Shakeology is taking this country by storm.  It’s nutrition made simple.  But what’s the cost?  that’s what a lot of people have been asking me lately and when I tell them, they kind of hesitate.  But yet when I ask what are they taking for nutritional supplements they rattle off a long list of this and that and “Oh by the way, I have to go to GNC tonight” and stuff like that.  Mentally I add up what they’re taking and they’ve already doubled the cost if not more than what Shakeology cost.  Someone once said that their husband was like a 3rd grader not eating his vegetables.  But now that he has Shakeology in his bag, he’s not missing out on a thing.  But you do have to get it into your cupboard, so it involves spending a little just like you would for broccoli, carrots, spinach, … well you get the idea.  So, please take a moment and see what a friend found when he tried to buy all of the ingredients that was in this bag of Shakeology.  He said it was a close approximation and he couldn’t find 8 of the ingredients…

So, to wrap up, Shakeology will cost $119.95  and you will get so much nutrition in that bag you might be tempted never to eat a vegetable again.  I invite you to take another step and really dig deep and learn the details about Shakeology by clicking here ro simply going to the top of this page and click on Shakeology.  Your body will love you for it.

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Ok, as promised in my earlier blog, Body mass Index or BMI, here’s some information on how WE are trending in the United States.  Now I was being politically correct when I said WE.  I know this isn’t you, so for everyone else out there, let’s take action and do something.  I wanted to do this article in a video so you don’t have to read a lot, and it’s a short video any way, so why am I continuing to type?….  Take a look!

So again, my hope for you is to share this information with your family and friends.  Tell them to take nutrition and exercise seriously, or they may be on the path to a statistic on our map we just saw.  Get into a great at home work out routine such as P90X, Insanity, Chalean Extreme, Slim In 6, Rev Abs, Turbo Jam or something else.  If not they might just have to start using the Kathy Smith’s Project You Type 2 program that helps those fighting Diabetes.

So take action NOW!

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So you’ve reached a plateau.  What now?  You started working out, eating right and suddenly
you’ve found that you’re not seeing any more gains.  Sort of stuck in one place.  Bummer!

No, just kidding.  When you feel like you’re not improving and maybe even losing ground, not
to fear, there’s much you can do to keep tracking forward.

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I just finished my cardio at home workout.  It’s been awhile since I did this one so like everything new, the body rebels.  Well maybe my mind any way.   This is Tony Horton’s One on One Cardio Interval routine.  There are twenty different moves.  And you get to do them TWICE!

Here are a few snapshots of Tony Horton doing some of them.  He’s punching, lunging, twisting and hopping.  He’s sweating and I’m sweating.  Shoot, I should have taken a video of me doing it!  This is real stuff.  He glances at his heart rate monitor several times and we’re both on track to 150 plus each time.  He’s 50 and I almost am.  (He’s in a lot better shape than I am though).

So this just goes to show that you can do a cardio in home workout instead of running around the block.  Boring!  This One on One Cardio Interval routine is one of many in Tony’s 2^nd volume in the One on One series.  My advice to you is get them.  Really, they’re only pennies a day and you get one a month.  Lots of variety, great Tony Horton instruction all done in his own downstairs workout room at home.  So what are you waiting for?  Decide today and Get Fit, Get Healthy and Live Again!

Check out my Fitness Page for One on One for a video of this excellent at home workout routine!

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Brett Hoebel has given me a new way to work out my abs.  I thought I had come across the best ab routines and methods until I used RevAbs.

One minute I’ll be standing doing a few moves, the next I’ll be on the floor being put through some merciless routines.  Mercy is what you’ll be crying, but it feels so good you don’t want to stop.  I had been combining a few routines from several different types of workouts I do and had come up with my “90 minute” ab cruncher series.  But Brett Hoebel and RevAbs really has me putting that routine back in the file cabinet.

He uses high intensity calorie burning cardio routines as well.  Because we all know that you need cardio to burn away the fat as well as resistance routines to build the muscle.  In an earlier article I talked about Abs are made in the Kitchen and you can find that in the Jan 2010 archive.  Through strength and endurance, power intervals and Abcentrics, revAbs really targets that core part of your body that the opposite sex is just going to love on the beach.  Bret engages your abdominal muscles throughout your entire workout so every move counts. You’ll build a lean, strong physique with a variety of lively exercises, including the acrobatic martial art known as Capoeira.

