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You are NOT Hopeless

Looking into the mirror and climbing on the scale can be detrimental to your health and fitness. Yeah, you read that right. I think sometimes when we look in the mirror or check the numbers on the scale our internal dialogue takes over…

“Look at you, you’re so fat”

“Ugh, why would anyone want you?”

Seriously, can’t you ever get it together?”

Maybe, this is just me. But I don’t think so. Some of the things that I say to myself I would never say to anyone else out loud. Ever. We tend to forget that what is in that reflection or the numbers does not include our value. We relegate ourselves to the idea that only other people can be healthy, beautiful, and fit. That this body is what we are stuck with and that it just can’t change. So we stop trying, what’s the use? It feels hopeless.

Well, I have good and bad news. The good news is that your health and fitness, better yet, YOU, are not hopeless. You can change. You can be healthy and fit. If the change is important enough to you, possibilities are endless. I can help you. In fact, I would love to help you. I remember sitting in the fitting room crying, it’s still very real to me. If you need help to make real lasting change in your level of health and fitness, I can help you do it.

Here’s the bad news though. YOU still have to do the work. There is no “quick fix to a perfect body” Anybody that says that is selling you more than a product. You are the one that has to decide that your health is a priority and more important than watching that episode of GLEE (nothing against GLEE, just an example). You are the one that is going to have to monitor what and when you eat. I can help, but you are in control.

If you feel like you’ve gotten to the place where you feel hopeless in your health and fitness journey, contact me. I can help and I would love to have you succeed!

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P90, The On Switch, and Why It’s Close to My Heart

Almost ten years ago I embarked on my own personal health and fitness transformation. It started almost nine months before the actual “work” that changed me, but it included an infomercial and something called Power 90. It was the first Beachbody program I ever completed, long before P90X, Insanity, and even TurboJam. If you know my story, you know it started with an emotional breakdown in a Target dressing room and ended with the completion of the now famed Power 90 almost a year later. (Click to hear more of my story).

The original Power 90 program had two discs (or VHS tapes!) It included Sweat 1 & 2, Sculpt 1 & 2, Sweat 3 & 4, Sculpt 3 & 4, and Ab ripper 100 & 200. Included was “Michi’s ladder” which was basically a chart of foods, the higher the food was on the chart the better. This was it. No fancy equipment, no crazy jumps, no specific meal plan, no amazing Shakeology, and definitely no convenient little measuring buckets. It wasn’t fancy nor was it catered to variety, but it was effective. How do I know? I went from a size 15 to a size 4 in those 90 days. It WORKED because I WORKED. In fact, when I met Tony Horton and thanked him for changing my life this is exactly what he said, “YOU did the work.”

So, even though I’ve moved on to bigger more complex programs, Power 90 holds a special place in my heart. So, imagine my excitement (and a little sadness) when I heard they were “reworking” Power 90! Recently, Tony Horton went back to the table and revamped Power 90 into a completely new BEGINNER’S program called P90. It is a 90 day program designed to ease beginner’s into a healthy lifestyle. It’s made on purpose to guide people new to exercise. It’s the “on switch” for people who want to make a change and don’t know how or are not ready for huge commitments of extreme programs like Insanity, TurboFire, or P90X.

It looks like this…

http://youtu.be/C5c0iXqDpo8

Maybe you feel like I did while I was crying in that dreaded dressing room with my babies wondering what was wrong with their Momma. Maybe the doctor has told you that you need to make some changes and do it sooner rather than later. You might just want to be able to climb the steps without stopping and gasping for breath. There’s a possibility you just want someone who knows how you feel and how to climb up out of that pit. I can be that person for you. I lived these things, I felt the same way, and I can help you work your way out of that pit. Are you ready to make some changes? Message me to get started by talking through your goals and finding out if P90 is the right fit for you.