Rock your Resolution-Health bet starting January 9th

What if I had a way to make 2017 the year you COULDN'T quit...the year you FINALLY commit to your health and fitness goals...for GOOD?! The year you could get YOUR OWN incredible Before and After pictures?

I have a really incredible new offer that is basically the Netflix of Fitness and Nutrition! We just launched a really incredible deal for Beachbody On Demand that gives you streaming access to EVERY. SINGLE. BEACHBODY. PROGRAM. EVER. for an entire year.

SERIOUSLY! For $199, you get one year streaming access to every single Beachbody program EVER created, including all of the programs that have yet to even come out! This package also includes the meal plan I have been following and your portion control containers to help you learn how to not only eat clean, but also help you learn the correct portions. You also get your very first month supply an amazing superfood nutrition shake to help you fight cravings and curb your hunger.

This package ALSO comes with ME as your personal coach in my Rock Your Resolution group kicking off January 9th (prep week starts 1/2) where you will get to participate in the Health Bet where you will actually GET PAID to get fit in the month of January. Beachbody is hosting a Health Bet starting next month will be splitting a pot of money, up to $3 MLLION, with those who log their workouts and shakes. Pretty simple - right?! Such an awesome incentive to stay on track!

This means you can stream any program you want...Hammer and Chisel...21 Day Fix...PiYo...Cize...Body Beast...P90X...Insanity Max:30...Core De Force (my new fav)...you name it, you get it! So when you finish one program, you can immediately start a new one, without having to buy a new program! You can preview programs, test them out and I can help you find one that is best for you!

I am opening up FIVE more spots for my Rock Your Resolution group.

You get a year of workouts, an incredible meal plan, your first month of a superfood shake and me as your personal coach to help you make 2017 your BEST YEAR YET.

Sound like a great way to start this year? Shoot me an email and let's get started!

coachkinseyevans@gmail.com

Core De Force Results

SOOOO I dropped the ball on posting my results of Core De Force. I actually got sick towards the end and had to skip my last week of workouts so it wasn't quite the full effect of the program, but just from doing 80% of the program (I am not going to lie, my nutrition slipped when I started feeling bad as well) I got some amazing results to share.

I LOVED the eating plan! I got to eat an extra blue and an extra purple some of the weeks (my two favorite fix containers) and the workouts really toned my abs! The only downfall to this program for me was time. I am a super BUSY mom with 3 boys. The first week the workouts were only around 30-40 minutes which is perfect! As it progresses, the schedule calls for multiple workouts and some days were over an hour. I know, I know, in the fitness world working out for over an hour is no big deal BUT for me as a lifestyle change, this is challenging to fit in every day.

I LOVED that it was not boring and I something different than I am used to. I will most definitely be adding these workouts into my weekly schedule when time allows. Here are some results (keep in mind I did not get to finish the last week which is where you really beef up your workouts and pull back the extra containers that were added to really lean up).

The picture on the left is day 1 and the one on the right is week 3

 Final result abs (the part I was hoping for of course)

 Final stats

Beachbody performance

I have to admit, I do have a little secret about the help I have had pushing through my workouts and here it is...

Beachbody's performance line (also the official nutrition supplement for Ironman) has been my lifeline through this program! Energize is my jam and gives me the perfect boost (without the jitters) to really kick it up a notch and perform better and longer. THEN after my workout I chug some Recover (that tastes like creamy chocolate milk when mixed with water and ice) so my muscles can be revived and I won't wake up crying the next day. If you would like more info on Energize and Recover or the other performance products check email me and I will give you the run down! 

Core De Force Week One!

Can I just say wow? I think I have found my favorite Beachbody program EVER (I do still LOVE 21 day Fix Extreme). Core De Force has quickly become my very favorite!!! Not only do I feel really cool doing all of the moves, I burned some major calories, was sweating buckets, and am seeing incredible results in all of the right areas. I know why they call it CORE De Force. After the first two days I wanted to cry every time I sneezed or coughed because my abs were so sore. It was glorious (this momma wants her pre baby abs back!!). My husband watched me do a few of the workouts and commented at how he was scared to pick a fight with me because my moves looked pretty awesome haha! SO the extra plus? I am learning self defense moves as well! I am also following the meal plan 100% and only strayed from it ONE meal (date night) and even then I didn't go crazy. I have been full and even struggling to eat everything on my plan. I LOVE that! No starving, wide variety of foods, and I know I am getting what my body needs! 

Ok so here are my Week One results... -4.6lbs and -8inches!!! Yes, seriously!!!!

All I can say is get ready for week two because I am about to crush it! I have never been this excited for a program...keep following for more updates!!! 

