I've never been able to not be embarrassed of how i look at the pool and I've always worn T-Shirts and board shorts over all my swim suits, but NOT THIS YEAR! I'm going to work this body right to wear whatever i want, and BE PROUD OF IT!

Almost there!

I love you all! Keep working toward your fitness goals and if you want to join me on my fitness journey message me on facebook and we'll get started!

Here are some more pics of Saturdays event! UNTIL NEXT TIME!

Have an amazing day everyone!

6 Months in the Making...

6 Months ago today, Scott and I were MARRIED!

Now, I know a bunch of you think 6 months isn't that big of a deal, but i wanna say it totally is!

So, to make this short and sweet...

I love this boy,

I think he's grand.

I love the way he holds my hand.

i love you boy forever more 

lets celebrate this 6 month... something that rhymes with More. 

haha dang it I was onto something I thought!

Love you Scott Veenker!

 Don't you worry there my honey
We might not have any money
But we've got our love to pay the bills

Maybe I think you're cute and funny
Maybe I wanna do want bunnies do with you if you know what I mean

Oh lets get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France
Lets get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance
Lets get rich and build a house on a mountain making everybody look like ants
From way up there, you and I, you and I

Well you might be a bit confused
And you might be a little bit bruised
But baby how we spoon like no one else
So I will help you read those books
If you will soothe my worried looks
And we will put the lonesome on the shelf

Lets get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France
Lets get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance
Lets get rich and build a house on a mountain making everybody look like ants
From way up there, you and I, you and I

Lets get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France
Lets get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance
Lets get rich and build a house on a mountain making everybody look like ants
From way up there, you and I, you and I

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.