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10 steps and 10 weeks to a “FIT MOTHER OF THE BRIDE”

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The countdown is on!  

Our daughter’s wedding is June 22. 

What am I doing to get fit?  

GOAL:  Lose 10 pounds. I weigh 149 right now.  GAIN Muscle!!  I am especially targeting the flabby arms and cellulite on the bottom half. The Six Products below are my daily companions to help me win this race to a Fit mother of the bride! Join me if you want to be accountability partners. Use this link to see if you qualify for a discount.

I will show BEFORE and AFTER photos after the wedding!
  1. Interval training for a 45 minute walk 3 x a week with my 2 pound weights.  This means a 30 second sprint followed by a 90 second walk. REPEAT!  
  2. I will ALWAYS eat an Access Bar 15 minutes before my workout*. Why? Read below.
  3. Strength training.  I’ve never been faithful at this one and I’m trying to find a routine I can stick with.  More details below.
  4. Of course my peak performance packs for my daily nutrition**. Why?  See below.
  5. Fiberwise is essential to lose stubborn fat and have a healthy clean digestive tract.*** WHY?
  6. Protein drinks.  Since we lose muscle mass at a rate of 3-5% after age 30, I need 90-100 grams of protein daily so I will eat two 30 gram shakes daily.  I will take one shake within one hour after my workout and one to curb the evening snack attack.****
  7. GC Control: GIVE YOUR BODY THE GREEN LIGHT TO BURN FAT vs. STORE FAT!*****
  8. Nutratherm:  one tablet twice daily.******
  9. Of course drink my 80 ounces of water daily.  
  10. Eat 1200 calories per day of smaller healthy snack/meals.  See below for Foods I will avoid the first 2 weeks to kick start my fat burning.

P.S. I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE DELICIOUS TASTE OF ALL THE PRODUCTS BELOW!
It’s a treat I look forward to every single day!

Some of my favorite products on this video

1. *Access:  scientifically proven and patented to block your body’s “fat guard” so you can burn stored body fat as fuel, giving you greater endurance and less soreness.  Also helps prevent weight regain.

2. **I take my AM and PM peak performance packs so my body is not lacking nutrients and going into starvation mode, but can easily shed the fat cells safely.

To read how these packs helped me overcome an autoimmune disease, read this post.

3. ***Fiberwise:  promotes healthy weight loss.  Research says consuming 30 g fiber daily helps you lose as much weight as a complicated diet.  Improves regularity and digestion as well as sweep away toxins and waste.

4. ****Protein also helps limit cravings and of course build muscle and help you feel full and satisfied. Of course to build muscle, but I’ve noticed recently big ridges in my fingernails and thinning hair. These are lack of protein. I use Elevate PROTEIN, GF, 30 g protein, 6.8 BCAAs and 0 g Sugar.  It’s only $1.50 per serving. If you prefer no soy and plant based, they offer that too.

5. *****GC control: The name is because it helps you control your glucose levels.  It’s a natural blood sugar and weight support.

6. ******Nutratherm:  Burn FAT and Fire up your metabolism with Green coffee bean extract, green tea phytosome complex and capsaicin extract from peppers provide stimulant-free fat-burning support and helps slow blood sugar absorption.

FOODS I WILL AVOID IN THE FIRST 2 WEEKS:  bread, fruit, crackers, oatmeal, cereal, all beans, aspartame artificial sweeteners (I use Trim Healthy Mama Stevia called Super Sweet), diet products, fat free, sugar free, peanuts/peanut butter, soda, sweet tea, juice, corn, peas, carrots, pasta, rice, potaties, quinoa, popcorn, chips, cookies, cakes, ice cream, jelly, meat marinades, BBQ sauce, ketchup, tomato sauce, honey, agave nectar, edamame, veggie chips.

Salad dressings light or low fat.  Butter, half and half, milk in moderation.  NO Alcohol first 2 weeks.

My Cardio and Strength training routine:  

Day One: Leg routine

Day Two: Cardio

Day Three: Upper body

Day Four: Cardio

Day 5 :  Core training

Day Six: Cardio

Day Seven: Yoga

Legs:  1. 10 squats 3 x. 2. 10 lunges 3x each side alternating. 3. 10 donkey kicks each leg 1 time. 4. Jump squats 10 x for 3 sets. 5. Side lying leg series 10 x for 2 sets alternating legs. 6. single leg bridge.

Upper Body: 1. http://thelivefitgirls.com/2015/06/sun-out-guns-out-arm-workout/2. Pushups 10 x for 3 sets 3. Tricep dips 10 x for 3 sets.

