Did you know that most people who get a flood of motivation to start working out usually quit within 2-3 weeks?
Whether you work out at home or like to go to the gym, trying to motivate yourself to stick with it and knowing what types of workouts will actually get you to your goals is extremely difficult. It's true, think about all of the times you've said....
I'm going to sign up at the gym and start going next week, but not until after this weekend because I have all this stuff going on.
And you might go that first Monday, maybe it turns into tuesday, but by the second week, you've gone maybe 1-2 times and if you even make it to the 3rd week, you end up doing a quick 15 minutes on the eliptical or wandering around the machines because you've really just lost interest and you want to go lay on the couch with your favorite blanket.
Did you know that I run free & paid challenge groups on Facebook? Yeah, that place where you spend 18% of your day anyways.
What are they? They are accountability groups with men & women just like you who want to start losing weight, getting stronger, losing that cellulite, find their butt or stop feeling so damn tired and unmotivated.
What do I do? I teach proper nutrition and portion with meal ideas and recipes for every type of meal and occasion (yes even happy hour). It's NOT A DIET, it's the way we are supposed to be eating by eating more whole foods, cutting out the preservatives and realizing how much we should be eating, so that when we workout, we aren't trying just to maintain our weight by sweating off 1/4 of that greasy cheeseburger you ate but moving forward toward your goal.
I also require you to check-in daily with your workout and every now and then with what you're eating. Belive it or not but having a group to support you and get ideas from instead of cruising through Pinterest is SERIOUSLY helpful!
I've had SOOOOO many clients teeter totter with getting on board with a program or eating healthier because it's a lifestyle change and that can be scary or even annoying. I promise you that they all had the same doubts & fears you have but looking back they wish they had started sooner. Let me teach you what took me years to learn in just a few short weeks.
Does that mean you'll hit your goal in 3 weeks? Maybe, maybe not, it depends on what you're looking to do.
You'll gain access to one of my free fitness & clean eating groups so you can see for yourself what all the hype is about.
Sometimes we have to travel the path that scares us the most in order to feel alive
Confession: I wasn't always into fitness....
Yup, those dreaded 5 words that I try and hide like a stained shirt. "I wasn't always into fitness".
How can I admit that to people?! Aren't I supposed to be the poster child for what a healthy lifestyle is?! Won't that make me look like a fraud?
The answer is simple. No. No, it won't. It will do quite the opposite.
You see, I've had diagnosed asthma since I was 9 years old.... I never wanted to run, or play too hard and while working out at the gym seemed like a fun idea for the first few times, let's be honest.... I would keep paying that monthly membership and NEVER GO.
I ended up losing like 15 pounds before my wedding because my dress was getting too tight ::insert squeezing session here:: and all I did was watched what I ate and did a fast paced walk twice a day. Well, sorry to say that amount of activity quickly became enough to just maintain my weight, but not lose any. You see, with my first child, I did the usual "I can eat what I want and lose it after the baby comes" song and dance but let's face it.... It didn't come off.... and I was not feeling pretty to say the least. Being thin or muscular aren't everything, I get that, but I didn't feel like the happy, energetic, sarcastic person I was used to. I had this beautiful new baby boy who I loved more than life itself but I felt embarassed when people would ask me if I was still pregnant and I was SICK OF WEARING MATERNITY CLOTHES, 4 months post pardum.... Yeah, that was me.
It wasn't until I was pregnant with my daughter that I started to watch what I ate more, in effort to not add another 50 pounds onto what I was already carrying around. People would tell me, "Oh it's fine, you're pregnant, you look great, or I would love to be your size instead of mine". While I appreciated the sentiment, "to each their own". What felt good to one persons skin, felt foreign and unwanted to mine, it all travels down stream from one person to another.
I had my daughter and only gained 37 pounds instead of the 55 that I gained with my son. I lost a good portion of it after having her but there was that nasty weight that I had when I first got pregnant with her. Oh hey you.... still around, eh?
I tried A LOT of things and yeah, I would lose a little bit of weight with each one, maybe gain a little back in between and it was SO FRUSTRATING!!!! Why was this so hard? It used to be so easy to drop weight. I used to be able to limit fast food to once a day and lose a few pounds.... where was that girl at?
Those were past times and bad habits and now I was paying for them. I need to move on.
I used to dread fitness.... the thought of constantly having to work out was awful and felt like a chore. It wasn't until I started running that I actually found a desire to be active.... Ok, it turned more into an obsession, but a healthy one where I would compete against myself to be better for myself and my family. My kids, family & friends started to notice and I was able to get others started on a similar path. This was all before BeachBody so I had no compensation for helping people other than the self worth. As a joke, they would all call me coach but in a way they actually kind of saw me as their coach because I would check-in on them and motivate them to keep trying when they wanted to quit.
When I started the BeachBody workouts, I was also on and off trying some in person group fitness classes just to mix things up. I really liked being able to get the same level of difficulty from my dvd's that I did at the classes. I really liked being able to save time and at a moments notice throw on a tank top and shorts to get a quick workout in. I still went for a run or jumped in on a group class when time allowed but I wasn't dependent on it to stay/get in shape like I used to be.
