Before we get to it, I’d like to wish Oh She Glows Happy 9 months of blogging!! Exactly 9 months ago today, this blog was born with a ‘boo’ on Halloween night. Can you believe I have written 761 posts!? No wonder my fingers hurt! :D
It’s been a busy month!!!
My own personal calendar…
Sorry Todoist, this just works for me! I’m not even ashamed to admit it!
I have had so much fun doing the Summer Glow Boot Camp. We have had so many awesome discussions, guest posts, giveaways, and booty kicking exercises to shake things up a little!
For those of you who missed some of the fun, I have gathered most of the posts together below for your reading pleasure:
Summer Glow Boot Camp Wrap Up
WEEK 1: Reflection: How we think, feel, and perceive our current selves
Angela on Dear Body
Angela on Make-up: Can we live without it?
Angela’s Interval Training workout
Zesty makes Balsamic Salmon
WEEK 2: Goal Setting
Angela on Let’s Set Some Goals!
Stacy on Exercise and Hydration
Angela interviews Celebrity Trainer, Valerie Waters
Zesty makes whole grain oatmeal pancakes
Guest Exercises with Stacy
WEEK 3: Getting Over The Hump
Caitlin on Staying Motivated
Kath on How to fuel workouts
Guest exercises with April
Angela on One of her greatest life lessons (and her pre-race meal)
Madison on Friends Getting Fit
WEEK 4: It’s all about the self-love baby!
Angela on Learning to love the journey
Zesty on Roots vegetables jazzed up
Bobbi’s mini bootcamp + Angela discovers Tweetdeck (bahaha)
Leslie on Feeling confident in summer clothes
Video: 10-minute total body workout by trainer Marci Lall (made exclusively for the SGBC!)
WEEK 5: Where do we go from here?
VIDEO: Angela on Keeping Our Eye On The Prize
Personal Trainer, Jodie’s top 3 core blasting moves
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Whew, what a month, eh?? :) So much fun! I have taken away so many great pieces of advice and have learned more ways to appreciate all the awesome things my body does for me each day.
I just wanted to say a HUGE thank-you to all of our sponsors as well as all of the amazing contributors! Without you, this certainly would not have been possible.
And what would closing ceremonies be, without TWO HUGE giveaway contests???? :)
Would you like a chance to win a free professional photography session with two of the world’s top photographers? Your photography giveaway submissions are due Sunday August 2, 2009 at NOON EST! Please send to: [email protected] Please make sure to read the rules of the giveaway located here before sending in your submission.
The day is finally here! Amazing Grass is giving away SEVEN of their LARGE 17oz Amazing Grass tubs to one lucky Oh She Glows reader!
The winner of the 1st prize Amazing Grass package will receive SEVEN- large 17oz Amazing Grass powders (Wheat Grass, Green SuperFood, Chocolate Green SuperFood, Berry Green SuperFood, Amazing Meal Original, Amazing Meal pomegranate, and Amazing Meal Chocolate)! That is a value of over $325!!
Rules:
WAYS YOU CAN WIN:
- Leave one comment on this post telling me how the SGBC has impacted your life in a positive way. What was most memorable? Or tell me what post you enjoyed the most and why.
- For another chance to win: Tweet about this contest on Twitter, making sure to link to @ohsheglows so I can record it
- Contest ends TODAY at 7:30pm EST!
- Contest open to US and CAD residents only please.
- Winner will be drawn randomly
- Winner will be announced in tonight’s post- so stay tuned!!!
GOODLUCK TO ALL AND TO ALL A FABULOUS FRIDAY!!!!! :D
During SGBC and your posts I have finally learned to stop degrading my body and learned to focus on how strong my body really is. How blessed I am to wake up each day and let my legs carry me and my arms hold sweet babies. I am healthy and blessed. Thank you for the WONDERFUL reminders on this blog!
Jen
I loved SGBC because I tend to look in the mirror and make negative comments about my body. This taught me to love myself and appreciate the positive aspects of me and my body.
