Summer in many places will be coming to an end before we know it and for most it will be time to pack up the picnic baskets and grills until next season. You still have some time so lets look at some options for planning a picnic cookout menu. Hubby and I love to grill all year round even in the snow so all these ideas are perfect for us. Please welcome this guest post/news release by Pirate Brands (one of my favorite companies!)
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Weigh In On Negative Self Talk
Yesterday was a very happy day. Not only was August 3rd my momma’s birthday but it was a big day for my online friend Caitlin of Operation Beautiful and Healthy Tipping Point. Her Operation Beautiful book was released and tomorrow Thursday, August 5th she will be on the Today Show at 8:30 AM to talk about it. Set your DVR to record this momentous occasion! I have a review copy of the book coming so I’ll be doing a write up about it once I have a chance to take a peek! But for now this Amazon video will tell you a bit about the book.
So this week is all about Change The Way You See, Not The Way You Look and you can find a ton of bloggers and other writers sharing their posts here.

Today I want to weigh in on negative self talk when it comes to the big bad scale!
Happy August
HAPPY AUGUST
This week was OK but I took a few days (too many!) off. I was just plain exhausted from travel the week before. Hoping for a better week and I would like to push it a bit more in Aug. even though I have another business trip coming up. I am pretty bummed though because my primary trainer, Karen is moving. She really is an amazing trainer so anyone who trains with her in the future is VERY lucky.
I chose to stick with my secondary trainer, Scott because he is also a really good trainer, just in a totally different way. We did discuss what I loved so much about Karen and he’s willing to work with me doing some of the things that I really enjoy. I explained to him that the biggest thing for me is changing my workouts up on a consistent basis. I cannot do the same things over and over or I totally get bored. I’m sure everything will be great!
Here are my workouts for the week:


