This and that

Okay everyone, sorry I haven't checked in a while it's been an extremely busy summer and I haven't had the chance to write in forever.I've been working out every morning for my bootycalls and sneaking in some other workouts throughout the day. I have also managed to keep on track with eating lean and green which I think thas helped a lot! I'm down to 125 pounds now which means that i've lost 18 pounds! The last few days have been especially busy since i've been preparing everything for back to school. I went shopping in the city last week and bought a ton of stuff, in a smaller size thankfully and I could not be happier with the results. I feel a confidence in myself that I have never felt before. I couldn't have done it without Tone it Up and the amazing tone it up team, they are so supportive and are always there when you need them! Anyways, i'm hoping that with school starting in a couple days i'll be able to blog more because I will probably be on my laptop more often. I made it a point to put a remider to blog on my September calendar. Wow, September already I can't believe it! BUT there is one great thing that comes with September! The Tone It Up Fall Challenge is here! The girls have tons more challenges, give aways and workouts coming our way this month for back to work and school. I think this is just what every body needs to stay on track. They're also giving away a gym bag to the person who gives the most referals when you sign up, you can sign up at http://www.toneitup.com/ and please put in Chelsea Dawn in the referal part! If you haven't signed up, go sign up now! It's never too late and as K&K say, you'll never regret a workout!

Workout Binder!

Hey everyone, today I finally made my Tone It Up binder with all my workouts! The first page had my workout calendar for August so I can see what I need to do and mark off my workouts as I go! I chose to do the same kind of workouts each day, my bootycall, 45 minutes cardio and 2 tone it up workouts. The good thing about this is there are so many different activities that I can do for each one to switch it up so it's not the same workout everyday just the same outline. I must admit I'm pretty proud of my calendar too :)

My second page is the ten Tone It Up tips that Karena and Katrina have on the Tone It Up website so that I have them on hand and I can remind myself of them each time I go through my book!

On the third page of my folder I decided to put a chart where I can record my measurements and my weight so I can see where I've improved over time. Some people may not like this idea but it helps me.

I have everything seperated into sections; pyramids, circuits and the bikini series workouts and I put  dividers in between them.

This is an example of the layout of my pyramid workout sheets!

This is an example of a Bikini Series workout page.

All  of my pages had to be handwritten unfortunately because I don't have a printer so it's not as nice or neat as I would like it to be but it's a start and at least now I have it and can bring it with me to the gym! I encourage you all to try it! I also have a new recipe coming tomorrow for all you lasgne lovers, and im pretty excited to make it! Enjoy the rest of your night :) Run Love Sweat<3


How K&K have changed my life!



Hey everyone, as some of you may know in April I found Tone It Up and the lovely Tone It Up ladies Karena and Katrina. The girls launched a bikini challenge and I decided to give it a try. Bikini season was coming up and this year I was determined more then ever to lose a few pounds and get into shape. For the last year and half or so I had weighed the same thing, 143 pounds. I tried eating healthy and doing some daily exercise but no program worked for me and I'd fall of track and go back to eating unhealthy and being a couch potato again. However, after I found K&K my life hit a turning point. I ate healthy and did all of the workouts that K&K released and tried to follow everything as best I could. It wasn't long before the number on the scale started going down and each time I took my measurements the numbers would get smaller and smaller. I've lost a total of 11-12 poundsish with the help of K&K. Not only did K&K change my life by actually keeping me motivated enough to stay with something and do the work to see results, they also opened up a whole other world to me on twitter. I found other ladies that were doing the bikini challenge and found that they offered great advice, support, motiviation and were the inspiration I needed to keep going. I love knowing that there are other people who I can discuss health and fitness with out there that have a passion for it just as much as I do! If I had never found Tone It Up I don't know if I would have ever gotten the motivation or support that I needed to help me with this journey. I owe so much to K&K and everyone who has done the bikini challenge and i've talked to on twitter. My life is now full of activity, healthy foods, confidence and happiness. K&K and the Tone it Up team have helped me so much and I couldn't thank each one of them enough for the support and motivation they have given me along this journey. They have truly changed my life forever, and to them I am grateful. So thank you to K&K and my Tone it Up sisters, for being there, always.





Getting back on Track!

