10 Minute Trainer!

Forgot to mention something!

Another really good reason to hop on teambeachbody.com and get your free account is, not only to have me as a coach for free, but you get access to all kind of articles, videos, diet and fitness tools, AND the WOWY SuperGym. 

WOWY stands for Work Out With You. It's a really cool system! The WOWY gym creates that "gym community" atmosphere that a lot of folks find really motivating. When you log on, you can enter your workout and see who else is in the SuperGym with you. You might notice someone in WOWY that's using your same program and you can add them as a buddy. You could then message them and ask them how they're utilizing the program, what's working for them, etc. 

And as an incentive to get people moving, Beachbody gives away money to Team Beachbody members EVERYDAY just for working out! There's a $300 daily prize, a daily electronic giveaway (like a camera or iPod) and a weekly $1,000 giveaway. BOOM! That's a pretty nice bonus for someone who was going to workout anyway. :) 

If you've got a free account, you do have to fill out a little form online each day to be entered, but you have just as good a chance as any of the Club members who are entered automatically every time they log their workout.

 So, if that floats your boat

 I encourage you to get your account by going to my website http://beachbodycoach.com/cmark519

and click "join" (lower half of the page) and then you won't have to worry about entering my profile name like I said earlier.

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My new 10 Minute Trainer program from Beachbody (that I WON) came in the mail today! Yay!

Couldn't wait to try it out and share about it with you.

If this program is something you'd be interested to invest in, don't hesitate to get in touch with me. Leave a comment, shoot me a Facebook message, an email - anything!

As a Beachbody Coach, I've got the hookup. :)

Grace and peace,

Caroline

Women Equipping Women

What an incredible blessing this day has been!

God brought me to an amazing Women Equipping Women conference today at Flint Hills Christian Church, in Emporia. Lisa Hughes, author, speaker, pastor's wife, mom and a beautiful example of the Christian woman, talked about living with unmet expectations.

Now, I could probably write pages and pages of everything that this conference taught me and what opened up in my heart today. I was so moved and convicted. It was a breath of fresh air. It brought me so much peace. 

Here are some of my favorite thoughts from Lisa's sessions:

• At the root of unmet expectations lies discontentment - wanting something "better" or different.
• The fruit of unmet expectations/discontentment can look like many things:
• bitterness
• anger
• impatience
• irritability/a grumpy attitude
• depression
• sorrow/moping
• disunity/conflict
• "Grown-up pouting" (the classic: -How are you? -FINE.)
• Jealousy
• distrust in God/others
• covetousness
• hypocrisy 
• Fear/anxiety
• These are all symptoms (fruit) of a deeper heart issue: discontentment. 

• Remember: The Lord, who is sovereign over everything, allows everything in your life to happen. Even that which is difficult, uncomfortable or painful, He allows to happen for our good.
• Remember: The Holy Spirit is transforming your heart and your life, and this is a process. God is in complete control over your spiritual growth - the timing, everything.
• Contentment is being satisfied, not needing/wanting anything else in order to be happy/fulfilled
• How we think affects our life. Wring thinking, namely wrong thinking about God and Christ, must be corrected.
• Every sin we commit can be traced back to a wrong view of God. We must build a foundation of right thinking.
• I am a sinner and deserve everything that happens to me.
• My trials are fewer than my sins.
• If I am experiencing unmet expectations it is because God has deemed it good for me.
• The Lord will never disappoint me.
• Sometimes we think we'll get to a point in our life where we won't struggle. This is not true. The deeper God works in us, the more yucky stuff there is to dig up. We continue to grow.

• He doesn't allow anything to happen that He hasn't deemed good for us.

 Love it.
I deeply encourage you to make the time to listen to these sessions and allow God to work in your heart by them.

Flint Hills will be posting Lisa's sessions on their website very soon - keep an eye out for the link!

Lisa also has a book that I'm very excited to dive into: God's Priorities for Today's Woman, [Discovering God's Plan for You].

I could not wait to hop on here and share these wonderful truths with all of you. 

Thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord, Jesus Christ!

No matter what has happened, what I am in the midst of, and whatever is to come, I can rest assured that the God of the universe has deemed it good.

Have a blessed night, everyone. 

Grace and Peace,

Caroline

A Word On Physical Energy

We've all experienced it.

Days when we're dragging...and have no idea why.

I got a great night's sleep! 

I've been eating healthy! 

But have I been moving?

When it comes to physical energy, sometimes we gotta give a little to get it.

It seems backwards to me.

And yet, I've experienced it time and again.

When I'm tired, feeling run down, but I know I'm not getting sick, 

getting active

not only wakes me up for the time being, 

but it pushes me through the rest of my day.

Take a time-out.

Pick a verse. Dwell on it.

[Don't fall asleep!]

From there, get your second wind and get moving.

Jog around the neighborhood.

Grab your favorite workout DVD, and PUSH PLAY!

Can't catch a break?

Do calf raises as you wash dishes, do squats while you sort the laundry, tighten your abs and focus on breathing as your drive here and there.

Question:

How do you get moving?

What are your multi-tasking fitness moves?

Favorite workout DVD?

Have a wonderful day, everyone!

In Christ,

Caroline 

 

Spiritually Fit

Question of the day:

What makes you THRIVE in this life? 

How can a young man keep his way pure?
By guarding it according to your word.
With my whole heart I seek you;
let me not wander from your commandments!
I have stored up your word in my heart,

 that I might not sin against you.

Psalm 119: 9-11

I am so blessed to have become part of a wonderful Scripture memory group this year. My fiance, Chase, and I both meet with this group every week. Memorizing new Scripture every week has been a humbling experience. God is teaching me self-discipline as I strive to recite His word daily. It is now written on my heart - how cool is that?? If you have been trying to memorize Scripture on your own but have found it extremely difficult, I encourage you to meet weekly with someone. Whether it's your spouse, a friend, or a family member, find SOMEBODY that will partner with you to memorize a new verse each week and commit to reciting them to yourself daily and to one another at least once a week. Start a group! I have been blessed beyond belief by meeting with a small group from my church every Sunday night to recite our Bible verses to one another and discuss what God teaches us through these verses. Hiding God's precious Word in our hearts is one of the most important things we can do. By His mercy and grace, these verses will come to you in times of joy and in times of sorrow, in times you need to encourage someone but your words just aren't enough, in times of plenty and in times of want. It's not about just getting it done and being able to know and say that you did it - it's about thriving in God's word every day, living and breathing it. Think about it as a way of gaining spiritual fitness. The Bible lays it out: "How does a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word....I have stored up Your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you."

Grace and peace,

Caroline