Ahhh summertime! The joyous (translation: stinking HOT) season here in Arizona full of pool time, popsicles, and playing with my kids. However, it’s also a time of pressure to cram in as many quality experiences as possible in just a few short months. It seems nearly impossible to prepare for all of the things on our summer bucket list, and before we know it, August is here, and we’re already in back-to-school mode. To save you time (and some sanity) in preparing your summer calendar, I’ve gathered some of my favorite and most popular blogs?from smoothie recipes to staying fit to kid-friendly activities?all in one place!
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BONUS: To get you started on your summer transformation journey and beyond, we’re running the FIRST?and maybe the last?LIFETIME subscription special to The TRANSFORM App! For ONLY $299, you can get a lifetime (that’s decades!!!) of over 430 (and counting!) yummy recipes, a customized nutrition and workout program that adjusts as you progress towards your goals, and amazing and inspiring Life Lessons (the TRUE key to transformation!), all backed up with content and videos galore.
And lucky for you…I?m giving away TWO of these LIFETIME ACCESS MEMBERSHIPS right here on the blog…for FREE! Scroll to the bottom of the blog for details on how YOU and a friend can win free coaching with us on the app for the rest of your life!!
Ummmm?but back to the sale. If you do the math, it?s like buy 20 months, get the rest of your life for FREE! So what are you waiting for? This (maybe) once in a lifetime deal ends May 31st, so go sign up now at www.thetransformapp.com, or click -> here! Then head back here and continue reading?.
**NOTE: If you sign up today and end up winning, you have my word we will refund you the money!
Now on to the important stuff …?
My Favorite Ways to Stay Fit This Summer: Preparing your summer bod starts way before the temperatures hit the 100s and continues throughout the summer!
In order to save you some time researching and planning out your workouts for the summer, I’ve put together my top four favorite workouts to keep you fit (while still leaving you time for the kids!):
- Four Minute Tabata Workout
- Oxygen Magazine Booty Building Workout
- Dog Friendly Workout
- Top Ten At-Home Exercise for Total Body Toning
*And if you’re just beginning your transformation journey or want some amazing transformation tools, here is THE all-in-one post (filled with lots of links!) to get you started: How to Begin Your Transformation Journey?Step-by-Step
My Go-To Smoothie and Shake Recipes: On a hot summer day (and really, any day, right?), a smoothie or shake is a perfect meal! Smoothies help pack in those healthy micronutrients without even realizing you’re drinking your veggies.
They’re also a great way to stay cool and save yourself some time with meal prep?exactly what this mama needs with four littles running around all season long. Just add the ingredients to your blender and voila! Total plus: All of the recipes below are Powell Pack approved, kid-friendly treats that our family loves to drink! YUM.
Top Family Activities + Family Workouts: For me, summer is all about savoring that extra time with the kids and trying new things. While swimming and splash pads are a great way to cool down, we can’t ignore the fact that workouts are still a necessity too!
Adding a kid-friendly element to things like a Tabata workout is a great way to stay fit AND enjoy quality time as a family. Fit some “screen free” time into your daily summer schedule and get your whole family moving this summer with some of my favorite kid-friendly activities below.
- Mommy & Me Tabata Workout
- Get Outside and Celebrate Earth Day!
- March Madness!!!! A Powell Pack Family Workout
- Powell Pack Workout | Deck of Cards
- 5 Spring Break Activities for a Fit Family
Here’s to a happy, healthy, fulfilling summer full of wonderful moments with your family! What’s on your summer bucket list?! I want to know your summer plans?I might need to steal an idea or ten! Leave your comments below and share your ideas!
Now…for the giveaway! To enter to win LIFETIME access to The TRANSFORM App for you and a friend, follow these simple steps:
- Comment below and tell me why you should win this life-changing prize!
- Find my Facebook or Instagram post about this giveaway and tag your friend who you would love to give the other membership to!
The giveaway ends this Sunday (May 27, 2018) at midnight, and the lucky winner will be randomly chosen and announced on Monday! And please feel free to enter as many times as you want. 🙂
xo,
Heidi
And here are even more posts you might enjoy!
3 Ways to Stay Fit This Summer!
Fun in the Sun: Healthy Summer Popsicles!
Yummy Summer Strawberries ?n Almond Creme
Making Summer Night Memories
Sexy Summer Shoulders
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Heidi & Chris !!!! I?m 27 and a paramedic! I try to stay fit and healthy to be able to lift my patients safely , carry my equipment and stay energized during my shift work (including nights?) . I have completed 2 cycles of the 21 day carb cycle from your book extreme transformation ! My schedule is hectic with work and the long hours and I would love to be able to carry you and Chris in my pocket to help with meal prep, for some workouts in at work and have alternative quick meals on shifts to make instead of fast food ! I would be so happy to have this for the rest of my life ! ??????