Omy goodness ang! I can’t believe you’ve been blogging only since then! You seem like a seasoned pro :D I have a soft spot for sketchie posts- but my fave are the FAQ’s…your honesty and well-thought out answers give me great info on questions I usually have myself. Congrats and you know I am OSG’s numba one fan!! (well one of them)
I really enjoyed the “Learning to Love the Journey” post. All of these years of working out had seemed like a chore to me. I never really stopped to consider that I should be enjoying it all as I was doing it OR thanking my body for being capable! OSG and the SGBC has changed that for me. It served to reinforce my ability put my body and body image in persective. Every time I start to have negative or self-loathing thoughts I almost now instinctively think…”what would Angela say?” I’ve come to realize that perfection is not required and that I need to love what God gave me right now.
Thank you for being a constant source of inspriation.
why oh why do I live in Belgium? :-(
I enjoyed looking forward to read your motivating posts every morning! Loved the section on motivation….sometimes I just need a little kick start to get reved up about my workouts :)
This month has been incredibly motivating for me. I feel so lucky to have been a part of it. It has been amazing to watch you grown your business and it gives me motivation to follow my dreams. I really loved the motivation and goals posts. Thank you for doing this challenge – it has been a fabulous journey!
I really enjoyed the post Feeling confident in summer clothes, I think sometimes we are our worst critics. We just need to realize what is important in life, worrying if I have a muffin top is just a waste of energy.
I really loved being able to read advice from different people during SGBC – not that yours isn’t helpful, haha – just that it is nice to see how others approach exercise/health/motivation.
I really enjoy your openness on this blog. I feel good after reading each post and it has helped me recognize the importance of reflecting on my own life and evaluate what is most important to me in life. So, Thank you!
Katherine
Congratulations! I think I really enjoy all the nutrition posts of course and the psychological nutrition post, but I also enjoyed the ‘keeping your eye on the prize’ post. I’ve realized that we’re all not perfect (so sorry if that didn’t come out right before) and have our slump days, but that’s okay because in time we’ll get back at it feeling better than before :) I myself was in kind of a funk this week, and was dragging and feeling like my body was trying to get sick. I haven’t worked out all that much and that’s okay because I may have fallen off the wagon, but the wagon is always there and I can jump on again soon! Thanks!
-kristen
The interval training workout was great. I get so locked into steady runs or a typical weight circuit that I just go with the flow and forget to change things up. I really love the look on your face in all the pictures. It’s clear you are having FUN!
I started looking to blogs this summer for inspiration to lose weight (I need to lose over 100 pounds), and Oh She Glows is definitely a regular and a favorite! The SGBC gave me inspiration, and while I didn’t do the recommended activities alone, I tried almost everything once! I’ve lost 25 pounds and am inspired to maybe start a blog to get me back to where I need to be! Thanks for what you do, and for such an awesome giveaway!
I just tweeted to you that I liked the post about make-up, but I also liked Zesty’s root vegetable post!!
Your post “Learning to Love the Journey” meant a lot to me.
I used to be SO critical of myself, constantly picking apart my flaws… wishing I would look different (and that “perfect” image seemed to change all the time…) Nothing was good enough!
I’ve learned to LOVE myself AND my body for what it is NOW. Not what it COULD look like, not what it might look like if I do more sit-ups at the gym…. not what I’d look like with a different nose, etc…
THIS is the body God gave me, and hell… I’m going to love it with all I’ve got. :)
I absolutely loved the “Dear Body” post. I wrote my own letter to my body and it has really helped me to start looking and thinkng differently about body. I’m trying to focus on all body does for me.
I’m so excited. I hope I win! I love to try the amazing grass products in my gree monsters.
it has made me recognize the real reason for exercise– feeling good and being strong and healthy. it has helped me accept my body for everything it does for me and has taken a lot of the negative feelings out of being active!
Learning to love your body post really hit home with me. I especially loved the whole “right now” part, because I would hate to look back on this time in my life and think about all the time I wasted thinking about how I will be satisfied ten pounds from now. Thank you Angela!
SGBC has encouraged me to try more forms of exercise. I’m still primarily a runner, but it’s great to shake things up a bit so my body isn’t so..lopsided :).
The post “One of Her Greatest Life Lessons.” I think so many of us have struggled or are still struggling with that same lesson and I appreciate your openness about it. It’s both comforting and inspirational to know that we are not alone and there IS a way to develop a positive relationship with our bodies. Seeing your success (and beautiful smile) is so motivating. Thank you Ange!