Phit-N-Phat...Making Fitness and Weightloss a Lifestyle

No Bake Shakeology Cookies: Recipe, Nutrition Information and How to Put In Your Meal Plan

A lot of you love Shakeology and someone asked me for No Bake Shakeology Cookies. I finally just made my own Sparkrecipes link because I couldn't find solid nutritional information on them OR advice on how to put them in your food plan.

I wrote my recommendations on the link: 3 small balls or 1 large is a meal replacement (like breakfast if you love a treaty breakfast) or 1 small with skim or almond milk for a treat before bed. 

My Shakeology No Bake Cookie Recipe

A delicious and SUPER NUTRITIOUS alternative to dessert or a daily shake.

Minutes to Prepare: 10

Number of Servings: 24

Tips

This makes 24 small balls for 115 calories. 12 larger balls for 332 calories. As a snack one small ball with a glass of skim milk. For a meal replacement you can do 3 small balls or one large ball.

 

Ingredients

1 cup of Chocolate Shakeology
1 cup of Natural Peanut Butter
1 cup of Quick Cook Oats
1/3 cup of honey

Directions

Remove rings and wash your hands really well. Combine ingredients in medium bowl. Mix well. Roll into balls (about a heaping teaspoon each).

Store in the fridge on wax paper.

Optional: Roll in crushed nuts, oatmeal mixed with a little cinnamon, whole-grain graham cracker crumbs, or unsweetened coconut flakes. Don't forget this does add calories if you add extras.

Serving Size: 24 small-snack sized balls OR 12 large-meal sized balls

Number of Servings: 24

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PHITNPHAT.

 

 

Food That Has Power Over You

We often think of food as the enemy. When I say food has power over you...what pops in your head? Be honest!

- Do you think about wild needs for chocolate at night?

- Does a bag of chips on the counter render you munching your way through cooking dinner?

- When you go out to Mexican the chips in the basket just can't be turned down?

Food DOES have incredible power over us. If we aren't planning and prepping for our week it can have the wrong kind of power.

But I want to talk about the positive power food has. I am working with a group training for the Country Music Half Marathon. This message inspired this post.

Corinne, I wanted to give you a special thanks for all the training tips and the tips for eating prior to and after walking/running. I feel so much better than I did the last time I trained and I know it is because of the things you have shared with us. Recovery is much easier and I don't feel like I need to go to bed when I am finished!!

We too often sit around thinking about all the negatives with living the lifestyle and fueling our bodies that we forget just how great good food can make us feel. I know that the day you stop seeing food as your enemy and embrace it as part of what your body needs, YOU DO BETTER!

So many of us grow up in the mentality that more is not better with food so we should starve to lose weight. Less must mean I'll lose. Most of the time it means you starve a few days, overeat the others, and either gain weight or stall all while busting your ass and feeling like shit. We don't know how to figure calories so we go with what we know: starve and then let food have POWER over us.

I believe the best thing for your body is easy; listen to it and give it enough food to do it's job. If the job right now is to workout and lose weight, then you gotta give it enough FOOD to do that and it's more than a lot of you think on a DAY to DAY basis. 

Notice I didn't mention you can't eat carbs, you should avoid fat, never do this or that. If you want to have loads of food rules go ahead but I can tell you to lose weight there aren't that many. The body wants healthy food and it rewards you when you eat a lot of it. Things like...

• regular poops (you can set a freaking watch to mine)
• increased energy
• prettier skin
• better workouts
• a happy mom and wife
• a worker who can THINK

and lots of other things.

I could get into a lot of detail on how to eat healthy but this blog is about embracing good, natural foods to feel the positive power food has over you. If you are tired of feeling like crap then quit eating it. 

And, feel free to ask questions in the comments of the blog. I'm happy to tell you my "food rules" for your situation. :)

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Feeling Full With Food and Its Comfort Factor

Eating until full has always been an aspect of my weight loss life that I had to manage. Over the years, I have either competed so just ate what was on the paper or found creative ways to trick my mind...a salad the size of my head for starters (all veggies). 

But lately I've watched and read some of my PNP clients tackle books on intuitively eating and such so I've given it a try. There are times, and Chris can attest to it, that I've left food behind. Most of the time I do it is when we are having splurge type meals. I enjoy the food, get in the moment, and then just stop when it's enough.

It's a CHORE! Now at home I'm still eating until full most days. I think it's because I'm in that safe zone. But, another aspect I've snuck in is waiting on my next meal until I FEEL like I'm ready to eat. Not STARVING or waited too long, but not watching the clock and eating before a hunger cue even triggers.