Military mom to five kids, enough said LOL. (9&4&3&2 and 3 months)I?ve been married to the military for almost 5 1/2 years now and my husband for the same. Typical military family he?s gone most of the time for work for training, and with his new unit deployments. With every baby I?ve had I?ve struggled with postpartum anxiety, this one is the worst. I?ve also found out through the course of my pregnancies that I have mitral valve prolapse and pre-ventricular contractions. I?ve been dealing with anxiety induced blood pressure as well. I?m hypoglycemic But not a diabetic so I manage my sugar but eating 1 billion times a day. My husband?s family lives 15 hours away and my family was only 3 1/2 hours away but my mom work seven days a week to support my sister and my nephew as well as my grandmother who just passed away a few weeks ago. I think she?s only been to see me once in the last three years and I have five kids one of but not diabetic so I manage my sugar but eating 1 billion times a day. My husband?s family lives 15 hours away and my family was only 3 1/2 hours away but my mom work seven days a week to support my sister and my nephew as well as my grandmother who just passed away a few weeks ago. I think she?s only been to see me once in the last three years and I have five kids so going home is not really an option, I may see them twice a year now. I have a couple of friends that I?ve had since my 20s and they all live about an hour and a half away and they have their own families and their own lives. Last summer seven of my friends PCSd. All of that to tell you that it is just my children and I. The one thing that I find in addition to my faith that gives me the ability to face every day and every challenge of being basically a single mom and human as being able to work out. It?s one of the top priorities that my doctor told me I needed to make an order to overcome my anxiety without the use of medication. My children rely on me alone, medication is not an option at this point. I find that the days that I don?t work out my anxiety is out of control. I have a Y membership but I may make it once a month. I?ve kept it only as a standing promise to myself. One day my anxiety will be in control enough so that I can return. I see the gym as 2 hours of a break that the kids are in childcare, a potential to make new friends and to belong somewhere. I have a home gym that I get to use a couple times a week when no one is sick and we don?t have a bunch of appointments to go to. To be honest I spend 75% of my workouts crying. I listen to Christian station I put my headphones in it for 1:50 hours, depending on whether or not my husband is home I dedicate that moment in my life to just me. I maybe get my haircut twice year I never do anything for myself. This is it. If it?s the loneliness thing Zaidi feelings of inadequacy as a mother the isolation. When I work out I feel free . My husband is deploying in a few weeks again. I?m looking to start school this fall, online because after all I do have five kids and I?m not crazy. The last time he deployed the car broke the TV broke the phone broke and I thought that my son had cancer, it turns out he did not praise the Lord. So I know the gates of hell are about to open and I want to be ready to face it with a clear head and the bravery that a couple of weeks seem to give me . Providing me with workouts and let?s face it inspiration and motivation will help me not only take care of myself but help me take care of my babies. And of course my husband who is going to miss them so much. Thank you for your consideration, y?all are doing great things (I apologize for any typos I?m using talk to text)
I would love to win lifetime access to your app because then finally maybe I could get results. I had promised myself that this was going to be the year of balance in terms of fitness but here we are almost half way through the year and I keep researching online and getting confused as to what so should do…become a vegetarian, do keto, or carb cycle. Then I end up trying to do extreme exercise plans and just injur myself. The funny thing is I was telling my husband that the best Ive felt and looked was last summer when I was using your app. I had a workout everyday and I never felt restricted on food. I felt ?balanced?. Please help me get there again. I want to prove to myself that a 42 year old mom of 2 can still get in shape. Thanks! Love you guys!
I have been working towards my fitness goals for about 4 years now and it was the best change I ever made. In the process, I have lost 50+ pounds, almost 20% body fat, quit smoking, and ran a half marathon. I owe much of these achievements to Lifetime because of their classes, access to weights, cardio, and steam room for recovery. I think I deserve to win because Lifetime is already a part of my routine and it would be fantastic if I could share that with a friend.
I would love to win! You are so inspiring in everything you do, I would love your guidance. I want to be healthier as I turn 40 later this year and be a good role model for my kids. I want to become stronger so I don’t become a frail old lady!
I would love to win..me and soon be husband gain so much weight…need get heathly together..both has high blood pressure..I’m on 3 anti depression meds..thyroid meds..had back surgery..with being over weight killing my back..we need help…
I would love the chance to win! My best friend, Kelse, and I are changing our lifestyle and committing to raising our families in a healthy way! I?m down 40 pounds but I still have a long way to go! I?d love the challenge and motivation of being coached by you! Thanks for the chance to win!
This is such an amazing giveaway, thank you for the opportunity!! I would love to win this for my mom and I more than anything. Two years ago my mom started her weight loss journey, and has lost almost 100 lbs! She is my hero and I am so proud of all the progress she has made. She hit a plateau around January, and has had a hard time seeing any progress since then. Fitness and nutrition have always been huge passions of mine, and I would love to be able to use this to spend more quality time with my mom, improving our health together. It would make me so happy to see my mom feeling confident and beautiful, and I think this app will greatly help!
I want to be the healthiest I am able at my age. And, my sister wants this as well. We want to live instead of just exist.
Heidi! Man, what an AWESOME gift!!! I?d be so grateful to work with you! I?m a mother to four miracle babies and a thyroid cancer survivor. I?m an Organic Living Specialist, Certified Life Coach, and I?ve recently launched a podcast. Raw As A Mother is a series of interviews of mothers worldwide sharing their very real moments of trauma and triumph along their motherhood journey. I?m working daily on getting my pelvis floor and body where I want it to be! Having a coach for my physical well-being to push me would be a huge blessing!