What will it cost you?

IF your pay per hour is $8.00 and you work 9hrs a day (before taxes- 1 hour lunch) that is $64.00 a day.
If you are sick and you don't have sick pay to cover it and you are off for 3 days that is $192 gross pay that you will LOSE.
What if you get sick more than once a year? or for a longer period of time like a week?

$64 for a day of work -- 5 days off. YOU JUST LOST $320!!!

What if you could STAY healthy and spend less then half of that on the Best Nutrition you can give yourself?

What would THAT be worth to you? What about your family? Your friends?

Do you know someone who is struggling with their health and fitness?

Don't worry about offending them by buying them a Beachbody fitness program or Challenge pack. You could be saving their lives..

Why wouldn't you help them? Don't you love them enough

to show you care?

Relationships

Trying to build relationships takes work.
Sometimes you just start a new college class and the person you sit next to ends up being a friend after the class is done.But it took all semester to get to that point. Most times, even if you think you've built a relationship, it doesn't continue. That's OK too. That's the Nature of relationships. You never know who you will "Click" with.
You might be married to someone for decades and wake up one morning and say "WHO IS THIS PERSON?". Now, THAT is sad. You spent the better part of your youth with the same person and never got to know them? Who's fault is that? Both, I imagine.
Then there are the couples who finish each others sentences. When they sleep, their hearts beat to the same rhythm.  Have to admit, that is pretty special.
What are relationships built on? friendship, mutual trust, love? All that and more I believe.
When my husband died, I was "lost" for a year, stuck in my own head, listening to the hate of his family. I only had God, my family, our two kids and my Church family to turn to. Slowly I came out of my depression, 40 lbs heavier. But that was 3 1/2 years ago.
I went back to College mostly because I had to. Some was to get out of the house. Silly as it is, Facebook and the internet was my window into the world, as I am sure it is for some people.
Then a friend whom I've known for years that I worked with - was having an amazing weight loss transformation. He got me started on Beachbody in-home workout DVD's. I found some NEW friends that are now a part of my life, both on Facebook and in real life. I probably could go to any state and have someone to visit. That's a RELATIONSHIP!
I try to build relationships every day, I am the only one where I work so unless someone calls or comes into my office- I don't see many people. But that's OK too.
You can't get anything accomplished in this world without having a relationship with someone.
Who are you going to build one with? Old high school friends? New friends?
Just get out of your comfort zone and talk to people you meet in the store. You never know where that will lead. Go to a festival -- Meet people you might never see again, that will help you start conversations. And make funny memories too.

Committed Vs Interested. What side are you on? --by Greg Cruz

So, let me ask you guys something, are you committed or just interested? Doesn't even have to be related to working out, it can be anything in your life....
If you are interested, you show up sometimes. If you are committed, you show up all the time.
If you are interested, when things get tough, you give up and move on to your next “interest”. If you are committed, no matter how tough things get, you find a way over, under, around or through obstacles.

If you are interested, you dabble in a bunch of interests. If you are committed, you concentrate your energy on achieving a much shorter list of objectives. In short, you focus.If you are interested, you are easily distracted and often fall victim to shiny object syndrome. If you are committed, you are so focused that you often don’t even notice the irrelevant shiny objects around you.If you are interested, you don’t set goals; rather, you just let it happen. If you are committed, you set goals in a way that maximizes the probability you will achieve them, and you regularly monitor your progress.
If you are interested, you let the fear of failure and other fears keep you from achieving your objectives. If you are committed, you realize that every “failure” is just another step in the direction of achieving your goals.
If you are interested, you allow perfectionism to inhibit your progress, working hand-in-hand with fear of failure to limit your success. If you are committed, you understand that perfectionism is the enemy and you continue to make forward progress, even if each step is not perfect.
Ask yourself, “Am I committed, or am I just interested”? If the answer comes back, “I’m not sure,” or “I’m just interested,” then unless it’s a hobby that you can dabble in and take lightly, you need to reconsider where you are focusing your energy.

My Story. What's yours?

I was embarrassed when I saw the photo on the left of me. I didn't realize how bad I looked with 40 extra pounds. I saw it in the mirror but ignored it. I told myself its not so bad. But I didn't do anything. I kept on my same path. I had been watching a good friend of mine that I worked with at Target (back in the day) Al Rico.

He was doing this workout that I had seen on TV called P90X. That looked too intimidating for me, so I followed his progress and his energy got to me. I found out that Beachbody has a TON of programs for all fitness levels. Slim In 6, Body Gospel, Rockin' Body, Hip Hop Abs, Insanity, Asylum, Les Mills Pump etc.
I got a Challenge pack in Feb which was Slim in 6 and Chocolate Shakeology. I didn't know HOW I was going to afford the Shakeology every month only that I needed it. I didn't know if I could stay motivated enough to stick with the workouts. Al put me in a private facebook group with friends of his. Introduced me, and I was hooked. Between Feb and June I lost 45 lbs and 20 inches.
Then I went on to Rockin Body for 2 months. I lost another 9 lbs and even more inches.
My next program ( I'm LEANing towards) is CharLEAN Extreme.
I want to start that soon.
What are YOU waiting for? I'm a Beachbody coach and I'm starting another challenge group October 27th. You KNOW you need to change your life. You KNOW you looked better in high school then you do now. You might be out of the Armed Forces but you miss your muscle definition. I am right here.
Ready to Help.

Is your Bank Account Looking RED?