Click on the Fitness tab above and find RevAbs.  Read all about it and decide today to get that middle section of your body into shape.

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I can’t believe that someone hasn’t thought of this sooner!  Most of us don’t like to eat vegetables and I have to include myself in that statistic.  Broccoli, cauliflower, beans, spinach, you know the foods we all love to hate.  Well most of us anyway.

Now the company I’m associated with has gone the extra mile and developed a truly transformational product called Shakeology.  In my opinion, they have put together a daily shake that will revolutionize the nutritional market as we see it today.  Sort of “I can have my cake and eat it too!” or maybe “I can have my vegetables and like them too”.  Well in a shake anyway.  It’s now my healthiest meal of the day.

So you aren’t turned off right away, let me say that this shake taste like a chocolate milkshake to me.  And I get to have all these nutrients that I could never have eaten in one day.  My body has really felt rejuvenated and if it had a voice I know it’s thanking me to no end.  I could go into the macro-nutrients and the micro-nutrients but let me say it easier.  It’s Nutrition Simplified!   It has Pre-biotics, Digestive Enzymes, Protein & Amino Acids, 23 vitamins and minerals, Anti-oxidants and Phyto-nutrients!  Wow did I just say all that?  Look at the picture on the right….  How could I possibly eat all of those vegetables that is in just one meal?  Talk about a tummy overload.

By itself it only has 140 calories, 1 gram of fat, 15-17 grams of protein and 17-19 grams of carbs.  Now I do kick up the chocolate just a tad (cause I want too) with 1 banana, 1 tbsp of peanut butter and a teaspoon of my favorite instant coffee.  I have to have my caffeine with my morning meal.

Now it is not on the “cents per day” side and you WILL NOT find anything that’s good for you in that price range any way.  But I will tell you that in my opinion, you will not find anything out there in the market that is more nutritious and good for you.  I’ll do a side by side comparison in a future article so be on the lookout for that one.

So my advice to you is; take action and take control of your diet and give Shakeology a try.  Click HERE and find out more detail then just add it to your shopping cart and check out at the cashier with a better basket of nutrition than you have in the past!  And Shakeology is Guaranteed.

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This post may seem a little boring as compared to some of my other musings, but it’s here more for you to be able to see what’s in this crazy, life changing, body sculpting workout routine.

Out of the box you get…

• 12 DVD’s, Chest & Back, Plyometrics, Shoulders & Arms, Yoga, Legs & Back, Kenpo, Stretch, Core Synergistics, Chest Shoulders & Triceps, Back & Biceps, Cardio, Ab Ripper X

• 3 Phase Nutrition Plan
• Fitness Guide
• How to bring it video
• Workout Calendar
• Online Support

Choose one three different intensity levels from Lean, Classic or Doubles.

It’s 90 days of workouts varying from resistance to cardio.  Stretching and flexibility routines are also thrown in for good measure along with a fantastic AB program t o give you those rock hard abs.

Tony’s concept of muscle confusion accelerates your results by constantly introducing new routines so your body never plateaus.  The first month you do 3 weeks of exercise and the last week is reserved for recovery doing cardio.  The second month is a whole new set of workouts setup similar to the 3 week and 1 week as the first month.  The last month is a mixture of the first two.  Believe me, you will see results.

I’ve done several rounds of P90X and I still love watching and workout to these DVD’s, listening to Tony and being encouraged and laughing at some of his comments as he leads me through each routine.  I know you’ll love it as much as I have.

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Let’s face it.  If we all had an unlimited amount of time, didn’t have to sleep and energy to spare we would all have more success in doing our workout for the day.  Exercising for most of us is something that we love AFTER the workout is done.  But getting it done can be a chore if you’re anyone like me with a very busy day.

Let’s see, I go to work with a drive time of an hour.  Ten hours at work, then an hour home.  The dog grabs my attention for his 30 minute jaunt around the neighborhood then it’s time for dinner.  Relax time seems to be a long way off as I finish the dishes and do a chore or two around the house.  Getting that hour workout in can be a challenge at times.

I’ve found that if I do it early (VERY early) in the morning I can have that success in my life that starts the day off with more to follow.  The morning time for me works best.  You see, if I do it early, then when I get home and caught up doing everything else I don’t have to worry about “I’m too tired to workout” and have a failure for the day.  Now this is just my time.  Yours may be quite different, but I’ve found success in working out in the morning creates a whole series of possible successes in my day.