If you are interested in joining me on this journey through 30 days of core de force with an accountability group, check out this link for more info! 

Core De Force

Freedom

OMG.

Okay, so I started this new bible study titled In-Security, and I just have to share with y’all what it’s about.

It’s just so filled with truth, and I can feel God working through it in my heart. I cannot NOT share with you ladies!

It’s about freedom.

Oh! Before I start, I just want to tell you that you were made to be free. You were made to live in the freedom of Jesus Christ and in close relationship with God.

You were never made to live in fear of what others think. You were never meant to live with anxiety over tomorrow, or trapped in sin.

You were made to live intimately with God.

Okay. Let’s get rollin’.

So, the enemy’s purpose on this Earth is to keep people in sin and away from Jesus. That’s just what he does. As Christians, we already know Jesus.

That infuriates the enemy. He knows he’s lost. He knows we are going to heaven and he’s going to be destroyed and he’s angry. He’s going to try and take as many people down with him as he can.

Even though we are already saved and he can’t prevent us from going to heaven, he wants to stop us from growing in our relationship with Jesus.

He wants to stop us from speaking the truth to others.

His new goal is to keep us stagnant in our faith.

One of the way he does that is by keeping us trapped in bondage, sin, depression, fear, anxiety, bitterness, caring what people think, self-destructive behavior, insecurities, and (here comes the big one) lies.

We are dangerous to the enemy when we live in freedom, and he knows that.

If we lived without fear, nothing could stop us from spreading the word about Jesus.

He will do everything he can to keep us from doing that.

That’s where the lies come in.

He uses lies and he attacks your identity and insecurities.

With insecurity comes bondage and no real sense of identity. Without a real sense of our identity, it’s easy to believe the lies the enemy feeds us on a daily basis.

Plus, insecurity keeps us from living life to the fullest. It keeps us from living out our life like God designed for us.

Our insecurities are actually lies that we have believed about ourselves our whole life.

John 10:10 says, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (NIV)

This is probably one of my favorite verses in the bible. It shows that Jesus came not only to save our lives, but to give us life.

I’m about to hit y’all hard, so pay attention.

Jesus did not hang on the cross so that you would be held back by the fear of what others think of you.

He did not bleed and suffer so you could live a mundane life with no passion or love or relationship with Him.

I don’t know about y’all, but the idea of a life with no meaning does NOT appeal to me.

I want to live a life full of passion and love and JESUS.

I want a life filled with His light and His purpose and sharing all that with others.

What’s the point of life without Him, anyway?

The truth is your identity is found in Jesus and what He did for you on the cross.

You’re identity is not found in your accomplishments or failures.

It’s not found in people you spend time with, or even the thoughts you have of yourself.

It is found in the Creator of our souls.

He knows everything about you: your sins, your fears, your worries, your thoughts, and He still loves you.

No matter what you’ve done or what you will do, Jesus loves you.

Nothing this world can say or do to you will change that.

Yes, words hurt. I understand that.

Yes, rejection hurts. I get that too.

But you know what hurts worse? A life without Jesus.

A life filled with doubt and fear.

A life filled with worry of what others think or say about you.

You know what else? Jesus can take away that fear and doubt. He will fill that space with love and passion.

He can take away that worry and fill it with peace and an assuredness of who you are in Him and of Who He is.

The devotional totally threw a curveball my way when it went to this next point.

It asked: Do you want to be free?

I totally scoffed at it. Like, really? Of course, I want to be free! Everyone wants to be free.

But then I thought about how many times I felt content to mope around the house when I was sad. I thought about how my mom would try to cheer me up, but I would shrug her off because I wanted to be sad. Or how I would be so angry, and refuse to let it go. I would hold onto that anger even through my mom’s threats of punishments (which turned out to be promises BTW) because I wanted to be angry.

Did you hear that?

Is that not how everyone feels every once in awhile?

You hold onto your self-pity, jealousy, anger because you want too. You choose too.

Sometimes we find a false sense of security in our insecurity. (BTW, that came from the devo. I didn’t make up that totally cool, totally true statement.)

We become comfortable with those detrimental feelings. We think that it will always be that way, and we don’t even try to be free.

It seems like such a silly question, do you want to be free, but it has the power to change your life.

If you want to be free, and you dig deep into God’s word and His presence, nothing in this world can stop you.

Not other people’s opinions, not the enemies lies, nothing.

Freedom has always been close to my heart, and I think I know why.

I haven’t told you ladies this yet, but I’ve written on my church blog about my struggles with anxiety. Well, I call it worry on the church blog, but I’ll be a little more open with y’all. That anxiety kept me trapped for years. I would worry about everything. What I wore, school work, what people thought of me, athletics, family life. Anything and everything you could worry about, I would.

