Dancing to Lose Weight!

By Jeanette Ridenour

We had our family pictures taken not too long ago and I wore a ruffly shirt to hide the belly that refused to be hidden. Well, I will use it as an example so you can see this was literally a few months of transformation. 18 lbs so far!

So, I've never endorsed a weight loss product. I've tried the belly fat pill, over the counter shakes guaranteed to curve your appetite, another pill that made me want to kill my children after a few days of taking it, weight watchers, starving myself etc., but, I think I'm ready to stand behind a product. I've been starting my day for the past few months with Shakeology. 

At first, I didn't even try to exercise because I'll be honest, I had little hope it would actually work. After a few days of just drinking the shake in the morning, I found myself looking for things to do, gardening outside, scrubbing, cleaning the house more proficiently. Then it came to a point that I needed a way to work out the energy, so I popped in the Beachbody video Cize, that came with my beginners package, and it was actually fun! I was dancing and losing weight. Anyway, I won't make this post an infomercial but I want you to know, if you've ever thought about trying it, let me know, maybe I can help you on your journey.

I feel better, I look better, and I'm not gonna stop now!! <

Shakeology is a Blessing

By Janice Burke

There's something on my heart here that I need to share...... {sorry this is long}

I think everyone knows I'm a Beachbody coach at this point and I believe everyone knows this is how I support our family, but I didn't sign up as a coach because I was looking for a job or a way to make money. I didn't sign up as a coach because I wanted to support our family.

I've had people approach me to do other network marketing companies and their pitch is always about their fancy cars and business structure. Facts and details, money money money, blah blah blah, I DON'T CARE.  SURE, Beachbody has the best business structure I've EVER seen, but I didn't join because it's a generous strong business structure. I signed up as a coach because I was a customer drinking Shakeology daily and it CHANGED.MY.LIFE.

Once I started drinking Shakeology I broke through depression and a weight loss plateau, I was finally regular for the first time in my life! I no longer needed a daily afternoon nap with my kids! ‪#‎helloENERGY‬, my random cravings were gone, and I was able to replace all the vitamins I was taking to manage depression with this ONE daily dose of dense nutrition - Shakeology. For the first time in my LIFE I felt really, really, really good. I had no idea people could even feel that way! I didn't realize I could have that kind of daily energy and be mentally stable without medication or energy drinks.

Hands down, Shakeology changed my life.

For awhile I was fine being a lifelong customer and a hobby coach, but (this is where I get personal) I kid you not, I had a spiritual experience where I just KNEW God wanted me to share this with others. I knew that if God had placed something that could SO greatly benefit my life in front me, I OWED it to God to spread the good news and share that with others. It was such a personal spiritual experience that rocked me at my CORE.

I signed up knowing in my heart that Shakeology is a blessing that needs to be shared! I signed up knowing this is unlike ANY OTHER THING out there. I signed up knowing we have a God given body and we are SUPPOSED to take care of it. And not to get all preachy on you, but I feel SO strongly that this is a God thing. That's why I feel Shakeology is so important! I feel people are closer to God and hear the promptings of the spirit better when they take care of their body. 

In this day and age you can eat INCREDIBLY clean and STILL be deficit in the nutrients your body NEEDS. An apple today just isn't the same as an apple 50 years ago thanks to air and water quality changing. REAL FOOD supplementation is needed. Vitamins aren't absorbed into your body the same way. I'm sorry, but a green smoothie with 5-10 ingredients that you threw together is no comparison, it's a great idea and juicing is the most comparable thing to Shakeology, but you're STILL short changing your body of the nutrients your body needs.

If all I wanted to do was make money, there's lots of avenues for that. If all I wanted to do was help people, there's lots of avenues for that. If all I cared about was fitness, there's lots of avenues to get in a fitness routine, but NO WHERE ELSE can you get ANYTHING that compares to Shakeology. I feel like this message is VITAL for society today.  The community we create through online fitness challenge groups is unlike any other and something that adds so much value. I take great pride in that. 

When people join my groups I know their life will FOREVER be better if they take advantage of it.  So try and recruit me all you want to something you think I'll earn more money in- I DON'T CARE! Mock me all you want for posting daily on social media. I love you, but your approval is not needed! I'm doing this for God's approval not yours. Because this is a NEEDED message. We MUST take care of our bodies friends!

So I'll keep doing what I'm doing. I'll drink this shake every single day for the rest of my life because my body deserves good nutrition. Yep I value the body God gave me enough to do that. 🙌🏼 And I'll keep seeking out people who want to join my team because they share my motivations and they SEE the big picture going on here. And I'll keep doing this because I know in my GUT this is a message that the world deserves to hear.

Cheers to Six years strong of daily Shakeology. 😎 ‪#‎stillmyfavoritemeal‬‪#‎Day194‬

More than Weightloss: The Life-Changing Magic of Healthy Eating & Exercise

By Janice Burke

Today was such a rewarding day! As the end of the month transformation stories flood in I'm overwhelmed with emotions! 

