Arlene's Shakeology Story

I am Diabetic and 58 years old. I have been Diabetic for 14 years and until the last 4 years, even though I was watching my diet and trying to loose weight and succeeding with that I was unable to get my blood sugar under control and it just kept getting worse every time I went in to the Doctor and had my quarterly blood test done My A1C (which is a test that shows the average blood sugar for the last 3 months from the time it is taken and gives it a number) was always up in the 7.6 range, and it needs to be in the 6.4 range- or lower is better.  So then My Daughter introduced me to Shakeology so I was willing to give  it a try and see if it can help me in any way.  I took it and it was just 3 months later I went in for my test and I was so amazed it was 6.3. I had never before gotten it that low and the only thing I was doing different was drinking Shakeology everyday. It also helped me to feel better.  I was absolutely sold  and I will take it for the rest of my life. I know it has been a life saver for me.

 Arlene Dalton

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Corin's story

 

 Here is my friend Corin's story. . . Just in case you are second guessing if P90X would work for you, too.

I am Corin Hogan. I am 27 years old. And my goal is to fit into these capris pants that I have had from high school. I will get there. Growing up I was fit. I cheered in Middle school and most of high School. I also was a model for Wilhelmina models out of LA and New York. I seemed to always be in great shape. Right after graduation from High School I chose to join The Army National guard. I also joined the Army ROTC in college. Before going to boot camp, I tried out for the Ranger Challenge team in my ROTC. I made it and was the first female from my college to be on the team. We trained very hard and ran 10K with our rucksacks and fully dressed in our BDUS. I got in amazing shape which helped me at boot camp. I was running 14:30 2 miles doing 43 push ups in 2 min and 82 sit-ups in 2 min. I was in great shape.

Fast forward a little later, I met the man of my dreams and we started a family. With my first pregnancy I gained 60lbs. I was a manager at an amazing Breakfast restaurant and I was able to eat whatever I wanted for free. That definitely didn’t help with my pregnancy weight gain. After having my baby I struggled to lose the weight for about a year and a half. I then ran into a friend who I had not seen for months and she lost a ton of weight. That is when I learned about lifting heavy and eating clean. I was hooked. I was able to lose 50lbs and I felt great. But of course right after doing that I got pregnant with my second child.

My second pregnancy was a difficult one for me. When I was 12 weeks pregnant I had a major scare. I woke up with blurred vision, major migraine and the right side of my body went numb from my head down to my waist. It felt like someone had given me a Novocain shot from the dentist but all over the right side of my body. I went to the ER and they couldn’t do too much for me because I was pregnant. When I went back to my doctor she sent me to talk to the Neurologist who then sent me to the cardiologist. What a weird feeling it was being 23 surrounded by people much older than me. They ended up doing a echo cardiogram and sent me home. Quickly I received a phone call from the doctor saying that my husband and I needed to come as quickly as possible. We went back and they said they found a hole in my heart. They discussed options with us about having surgery to repair the hole and they let me know that I had, had a stroke that was caused by a blood clot that went from one side of my heart through the other to my brain. I was terrified. They ended up sending me to a high risk pregnancy doctor for the remainder of my pregnancy who did more tests. Come to find out they also diagnosed me with a blood clotting disorder (Makes sense because of the blood clot) Anyways the duration of my pregnancy I had to give myself heparin shots in my belly 2 times a day to prevent it from happening again. After I delivered My Anika, they wanted to check on my heart before they did surgery. They used and endoscope that they shoved down my throat and no longer saw the hole. Crazy. Things like that just don’t disappear. Anyways after this pregnancy I had a hard time losing weight. I think I got down to 192 from 207and I got pregnant again. (These babies are almost exactly 2 years apart.)

My third pregnancy went fine. They started me off with heparin at 12 weeks to make sure I would be fine. I was. I had really bad morning sickness with this baby and once I could eat, I ate. I topped out at my heaviest at 227lbs. I had my baby and didn’t even lose a lb. Nope not even the weight of the baby. I tried and tried to lose it but I was stuck. I was wearing a size 18 not recognizing myself anymore and even when I tried to go shopping it would end in a disaster. I would be bawling because nothing fit and I felt gross. One day it dawned on me that I needed to make a change. I purchased P90X from Craigslist to try and get my start. Well, for me that was a big mistake. It was missing 2 DVDs and the rest skipped. A few months later we got in contact with my husband’s friend and found out she was a coach with beach body. It intrigued me and she sent me info and I decided to join as a coach. I joined to hold myself accountable by letting others know what I was doing. I repurchased P90X and gave it a go. I didn’t hold anything back and sure enough I lost 60lbs using it and Shakeology. I have kept most of it off but gained only a few from sitting around not being able to work out for 3 months.

