#FitnessMama at the Good Day Sacramento Studios

As you guys may have known, Christelyn was featured on Good Day Sacramento to talk about Hot Hula Fitness on July 3rd.  The GDS team/Amy Carabba (weekend anchor of Good Day Sacramento) visited during a class and they absolutely loved Hot Hula and also loved Christelyn.  So much so that they invited Christelyn to come to the studio to do another segment to talk about her weight loss journey and Fitness Mama.

We were notified that we should be at the studio less than a week in advance.  We were told that Christelyn would do 2 short segments-one about nutrition and one on exercise.  They were not clear on what exactly they were looking for or how the filming would be like or what to expect but we ran with it, super excited to even get this opportunity.  I feverishly got some tank tops made so she could look great while promoting FM on TV.  She spent hours getting organzied and collecting foods she wanted to feature and we brainstormed ideas on what to talk about and how to answer questions that could possibly come up.  We were just beyond excited.  I honestly don't know how Christelyn slept all last week because I was so nervous for her.  But I was also confident that it would all work out great in the end.

We were instructed to arrive at 9:45am at the studio.  We left Christelyn's house about an hour before that.  It takes about 35 mins. to get there.  And wouldn't you know it, we got lost TWICE.  I was starting to get so upset that we were throwing away this opportunity because we were LOST.  It was not a good feeling.  The first time, we were diverted to a detour because a ramp was shut down!!  What the hell.  Out of all days to shut down a ramp.  And of course we hit traffic at the detour.  And then the second time, our GPS took us someplace completely wrong!  We could not believe our luck.  I was on the verge of freaking OUT.  But Christelyn stayed calm.  This is how it always is with her and I!!  She is always so positive and calm and so trusting and confident that everything is going to work out.  I am not kidding or exaggerating.  She is one of the MOST POSITIVE people I know just in case you were wondering.  I do enough worrying for the both of us.  :)

Eventually we figured it out and arrived RIGHT ON TIME.  I was so relieved, I could've cried.

#teamfitnessmama always down to support their mama

outside of the studios

We checked in with the security guy at the front and then hauled all our stuff in.  We were told to wait in the lobby and were invited to help ourselves to coffee and snacks in the break room.  The security guy told us that the staff would come and get us when they are ready for us.  While we waited there, the Good Day Sacramento show was on LIVE and we were able to watch it from the lobby and break room.  It became crystal clear that we were going to be taping live and not taping for another day with the benefit of editing.  This was for real and it was happening.  We both were feeling like it was a dream.

#teamfitnessmama in the lobby

We waited in the lobby a bit and someone from the production team came and escorted us to the studio where GDS is filmed.  It was such an awesome experience to get a chance to see what the general public isn't able to see on TV!  We were both giddy like little kids on Christmas morning.

This was one of the camera guys.  He was so nice and welcoming.  He shared with us that he recently lost 50lbs! 

All of the cameras and the lights really upped the level of feeling like 'OMG this is really happening'. Christelyn was nervous but she stayed so focused!!  I was so impressed.

Christelyn was not given any kind of specific instructions other than to show up at this time and talk about your fitness journey and fitness mama.  Christelyn basically took control and created her own segment.  She brought almost her entire kitchen, made pre-made sample meals and snacks to share, and planned to make a smoothie.  She also prepared a short fitness segment but the show ran out of time and we couldn't present that.  But the staff was so impressed with everything Christelyn brought to the table and how prepared she was for a short segment.  Again, they loved everything!  #takeadvantageofopportunities #youmaynotgetanotherchance #listenuptakenote #imobsessedwithhashtags

just finished setting up.  you can kind of see Amy and Cody at the anchor desk filming behind me!

The filming of the segment happened super fast!  Fitness Mama Christelyn did GREAT.  And more importantly, she got the opportunity to talk about clean eating and staying fit on TV, potentially inspiring thousands of people with her story.  #fitnessmamamissionstatement

There were two segments that were filmed.  There is no link to the second segment on the GDS site so we are not able to share it with you all.  Basically, Christelyn talked about her weight loss and how far she has come.  She shared a pair of her old size 16 jeans.  Below is a picture of how far she has truly come.




Fitness Mama on GDS on 7/21/13

We have been receiving tons of positive feedback related to this segment.  Fitness Mama thanks all of you for your support.  We also received a lot of questions on recipes, what was in the meals that were prepped on the segment, where to buy some of the items Christelyn talked about, etc.  We will probably do another blog post addressing all of these questions.  In the mean time, keep the questions coming and below, we will leave you with the ingredients of the smoothie that Christelyn made on the Good Day Sacramento segment.

Fitness Mama Green Smoothie

2c Coconut almond milk (I buy mine at Grocery Outlet)

2 scoops Protein powder (I used the brand Gold Standard, vanilla ice cream flavor)

1c Frozen berries (any will do but we used blueberries and strawberries)

Kale

Chia seeds

Honey (to taste)

Enjoy!