I remember how amazing I felt after my first 30 days of taking better care of myself & it's just powerful seeing this group beam with pride! God gave me this gift, I needed a way to help & pay it all forward & 6 years later I still get to share stories like this with ALL OF you! Let me say it takes a lot of courage for my fit family to take photos let alone allow me to post them on social media! 

Vanessa Lowry is the perfect example of being inspired, And I know her story will help others too! This momma of twins is on fire! Vanessa Lowry I'm so proud of you 💕

"Let me start off by saying I'm your average joe MOMMA! I run a household by myself while working forty hours a week and entertain twins and a fur baby.

Before I had my sons, I had always been into sports and was pretty athletic. Let me say nutrition was lost on me. I knew it was somewhat important but never had time for it. It was always time for fast food. 

   

Fast forward a few years and here I was doing nothing. Just eating what I wanted and not really doing anything. I maintained weight at 135 pounds. That's just the weight my body seemed to like. However I didn't like the way it was distributing itself across my body. I was sooooo not liking the "muffin" top. I was so moody and just unhealthy on the inside. And yet I had ZERO motivation or accountability to change myself.

   

I would go through cycles of working out for a few days and then just quitting. Plain out giving up. I didn't care! 

   

When I started working for Transit (driving 40 and 60 foot vehicles), I was so tiny compared to the vast majority of the employees. I had such a hard time getting my uniforms. I was a size 6. I started not sleeping due to bad dreams. My moods got worse. Over all I didn't want to end up like every other driver who told me how much they gained while doing this job. That was just unfair to myself and to my boys. MY BOYS who are my everything. I knew I needed a change.

  

I contacted my friend/mentor who I had watched for 6 plus years change her life. I told her I was ready to commit and change my life. I told her that I needed to ease in and not dive. If I dove in I knew I would fail and give up and be stuck in the cycle all over again. I told her my only goals were to regulate my moods and just feel healthy again.

   

Through a program that was only 30 minutes long for 21 days, an eating plan consisting of portion control, and an awesome shake, I had a breakthrough. I gained so much more than what I could imagine. I lost 10 pounds and more than 5 inches. My moods have changed and I got a whole night's sleep. The benefits are insurmountable.

   

With how I felt and seeing a lot of my everyday customers with a liter of soda in their hands, I know I want to be able to benefit someone else like I have done for myself. I want to be able to give the benefits of nutrition and exercise."

So so proud of this girl! So excited to help you build financial freedom for you & the boys! You committed & you are so disciplined! you are unstoppable. I'm so blessed to have you join this mission 🙏🏼💪🏼💙

How Helping Others Changed my Life

By: Katherine Andrea

I'm going to get deep and personal here, so if you don't like real and honesty this post isn't for you.

Let's revisit May 2014.. I had just came out of the closet with my Insanity transformation story.. You know the infomercial that is always playing on your TV? Yeah, that one.

I was pretty much known as "The Insanity Girl" It was already know by my friends & family that I was doing the program so every time I came across one of those people I inspired, I'd get asked.. "How is Insanity?" 🙈 I would respond.. "Good," but in my mind I would cringe because I knew I wasn't on track. 😑

If you ask my friend Eugenia she will be proof of my story. I had even gathered up some girls, Janetzi can testify & a few other because I felt having them around doing what I was doing would help me & them stay on track with our health and fitness goals. I wanted soo bad to lose that weight. It was all I could think off, (I now know it was more than weight, it was insecurities, being self-conscious, hiding under jeans that I NEEDED to overcome).

I had met a coach online around 2008 when I had a hobby of reaching out to others, ha! I had no idea what coaching was! She stayed on my social media platforms motivating me, commenting on every post, encouraging me and checking in on me every-so-often. She would even comment things like "You'd make such a great coach"😳

I would smile and but say to myself, "Not yet, I'm not ready" and comment back saying "aww you're so sweet!" I now understand she saw far beyond what I could see at that moment. She saw passion, potential, HEART ❤️ & believed in me when I didn't even believe in myself. (That's what a coach does.)

Back to my Insanity Victory Post... My coach reached out to me to celebrate my success asking if I'd consider coaching. People were already asking what I was doing & in my mind I was just going to work it as a referral basis, but she encouraged I at least give it a try because I deserved it. I worked hard & had a ❤️ for helping others.

I said yes & ever since then it's been such an AMAZING & rewarding journey. I not only changed my body, rid myself of depression, gained some amazing confidence, helped over 50+ people, but have created a second source of income that I know in time will only pay off & help me create the live I've always dreamed of, a life of FREEDOM. ✨

I know what it's like to not feel comfortable in your body.  I know what it's like to look at the mirror & feel like you've got so much work to do, I know what it's like to feel ashamed to cross my legs because I feel "fat." I know what it's like to hide behind baggy shirts & black clothing & never take time to take care of myself.

You see, coaching is my accountability. I know I have to stay on track with my journey since others are counting on me, following me, inspired by me. It makes me want to get up & be better & make more progress. I didn't have 'the perfect body' before I started, I just had a burning passion to help others.

If you can relate, maybe looking for that extra accountability & have a burning passion to help others, comment below and I'll reach out to you.

I'd love to chat with you & show you how you can get started & join our team. "Alone we can do so little.. Together we can do so much!" 💕🌷