This week I’ve been sitting here feeling pretty alone way up here in WA while all of my friends are in UT. And many of my friends had amazing experiences this week working out with one of my favorite people, Chalene Johnson.

But when I see those smiling faces – I can’t be at all upset that I wasn’t there – I can only be happy that they were!!

There are tens of millions of people who have tried unsuccessfully to lose weight, and yet I meet amazing people in my business every day that have done it! What’s the secret? Well I know that there are two amazing things that have helped me. First is that I choose a program I loved and that worked. TurboFire. Second, I reached out to others for support. That is what made Beachbody so attractive to me in the first place. I’m a life coach. I have all of the data to give you, the meal plans, the life direction… and yet when it came to weight my clients were failing… and frankly so was I. What? That’s right. I was reading all of the data and yet the weight wasn’t budging a bit.

And then Turbo to the rescue. Beachbody has sought out those people that know what works. It does. Turbo Jam, TurboFire, ChaLEAN Extreme – these are all programs that work. Chalene knows what she is talking about. And she is so motivational. Yesterday she posted, “People “beat the odds” everyday. Don’t let society dictate to you what you can and can’t do. If your heart is pulling you in the direction of your calling, then follow it. Only you know what your purpose in life is. Don’t cheat the world out of your gift, by allowing the opinions of others to overshadow your truth.” That’s a big part of that puzzle you know? Someone believing in you. And she does. She believes with all her heart.

This year is the year of believing. Do you believe?

Get on board and make the changes you need to this year. If you need my help, just ask. You know I’m here for you.  And when you realize and believe in yourself… I’ll want to hug you, and wish I was there, but I’ll be happy that you were here today.

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Even as a life coach, I find it hard some days to really center on my priorities. And when I look at the choices I have made that day, it all comes back to one item… what have I done today for my health?

Health is the core, or center, of all of the other choices I make in my life during the day. If I don’t eat healthy, if I don’t follow my meal plan, if I don’t get in my fitness – my attitude, focus and clarity start to slip. I find myself spending too much time in front of social media. I find myself saying one too many times to my family, “Just a minute.” I let my schedule fall to the side and I let me house slowly fall into chaos. That can lead to sleeping in and not getting my exercise in. It leads to not eating well and then craving more bad foods. It leads to feeling emotionally battered by the day and closing off to the world around me. It leads to not having the belief in myself to go after my dreams. I refuse to let that happen. THAT is why I live the life that I’m leading right now.

Recently I was asked to write up my “Top Priority Clarity Statement”. I wanted to share it with you to help guide you in figuring out how to define your own.

My number-one priority is to live an elevated priority aligned lifestyle by choosing the healthy choices that will allow me to actively engage my parenting with a loving, supportive attitude , and to engage my husband in an intimate, connected and supportive role without feeling tired and rundown by my choices. This means that I will provide myself with the tools to have the energy, wellness and continued passion to pursue all of the other areas of my life. Any choice that I make that would endanger my attitude, health or emotions in such a way as to take me away from that pursuit will be going against all that I stand for.

I am thankful this November for having an amazing person, Chalene Johnson, around to Push my goals to an entirely new place and help me refocus when I need to. And when you need it, I’m here for you. My programs will be opening for a new group next month – both for the Living with E.P.A. – Elevated Purpose Alignment and the ELEV8 – 90 Days to Healthy Priority Alignment. The two programs are very different. The Living with E.P.A. is a 12 week program that is meant to define yourself as well as creating a real life that is aligned to your soul’s drive. ELEV8 is a health driven program to get your to that place of being where you can live that life without the regrets of unhealthy foods, temptations or decisions. Make sure you watch the blog, Facebook, Twitter and the website for the opening as I will only be taking a limited number of people through these group programs.

I am so thrilled to be allowed to work with you and your desire for a changed life alignment. Thank you!

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Metamorphosis is a 90-day “at-home workout that is as close to having me as your personal trainer as possible,” promises Anderson. (Sans the $900 monthly fee.) The cardio program is a 30 (or 60 if you double it) dancing program that is not what I would suggest to someone that isn’t a dancer. There is no direction, just Tracy doing different dance steps that you are supposed to follow. If you have a problem with your feet or your knees, there is no information to help you modify any of it.

Next she has the muscle work. She seems to believe that she is the creator of muscle confusion. I can’t think of one of my programs that doesn’t use muscle confusion – including TurboFire. She only uses 3 lb weights because she is focused on doing the reps. She has the same workout routine for ten days, and then you change it up.

She also has a restricted diet plan for you follow. And we all should know by know that restriction doesn’t work. Right? So let’s move on to TurboFire.

Chalene explains every step of the workout. And if you aren’t up to jumping around for 30 minutes, she has Alee there to show you the modifications every step of the way. She mixes it up, and there are a number of cardio programs in her mix including the HIIT workouts that I love to do.

Then there are the Core, Sculpt, Burn, Abs, Lower Body and Upper Body resistance workouts that via the 90 Day program schedule uses muscle confusion to keep your body guessing and to keep you getting the results you need. And using a resistance band you can adjust it all to fit the resistance that is right for you.

Finally, nutrition. Chalene has a Jump Start program for a quick boost to your metabolism, and then you have the nutritional guide to get you through the 90 Day program. It’s a healthy program that would work for anyone.

So you have it… dancing and no direction in any of it, or fun, direction, modifications and results. You decide.

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