As I posted in our private forums about my experience I discovered the following...

I have a definite fullness factor and stopping when satisfied is a key part to those with less to lose or maintaining to embrace.

I've never thought too much about why I do that until therapy and I think there is a lot of peace and comfort "feelings" triggered when I do it. When I don't eat until full I am reminded of when we went hungry as a child. Growing up we didn't eat regular meals; it was when my mom got off work or when we had money to eat. Often we went to buffets and ate a lot knowing it would be awhile til the next one!

I've been practicing this habit of stopping before the plate is clean. Amazing how un-nerving it can feel for me. At my age to not be a gainer in maintenance I still have to keep working on habits that might eventually lead to gains!

I can honestly say this is a tough battle for me. When I was overweight I didn't emotionally eat in the usual sense. I look back and know I had extremely poor habits, lots of little things I did I didn't know they were even wrong, and I didn't move most of the time. For most of my weightloss (like 50 of the 110) it was enough to right the ship in habits and choices without a lot of misery.

But, looking back I do wish in the midst of of the journey I would have introduced more of the mental side of food. I am sure I was ready at some point but starting it now is better late than never! You just never stop learning to live the lifestyle...do you? 

Am I the only one who like to feel full? What tips do you have to feel full when you need it and what tips do you have to embrace avoiding that behvior?

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Lifestyle Versus Diet: Which is Right?

Lifestyle is the new DIET. What do I mean?

A lifestyle is when you...

• Lose weight incorporating things you love in a sensible way.
• Plan your workouts and work your plan.
• Love yourself enough to say NO when you can't control yourself.
• Understand you need to build a life for yourself that involves health; not tear your life apart with food and thoughts.
• Know you will ALWAYS have to eat healthy and find things that fit that plan. 

There's tons of tips and tools I can give you to help you lose weight. I can teach you all kinds of new habits that make living healthy an easy transition. But, if you BELIEVE being healthy is a DIET that leaves you miserable, hungry, and working out to the extreme you will simply fall back into your old habits of lazy comfort. In your heart and mind you have decided that it takes tricks and that you have an end date.

When you commit to learning how to LIVE you will really have that lightbulb moment. The lightbulb comes on when you are done looking for fixes. You might have to walk around in the dark a bit, scared and confused, but rather than running for the door you look for the switch.

This blog  was written by a PNP moderator and one of my Beachbody coaches. I have a great team!!! And since she posted her week I thought I would do the same. All of us train different but we make it happen in the way that we love. I like racing, lifting, and Tough Mudders so I train to do those things with stuff I enjoy.

Mon - 30 min. run; shoulder training

Tue - 30 min. elliptical cross-training; arm training

Wed -30 min. run; leg training

Thu - Asylum Back to Core; back training

Fri - 30 run with Chalene Extreme abs circuited into the routine; chest training

Sat - Long run of 7-8 miles

Sun - Off and food prep/get the week ready!

This schedule might be light to some and extreme to others but it is RIGHT for me. It's written with the way I love to workout and that's what keeps ME going back for more each day.

And I do the same with my food. I'm working with my coach right now and we agreed to make a menu I love. I"m not competing this year but I want to look my best for an event so I should EAT my best!

B - oats and egg whites
S - salsa chicken, roasted veggie and sweet potato (I ADORE sweet potatoes and can't believe there was a time in life I wouldn't eat them)
L - seasoned white fish with rosemary red potatoes
S - Shakeology with any fruit I want
D - steak, large green salad with veggies, red potatoes
S - salmon and roasted veggie or green beans

Seriously, these are all foods I truly like and I load them with herbs and spices. Now, years ago I didn't eat like to eat this way but I learned how to slowly evolve into this kind of day. I experimented a lot with ways to make them taste devine. Ask and I'll share tips!

But, the key is that right now I have a goal and I'm working toward it. This means I eat very healthy and I do it happily. I know it's right for my goal and my body! Then on occasion when I TRULY want something I have it. It's OK and it's OK knowing it my fun foods shouldn't be a main staple of my "diet." When I weighed 250lbs fun food was the staple and healthy foods I chose rarely. Took me awhile to figure out I can have both if I just let go of what I thought a diet HAD to be.

Monday - How Was Your Weekend?

How was your weekend?

Many of us have tough times meaning we went in with good intentions (not planned and prepped food) and then sort of just slowly go to crap all weekend with all or nothing thinking.

