Ready for a change??

Maybe you're like me 2.5 years ago and you've found yourself stuck in a rut. You wake up each day tired, you try on different outfits, only to be uncomfortable in everything you put on, you pin things on pinterest and WANT to get healthy and in shape, but you just keep starting and stopping. You find yourself with little patience with your kids, cravings that get the best of you, and sometimes a voice in your head tells you to just give up because making a change is just TOO hard!!

If this sounds familiar, please know that there is HOPE! Because I DID IT. I changed my life, one step at a time, one day at a time.

The first transformation on the bottom left is ME. I didn't have the money or time to go to a gym, I tried videos on my own at home only to stop after a week because I wasn't there yet to hold myself accountable. I was running outside at night after my husband got home from work, and it was helping but I was still STUCK!

Then I found a challenge group with my Beachbody coach and everything changed from that moment forward. It was a sacrifice to get my challenge pack, but I made it work because I WANTED CHANGE more than I wanted to STAY THE SAME. And when you really want something, you make it happen. I dived into researching clean eating, how to read labels, how to make my meals healthier, and we found Shakeology through that. I knew after reading that ingredient list that we couldn't get these super foods and whole foods at the store, and I knew that our bodies desperately needed this nutrition!! So when my challenge pack came, it had a 30 day supply of Shakeology, the workout program Insanity, and I had a challenge group that I had committed to check in with each night to report my day!!

60 days later, I no longer needed naps each day, my cravings were gone, I had more energy, clarity, I was happier and I was 12 inches smaller, and 8 lbs lighter. It just continued to get better from there :)

2.5 years later I've helped other women reach their goals month after month by passing on everything I've learned. I see women getting off migraine medication thanks to Shakeology, cholesterol and blood pressure medications, those with autoimmune, it's helping their symptoms, etc.

In these groups I share my favorite recipes, my grocery shopping trips, sample meal plan ideas, I have them check in each day with what they ate and how their workout went, and sometimes sweaty selfies. And I see the light come back in their faces. Their confidence increases, they see how STRONG they are..and best of all -

THIS LASTS! This is a full circle LIFESTYLE CHANGE!

And lucky for you - if this sounds like what you deserve right now to make a change in your life, I have 2 spots left in my group starting next week! Let me know if you want it and I just might send a bonus workout dvd to you in the mail as well ;) Add me on www.facebook.com/mindyjrose and we can talk more and get you added in the private challenge group which is on facebook!

Dream It, Believe It, Achieve It

We all have goals, but are they goals or just wishes?? I've always had tons of wishes. I would cut magazine pictures and cover my walls with them when I was little. I would dream about who I wanted to be, but I absolutely did NOT believe I could do it. Those wishes were for other rich, talented and successful people. Well, after I got married and had kids right off, I really lost my identity. I became even more discouraged of where life was taking me and I felt lost and behind. When I finally decided to start my journey with Beachbody, I made a dreamboard. And it's currently the background on my computer, and I'm slowly checking things off the list. I am striving each day, to grow into the person that I need to be to fulfill my goals. It's not enough to just look at it, you have to WORK FOR IT!! 

 When obstacles come, and perhaps a certain dream didn't happen on the day that you had it happening..OH WELL!! It doesn't mean you quit. It is always TOO EARLY to quit. So get back to work, and just adjust the date, and REFUSE to not have a goal happen!! 

Those physical goals I have are not going to happen by me looking at a picture of a fit girl with a toned stomach and arms. As hard as it is for me to make the time each day, it's non-negotiable. We are all busy. I get so tired of that excuse. None of us are just sitting home on the couch all day. So sacrifice and MAKE time and SCHEDULE those 45 minutes into your day each day. It's as important as showering and getting dressed each day. You need that energy and those endorphins to be the happy, optimistic person that you are!! 

Don't get discourage by how far away those dreams may seem. Look back at how far you've come. I was so blessed that day in this picture, but I was crushed inside by how far away "the girl I wanted to be" was. I dreaded pictures, I dreaded seeing people. I felt so stuck.
Never give up!! Try a little harder each day and keep your eye on the prize. It will come!! 

Don't Wait for SOMEDAY!

Do you ever feel like you just go through the motions each day, just trying to survive and make it through. You're tired, you're stressed, depressed and you've turned to food without realizing it and just the thought of exercising makes you tired? We had no idea how much we had let ourselves go...or we were just in denial of it, because of how stressed our lives were. We knew that SOMEDAY we would change, when we had time and money. But that SOMEDAY got pushed back each day until 4 years had gone by and we knew we couldn't live with how we felt one more day. We were done watching hours of Netflix each night while we ate ice cream. We were done using genetics as an excuse. We were just done.

You have to WANT to change. Because change isn't easy. It's uncomfortable and you have to make sacrifices. We all want to be healthy and fit, but sometimes you don't want to put in the hard work to get there, or make the sacrifices with time, money and food, so you turn to quick fixes which only result in having to do them over and over because they don't last. I know, I was the queen of quick fixes :) We knew this needed to be a lifestyle change, because we wanted to feel good inside and out. Not just lose weight.

When we decided to change, we had no idea how far this was going to take us. We had started eating clean and running and that was going good, but we hit a stand still. Then we found Beachbody and Shakeology and everything changed. Insanity was taking us to another level of fitness we had never been before..Shakeology was taking away our cravings and giving us energy and mental clarity. It was nourishing our bodies with nutrients that we couldn't get any other way, and we literally felt our bodies coming alive. We were toning up and getting so close to our goals in just a few months. We both have heart disease and other health problems that run in our families and it brings us such comfort that we are preventing that. We are strong mentally and physically. This has helped bring back confidence, and belief in ourselves that we can do hard things. Chris is off his anti-depressants, and we both know how to pick ourselves up each day, and think positive. This has changed us inside and out. We feel like this is the REAL us - unlike before where we felt trapped, knowing there was more to life. This is what life is supposed to be like. We feel ALIVE and PASSIONATE and EXCITED each day. Life is AMAZING!!