Hey everyone, so as you may or may not know a few months ago I participated in the Tone It up Bikni Challenge but it was during school and I didn't have the time to do it properly with exams coming up. I did as much as I could but I often missed my booty calls and sometimes I was too busy doing homework and studying to keep up with my workouts. A few weeks ago Katrina and Karena re launched the Bikini Challenge and I vowed that I would do it and give it my all, 110% but that never happened. Although I swam a lot and did work out a little my eating was atrocious. I wasn't giving my body any of the nutrients it needed at all but my mom on the other hand has stuck to her diet and has lost an amazing ten pounds, I couldn't be prouder, but now she just needs to get on the physical acitivty part! Since my last attempt at re doing the bikni challenge was pretty sad i'm going to re start it all over again starting today! I've already done my bootycall this morning which was a 15 minute fit test and 15 minutes of yoga, I am also planning on going to the gym soon. I went through the Bikni Challenge blog post on TIU and programmed all my meals and workouts/challenges into my phone so that it reminds me what I need to accomplish in a day. I'm hoping these reminders will help me to stay on track and keep me motivated. I'll try to post every day about how the Bikini Series is going and hopefully get back on twitter (@chelseadawn_) to re connect with my Tone It Up sisters! So I challenge all of you guys to re do the Bikni Challenge or start it if you didn't participate before! You can find everything you need to know about the bikini challenge here! You can do it, until next time eat clean and work it !

What am I going to do.

So if you read the post before this you know i'm doing the Tone It Up bikni challenge again but this time through with my mom. The lovely K&K have made it easy by adding the whole bikini challenge to one blog so everything is all in one spot. I highly recommend it because it's life changing, you can go to the bikini challenge by clicking here. To start off today was no better than yesterday except for the fact that I had my weigh in and i'm at my lowest weight ever that I can remember seeing which is exciting. The eating was all pretty good because I usually eat healthy but again there was slacking on my workouts. It's really frustrating when you want something and you've been working hard but things get in the way of your goals. I think i'm just lacking some motivation at the moment so I really need to do something that will help me to continue on the right path. I taped a little note in my fridge saying "STOP before you grab it, will it help your body?" so i'm hoping that it will help me. Well tomorrow is a new day, a fresh start and an opportunity to Tone It Up!

Big news and Workout/Food Journals!

Hey everyone (: Hope you all had a fantastic weekend and happy fathers day to all the dads out there! As for every body who was doing the Tone it Up bikni challenge, the grand prize was a trip to california and yesterday K & K posted a video announcing the 5 finalist! You can check out the video on their youtube page or on their blog. They want everyone to vote on who should win the final prize, so don't forget to check out their videos on youtube and vote! I love all of the ladies and  I wish they could all go because they all deserve it! So good luck to all of you ladies!

Anyways the main thing I wanted to discus today is workout and food journals. Most people when they start a weightloss/fitness program don't keep food and workout journals but they are very helpful and offer many benefits. When you keep a workout and food journal you can keep track of what your eating and you can see how often your working out. If your not having success in your weight loss journey these tools can help you to see areas which you may improve on. If you are having sucess with your weight loss journey then these tools can help you to see what is working for you. Keeping a journal can also help organization skills and will encourage you to eat right and workout. You don't want to see a bunch of junk food in your food journal and you don't want your workout journal to be empty so filling it with healthy foods and excellent workouts is great motivation! (or so i think anyways) So if your truly dedicated to eating right and working out then a workout and food journal is a great tool to help you get started on the right track, of course once you get into a routine you can slowly cut it out. Besdies a food and weightloss journal I also have a note book with my measurements and weight in it so i can keep track and visually see my progress.*
So if you haven't already started one start now! Don't forget your booty call in the morning too! Happy eating&exercising (:

*some people also use photos along the way to track their progress this is also a great tool I use!

Motivation Monday!

Hey everyone! Hope you all had a safe and happy weekend. I know it's hard on the weekends but hope you all managed to stay healthy with your eating and get in your workouts! There are only two weeks left in the bikini challenge so it's now or never. You don't want to give up now do you? You've come too far to stop now, I know you can do it and you know you can do it so do it!  If there ever comes a time where you think you think "I can't do one more lap, I can't do one more set or I can't do another five minutes" just think..
I want this. This is for me. I can do it. Do I want to see results? Would I be proud stopping at this point? Am I tired? Do you want to wear that itty bitty bikini to the beach this summer?
If you want it, then do the last few reps, if it's for you tell yourself you deserve it! Tell yourself you can do it, if your optimistic and believe you can do it then your going to push yourself naturally. If you want to see the results you need to keep working and if your not proud of stopping where you are keep pushing until you are proud. If your not tired, then you know you can do more! Last but not least, we ALL want to rock our bikinis at the beach this summer so what betetr way then to do the work and be fit! I tell myself these things and ask myself these questions all the time and it keeps me going. For my bootycall workout this morning I was on the treadmill and I was tired after only 15 minutes (it was my first time on a treadmill) and I said to myself I can do this, I want to wear that bikini and i want to be proud of myself when I'm done on here, sure enough I ran for 30 minutes and burned 205 calories! Needless to say I was very motivated and proud of myself when I got off. I also did the beach bum, sandcastle and beach ball workout tonight too. I didn't eat the best dinner tonight unfortunately but i'm not going to let one meal discourage me, instead i'm just going to be motivated to eat better for the rest of the week!  Hope you all manage to stay motivated this week and have a great bootycall in the morning, don't forget to set your alarm! Don't forget, your closer than you think :)

Tone it up Tuesday!