Even I wake up on Mondays often in a fog. I work hard all week and then on the weekends eat out of the usual foods, drink a little and typically take a day off. There's a fine line between living a lifestyle and living it up! 

If you are living a lifestyle it is going to have times you eat things you want...in moderation. You take days off...when you deserve one or need one. A lifestyle is simply going to have unplanned, unstructured moments. It has days where you can indulge and days you need to tighten up. But the key is you overall do the the healthy things. 

I just got back from nearly a week in Vegas. We go a lot so I'm used to how I'm going to feel upon returning. My body will be bloated, my energy level in the toilet, my mood trashed, and the scale will be jacked up. I used to feel that way every Monday because my weekends were like a vacation; not a lifestyle.

Vacation USED TO BE my lifestyle and back then I weighed 250lbs. The reason I was out of control was because...

• I rarely worked out.
• I rarely drank enough water each day.
• I indulged in crap food DAILY. Seriously can't believe my diet used to be WORSE than how I ate on my vacation!!!!
• I eat only 2-3 times a day but big meals.
• I rarely got enough sleep.
• And, the key, I didn't keep people around me living the same lifestyle.

Sort of sounds like some the weekends I read from my clients.

It's so important to not get hung up in your mind games that come along with being out of your routine. Vacations to weekends, you need to be thinking about the right things to do. On weekends I get ready for them. I'm going to eat 13-15 times between Friday afternoon to going to bed on Sunday. Most people forget that sticking to your regular schedule with good choices can allow you to have a little treat. 

A TREAT...not a binge meal. The biggest HABIT I see most people get into is being a food prep queen Monday through Friday then just letting it all go Saturday and Sunday. No water, no snacks with them, no looking up a menu ahead of time to see what they can order, and no activity.

Planning for a weekend doesn't have to be crazy but if your HABIT is to jack your weekends you need to have a Sunday on Friday. And, you need to find some people who can help you be on your game. Have your hubs get your butt up early on Saturday so you do have a cooler of food. Ask your friends to plan some meals where you can eat healthy.  

The point is most of us can look at our week and figure out where the issues are. It's a matter of are you ready to change those habits and put in a new plan?

No Quick Fix to Weightloss....Sorry!

Lately I've worked with loads of women in person and online. Something that strikes me is regardless how much I preach a lifestyle, women are still desperate for the quick fix and just KNOW that...

- they shouldn't eat carrots

- no carb diets are the ONLY way to lose weight

- you need to be uncontrollably hungry to lose weight

And countless, COUNTLESS other crazy things. It breaks my heart to look into the eyes of a woman who wants to lose weight more than anything and see hopelessness. They are in such a rush yet deep down they know it is ust not going to work LONGTERM.

What I can't understand is how some of you will work SO HARD in the short-term on starving, crazy diet notions, eating things you hate, etc., but when I suggest planning a menu (or following one of mine), prepping your food on Sunday, and scheduling moderate weekly activity that it is just CRAZY TALK!!!!

Honestly, if most women would give me ONE month of honest listening, honest feedback, and honest reflection I feel confident I could change A LOT about you. I know it's easy for you to read this and think "not for me" but I've simply worked with too many women and it's worked. The ones that didn't make it didn't do the basics. They looked for the "fix" rather than implementing my lifestyle help. 

I'm excited for the month of March because I have 100's of women now in different groups working with me on PNP, in a local support group, and on Facebook. Not all will succeed but a lot will. Those who listen to me that this is not about a diet but a change in how you and your family live your life will be forever changed.

I leave you with a quote and a picture of my local church and school group I co-lead with my dear friend Jennie who is in the middle of her journey. We're starting our THIRD month together and today we had a SMALL group. We have 20 or so REGULARS who volunteer to show up and work hard.

Most of these ladies are also training for their first 1/2 marathon. They are YOU. You don't need me there to do what they are doing each day. It's a matter of believing you can do it and that this life can happen for you. When that times come you can join me on PNP. 

I am amazed everytime I workout with you at what I can do. Thank you for pushing me! Because I CAN do this. I just have to believe I can do it. Guess what...I do believe.

 

Are Green Smoothies Good?

If you ask my client, Leigh, green smoothies sure are good! She's been with PNP for a long time but recently decided her vegetable intake really had to improve to get the results she wants. I applaud her because she is like so many of you that she just doesn't "like" them.

Amazing right? Someone who hates vegetables will drink green drinks???