OK. I'm going to get real here.
My life is hard. Not as hard as some , maybe easier than most.
I'm TRYING in my Beachbody business to get going. I see others posting about how they are doing and I am cheering for them
just like I WOULD HOPE people cheer for me. But I guess I don't see it.
I don't see the people that are watching me. Either waiting to jump in on getting healthy
or worse yet, waiting for me to FAIL!
Well here is NEWS FOR YOU!
I REFUSE to give up. I WANT a better life for my family
I WANT to be able to marry the new man in my life and we CAN'T until he can move up here
and find a better job and he can't do that unless I can help out.
Mike is amazing and we wouldn't have had anything for Christmas or Birthdays or anything big or small if it wasn't for him.
My question is I post and post and post about everything that is interesting to me, to my friends.
My MISSION is to make a difference in someone's LIFE? Why can't that be YOURS?  WHY WON'T YOU LET ME HELP YOU?
EVERYONE has excuses as to why they can't do something.
Then then complain on Facebook. That their boyfriend cheated on them, they don't have any money to go here or there, No energy to do anything
if they do have money. I DON'T GET IT.
THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET FIT, GET HEALTHY AND HAVE THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS TO STOP BLEEDING.
It's going to take hard work, COMMITMENT and dedication for anything worthwhile. Are you scared?
me too
Will it be worth it? I can tell you 95,000 coaches (and counting) can't be wrong.
It will be worth it!

Tragic -5/22/2009

I wrote this 5 days after my husband died. I share this so people can see what happens to a family. Not because someone died by accident or a long sickness. But by a disease that while not yet curable, can be managed by proper diet and exercise. He didn't.
TRAGIC
I knew eventually this time would come... but I thought it still would be in the far future... It still took us by surprise. But I refuse to bear the guilt of it... Could I have foreseen it? Maybe if I could see into the future. Could I have prevented it... no, I have to sleep too. He could've taken his mask off at anytime. and we just got it Friday as it was. I'm glad we spent Mothers Day with my family. And that last Saturday with his... I know they will never talk to me again. And I'm OK with that, it's nothing new. The kids can't be turned against me, we already discussed it.
I knew there was a reason why I didn't get the jobs I interviewed for... I needed to be home as much as possible because my time with Bryan was short... I see that now... Doesn't make it any better... When the time is right... I will be out there again. I just trust God more then I had ever done before. --That is nothing new. What is new, (and harder than I can imagine) is sleeping in our bedroom...knowing he isn't there not because he is in the hospital--but because he will NEVER be there again. Silence is not my friend... It is a place I cannot look because it makes my mind spin... I refuse the "what-if" those are the paralyzer. Venom I cannot take.
We 3 will be fine--eventually... It will take a long time to get past this minute of grief... But the next minute will be there and we will get past THAT minute and so on...
We have people that love us and pray for us and will take care and support us. We won't fall through the cracks. I just can't bear the Silence... I had been playing a radio in our room for months and that is still going.... I need my mind moving at all times... even if it’s not important... It just can't sit still and dwell on things yet... It's too new and the grief is almost unbearable...

But I and my kids are loved by many... I can call anyone I need to...
So we start a new chapter in our lives.... Sooner than we expected or wanted...
5/22/09

Things That I'm Learning (points 1,2 & 3)

#1 SHOW UP!
Woody Allen once said that 80 percent of success is showing up.
You have already won half the battle if you COMMIT to showing up every day.
#2 BE CONSISTENT: Showing up is important, but its natural companion is consistency is what makes it a powerful duo. Showing up consistently is where the magic happens. These things, though easy to do, are also NOT very easy to do. Consistency yields results. No matter WHAT you are doing. GO ahead. I DARE you to do it.
#3 HAVE A GOOD ATTITUDE.  Not only do you need to show up consistently, you need to it with a good attitude.
"When all things are equal, Attitude will set you apart from anything else. When you are going for a job - it's the difference maker..." --John C Maxwell.
For me, having a good attitude going into a workout DVD session makes me work harder and not quit. I've quit programs I've done before because my attitude was poor.
What kind of Attitude do YOU have on a daily basis?

Beware of the Cuckoo.

It's hard to have a positive attitude when we are bombarded with negativity every time we turn around. Media, magazines all strive to bring us "down". They don't improve your life or help you lead a better one. Those are Cuckoo.
The worst offender of being a Cuckoo could be the very people around you. Masters in the art of distraction who distract people from their jobs and what they want to accomplish. People who spread gossip, complain about how much they hate (work, job, life). Maybe even make fun of the people that WANT to improve the workplace. These people drag everyone else down with their complaining and negativity.
Don't let them pull you into their negative arena.

 Guard yourself from Cuckoos.

You need to create a Brain-Trust of like-minded people who think like you do.
"Every Truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first stage it is ridiculed, in the second it is opposed, in the third it is regarded as self-evident."
- Arthur Schopenhauer.
In other words just because the Cuckoos are ridiculing you for stepping out of your comfort zone by putting out positive ideas and solutions. You CAN NOT allow these people to influence what you know is true.
What is the secret to getting through tough times? Where life is heavy and depressing?
--Count your blessings
--Embrace those times and know that you are not alone. They will make you stronger.

The Happiness Movement.

To project a positive attitude - you must have a positive and happy outlook on life. Glass half full kind of thinking.
Shawn Achor in his book Happiness Advantage he states," If we are positive our brains are more alert and engaged, free to create, which eventually leads to more productivity ...happiness and optimism actually fuel performance and achievement- giving us the competitive edge that I call the Happiness Advantage.
Waiting to be happy limits our brain's potential for success, whereas cultivating positive brains makes us more motivated, efficient, resilient, creative and productive which drives performance upward..."
SO What are your thoughts? How do you measure your happiness?