Hey everyone. Hope you all had a great day today. For breakfast I had a turkey sandwich on flax seed bread, lunch was celery sticks and berries and for dinner I admit I cheated a little bit and made pasta! Uh oh, kicking it into gear tomorrow! I have to say i'm pretty tired today so I don't know if i'll be able to wake up early tomorrow for my booty call. For my workout today I tried the new Tone It Up Sandcastle workout and it was pretty tough on the legs, I also thought the name was pretty beachy and cute! I also did the itty bitty bikini workout, the beach bum workout and the bikini strap workout! Toning it up on Tuesday! Can't believe theres only around two and half weeks left of the bikini challenge so keep up the fanastic work and really kick your butts into gear! I know you can do it ladies, we all can just think of those bikinis! I know you all can't even wait to look fanastic! Your all so inpsiring and motivating so keep up the great work and I hope it pays off, don't forget to set your alarms in the morning too! Night :) xx

Beauty Secrets!

Hey ladies, happy Monday! Hope you all had a great day to start your work/school week. Today I ate pretty clean with an apple and a handfull of cereal for breakfast. For lunch I had a turkey wrap with lettuce on a whole wheat wrap. When I got home I had a whole wheat english muffin with peanut butter. Dinner was my all time favourite stir fry, it had chicken, snow peas, bell pepper, celery, broccoli, mushrooms and rice. Yum! For my workout I did the whole beach bum workout as well as the itty bitty bikini and some of my favourite moves from the bikini strap and beach ball workouts. How was your workout today?
So anyways today I am going to share with you my beauty tips. I know this is a health/weightloss/fitness blog but I thought it was suitable with the whole tone it up beauty bag giveaway that just happened, by the way congrats to all you winners!

 Here's my beauty tip and it's honestly really simple. My secret ingredient in my beauty routine is water! I know it sounds kind of crazy but it's true. Have any of you noticed your skins been excellent since you started drinking more water? Well I drink tons of water every day and my skin clears up super quick. When I wash my face in the morning I use the la Roche Posay cleansor Effaclair to cleanse my face of all the oils from my hair/ hair products that clog your pores during the night but at night I take off my make up and just rinse my face with warm water! By only using water i'm not striping my face of the natural oils that it needs so it keeps my skin balanced. To top off my clear skin routine I also use a mositurizer both in the morning and at night to keep my skin from drying out. I also found that using mositurizer helped make my foundation look more natural. So there is my beauty tip, hope it wasn't too disappointing!

P.S Don't forget to keep up all the great work you've all been doing, you inspire me each and every day to work out, eat right and do better. Keep tweeting because I love reading all your tweets every day on my phone while i'm out, it reminds me that i'm not alone. We only have about 20 days or so left to kick out butts into gear and really get fit for bikini season and I know we can do it! Booty call in the morning, work it ladies! Love you all (:

Tough Bootycall!

Hey all you awesome ladies and gents, hope you all had a fanatstic week and weekend! I just finished my Tone it Up bootycall and challenged myself to do the beach bum workout, the itty bitty bikini workout, the beach ball workout and the slimming pyramid. It was a little long and kind of challenging at some points but I feel great and I know that i'll benefit from it in the long run. I did eat before my bootycall this morning because for some reason I felt reallly hungry when I woke up so I had a nice bowl of oatmeal with honey, strawberries and blueberries which is what I basically eat every morning. As for the other meals I plan on eating today i'm not quite sure what they are yet but i'm thinking a nice tossed salad for lunch with olive oil and basil dressing! What did you guys do for your bootycall today? Comment and let me know!


 I'd also like to apologize for not keeping up with my blog posts like I promised I would, I am seriously going to keep up with them this week and I plan on writing about my journey and also sharing some of my beauty secrets with you to go along with the Tone It Up beauty bag give away. So keep checking back and there will be more entries soon!

ps. don't forget to kick butt and  comment/message me if theres anything you want me to write about (:

Getting back on track!

Hey ladies, hope you had a relaxing weekend! Sorry that I haven't been active on twitter or writing any new entries the last few days but I'll be back at soon. I've just been so extremely busy the last few days. Lots of  events that needed preparation and all my attention so that took up about 98% of my time. I am soo looking forward to getting back on track with my work outs in the next few days and am glad to see you guys are still going strong!

