Reshaping it All - Day 61

Reshaping it All - Day 61



A message from Candace...

Can you believe it’s been 61 days?! I’m so proud of you for hanging in there! I pray this is only the start of your new-found freedom in healthy living. I can’t wait to hear your success stories and hope you’ll post them here or on our Reshaping It All facebook page! Your stories and testimonies are encouragement and inspiration to others and that’s something we always need to hear no matter where we are in our journey.

Chapter 18 is about leaving a legacy. And while my most important legacy will be left with my children, I want to leave you all with this today…

Sometimes we just need to see the daily grind in someone else’s life. My girlfriend, who has struggled with her weight for many years came to me in desperation and in need of help.

“Can I stay with you for a few days, train with you and see what you and your family eat each day? I need to change my patterns and I need a major kick start.”

As I would with any friend in need, I answered, “Welcome to Bure Boot Camp.”

The funny thing was, she thought my life would look so different than hers on a daily basis. The Bures must have hours to devote to the gym and plenty of time to grocery shop and prepare each healthy meal, she thought. Wrong! Instead of a "Biggest Loser" lock down, she got a front row seat into our family’s hectic and chaotic schedule. The fact was, our schedules didn’t look very different at all. She has husband, kids, and a job. All the daily chores still needed to be done in my home between meetings and appointments and that included laundry, cleaning, making meals for my family and planning time for exercise. She got to experience firsthand that you have to CHOOSE to exercise and eat right in order to see the results in your life. And yes, it can be done. It might not be easy, but it is possible.

Over the next few days, I want to share with you some of meals I make for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I’ve tweeted some of these photos already (for all you Twitter followers)! Many of you ask for recipes, but the truth is, if I’m cooking, it’s because I’m following a simple recipe from a magazine or book, or watched it on the Food Network or Cooking Channel and remembered a version of it. Val cooks most of the meals in our home, not me. I’m a lousy chef and even ruined the asparagus recipe that’s in my own book! LOL. But I’ll tell you, my husband doesn’t care how mediocre my food is because he’s just happy when he gets a night off from cooking!

This is my daily grind I hope you enjoy another glimpse into the Bure kitchen.

Stay tuned over the next few days as I invite you back into my kitchen...

~ Candace

Here's what a typical grocery store trip will look like for me.

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Enter this week's giveaway!

This is it--we are closing in on 65 Days to Reshaping it All soon, and as promised in the beginning we have a special giveaway for the last hurrah!!!

Here's the Prize Package That We're Giving Away:

• A copy of Reshaping it All, autographed by Candace
• A choice of a t-shirt from Candace's clothing line (check them out here)
• A pretty coil bound journal
• A $50.00 Amazon gift certificate, provided by our sponsor, Art Bookbindery: Empowering Writers to Self Publish
• A $25.00 gift certificate from The Rusted Chain
• A t-shirt from Union 28

A special thank you goes out to these sponsors for this
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You need to do two things to enter. One is make sure that you are linked up in our list of participants below, and two--leave us a comment before midnight on July 3rd, 2011. That's it!

(Note: Make sure that you include a way of contacting you.)

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• Comment daily to increase your entries
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Entries will close at midnight on July 3rd, 2011. We'll randomly choose one winner through www.random.org, and announce the winner on July 4th when we wrap up our "65 Day Challenge."

Have fun!!!

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