Core: Do each exercise 5-10 x for 3 rounds. 1. http://pumpsandiron.com/2016/03/10/21-minute-bodyweight-workout-amrap-pyramid/2.  http://www.yeahwetrain.com/img/96/easy-female-abs-workout-sixpack-exercises-healthy-fitness-gym/

P.S. If you have any tips especially on strength training, please do comment and I promise I will read and reply.

If you’re ready to take the plunge, join me if you want to be accountability partners. Read more about my favorite products here.

And this is the day of the wedding!

Welcome a fellow Minimalist

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Last October, Todd and I had a fun conversation with Josh Grimley at the five star resort our company invited the leaders to for R and R, networking, and training.  We were hanging out in the hot tub (Andrew was with us too) and Josh wanted to know all about our venture to “go tiny”.  We could tell he was ready for a change and as I read his FB post below, just 6 months later, I told him I was so proud of his courage to downsize, and become a minimalist too!  

“Kissing stress, overwhelm, high mortgage debt, wrong priorities and values goodbye was one of the best things we did as a family and we’ll never go back! It made me smile to welcome Josh and his family into the world of minimalism! 
Will you be next?  What are you waiting for?  A whole new life can be yours for the taking.”

Josh’s FB Post today: 

“I started my business 6 yrs ago; the last 3 have been on cruise control as I enjoyed being a stay at home dad with my wife.  I made the decision to get back in the drivers seat and not only get back to my grind, but go 10X, eliminate all distractions from my life.  My life consists of Family, Friends that add value to my life, and my business.  I downsized and became a minimalist. There was so many things in my life I thought would add value that in the end doesn’t.  I thought spending money like it’s going out of style would make me happy. I blew through a million dollars the past few yrs and realized I should have listened to my mentors, paid off all my possessions & mortgage to live a debt free life 3 yrs ago. I made the hard decision for my family to sell our big house since we weren’t using half of it & buy a house we would actually use. It wasn’t an easy decision as having a theatre room was nice for the once every few months we would actually use it but it really didn’t add value to my life. Every decision from here on out is, “Does this add value to my families life?”  If it doesn’t, I don’t do it. 

I realized money doesn’t make me happy. The more money I have the more I spend on things I don’t need.

What makes me happy is serving, helping and changing others lives. Giving them hope and bringing the sparkle back in their lives. 

I built my business in the beginning to make money, lots and lots of it and I have. Now I am building my business 10X bigger and will make 10X more but not for the sake of money but for helping others. 

Jacki and I have set up a non profit to help families going through medical trials such as Liver transplants, Cancer Treatments etc. 

We will be 100% debt free by the end of the year including our mortgage. 

Nothing brings happiness in my life more than helping others and spending quality time with my wife and kids.”

#Priorities #EnhancingLives #10X #FinancialFreedom #Teaching #LeadingByExample #Minimalist #GoBig #WarriorForGod

Be the hands and feet of Jesus

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Benny and Dee will never forget how they were able to be Jesus to a neighbor facing a difficult situation. Cindy and Ron Stone were looking for a home in San Antonio five years ago, church bells rang in the distance as they visited one particular house in an Alamo Ranch neighborhood. Ron mentioned to Cindy that the bells must be a sign. They soon moved into the neighborhood not realizing that they would  find comforting help from Christian neighbors during a painful tragedy. But God knew.

Cindy was at work when she received the call from a neighbor — Ron, her husband, was having a stroke. He was rushed to the hospital and soon entered into a coma. Since that heartbreaking day of loss, neighbors have cared for Cindy by doing everything from giving her a  shoulder to cry on, putting salt in the water softener, and hanging Christmas lights.

Benny and Dee were Cindy’s neighbor and they were especially instrumental in helping her through her loss. Cindy found courage and help from the family of Christ during a great time of need. “My neighbors have been the hands and feet of Jesus. There’s no better description of  what they’ve been to me than that. God’s love and the love of Christ just really shines through them.” 

Benny and Dee made themselves available to share the love of Christ with a neighbor and they brought comfort and courage to a hurting heart. But that is not all they do to share the love of Christ, they are also serving with the Children’s team during our Sunday service where  they teach children about Christ’s love and how they can love their neighbors too. 

How to Survive a ?? attack if alone!

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After losing a dear 5??6?? yr old friend to a ?? attack, I had to share this with YOU! 

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ??????ATTACK IF ALONE!!????? ?

“the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.”

