Sunday, March 1, 2015

March Newsletter




With all the holidays and the Superbowl behind us and spring break and summer right around the corner, it's time to get serious about getting our beach bodies ready for debut! Luckily we have just the thing to get you healthy!  We have challenge groups for the 21 Day Fix, 21 Day Fix Extreme, and PiYo that you can jump in on.  


If you have a hard time committing to any one program you can try out some of the best programs Beachbody offers on Beachbody on Demand that came out this month! You can get Beachbody on Demand (BOD) when you become a Team Beachbody Club member for only $2.99/week! On top of BOD, you still get access to meal planning tools and 10% off all your Beachbody purchases with a club membership.

If you have bought a challenge pack within the last 30 days, you have 30 days of club membership for free!  Go check it out on teambeachbody.com and you'll see the "Beachbody on Demand" tab on the top. Go try it out!  By the end of March, if you have purchased Focus T25, 21 Day Fix, or 21 Day Fix Extreme in the past, you'll be able to access those programs online as well.

The programs (with all nutrition plans and workout calendars) available on there right now are: Insanity, Insanity The Asylum, Hip Hop Abs, Turbo Fire, ChaLEAN Extreme, Brazil Butt Lift, P90X, P90X2, P90X3, P90X One on One, and 10 Minute Trainer.  You can also try out workouts from popular programs like 21 Day Fix, 21 Day Fix Extreme, Body Beast,  PiYo, T25, and Insanity Max:30.

Challenge Pack Deals in March: This month we have four great challenge packs on discount! Let me help get you ready for summer with one of these fat-burning, muscle-building programs :)

  • NEW Challenge Pack: Team Beachbody Club & Shakeology® Challenge Pack: Just $140 for Shakeology HD and first 3-month's access to Beachbody On Demand. 
  • FOCUS T25® & Shakeology Challenge Pack: Discounted to $180 (regular price $205) 
  • Turbo Fire® & Shakeology Challenge Pack: Discounted to $140 (regular price $180) 
  • 3 Day Refresh® & Shakeology Challenge Pack: Discounted to $140! (Regularly $160)


6 Tricks to Kick the Junk Food Habit
By: Denis Faye

Why we’re hooked on garbage

It’s safe to say that junk food addiction is a very real thing. The first place to look for proof is the ever-mounting pile of scientific evidence, including a study out of Sweden showing that the hormone ghrelin, which activates the brain’s reward system and increases appetite, reacts similarly to sugar and alcohol.
Then there are the increasingly decadent foods we have 24-hour access to. In his bookThe End of Overeating, Dr. David Kessler theorizes that manufacturers have, over the years, engineered the balance of fat, sugar, and salt in junk food to the point of making it irresistible. He refers to our gluttonous response to this crackified food as “conditioned hypereating.”
Most of this current thinking revolves around physiological factors, such as the fact our brains are hardwired to seek out highly caloric foods as a “feast or famine” instinct left over from caveman days. Unfortunately, human beings are slightly more complex than our primitive ancestors. By adulthood, most of us are a hodgepodge of neuroses and psychoses for whom a Twinkie has become a security blanket, so this urge to splurge will never completely vanish. Sure, you can retrain your body to crave healthy food, but your psyche may never stop seeking validation, Hostess style.