Transformation Pictures

These are my before and after pictures from doing P90X. I lost 6% body fat, and felt great. I highly reccomend the program because it works! Just remember that losing weight is 80% diet and 20% working out. But they both equal 100%, so you cant get the full results without one or the other.

Not losing weight?

Have you been trying to loose weight, but have plateaued? What can you do to break that plateau?
Here are a few ideas for you. Try what feels like the right option for you.
My first suggestion is not for everyone, and might surprise you, but if you  have been heavily dieting and restricting your calories to loose weight, you might need to add some now. After a while you body needs more calories to continue losing weight. One way to do this is to zig zag diet. This means to change your calorie intake every few days. One day you might start with eating 1800 calories then a few days later change it to 1400. Then back up a few days later. This will not only keep your metabolism guessing but help you learn what your body feels the best at.
Another thing to try is changing your workout routine, either harder or easier depending on what you were doing before. Your body adapts and gets used to a workout and needs you to chalenge it again to keep it guessing.
Make sure you are getting enough sleep. Sleep is when your body recovers, and if you do not allow it to recover your results will diminish.
 Take some time to relax and de-stress. Evaluate your habits, and make those changes needed. If you need to add calories, do it slowly, only100 or 200 calories at a time, and give yourself time to see if it is the right move. If you need ideas for new workout videos, or meal plans, visit my website, and feel free to send me a message and I would be happy to help you. Bring It!

Loosing Baby Weight

I had my 3rd baby 9 months ago, and once again experiencing how hard it is to loose all of the baby weight. Loosing weight is a simple formula, but not always as simple to implement. I worked out throughout my pregnancy, and popped back into fairly good shape soon after, but I have not gotten back to what I would like to get to.
What is the simple formula for loosing weight? Well simply you have to burn more calories then you take in. But the complected part can be, how do I know how much I am eating, and even harder to answer is how do I know how many calories am I burning? The answers to those questions is the key to loose weight. The thing I struggle with is after I have my baby, I nurse for about a year after, and it is hard for me to have as much control over myself to stick to a diet while nursing. It makes me hungry. So I do the best I can, then after I stop nursing, it is much easier to loose the weight and stick to a better eating plan.
The best way to stick to a meal plan is to plan it out first, and calorie count. Measure and package things in the right amounts to help with quick snacks and meals. There are many phone apps and web sites that you can find out how many calories are in things.
A way to find out exactly how many calories you burn in a day is to buy a body bug or ftibit and wear day and night to find out. Then you will know how much you need to eat. Take about 500 calories out of your calorie needs per day to loose weight effectively. If you do much more than that, you might go into starvation mode, and then your metabolism slows way down and then you wont loose any weight.
Do you have any great ideas you would like to share that has helped you in your journey to loose those baby pounds? Please let us know! Good luck!!

Body Mass Index

The other day my husband and I got one of those health pamphlets in the mail. Inside was a calculation for your body mass index. I was interested to know what mine would be so I plugged in my numbers and got my result. Then my husband wanted to know his too. It was interesting to know, but then it just peaked my interest, because it said that my husband was at the top of optimal and if he gained anymore weight, he would be considered over weight.  He is not a big guy, but I would say is about average. So today I looked at a few websites talking about BMI and found out that there is a slightly different calculation for men, but men like their weight to be at a slightly higher BMI then women. One thing I learned is that it doesn't take into account body type, or people who are very muscular. It might be worry some to someone who as a lot of muscle mass, and low body fat, because their weight might be considered overweight when in reality, they just have a lot of muscle.
So if you are interested in finding your BMI, then go ahead, it is good to keep yourself in check. Most likely you will know if you are overweight or not. I just recommend to not take it as the complete truth, listen to your gut feeling, and make the changes you feel are necessary, but don't stress over numbers. Health is more than numbers.
Click Here for the website I recommend to check your BMI.

"The Doctors"

Here is a video of Tony and Carl on "The Doctors" Enjoy.

Preventing Heart Disease

Like most people, I have parents and grandparents who have problems with high blood pressure, have had strokes and diabetes. I am 29, and will be 30 this year. I have helped my grandparents recover from strokes, and other problems that they have had, and can see what a devastating thing a stroke can be. So it makes me wonder, could they have done more and prevented or greatly slowed these problems down? I do not know exactly how they have lived their lives, but I have decided to do an experiment with my own life. I am going to listen to all that the doctors say about taking care of myself, and preventing those diseases from happening. This experiment will take my whole life to see the results of, but seeing that I have a family history riddled with these problems, I figure that it can only help.