That worry kept me trapped for years, and it was a big rift in my relationship with Jesus. You can’t have worry and Jesus. It just doesn’t work that way. I felt the chains that anxiety covered me with. The chains weighed down my heart, and the worry surrounded me like a dark cloud. All I ever wanted was not to worry.

I wanted freedom. I craved it, and I went looking for it in all the wrong places.

But, you want to know what I’ve discovered? Freedom doesn’t just come from Jesus. 

Freedom isn’t found men, or clothes, or shoes (no matter how cute they are).

Freedom isn’t found in college or your great new job.

Freedom isn’t found in your cozy house or even in your beautiful children.

Freedom is found in one place, in one person. Jesus.

I mean, He broke free from the grave. Jesus is the definition of freedom!

When you ditch the lies and insecurities and crave to be free, it’s then that you can live In-Security with Him.

Kylee Sutherland is a Texas girl who has a heart for Jesus, writing and people. She loves to laugh and eat rocky road ice cream (not necessarily at the same time). Kylee prays God uses her passion for writing to touch the hearts of those who read it and that they see her transparency as a way to relate and accept God's grace He freely gives each of us.

Before Stats!

So I am really doing this! I am committing to 30 days of CORE DE FORCE and giving it my all! Here are my before STATS. Let me preface this by saying I have been on the struggle bus lately to say the least. I have been struggling with numerous health issues and I have let them be my excuse to not work out and eat junk. My body is in less than optimal shape but all of that is about to change! 

note: I will be revealing the full before picture after the completion of the 30 days so stay tuned!

Let's talk goals for the next 30 days...

My goals for the next 30 days are to complete the entire program (even if it means I have to modify some of the workouts) and not miss any workouts. I will allow myself 1 cheat meal a week BUT that does not give me an excuse to fall off the deep end for the rest of that day. I want to be stronger and leaner and losing about 10lbs would be GREAT!

My long term goals...

I turn 30 in February (ouch) and I would LOVE to be able to say that at 30 years old, I am in better shape than I was at 20. Right now I wear a size large most of the time and when I was 20 I was sometimes able to wear a small (very rarely). My ultimate goal, is to go into my 30th year ROCKIN that size SMALL! 

The struggle is REAL

I'm going to be real for a moment...

I've been struggling with my health and my body is starting to show it. As a health coach that is not something that is easy to admit. How can I help people achieve their health goals if I myself am struggling to pursue my own?

Our pastor preached a sermon this Sunday on sin and giving over to our fleshly desires and I felt so convicted in a way that's not widely looked at as sin. My drug of choice is food. I lack discipline when I over indulge and give in to my unhealthy desires. I don't mean little treats here and there-I mean full weekends of "falling off the wagon" and eating everything in sight. It's become a real problem. I've realized that I'm literally hurting my body and hurting my testimony when I proclaim Christ but can't control a desire of the flesh. I want to be a reflection of Christ who was the ultimate example of discipline and sacrifice for the glory of God and I know I have some serious changes to make and it starts in my heart. I have to quit depending on myself to make these changes and rely on the only One who can give me the strength to battle this cycle of unhealthy choices.

Today I started a new Beachbody program called Core De Force that uses daily mma style workouts along with a portioned controlled clean eating plan. I literally plan to fight my way through this time of struggle. I do believe I'll battle the flesh until Jesus takes me home, but I also trust that if I seek His help, He will strengthen me in the fight over a glutinous and over indulgent lifestyle to bring Him glory. 

I can't be ashamed to be transparent and admit when I am struggling. It's in our brokeness and vulnerability that God is able to do the most work because we are willing to let Him. Just like I am NOT perfect because I am a Christian (being a Christian means you are fully aware of your sinfulness and need of a perfect God for strength and dependence), I am not a health coach because I have this whole healthy lifestyle perfected. I decided to become a health coach because I knew I needed help and joining this community of people pursuing healthy lifestyles was a way for me to not only have access to the BEST programs and products available, but to be encouraged and held accountable by people who truly understand the struggle. It's a no judgement zone and a gentle nudge to point me back to making good choices when I fall down.

If you are interested in joining me in this program or my community of girls who long to live a healthy lifestyle devoted to Jesus then please reach out to me. I would love to have the accountability as I do this challenge and I would love to encourage you to fight the battle over binge eating and be a reflection of the disciplined woman of God He calls us to. It won't be easy. It won't be a quick over night fix. It will take hard work, sacrifice, discipline, and a lot of prayer-but it will be so worth it! I'm ready to fight this! 