How to keep that addiction under control

Luckily, a well-trained body goes a long way towards helping a slightly off-kilter mind. For example, if I were to force down that aforementioned slice of Sara Lee heaven, I’d get physically sick. After years of clean eating, my digestive system has lost its ability to handle the toxic effects of a sugar hit like that, not to mention the preservatives and additives. Thanks in part to these newfound “limitations,” today I can walk away from the cake or limit myself to one or two bites—but that’s taken years of training.
But it wasn’t easy. If you’re going to break a sugar habit, it’s going to take time, patience, and willpower. But take it from a guy who used to work his way through an entire box of Cap’n Crunch for breakfast: If I can do it, so can you. Here’s where to start.
1. Clean all the junk food out of your home. 
Think of the stereotypical image of the woman getting dumped by her boyfriend and climbing into bed with a tub of Ben & Jerry’s. If that tub wasn’t in the freezer to begin with, odds are that our protagonist would have instead settled for a soak in the tub.
There’s also “unconscious eating” to worry about—when you just grab a bag of fried carbs while you’re sitting in front of the tube and stuff your face for no reason. If you don’t have access to the junk, the only bag you’ll be able to grab for will be filled with baby carrots. If someone brings some junk over for a dinner party, enjoy it with them and dump the rest when they leave.
2. Eat 80% clean.
Relax with that other 20%. Just because your kitchen cupboard no longer looks like a movie theater concession stand doesn’t mean you can’t live it up sometimes. If most of your diet is super tight, you’re doing great, so cut yourself some slack. When I made my first big push to clean up my diet, Friday was Cookie Day. I ate like a saint 6 days a week, but every Friday I had a giant chocolate chip cookie and a latte. Knowing I had Cookie Day to look forward to made all the celery on the other days much more palatable.
3. Make a comforting ritual out of eating healthy.
The fact that Cookie Day was a ritual was also quite helpful. Unhealthy eating is often ritualistic—something comfortable and constant that you can depend on. Not only can you have your own Cookie Day—a conscious, controlled, weekly moment of indulgence—but you can replace unhealthy rituals with healthy ones.
For example, I used to drink at least two servings of alcohol a night. I’d have wine or beer with dinner and then another one when I was sitting around reading or watching TV. When I realized that second drink wasn’t doing me any favors, I replaced it with a cup of herbal tea. The 21-days-to-form-a-habit thing has no scientific backing, but eventually a behavior pattern will set in. In my case, after three weeks I stopped missing that second beer. Then, after a few more weeks I really started craving the calming, peaceful feeling my cup o’ chamomile gave me. Now it’s a nightly ritual.
4. Carry healthy foods with you at all times.
If you carry a purse or a backpack, throw an apple or some raw nuts in there. In this Fast Food Nation, it’s pretty easy to find yourself in situations where you’re hungry and, shucks, you just have no choice but to buy a donut because that’s the only thing you have access to. You don’t have that excuse if there’s a snack in your pack. Here are a few to consider:
  • Fresh fruit (Apples, plums, pears, and stone fruit travel well!)
  • Dried fruit (It all travels well!)
  • Raw nuts
  • Whole-grain crackers
  • Shakeology packet
5. Discover new, yummy fruits and veggies.
There’s a lot of weird, healthy food out there. Sometimes, we avoid fresh produce because either we’re either bored of the same old oranges or there’s a stigma associated with particular produce. Dad just forced you to eat asparagus one too many times. If this is a problem for you, buy fruits and veggies you don’t recognize. If you don’t know how to prepare it, do an internet search for “(produce name) + recipe.” You might stumble on a new flavor that completely blows your mind.
For me, that magic fruit was the cherimoya, or “custard apple.” They’re green and scaly on the outside, thick, white, and creamy on the inside, with a rich taste as sweet and satisfying as the richest sorbet. My mouth is watering just writing about them.
6. Binge on healthy foods.
I’m probably the only person who will ever give you this advice since it’s a wee bit questionable. Every once in the while, something emotional triggers me and I need to eat junk. Someday I might completely conquer this urge, but not yet. When I feel this happening, I hit the fridge and “pre-binge” on healthy foods, mainly raw veggies. Sooner or later, the ice cream or chips come out, but by that point, I’m so full of broccoli or spinach that I’m not physically capable of doing too much damage. Dysfunctional? Maybe, but a vast improvement over the alternative.
You might be one of those lucky souls who just decided to walk away from the candy counter and never looked back. Good for you. I’m not one of those people. Eating right is much easier than it was 20 years ago, but it’s still a process. That said, the rewards are innumerable, so why don’t you set down the pudding pop, grab a peach, and join me?

Please feel free to contact us anytime and we can go over your goals and determine what are the next steps to get you to where you want to be :) We want help you to live your best life!





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