There are so many exciting things happening in my life this March!
The BIGGEST of which is adding to our family!! Sweet Toby is going to be adopted in just 25 days! (or LESS if our Travel Approval shows up quickly!!!!)
Other awesome things happening is a sweet friend's 40th birthday, my daughter becomes a teenager this month...and another daughter turns 11.
But I want to talk about something ELSE that happens this month.
I'm celebrating 5 full years of being a Beachbody coach.
Huh? Yep. This actually is a big deal.
I'm a Beachbody coach. Hopefully this is not new information to you...but if so, let me tell you briefly about my story.
I was a regular mom who was trying to lose weight after having kids. But Iloved love cookie dough and ice cream and had no understanding of how to exercise. I knew I should be exercising...but every time I attempted to go for a run I was a failure.
A big, fat failure.
I had a lovely collection of exercise DVD's (and VHS tapes!) and would have streaks where I would use them for a few weeks at a time. But really, I had no idea what I was doing.
What I was doing was having more babies and getting bigger.
Inwardly, I had actually resigned to living my life feeling fat and sludgy. (There was no chance of anything else...right?)
And then...I found Beachbody.
Seriously, it was actually like that! I had a friend tell me about Power 90 and how it was working for her and had heard about another program they had made called Slim in 6. I found out it was $60 and decided I had enough workout videos, what would another one really benefit me? So I forgot about it.
Then one day in June, I went to a garage sale.
There sat Slim in 6. It was marked $3.
I shot up a silent prayer, "Lord, if you'll let me get that $60 program for $3...then I will DO it!" I made my way over to the table to grab it and someone stepped between it and me...and...
...she passed it up! I grabbed it and bought it and made my silent pledge.
This was 2007, shortly after we had buried our son Oskar. I had fed my pain with bread and butter and was not proud of the way I looked.
AT. ALL.
So here I was, each day doing this (incredibly boring!) workout program. I had pledged to do it for the entire time...and that meant SIX DAYS a week for SIX ENTIRE WEEKS! Yes, it about killed me from boredom. (Please don't tell dear sweet Debbie S*ebers I said this about her first program...but maybe she already knows?!???) ANYWAY, I found Beachbody online and joined the community. I found other women who were doing this program too and we collectively supported each other, whined about our sore thighs and got the idea to put our own soundtrack in to make the time go faster.
In short: I got hooked onto the Beachbody community.
One of the things that stood out that made this whole thing different was that the Beachbody program came with a plan. A calendar. A "do this workout, then do this workout...now a day of rest and get back at it and do this workout."
You see, up until then, I just willy-nilly did workouts as I felt like it.
I would wake up and if I thought about exercise I would stand and stare at my collection and choose one at random.
And often, I chose the easier ones.
And guess what?
I.GOT.NOWHERE.
So by week 4 of doing Slim in 6, I was actually seeing REAL CHANGE in my body! I was completely amazed. Nothing I had ever done had made these kinds of changes!
I quickly realized I was going to need something NEW to do by the time week 6 arrived!
And we all knew I was DONE with D*bbie! (Seriously, I love her...but that workout was blech!)
I found a Beachbody coach online in this community and I asked her for help.
She was so kind and helped me understand about the different trainers and their different specialities and what might be a good next choice for me.
I without hesitation went and spent the money to have a new program to begin when I finished the first!
(What a different take I had now on spending money for GOOD QUALITY exercise videos!)
Fast forward a year...and that same beloved Beachbody coach shared with me that I could become a coach too. I could find additional encouragement, accountability and earn an income while doing it for myself.
Hmmm.
I was totally skeptical.
Totally.
But then, my Dad explained to me that there really was some good promise in this. He gave me some advice, "If you are going to do it, do it for the long haul. Don't just try it for 6 months and dump it. Hang in there. It will pay off."
Good words.
(My Dad is full of great advice, it turns out! How blessed am I???) Love you, Dad. :)
And so, in March of 2008, I signed up to become a Beachbody coach.
Truly I think I did this for two main reasons: I wanted the 25% discount for my own purchases...and I loved Traci Morrow my coach and wanted to be like her.
Turns out, those were pretty decent reasons.
Traci is now one of my dearest friends...and I've become one of her star diamond coaches on her team. My own team is an awesome collection of the COOLEST people and we all take our training from Traci herself.
Wow--you may not understand how AMAZING this is...but trust me, it's AWESOME!
So...it's been 5 years and I will never look back. I will never need a gym membership and I will continue to use program after program to challenge my body in greater and greater fitness.
I actually have learned to LOVE exercise and the way it makes me feel when I am done! :) I love the benefits of maintaining a healthy weight, dealing with stress better, having strength ready to go for whatever task I may find and being able to run and play with our kids. (Not merely watching from the sidelines!)
It's a great life.
And then there's that income thing. What a fabulous side benefit! I'm super excited about this part!
Braces, clothing, groceries...covering all our own Shakeology purchases, supplements, new programs, and supporting precious dear Afiswa in Uganda are some of the perks we enjoy.
So...today marks 5 full years of doing this...and there's no sign of me letting up!
Want to find out what program might be a fit for you? Go here to browse and then here to contact me and have me help you!