Although I teeter tottered on signing up for about 3 months, becoming a BeachBody Coach was a no brainer for me. I was already unofficially "coaching", motivating others even if that was just because they would see my facebook posts with my mileage and time or 30 minutes of circuit training, etc. I believed in the product because I was PROOF OF THE PRODUCT and it opened up a whole new world of possibilities.
So am I ashamed to say I wasn't "ALWAYS INTO FINTESS"? Nahhhh.... everyone has to start somewhere at some time and it doesn't matter what age or stage in your life you start at, as long as you start and you let it change you for the better. Fitness & Nutrition isn't just about losing weight, it's about creating this awesome healthy body that feeds the mind & soul with happiness and confidence.
I really LOOOOOOVE these groups, I really do. Everyone participating is so motivated and if they ever start to slip there are dozens of people to lift them back up. Not only does it help them, but it helps me too! I'm a coach and yes, I am a motivator and a fitness & nutrition "tour guide" but I'm only human and soemtimes I need a little pick me up!
This round, I have a contract that I required each person to sign. It's a contract between themselves and the agreement their mind & body made to stay on track with clean eating as well as their workouts! It allows them to look back at the contract and remember why they started and how they don't want to spoil the committment.
Along with the contract, I also have a workbook full of activities for them to complete to in a sense scrapbook their journey so they can see how far they've come. Uplon completion of these activities and daily check-ins, they have the opportunity to win a prize for being AWESOME!
Just like an employer would reward their employees for doing well, I want to do the same for my clients. They are all extremely important to me and I want to give them some extra incentive to keep pushing hard!
Ok, so it's 5:30 am and you're trying to do the "No-arm roll" out of the bed, as if it's an attempt to not wake the rest of your body before it figures out what you're doing.
Alright, gotta do a quick brushing of the teeth, wash my face, bathroom Check! And then ughhhhhhh no gym bag packed because you passed out on the couch binge watching Orange is the New Black or the entire season of Eureka....
While you're stumbling around in your room with your cell phones flashlight because the room light would probably make your eyes melt this early, you trip over those Target bags you swore you would unpack only to jab your toe on the foot of the bed.... OUCH.
Ok, we're at the dresser, awesome.... "Ughhhh, WHERE ARE MY NIKE SHORTS?!?!" you have a razor back tank or sleeveless t-shirt ready but where are your shorts?! Whatever, these'll do....
Socks, ok, yup, not a single matching pair, who cares, at this point you're running late anyhow. Shoving everything into your gymp bag that still has sweaty socks in it.... yuck
Whoops, can't get to the gym in your pajamas.... back to the dresser.... oh hey again.
Ok! I'm heading towards the door and.... water bottle, can't go without that because you know they charge like $3 for one at the gym.... Oh wait and a headband/sweatband because you know once that hair starts falling into your face, your workout is just a fight between you and those strangs of hair or beads of sweat.
Ok, good to go.... out at the car....
Brrrrrrr "I'm ok without a jacket, I am" "Where are my keys?!?!"
::back into the house::
I think I put them right on the counter.... nope.... oh wait, they're in yesterdays jeans, ok.... upstairs, then downstairs.... out. the. door.
"Man, I really need a remote start it's going to take 5 minutes to get this stupid windshield defrosted."
Moving along.... you're finally at the gym, you're only 25 minutes later than you needed to be so let's just cut out abs today, who needs those anyways.... go into the locker room, change your clothes, shove that giant duffle bag into the locker and go!
"Well, all the treadmills are taken except for the one that isn't under the fan so that'll get hot.... I'll try the elilptical.... oh yeah, I don't like the eliptical", 3 minutes later....
Now you're aimlessly wandering around looking for a machine to get onto, unknowingly just having spent 5 minutes in between just to walk around and waste time. "What parts does this machine hit? I put my legs where? Wonder if I should use 8's, 10's or 15's for this set.... Wonder what she used to get her butt like that.... Duuuuude those biceps tho...."
So in total you've worked out for maybe 15-20 minutes and it's time to hit the showers.... why did I get up early again?
What do I mean by that? Should gyms go out of business? No, of course not but use it as your in between to change things up....
Let's rewind for a minute.... From the time you get up and get done at the gym, on average you will have spent 1.5-2 hours for that 20 minute workout that hardly make you break a sweat and may have hurt your back trying to get off that bench.
Who has time for that and who WANTS to go through all that on a daily?
I don't care if you're a stay at home mom, working mom, stay at home dad, working dad, single professional, in school, whatever your story is, wouldn't you want to get it all done in 30-60 minutes at home? I jump out of bed throw on my workout clothes and head downstairs, turn on the t.v. (no this isn't like richard simmons)
and sweat it out with programs like Insanity, BodyBeast, 21 Day Fix, CIZE, PiYo and so many others....I feel like I'm in a group class, no driving, no bag to pack, nada. Then, when I'm done, I run upstairs to get ready and still ahve time to enjoy that morning cup of coffee or Shakeology.
Whether you're a body-builder, yoga finatic, bootcamp cardio & strength junky or you like zumba, there's something for everybody, I promise you.
Stop running into the bed in the morning and packing that smelly gym bag, let's GET IT DONE in 30.... who's with me?!