So what exactly am I doing that is going to help prevent these problems?

1.       I exercise 5-6 days a week, or as often as I can.

2.       I cook healthy meals for my family with veggies, fruit and whole grains.

3.       I limit the amount of salt I put on the foods, and instead use herbs and other seasonings to help enhance the food taste.

4.       I take vitamins regularly.

5.       I drink mostly just water, and no alcohol, coffee or pop.

6.       I do my best to limit my sugar intake, with an occasional treat or desert.

7.       I try to stay active aside from my daily exercise, by going hiking, walking, gardening and yard care, and cleaning my home quickly so I raise my heart rate.

I live a regular life, and just do the best I can, but always have in the back of my mind my goal of living a happy healthy life. Not eating hamburger and fries every week or pizza and other greasy and salty foods, is not making my quality of life go down, but I believe it is enhancing my life. I am living in the moment and for the future.

I will let you know how I am doing in 70 years when I turn 100. You better be around and be happy and healthy with me. Let’s make that goal together. Here’s to a healthy life.

Muscle Soreness

If you have ever started a new workout program, or worked out extra hard, then you will know that being sore after a workout is not fun. But did you know that there are 3 different types of muscle soreness, and each one requires different remedy to help ease it?

1.       Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)

2.       Typical Muscle Soreness (TMS)

3.       Injury caused muscle soreness

So what is DOMS? It usually appears 24-72 hours after a very strenuous workout and is caused because of severe muscle break down. It does not mean that the muscle was damaged, but just broken down to build up to a better muscle for next time. It is the way the muscles adapt to perform at their peak. If you are looking to avoid this, then when starting a workout program, do not overdo it the first week or two, but rather build up to working harder and then you can push by the third week.  It also helps to take vitamin C to help the muscles rebuild themselves. I drink the results and recovery formula which has all the things your muscles need to recover quickly. If you do get sore this way, it is good to work out again and get blood flow to that area to help it recover, but just reduce your workout intensity so that your body can recover.

TMS is the lighter soreness that appears more quickly than DOMS. It is caused by lactic acid in your muscles and the recovery from it is similar, but when you work out, just go for it, and you will not even notice the soreness half way through the workout. Blood flow to the muscles and vitamin c is the best you can do for those sore muscles.

When you receive an injury, it is evident right away. Stop what you are doing, and Ice the area. Compress and try not to move it. It is a good idea to go see a doctor for an injury, because you do not want to make it worse and last even longer. Rest, ice and compress.

Hope this helps you in your quest to become healthier! Don’t be afraid of getting a little sore, because that is a sign that your body is growing and adapting and your muscles are becoming more efficient. Let’s Bring It!

Beachbody Challenge

I am starting a Beachbody challenge group starting on February 20th. We will all do the workout of your choice, drink Shakeology everyday and eat a healthy diet, log the workouts in WOWY super gym, and we will also have an exclusive group on facebook so that we can post comments to help keep each other motivated and accountable. I am so excited for this! These are the most important things when starting a workout program, and they all get covered here in this challenge. It is free to be a part of the group, so just send me a message if you want to be a part of this group, and we will blow this apart!
Click here if you want to join my group.

My Transformation Story

Here’s my story about how I’ve reached my fitness goals. Read below and learn how you can get great results too.

Like most people, I was an active kid who didn’t worry about nutrition and exercise.That changed as I grew into adulthood and started having kids. I realized I needed to eat better and exercise after I gained about 15 lbs. I joined a gym and got a personal trainer. I got decent results, but it required lots of time and money, and I didn’t like leaving my kids in the day care there.

One night, my husband and I came across an infomercial for P90X. We watched skeptically for a while, but it looked like the real thing. I turned to my husband and said, “We should get that program.” He disagreed, so I said, “What,you think that it’d be too hard for you?” My question pushed a button, and he got it for me that week.  I committed to the program and went from a slightly high 24% body fat to a healthy range of 17% in the 90 days. But I didn’t stop there. I wanted to keep pushing, so I got Insanity and did that 60 day program. I went from 17% body fat to an athletic range of 12%. I felt so good after both of those programs. I could run up and down the stairs all day and not get out of breath. I could play with my kids and not get tired.

Now, after having my 3rd baby, I still look great and am doing P90X2. I love it! I found these programs create results, and they are the best programs available. I knew becoming a Beachbody Coach and selling the programs would be a great opportunity because I love helping others get the results I got. The best part is I get paid doing what I love.