So the morale of the story is; find that time in your day where you can exercise and have done without other things interfering with YOUR success.

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Well…  life is too hard at times but we don’t quit do we?  When you were a baby learning to walk did you fall down?  Did you say to yourself, “hey this walking thing is too hard, I’m just going to stay crawling around on this floor”.  No you didn’t say it because you couldn’t talk silly.  No really, mentally you didn’t stay down.  You got right back up until it became easier and a way of life to you.  When was the last time you called it quits and just got back down on your hands and knees and gave up on walking?

P90X is hard if you have never exercised or have a lot of excess fat to lose.  But aren’t most good things in life hard to get?  If it’s really important to you, you go after it and don’t stop until you get it.  P90X is sort of like that except something happens after that first week or so.  Your body says “Hey, I can do this.  And I’m not going to die. And I kind of like it!”  You start out with week one, doing many different things.  If you eat well, your body literally takes on new life.  You start losing weight, your metabolism gets kicked into high gear and you start having more energy.  Wow, who doesn’t want that?

There are three different intensity levels with the P90X program.  You get to choose from a “Lean” version, to the “Classic” to the “Doubles”.  And even within each different level you choose, you can ramp it up or down.  If doing 24 moves is too much, then cut it in half for awhile.  But Tony Horton, author and trainer, is there to always encourage you.  His motto of “Do your best and forget the rest” keeps you going.  So is too hard?  I say NO.

What will be harder is NOT doing it.  We live and walk around in this world working and having fun, or wanting to.  Why wouldn’t we want to take care of the one thing that would allow us to do the others?  Our bodies!  So if we take care of them then we can live, eat, work and play with a healthier body and be better protected against the things that would try and hurt us.

So what are you waiting for?  An invitation?  Here it is.  I’m inviting you to take part in a body and life transformation.  Order P90X and with it I’ll become your personal coach to help keep you motivated and on track.  So take this moment and stop crawling around the unhealthy lifestyle of not exercising and STAND UP, Decide!…Commit!… and be on your way to WALKING a different life in Success!

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Have you seen this infomercial on TV?  Wow!  Can I really believe what I’m seeing?  People are jumping around, moving from one exercise to the next.  These guys are doing pull ups, push-ups, lunge’s and throwing in some exercises with dumbbells.  This has got to be a myth, because the people I see showing their before and after results from using P90X are just too good to believe.  Or are they?

I have to admit, these men and women doing P90X on TV sure do look like they’re sweat’in through the routine.  Heck, they aren’t even using the excuse that they slept in a Holiday Inn last night.  They’re move’in and groove’in and getting it done.  The men and women showing their fantastic results from using P90X certainly lead me to believe that this in NO myth.  The pictures look real and taken in their home.

OK, I’m playing the devil’s advocate here about this infomercial and being a little silly, but I was once one of these “Before” photo people!   My story started when I was out of town and lounging on the bed in a hotel room (not a Holiday Inn) eating a doughnut of all things and channel surfing on TV.  I came across this P90X program and was floored.  I made up my mind right then and there that I was taking command and control of my life and making my change right then and there!  I picked up the phone and ordered P90X.   You can get it HERE. Well the delivery was no myth.  Just a few short days later I had the program in hand and was anxious to start.

I flipped that mental switch in my mind and haven’t looked back.  As you can see from my before and after pictures, this P90X program is NO myth!  I lost 30 plus pounds and gained muscle.  I’m almost ready to take my next series of after pictures so stay tuned and check back here often to see how much more muscle I’ve gained and fat I’ve lost.

Don’t get me wrong, this program is no magic pill.  You do need to open the package and slide in the DVD and do the workout.  I was a little intimidated at first and could only do a few of some of the moves, but as I kept at it, I got stronger and was able to do more and more.  You will too!  So here’s my advice to you.  Do IT!  Take control of your life today and order P90X.  I believed in it so much that I became an Independent Beachbody Coach with Beachbody and am authorized to sell this program to you.  So take comfort in the fact that you are getting an authorized program with a full 30 day money back guarantee.  And I will become your coach for free.  That’s right, I get to serve you and help you stay on track to reach your fitness goals.  So what are you waiting for?  Just do it!

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