If you aren't quite ready to jump in, but want to find out more about this program, I will be doing something I have never done before and blogging my entire journey with Core de Force right here on this page so you can follow right along and see for yourself what this program can do for someone who is willing to combat her struggles. Prayers and encouragement are always welcome! Thanks a ton!

-Kinsey Evans

(founder of Breakfast with Jesus)

Flawless

When Kinsey asked me to write on her blog, I got really excited. I mean, what an honor, right?

I love to write, I love my sister, and I love God, so this was like another dream come true!

But then, I got really nervous.

I started thinking about all the women that would read my blog, and I had this terrible image of them judging me and my writing.

I could imagine their sneers of disgust, their facial expressions that would say, “Who does she think she is?”, their scoffing at my stupidity. I could imagine them all gathering around and snickering at the 16 year old girl and her attempt at writing.

I know, crazy, right? But those are the whispers of doubt and insecurity that the devil whispered in my ear.

The whispers of insecurities and doubts are the lies he speaks into every woman’s ear.

He’ll always tell us that we aren’t pretty enough, aren’t smart enough, too big, too small, and this world encourages us to believe him. Our society twists his wicked lies and make them appear as though they were the truth.

So, ladies, today I’m going to write about acceptance, identity, and the unwavering truth about them both.

Now, I’ll be upfront and honest with y’all. This is a topic that is very close to my heart. I don’t know if it’s because I’m a teenage girl or because of what I’ve experienced or because that’s just my personality. All I know is that this topic means a lot to me, and probably means a lot to y’all too.

First things first, know that what the world says about you isn't who you are.

At the beginning of fourth grade, I started having some trouble seeing the board. I went to the eye doctor and it turned out I needed glasses.

I was so excited!

I remember skipping along the sidewalk singing, “I can see clearly now that I have glasses on!” I also remember my dad rolling his eyes at my display, and Slade (the little toot) making a comment about his ears burning due to my singing.

The next day I went to school and showed off my glasses. My girl friends weren’t near as impressed as I was, but that didn’t bother me.

Now, there was a group of fourth grade boys who loved to torment me. I think it’s because I could never think of what to say back. (My comeback game was at a -10 when I was nine years old.) This group of boys cornered me in my reading teacher’s class. They started laughing at my glasses and saying that I was a nerd.

But that wasn’t what bothered me. What bothered me was the little boy with brown tousled hair and round cheeks who called me four-eyes.

It broke my nine year old heart. The way they said it made me think that it was a bad thing. I went home and cried.

The truth is those words hurt, but they weren’t true. Just because those boys said I had four eyes doesn’t mean I do.

Just because the world says you’re fat doesn’t mean you are. Just because the world says you are stupid doesn’t mean you are. Just because the world says you’re a failure doesn’t mean you are.

The truth is that we are treasured beyond what we could ever imagine.

God formed me and you with His own two hands. The maker of the stars held you in His hands. I can just imagine His reaction after you’d been formed.

You were so tiny in His large hands. He held you gently in His palms and pulled you close to His heart because even though you weren’t born yet, His heart was yours.  His eyes were full of love and knowledge as He gazed at your form. The form He designed. Your life was running through His mind. All that He designed you to do, all the mistakes you would make, who and what you would love. He gazed down at you in adoration. I guarantee that He was thinking you were perfect.

Is that not beautiful to imagine?

The hands that hold the world held you. The Creator of the universe breathed life into your lungs.

Personally, I find that amazing.

Psalm 139:13-16 says:

“13 For you created my inmost being;

   you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

   your works are wonderful,

   I know that full well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you

   when I was made in the secret place,

   when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;

   all the days ordained for me were written in your book

   before one of them came to be.” (NIV)

I don’t have to fight for His acceptance, and neither do you.

That burden of trying to fit in with the world and fighting tooth and nail to be accepted can be gone in a second once we realize who we are, and to Whom we belong.

Secondly, your identity is found in Christ, not in what the world says about you.

The truth is that Jesus loved you so much that He would die (and rise again) for you. He died so He could be with you.

Your identity is found in Him.

He made you in His own image, and He paid for your sins with His only son.

In His eyes, you’re flawless. Spiritually AND physically.

That might be a hard pill to swallow, especially if the world has told you differently, but I promise you that it is true.

Jesus loves you.

Jesus accepts you as you are.

Girl, in His eyes, you’re flawless.

Kylee Sutherland is a Texas girl who has a heart for Jesus, writing and people. She loves to laugh and eat rocky road ice cream (not necessarily at the same time). Kylee prays God uses her passion for writing to touch the hearts of those who read it and that they see her transparency as a way to relate and accept God's grace He freely gives each of us.