Anyways I have been getting a few twitter posts here and there and I must say your all doing so fabulous and you should all be so proud of yourselves. There are only 26 days left of the bikini challenge so now is really the time for us to kick our butts into gear! I can't wait to really push myself these next three weeks, I know it's not going to be easy but I know it's going to be worth it and that's all you need to tell yourself, It's worth it. So keep it up ladies and keep going.
I will start blogging and tweeting again tomorrow so I will catch up then(:

ps don't forget to do your bootycall in the morning!

My favourite workout!

Hey ladies! Hope you all had a fanatstic day. I had a pretty long day to be honest, woke up a little late (I've been short on sleep so much this week) which means I didn't get to do my booty call again today but I'm listening to what my body needs and in order to stay healthy I need my sleep. To start the day I had what I start everyday with, a half cup of oatmeal with a little honey blueberries and strawberries. I have to say that it's my favourite breakfast because it's filling and keeps me energized throughout the day. For lunch I had some sliced cucumbers and a slice of flax seed bread cut in half to make a sandwich with peanut butter on it, so yummy and filling. While the rest of my family had calorie loaded chicken parmesean I grilled a plain chicken breast and made a whole wheat wrap with chicken lettuce and strawberries, it sounds like a strange combination but it's great I promise.

As for my workout today, I went for an hour long lane swim. Swimming is honestly my favourite and best excersize! It works your whole body because it gets your heart pumping working your cardio and obviously your engaging your arms legs and core to move and stay afloat. I can't say how much I love getting back in the pool. When I was young I was a really chubby kid who loved to swim, I started taking swimming lessons regularly and lost almost all my weight. It was life changing so i'm hoping that getting back in the pool will help me again! So ladies, if you can, go swimming!Oh and if you haven't checked it out already, Tone it Up added their new beauty video to youtube for us all, you can find the link to their youtube page on my side list where I have created a list of Tone it Up links!
Your all amazing inspiration and motivation, keep up the great work and don't forget to set your alarms for your booty call in the morning! (:

Short and Sweet

Hey ladies, hope you all had a great day! Unfortunately, i'm super busy today and don't have the time to enter a proper entry so I will add a better one tomorrow. I ate fairly healthy today, oatmeal as usual for breakfast with blueberries and strawberries. For lunch I had a salad with a light yougurt dressing and a half sandwich that had peanut butter on it. I know were supposed to keep it lean and green but I didn't make dinner myself tonight and my host made spagetti, which was yummy. I drank lots of water, too much if you ask me lol but I know it's good for me! Like I mentioned above I was short on time today so I did the Tone it Up Celebrity booty camp video twice, it's an older video that you can find on their youtube page! Remember ladies, stay fit, stay fab and stay beautiful! Love you all, keep up all your great work!

ps don't forget to set your alarms for your booty call in the morning!

Checking in

Hey all you awesome people! (: Hope you all had a great day whatever you were doing where ever you are.  Anyways the weather here was pretty rainy and gloomy all day which was kind of a let down because I couldn't get outside. I slept in because I was so exausted from swimming last night and school so I missed my Tone it Up bootycall this morning, doing some extra cardio as soon as I finish this! Anyways I had a great breakfast which was half a cup of oatmeal with a tsp of honey, strawberrry quuarters and blueberries, my fave! For lunch I used my extra berries from my oatmeal and had a berry mix aswell as a pb and j sandwich on flax seed bread, sometimes you just gotta have some pb and j! When I got home for a snack I had a pear and for dinner I made pizza muffins (recipe above) because I was short on time. As for my workout tonight it will consist of the Tone it up best bikini body booty camp video the beach bum workout and probably the lean legs pyramid or beach ball workout! Hope you all had a good day and workout and don't forget to set your alarm for your Tone it Up booty call in the morning! 4 weeks left ladies, you can do anything for four weeks ;)

Oh! Before I forget don't forget to go to the Tone it Up blog to learn about the beauty bag give away!

Bikini Challenge Extended!

Hey everybody! Hope you all had a great day today, I know I did. Anyways i've got some great news for you, in case you haven't already heard the Tone it Up bikini challenge has been extended for another two weeks which means that we have four weeks left! They still have plenty of awesome kick butt workouts to come, beach beauty videos and plenty of prizes so join up it's not too late. For your tone it up workout calender click here .
So anyways today I woke up early and I did my Tone it Up itty bitty bikini workout and beachball workout for my bootycall workout and it felt great. After my workout I had a half cup of oatmeal with a teaspoon of honey and some fresh berries which is my favourite meal to start the day. For lunch I had a pear and some granola cereal with 1/4 cup skim milk (whole grain carbs keep me energetic throughout the day) Finally for dinner I had two chicken fingers with some sliced cucumbers and strawberries on the side, it was so yummy. As for my workout for the night you guessed it tweeps, a one hour lane swim to work that cardio and the whole body! (:
Hope everyone remembers to set their alarms in the morning for their booty call, your all fabulous(: