There are so many diets out there. Hundreds of books on how to live without sugar and eat all the bacon and grapefruit you want (but no dairy!). There are fitness programs that will have you in a wheelchair by the time your 4-year-old graduates from High School. But you know what? As ridiculous as they sound, they'll all work. They'll all work for the short term. And why do they work? They work because they're extreme. Anything extreme will work. And then when you're done with the extreme and realize you can't drink your meals for the next 40 years and you can barely bend over to tie you shoes let alone dead lift a small Volkswagon, they stop working.
Here it comes.
What if I told you that it doesn't have to be extreme. What if I told you that you can eat food. All the time. Eat. Food. Constantly. Multiple times a day. EVERY DAY. No juicing or blending or choking down green smoothies. What if I told you that you can workout 30-minutes a day, maybe 5x a week if you want (but you don't have to), and you can still lose weight, feel fantastic, and gain all kinds of health benefits.
I'll take it up a notch. What if I told you that you could still eat carbs, drink wine, not have to give up your coffee. What if I told you that you can have peanut butter and chocolate chips and CHEESE. FTLOG, CHEESE! You can have ALL of these things. And you're not going to die. You're not poisoning your body. You're actually eating real food. Food that is perfectly fine and safe to eat.
While I'm extremely cautious of body building and just general body image talk, I have to say this. Do you honestly think that bikini competitors starve themselves for days before they get on that stage? Do you think that they never eat a potato? Refuse every dessert? I PROMISE you that they don't. For a period of time before they compete, they cut back a lot of calories and eat lean, green, and clean - absolutely. But I promise you that every bikini model in this world has tasted the wonderful blended flavors of a Reeces Peanut Butter Cup. Probably more than once in their life. It doesn't have to be so extreme.
Being a Beachbody Coach has given me the platform to share what worked for me. It's given me the ability to talk about my story - how I lost 30-lbs, have kept it off, changed my mental state, toned and sculpted my body and have kept moving forward for almost a year without going back. Being a Coach keeps me accountable to myself and to the people I coach. Finding the thing that stopped all the "I can't's" and "whatevers" and "I give ups" in my head has been life changing. The thing that lets me have the things I want to eat without making me feel like a failure. The thing that has provided me with workouts I can actually do instead of laying on the floor watching the DVD thinking, "Well, those people are nuts". The thing that makes me look forward to getting dressed every day and feeling good in my clothes instead of squeezing myself into them and counting the minutes until Yoga Pants. I found it. And I want to share it with everyone!
Before, May 2014 After, May 2015
June 22, 2015 I'll be starting another Challenge Group and I want it to be bigger and better than the first, which, well, these people have set the bar HIGH. Check out what some of them are saying:
I have loved this! Completely has changed my eating and way of thinking about diet and food. Eating clean and feel awesome! I've lost a little over five pounds but definitely feel a hell of a lot skinnier and way more healthy and energized. ~AH
I've learned so much and I'm in a great exercise groove, and it doesn't have to be PERFECT to be WORKING. Picking up some heavier weights today - not for everything, but for some exercises I'm ready. And that feels AWESOME! ~BB
I hated working out at home until I purchased some Beachbody workouts. The programs are fun! I love the eating plan because it's not a gimmick. It provides a healthy relationship with food, not starvation. I tend to fall flat on other fad programs. This? Makes me want to keep going. ~MA
Is it easy? Not out of the gate. Nothing is. There's an adjustment period. It's like switching from a PC to a Mac. Takes a few days to get used to it. But once you do, you hit a point where it becomes easy. And you can't ever see yourself going back.
There are tons of great workout programs available as part of a Challenge Pack and you can choose one that will work best for you with your schedule and fitness level. They all come with a nutrition plan and meal ideas as well. Talk to me about these options and lets get you started on your Quest! Beachbody Challenge, Group 2, June 22nd. LET'S ROCK.
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