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
611 Responses
Hi Heidi!!
I am a military wife and Mom to 3 boys. I am constantly trying to teach my boys the importance of healthy eating, but have been the opposite of a good role model. I let stress and worry control my eating habits, and slip into binge eating way too easily.
I have tried multiple diets and work outs, start to see results, then get lazy and quit. I need your motivation to keep me going!!
Winning a prize like this would be amazing! I could regain my health and be a better example for my boys. I?m ready to transform!!
Hello! I have struggled with my weight my whole life. I was an athlete growing up, but was always “the big girl”. When I graduated with school in 1999, I was around 170 pounds and I am 5’9″. Fast forward to 2011, I was sitting at 282 pounds and completely inactive. I was getting married and wanted to be able to take trips with my future husband, Adam, but I was just too big to do the active things he enjoyed. After being mortified that I could not fit women’s OR men’s snow pants, I knew something had to change. I started going to the gym and found a group of women to help support me and keep me accountable. They had all been where I was. By 2013, I had lost 85 pounds and was at 197! Unfortunately, I got a bit too comfortable not realizing that maintenance requires work as well, and started gaining back. I got certified through AFAA to teach Group X (RIPPED and U-Jam) and that helped me maintain a weight of about 250 for about 2 years until I was forced to quit due to family issues. We moved across town in 2016 and other than my husband, I am no longer near any of the people that helped me stay focused and successful. I am now back to struggling at 280 pounds to lose weight again and hopefully this time, keep it off. My husband is a firefighter and he needs to stay in shape for his job but he has gone through several surgeries due to on-the-job injuries and has gained weight himself. I believe that we could benefit greatly from having the access and support from yourself and Chris and can guarantee that we WILL NOT take it for granted.
My IG name is @fightingformesac and I tagged my husband, @babygoat_gaming.
I have had the app for about 6 months but life has thrown me some major curveballs in that time that has thrown me off my path too many times. It’s discouraging to say the least but I know this plan works! Life is always going to throw curveballs and I’d love the chance to work with this app to get through it all. I want the chance to find myself again. Thank you for putting good out there in the world…we need more good! ?
I had my fourth baby 3 weeks ago and I am 28 years old! I have had 4 kids in 6 years. Every time I have tried to get back into shape, it seemed I was pregnant again! But I am ready to take some time for me and focus on my health and nutrition. I really need a guide to do that. Your app would be extremely helpful on my journey to get my body back after bringing four amazing kids into this world. Thanks so much!
I would love to win! Through out my life I have lost/gained/lost/gained. I really want to learn how to lose and keep it off. I can run and do light exercise but I would love to be consistent with toning my body. I will be turning 40 this year and would love to change mentally and physically so I can be here for another 40 years lol! I know it?s a process that I will continue to work on whether I win or lose but hoping to win to get that additional quidance. 🙂 My goal is to be mentally and physically strong throughout my 40 (crossing fingers). FYI You both are great!!!
I love the app. As you know working full time, home, kids ect. Life can get really crazy and the cost of it all too. Workout times and location varies as well. Squeezing in a workout at 10pm or 4:30 am is how it gets done at our house. It becomes a family workout session at times too. I would love and really appreciate a lifetime subscription and would definitely use it for the rest of my life. It makes it easier when you don?t have to think about coming up with a workout at 4am. Just open the app and hit the weights.Thank you for wanting to help so many people, including me.
I love and admire you and Chris. I have been following Chris since the beginning of EWL. I have struggled with weight my whole life and have been healthy before. I’m a single mom of 3 little girls who went through an ugly/abusive marriage/divorce and gained a lot of depression weight. I’m at a point in my life where I’m happy and stable and working on myself. This would be LIFE CHANGING for me and to have 2 of the best coaches/partners on this journey…..I couldn’t ask for anything better.
I would love to win this so I can have motivation and guidance in my weight loss journey. I have struggled with fertility issues and would love to get healthy to help that issue resolve. I am a 32 year old woman who wants to put my health first. To learn through guidance how to put myself first.
My sister and I both have PCOS and have troubles getting pregnant. This app would help us to create a work out routine and motivate us to eat healthy in order to conquer PCOS.
I typically don’t enter giveaways, but when I saw this one I had to. I used the app for 6 months and then didnt have money to renew my subscription and I miss it. You and Chris are so motivating and inspiring always saying the right things at the right time. It would be a blessing if I were chosen as one of your winners. I tagged my son @psudobrit to be my partner in crime because he loves being active and living a healthy lifestyle too.
Hi Heidi,
My name is Melissa and I have 4 kids all girls, that should be reason enough lol. In all seriousness tho I?m stuck it?s been along time since I?ve been in a healthy place. I honestly have no idea where to begin I?ve tried Paleo and intermediate fasting and I wasn?t able to stick with either one. I follow all of your stories and see how you balance the good with the bad without limiting yourself. I would really like to be in a place like that, where I don?t have to give up certain foods but I can control how much I eat. I have 4 daughters ranging from 1-12 and I would really like to be a good healthy role model for them.