Life in the Slow Lane

So it's been 6 weeks since I started the PiYo Challenge and a little longer since I decided to honestly pursue being a Beachbody Coach. I am loving PiYo, but as usual I hit my 5 week slump and must confess to not being active at all this week, however, I only missed about 3 days the month of July that I didn't get any form of exercise in. I think about 4 days that were supposed to be PiYo, I went for a walk instead. I'll be honest, I have not lost any weight, but my body is changing shape a little. As I've said in numerous other posts, my body seems to be stuck and does not want to lose the extra weight. I refuse to give up, but instead of worrying about the scale, I'm just going to get healthy one day at a time.

I am determined to stop letting my weight rule my life. I have amazing friends that love me for who I am on the inside. While I can't seem to find a Christian guy to ask me out in person, I profile well online and seem to be decently popular, unfortunately I desire to date Christian men, so rarely (Insert "NEVER" here) go on actual dates. I also have a family that loves me as I am. I am well liked and respected at work. Why I seem to think that I am not worthy of people, experiences or a happy and successful life because I am carrying some additional weight that may not be up to Hollywood standards, I do not know. I do know that I am done letting low self esteem control my confidence in myself. My faith and financial status may control some elements of life and I am ok with that. I will live within my means, or find a way to be able to afford a vacation or two in my life. As for my faith and it controlling certain elements, I know some people see that as a boring or stunted life, but I see it as a living a life pleasing to God. While I am a sinner like every person on earth, there will be sins I will not have to live with the consequences of such as STDs and being a single mom. I can also be assured that the man I marry is marrying me for me and not sex. While I know keeping a relationship pure before God is not easy and in some ways can complicate things (especially if only one has the convictions), there is also a freeing element where you take that off the table and just get to know each other. 

That little tangent has come about b/c of being a Beachbody Coach and joining the PiYo Challenge. Seeing the encouraging posts each day in our challenge group; taking the time to learn about the company; investing in myself to reading and listening to the National Wake Up call through Beachbody, things have started to sink in. So, while my body is not showing the drastic before and after results yet (it will, I have 3 weeks left in PiYo...I'm starting week 6 over; then I'm moving on to another BB challenge), I am getting healthy inside which will eventually begin to show on the outside. So, if you stick around long enough, you will see me succeed whether it's weight, size or business...I will be a success no matter how long it takes. 

I'm back with a new plan

I cannot believe how long it's been since I've posted on here. I've tried a few more diets, but none have worked and frankly I've fallen off the work out wagon and am not nearly as active as I was a year ago. All that is about to change. I have joined Beachbody and become a coach. July 14th I will be starting the new PiYo Power Challenge that is 8 weeks long, but along the way am hoping to also turn this into a productive business. I'm really excited about this both from the accountability aspect and it seems like it could be very doable with not a lot of effort once you've been going for a few weeks and as long as you let people know that you are a coach. The cool thing is there are so many work out options that just about anyone is open to at least one of the products. If you're not familiar with Beachbody, you've probably seen infomercials for P90X, Insanity, LesMills Combat, TurboFire, Slim in 6, RevAbs, HipHopAbs, 21 Day Fix... These are all part of the Beachbody corporation. They also sell Shakeology which is an amazing protein shake that is more than just a meal replacement. It also has the nutrients of a high quality multivitamin, so you don't have to worry remembering to take another vitamin. I have to mention one more section of Beachbody, their  Ultimate Reset program which is a great way to start out when you are trying to get healthy. It's a 3 week detox program that you can do whenever, but can be used to jumpstart a new fitness and nutrition plan.


So, I am currently trying to follow the Ketogenic diet (I'll post more on my diet another day) and plan to get in more exercise of the next couple weeks before then going full time into the PiYo Challenge. I've only ever done the intense PiYo type workouts and have not always been a fan of those programs, but I'm determined to complete this program and do the full 8 weeks. In the past, I've only really mentioned it to my close friends and family(and my anonymous readers on this blog), but this time, I'm announcing it on my personal FB page and just telling people about it, so that I have the accountability of never knowing if or when someone may ask if I'm still doing that program.  If I can become a product of the Beachbody system, it will be that much easier to talk about it to people. I actually own several of the Beachbody programs, but have never completed the entire 45,60 or 90 day plans. I still use them (LesMills is my favorite), but not consistently. So, my plan is to start posting again every week at least. I will put up some form of before photo when I start the official PiYo plan on July 14th. If anyone is curious or wants to join me, you can click on any of the links in this post and get to my websites and find the challenge or the shakes. I would love to hear your experiences with any of these workouts and if you'd had success. I still don't know all the commissions and bonuses of being a coach, but I do know it's a good program and if you buy a challenge pack you can become a coach for free and test it out for a month. I probably went a little overboard on the links, but I'm in the excited phase of starting a new business and proud of it:-)