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5 Week Challenge Update – Week 3 and 4

I can’t believe that I’m completing week 4 of my 5 week fitness challenge! That flew by so quickly, I felt like I just blinked and next thing I know the challenge is practically over.

So just an update, since my last post. Week 3 and 4 were actually great! I’ve been using my #COfitnessjournal ever day since I started the challenge and this is what I noticed.

  1. I eat better quality food and food that is good for me because I don’t want to write something bad in my journal. 😛
  2. The journal forces me to set small goals every day which helps me to accomplish the bigger picture.
  3. It’s not that I can’t have something. It’s about when and how much you have of it.

My weigh in is tomorrow for week 4, but by the end of week 3 I’ve lost 6.1 pounds (a little over 2 lbs a week). Woot woot! I know I’m nowhere near the goal I set for myself in 5 weeks, but I’ve learned a few things since my week 2 post.

  1. Progress is better than perfection. To improve even just a little bit is a bigger accomplishment than we give ourselves credit for.
  2. Sticking with something is definitely worth it. If you put your mind to it, see it through to the end!
  3. Things might not turn out the way you plan, but you’ll definitely learn something along the way.

For those of you that have been following along, I’m going to do this 5 week challenge again starting Monday, July 4th! Who’s with me?!

xoxo,

Kissa

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#COfitnessjournal 5 Week Challenge

Hello! I can’t believe it’s been over 2 weeks since I’ve posted on my blog. So many things have been going on (in real life and in my mind lol) I have so much to share with you!

We just got back from our first trip to New York and it was SO much fun! We walked NSS, which was a huge bucket list item for me. I’ve been wanting to go for 6 years now and we finally went! But more on that later 🙂

We’ve been back for a week and a half now and I wanted to start something fun before summer is officially here. So I decided to give myself a 5 week weight loss challenge.

If you’re interested in joining me leave me a comment below and head to our shop website to purchase your journal pages now! Use promo code LETSDOTHIS to get 15% off your order until 6/7/16.

xoxo,

Kissa

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New Fitness Journals Coming to the Shop on Friday!

If you’re anything like me, you’ve struggled to find a way to stay on track with fitness, eating the right food, and making progress toward your goals. I’ve searched for a good fitness journal where I can track food and workouts, but I’m picky. I can’t just go into a store and pick any calendar, journal, or date book. I’ve got certain criteria that need to be met.

  • Good design
  • Easy to use
  • Easy to customize
  • Look cute
  • Helps structure my day/direction
  • Look cute
  • Ink doesn’t bleed onto the back of the page
  • And did I mention…look cute?

I searched and searched for one that fit all my criteria and no dice. So I just decided, why don’t I create one?! A fitness journal that everyone can use no matter what their fitness goals may be. I believe that anyone can use it. My friend and I have been using the journal for the past month, and with a few minor updates I think I’ve got the layout and design that works. I’m planning to post some more detail as time goes along, as well as how I’m using the journal to achieve my fitness goals. But in the mean time here’s some information about the design and why I set the journal up the way I did.

I decided to create the journal in a perpetual calendar style. This means we didn’t date each page so that you can start and stop using it whenever you’d like. I found this helpful for me because there are times where I’d forget to write down what I ate in my journal (especially on days I don’t work out). What I do when that happens (not that I’m condoning that type of behavior :P) is I could take those pages and move them so that they could still be used. I used to be so discouraged where days would go by and pages in my planner go to waste. Being that this is for fitness, the last thing I would want is for people to feel discouraged because they didn’t log their food for some time. I’d want people to feel like they can start fresh with no issues!

The layouts you see in the images below are of our weekly and daily page layouts. When the sheets go on sale this coming Friday we’ll be selling the sheets in 90-day and 180-day increments. The journal pages are 8.5″ x 5.5″ in size and fit perfectly in many mini-binders (aka junior binders) that they sell at Target, Office Max, etc. My good friend bought me the adorable binder in the photo from Target!

There are 1st of the month pages where you can evaluate last month vs. this month, what your goals for the month are, where you can input your measurements and weight, etc. There are also 1st day of the week pages that help you break down your monthly goals into the week, help you set up a meal plan, and has a big space for your grocery list. CO-fitjournal2

The daily pages are set up so that you can list out daily goals, celebrate little victories, log your meals and meal prep for the next day!

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