It Is A Life Changer!

To say that Beachbody has changed my life would be an understatement.  As a stay at home mom, going to the gym has never been a good fit for me. 

The main reason always being the cost, but as a close second would come having to leave the kids to go get my workout in.  Those two reasons being big enough ones, I have only joined a gym once.  It was actually very exciting for me at first, but found that with the way it was set up, I never saw any real results. So, being a visual person, those infomercials that would show up every now and then for P90X or Slim In 6 would just lure me in.  When I finally took the plunge and actually bought the Slim In 6 I would complain about how hard the workouts were, but I would do them.  I also got some great results!  Yahoo.  As they say, the rest is history.  I have found my groove with the workouts....I hope so after 10 years of doing them (on and off).

 Fast forward to today.  I am now a Team Beachbody Coach on the company's #1 team and am not only accountable to myself and my team everyday, but to my challengers, both current and potential.

It is an amazing feeling to help and inspire others around me.  I don't care who you are, I just want to inspire even 1 person to get on the road to health and fitness.  There are few choices I can make on a daily basis that make me feel the sense of satisfaction I get from eating right and exercising every day.  Am I perfect?  No way!  Do I mess up?  ALL THE TIME!  But, I keep going.  Just because I fall off the wagon a little bit here and there doesn't mean I set it on fire and walk away!  I am human, and so are all of you.  I

am also not a fitness or health expert.  What I am is a woman who cares about her health and future and that of those around her.  Looking at all of those Beachbody transformations made me see that it was possible for me too.  That is what has kept me going, even if it has been watching from the sidelines until a few months ago.  Those people you see on those infomercials ARE real people.  I even know some of them now!  I figured, if they can do it, so can I.

I am still on my journey, but am loving having some company along the way.  And now as a coach, I am supplementing our family's budget as well. It doesn't get much better than that.   If you would like to join me in a challenge group or learn more about being a coach, fill out the application below.  You will never regret making the decision to help yourself and potentially change    the lives of those around you in the process.

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PiYo - Week 4 and 5 Revisited!

Everybody always says that vacations are the death of their health and fitness goals.  Maybe that is true for all of us to some degree, but it doesn't have to totally shatter our dreams of reaching them.  I just returned from a journey to the midwest to visit my grandmother. 

She lives in my hometown and doesn't have wifi, let alone a computer. (Truth be told, she doesn't even have a microwave or an ice maker!)  I had no laptop with me either.  That left me with a choice.  I could have just said I was going to have to take the entire vacation off.  Instead, I went armed with as much success as I could pack.  My Shakeology packets, lots of bottled water, healthy and convenient snacks and, of course, my PiYo dvds.  While I knew she didn't have a way for me to play them (no dvd player), I had the boys bring the PS3.  I never did use that, but ended up sneaking away each day for the first week to my dad's air conditioned RV!  Aside from being a little cramped for room, it worked out marvelously.  I made up my own schedule because of time and space, but I did it.  It was awesome!  Then my dad left for Wisconsin........ this left me with only the house to workout in.  Now, I am not one to look for excuses as to why I can't workout, but let me just say it was next to impossible.  Grandma's house is also quite small and there were people sleeping in literally every room.  There was nowhere to go.  I say all of this to tell you that I will be repeating my weeks 4 and 5.  I did technically do week 4, but not to its full extent.  As for the food?  Did I mention I was at my grandma's?  She is a typical grandma and isn't happy unless she if feeding us.  Plus, I had to have some of the best pizza on the planet....twice!

So, yes, I indulged in areas that I normally don't, but I enjoyed it and am now ready to get back on track.  I want to get everything out of this program that I possible can and I am loving every minute of it.  So, here's to a fresh start week 4.  I am with you all the way.  My schedule for the week looks like this:




 Monday - Sweat
Tuesday - Core
Wednesday - Buns
Thursday - Drench
Friday - Rest
Saturday - Strength Intervals
Sunday - Sweat

Even though we had been gone for just shy of two weeks, I managed to put a pretty good menu together with very little prep necessary and only a short trip to the grocery store until payday!

Meal Planner

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Work Out	Strength Intervals	Sweat	Core	Buns	Drench	Rest	Sweat
Breakfast	Shakeology Coffee	Shakeology Coffee	Shakeology Coffee	Shakeology Coffee	Shakeology Coffee	Shakeology Coffee	Shakeology Coffee
Snack	Apple & Cashews	Apple w/ PB	Cottage Cheese & Blueberries	Apple & Cashews	Apple & Cheese Stick	Apple w/PB	Cottage Cheese & Blueberries
Lunch	Black Beans & Brown Rice w/ veggies	All natural marinara w/ lean ground beef and brown rice noodles	Grilled Pork Chops, Oven Roasted Potatoes and salad	Mexican Lasagna and salad	Turkey chili on small baked potato w/ veggies	Pork Roast w/ carrots, onions and potatoes w/ steamed green beans	Natural PB/ Sugar Free Jelly on Ezekiel Bread, veggies
Snack	Cheese stick & carrots	Veggies & Hummus	Cherries & Cheese Stick	greek yogurt w/ berries and honey	Veggies & Hummus	Greek Yogurt w/ berries & honey	Veggies & Hummus
Dinner	All natural marinara w/ lean ground beef and brown rice noodles	Grilled Pork Chops, Oven Roasted Potatoes and salad	Mexican Lasagna and salad	Supper night at church (cheat meal)	Pork Roast w/ carrots, onions and potatoes w/ steamed green beans	Lean Burgers (no bun), topped with roasted jalapeno salsa & grilled zucchini	Pita Pizzas & salad
						Grocery day!!!

PiYo Week 4

 The good news is that even after a two week long period without my usual eating plan and workout I came home still feeling good in my clothes and my fingers didn't even swell up on our 16 hour road trip back home.  This may seem silly, but this was the first time that I have traveled and not had sausages for fingers and toes by the time I reached my destination!  Yeah!

This girl is ready to rock PiYo and be back on track!  I am starting my next challenge group on August 18th....who's ready to rock it with me?!?

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