“Let’s say it’s 7:25 pm and you’re going home (alone of course) after an unusually hard day on the job. You’re really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag out into your arm and up in to your jaw. You are only a few minutes from the nearest hospital, Unfortunately you don’t know if you’ll be able to make it that far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy who taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.”

Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack without help, these victims can help themselves by

1. coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

2. Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital. SAVE A LIFE; SHARE NOW!

Read my friends legacy story here:

Our 56 year old friend died suddenly of a heart attack

Shari’s Favorite Tiny Living Products

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Watch the video I did about the best kept secrets for tiny living.
“We switched our household to safe products 16 years ago. Our 3 kids have been to a Doctor for sickness maybe two times in their entire life! At 45, I take a low dose of thyroid medication and that’s it! My doctor tested my lungs and said they’re like a 25 year old athlete’s. How can that be? Maybe because I’ve not had these chemicals in my house the last 16 years…”
Shari Snyder 

For just one dollar, you can have a membership to this elite shopping club.  This time-sensitive offer. Use this link to see if you qualify for a discount. Text Shari today at 830-285-5909 or reply to this email for a free video to explain it more.
Watch this video Shari did about Best Kept Secret for Tiny Living.
Amazon has become such an integral part of our society and is used by millions of people every day. There’s a company like amazon that only delivers wellness products.  You can shop online for hundreds of safe healthy products to your door at wholesale prices. One dollar gets you a membership with this elite shopping club our family has been shopping with for almost 16 years. 

5 Benefits to switch stores:

1. Receive $100 in FREE products just for watching videos.
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3. Easy shopping – free app on your phone or online.
4. NO harmful chemicals guaranteed!
5. Discover why over a million people shop this way each month and why there’s a 96% reorder rate.
I’m on a mission to pay it forward by helping you achieve the health and wellness you deserve. 

Just for shopping, we’ve earned over $4,000 of free product, completely
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This is a time sensitive offer.
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Read about weight loss/fitness products in my post about fit mother of the bride.

My Wellness Obsession

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Why am I a passionate advocate for Wellness? At age 29, I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called Epstein Barr Virus. With a few simple lifestyle changes, I was completely well in just 9 months without spending hundreds of dollars on Pharmaceutical drugs. 16 years later, I continue to serve 1,400 satisfied clients across the nation. Health care today is so expensive and generally ineffective that I wanted to be pro-active and in control of my family’s health. Read a previous blog post for the entire story.

Learn more about Peak Performance Packs here

FREE RENEW LOTION!

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15 years ago, this cleared up our daughter’s excema. At 21, she’s still clear today!

Renew is one of our flagship products and has helped thousands of customers manage dry skin, eczema, rashes, and more. It’s a hydrating lotion that can be used anywhere and isn’t toxic! 

Click on the button below and watch a short 2-minute video and answer 3 questions to win a FREE travel sized bottle of Renew today! Just shoot us an email once you’re finished and we’ll send you your bottle.  info@hillcountrytinyhouses.com

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Is cleaning worse than smoking?

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Is cleaning worse than smoking? Don’t take my word for it.
Read what Daily Mail says about cleaning your house being as bad as smoking up to 20 cigarettes a day.
“We switched our household to safe products 16 years ago. Our 3 kids have been to a Doctor for sickness maybe two times in their entire life! At 45, I take a low dose of thyroid medication and that’s it! My doctor tested my lungs and said they’re like a 25 year old athlete’s. How can that be? Maybe because I’ve not had these chemicals in my house the last 16 years…”
Shari Snyder

For just one dollar, you can have a membership to this elite shopping club.  Time sensitive offer. Text Shari today at 830-285-5909 or reply to this email for a free video to explain it more. Use this link to see if you qualify for a discount.
Read about other shopping benefits.
One dollar memberships to elite shopping club.

Amazon has become such an integral part of our society and is used by millions of people every day. There’s a company like amazon that only delivers wellness products.  You can shop online for hundreds of safe healthy products to your door at wholesale prices. One dollar gets you a membership with this elite shopping club our family has been shopping with for almost 16 years. 

5 Benefits to switch stores:

1. Receive $100 in FREE products just for watching videos.
2. Save money every month on necessity products.
3. Easy shopping – free app on your phone or online.
4. NO harmful chemicals guaranteed!
5. Discover why over a million people shop this way each month and why there’s a 96% reorder rate.

Best Kept Secret for Tiny Living

2018 Airbnb review

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Stewart Oswald added 19 new photos — with Christi Chapman Oswald in Kerrville, Texas.