You never know where YOU may be 5 years from now!
The BIGGEST of which is adding to our family!! Sweet Toby is going to be adopted in just 25 days! (or LESS if our Travel Approval shows up quickly!!!!)
Other awesome things happening is a sweet friend's 40th birthday, my daughter becomes a teenager this month...and another daughter turns 11.
But I want to talk about something ELSE that happens this month.
I'm celebrating 5 full years of being a Beachbody coach.
Huh? Yep. This actually is a big deal.
I'm a Beachbody coach. Hopefully this is not new information to you...but if so, let me tell you briefly about my story.
I was a regular mom who was trying to lose weight after having kids. But I
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| Spring 2007 |
I had a lovely collection of exercise DVD's (and VHS tapes!) and would have streaks where I would use them for a few weeks at a time. But really, I had no idea what I was doing.
What I was doing was having more babies and getting bigger.
Inwardly, I had actually resigned to living my life feeling fat and sludgy. (There was no chance of anything else...right?)
And then...I found Beachbody.
Seriously, it was actually like that! I had a friend tell me about Power 90 and how it was working for her and had heard about another program they had made called Slim in 6. I found out it was $60 and decided I had enough workout videos, what would another one really benefit me? So I forgot about it.
Then one day in June, I went to a garage sale.
There sat Slim in 6. It was marked $3.
I shot up a silent prayer, "Lord, if you'll let me get that $60 program for $3...then I will DO it!" I made my way over to the table to grab it and someone stepped between it and me...and...
...she passed it up! I grabbed it and bought it and made my silent pledge.
This was 2007, shortly after we had buried our son Oskar. I had fed my pain with bread and butter and was not proud of the way I looked.
AT. ALL.
So here I was, each day doing this (incredibly boring!) workout program. I had pledged to do it for the entire time...and that meant SIX DAYS a week for SIX ENTIRE WEEKS! Yes, it about killed me from boredom. (Please don't tell dear sweet Debbie S*ebers I said this about her first program...but maybe she already knows?!???) ANYWAY, I found Beachbody online and joined the community. I found other women who were doing this program too and we collectively supported each other, whined about our sore thighs and got the idea to put our own soundtrack in to make the time go faster.
In short: I got hooked onto the Beachbody community.
One of the things that stood out that made this whole thing different was that the Beachbody program came with a plan. A calendar. A "do this workout, then do this workout...now a day of rest and get back at it and do this workout."
You see, up until then, I just willy-nilly did workouts as I felt like it.
I would wake up and if I thought about exercise I would stand and stare at my collection and choose one at random.
And often, I chose the easier ones.
And guess what?
I.GOT.NOWHERE.
So by week 4 of doing Slim in 6, I was actually seeing REAL CHANGE in my body! I was completely amazed. Nothing I had ever done had made these kinds of changes!
I quickly realized I was going to need something NEW to do by the time week 6 arrived!
And we all knew I was DONE with D*bbie! (Seriously, I love her...but that workout was blech!)
I found a Beachbody coach online in this community and I asked her for help.
She was so kind and helped me understand about the different trainers and their different specialities and what might be a good next choice for me.
I without hesitation went and spent the money to have a new program to begin when I finished the first!
(What a different take I had now on spending money for GOOD QUALITY exercise videos!)
Fast forward a year...and that same beloved Beachbody coach shared with me that I could become a coach too. I could find additional encouragement, accountability and earn an income while doing it for myself.
Hmmm.
I was totally skeptical.
Totally.
But then, my Dad explained to me that there really was some good promise in this. He gave me some advice, "If you are going to do it, do it for the long haul. Don't just try it for 6 months and dump it. Hang in there. It will pay off."
Good words.
(My Dad is full of great advice, it turns out! How blessed am I???) Love you, Dad. :)
And so, in March of 2008, I signed up to become a Beachbody coach.
Truly I think I did this for two main reasons: I wanted the 25% discount for my own purchases...and I loved Traci Morrow my coach and wanted to be like her.
Turns out, those were pretty decent reasons.
Traci is now one of my dearest friends...and I've become one of her star diamond coaches on her team. My own team is an awesome collection of the COOLEST people and we all take our training from Traci herself.
Wow--you may not understand how AMAZING this is...but trust me, it's AWESOME!
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| Playing WITH my kids, summer 2012 |
It's a great life.
And then there's that income thing. What a fabulous side benefit! I'm super excited about this part!
Braces, clothing, groceries...covering all our own Shakeology purchases, supplements, new programs, and supporting precious dear Afiswa in Uganda are some of the perks we enjoy.
So...today marks 5 full years of doing this...and there's no sign of me letting up!
Want to find out what program might be a fit for you? Go here to browse and then here to contact me and have me help you!
You never know where YOU may be 5 years from now!
All I know is after less than ONE year of doing the Ultimate Reset with you, doing Les Mills Pump (which was sooooo fun!), drinking Shakeology, and an AWESOME accountability group, I am already reaping benefits that long eluded me! Fitter and stronger and healthier than I've ever been, with more real energy than I've ever had (which comes in real handy with 3 boys!), and no more bored-to-tears treadmill! :-)
ReplyDeleteIt is all sooooo worth the time, energy, and money invested!