January 26 at 9:18pm · 

Surprised my beautiful bride with a romantic getaway to this adorable Vintage Tiny House in the Hill Country. It has a rustic, country barnhouse theme with sliding barn doors for the bathroom and master bedroom. 

There is also a cute little loft upstairs. They thought of every detail to add vintage charm including distressed wood, stained glass windows and even all of the lights bulbs are those vintage bulbs. 

Needless to say, Christi is in love with the place and now I have to find a way to talk her out of getting one for herself.

Tina Maldonado Gonzalez Love it!! How many total square feet is it?

Stewart Oswald 384 sq ft plus the 70 sq ft loft.

Own the Vintage Retreat Today!

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The Vintage Retreat Tiny House combines whimsical with minimalism to create a romantic design. The farmhouse inspiration was handcrafted by Hill Country Tiny Houses and voted “Best in show” at the National Tiny House Jamboree 2017. It was also in the top 10 most popular tiny houses on Instagram in 2017.

Todd and Shari Snyder built it for their own family of three. It’s proven to be a well-loved favorite for clients everywhere.  They love the abundance of natural light combined with the color palette that contrasts white ship lap with barn wood throughout.  The well thought out floor plan provides efficiency and everything you need at your fingertips without any wasted space.  The design details of unique shelving, stained glass windows, and barn doors, adds to its charm and warm feeling.  People often comment about the peace they feel immediately upon stepping inside and how they never want to leave. It’s a perfect blend of functionality and beauty families will thrive in for years to come.

Own your dream tiny home and save $18,000 today!!!

We’re selling the Vintage Retreat! We’ve decided to sell our beloved tiny home and move into our HGTV tiny house, The Bohemian Bungalow. You, our beloved readers, have first chance to own this dream tiny home at a discounted price.  Next week, we will share it with the public.

If you’d like more details and pictures go to: https://mailchi.mp/hillcountrytinyhouses.com/vintageretreatsale to view all the details on this tiny house including photos and video reviews of it.
Investors: This is a turn-key AirBnb option that can be placed on your property or you could purchase a lot within Tiny Town to place it on and rent it out. We averaged $160/day for the 29 days we had this unit for rent on AirBnb, it’s a great investment!

We want to do some traveling with Andrew before we settle down in the community. The goose neck travels much easier hauling all that weight.  We can even take it on the sandy beach, sleeping by the ocean in Port Aransas or maybe Big Bend National Park. 

The tiny house we are designing now is 600-700 sq ft, a 2 bedroom park model without wheels. We will live in this one in our tiny house community and at that time, put the Boho on airbnb in Tiny Town. We wanted to share this news with you before we share it with the rest of the world! 

The Vintage Retreat boasts a robust 384 sq fit with an additional 70 sq ft loft for a total of 454 sq ft with 2 slide outs. We are selling it fully furnished with 2 Queen mattresses, murphy bed, a folding dining table and chairs, reclining love seat and chair, appliances (including the washer & dryer), as well as our rolling butcher block island and barstools. 

This home has served our family of 3 well over the past year and a half; we’ve made many memories we’ll treasure in our hearts forever. We’ve parked it in 4 different RV parks in 4 different cities in 18 months and hosted more out-of-state guests than we ever did in our 5 bedroom home. Living tiny is still a novelty that attracts the curious, and we love it! In 2017, Instagram named The Vintage Retreat in “the top 10 most popular tiny houses of the year.”

In the same year, it was voted in the top 3 best tiny homes at the Tiny House Jamboree. Needless to say, this tiny home has had its fair share of fame in its short but exciting lifetime. 

Built on a custom made 40 ft trailer with 2 fold down decks, 2 steel built slide outs, a set of french doors in the main living space, and sliding glass door off the master bedroom. Inside, you’ll find a full-size jetted tub/shower combo, a 48″ antique vanity with a marble counter top, a standard-flush toilet, and a large built-in closet complete with built-in drawers. 

We have dropped the retail price by $18,000 and are selling this home fully furnished with decor (minus personal items). Todd will deliver this home directly to your door and teach you how to set it up or pack it up for travel. He’ll deliver it anywhere within a 200 mile radius of San Antonio, Texas. At this time, we are only offering this home to someone local. He can also place metal skirting around the whole tiny home and add eaves on site for an extra fee. Because this tiny home has slide-outs it can be parked in a campground (most RV parks will allow you to park it there) or you can use it as a guest house, vacation rental, or full-time dwelling on your own land.