I am CRAZY obsessvie about my PNP members eating their vegetables. When I do food journal review on the member site, I'm constantly on their rears about FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Not only is it HEALTHY but it makes you feel full. When your body gets the nutrients it wants, THEN it craves craptastic food A LOT LESS.

Leigh started asking me questions in our private forums about green smoothies. I told her about Shakeology  but she was more interested in making her own smoothies to drink with food. 

As you know, I'm a big fan of my shakes because they are loaded with nutrients while tasting like a Frosty, BUT I am a BIGGER FAN of my clients being healthy in anyway they can do it! 

We did some research and developed a nice thread full of information about how to start with making green smoothies. Over the past few weeks Leigh has gone from almost no vegetables to a blending machine! She loves it and I'm so proud of her for taking control of her health.

Here's what she wrote in our Beachbody thread (she's a Brazil Butt Lift girl) and check out this SWEET picture!!!

So I went shopping tonight for green smoothie goodies and I went all out. I haven't figured out exactly how much I need each week yet so I ran out again before the week was over. The lady checking me out wasn't even sure what a couple of them were which I didn't before starting green smoothies :)

Here is a pic to show everyone what I bought because anyone that knows me at all, knows I suck at eating veggies!  Bring on the green smoothies!

Leigh represents someone who doesn't "go from Big Mac to broccoli overnight." She kept trying things and found something she can mix into her life. I hope this inspires you to look at how you can bump your own nutrition a little. Make your own smoothies or try what I drink, Shakeology; it doesn't matter. The point is we all have to start somewhere. 

To top it off, she's even inspired many of us to add spinach to our Shakeology! We got girls blending away on PNP. I bet if we ask nicely she will comment on the blog a recipe or two??? 

 

Food Prepping for the Family

We have a two menu related challenge teams for February: the Food Preppers and the Shakeology Menu team. Their mission this month is to focus on being prepared through the week with food prepped, coolers packed, and no excuses on being caught without something healthy to eat and cook for dinner. A member posted this...

Good morning ladies!  Yesterday I did some prepping but I didn't have baggies to weigh and protion my food.  So on the to do list is to buy lots of baggies.!!!!

I told my kids they can eat my portioned food but they have to let me know what they are taking so I don't run out.  Prepping is going to be intense if I'm prepping for 4 people!  Fun stuff.

I remember when I started the food prep stage of my weightloss journey; I was getting ready to compete and it was right after Logan was diagnosed. Since I was putting him on a special diet and I was on a competition diet, I literally went from nothing to prepping Queen overnight.

Often I talk about the mental mind blow competing did, but one thing it CHANGED for me and was invaluable in my keeping off 100lbs (not to mention teaching other ladies to lose their weight) was being prepared with my food.

That first year of competing and Logan's diagnosis I learned quickly I HAD to be prepared or WE WOULD FAIL. As odd as it seems, I felt his life was on the line and there was no assing around about food prep. He wasn't in true danger but it felt that way for sure. We were cutting gluten and caesin and just about everything had to be homemade. This was way before gluten free was easy to find.

What I found and put into our lifestyle is that when I take time on Sunday to prepare my whole family for the week our week goes smooth. Logan has less fits because I'm not making craptastic drive-thru runs because we are "soooo busy." My husband gets home earlier because he has his snacks and Shakeology meals at work. He often works through lunch with his shake rather than going out. This keeps him from staying until 6pm every night. I keep my weight in check and NAG LESS because I'm not pissed at what I ate today because I didn't have anything ready.

I can't tell you how many fights I've avoided with the family just because I'm not feeling bad about what I ate. My clients who don't prep and end up eating junk often are the ones who end up aruging with their kids and husbands. Personally, I think the food they choose is not only physically making them feel bad but MENTALLY lowering their self-esteem.

So, back to prepping for the family. Each week when I get home from the store I do several things:

1. I make all of my lunches and put them in Ziploc containers. It's like my own Lean Cuisine but healthier. Pop in the microwave and ready to eat each day. I work from home but when I do need to be out it pops right into my cooler!

2. I pre-portion and bag all chips (yes, we do keep chips here), nuts, peanut butter, cereal, etc. I try to always break-down all the foods for two reasons: it's easy for Logan to grab a snack bag out of the drawer and it shows DADDY what a dang portion looks like! And, truth be told, I'm as guilty as anyone of eating out of a bag or jar. A portioned bag/cup slows me down because it reminds me how many calories it is and begs the question "is it worth it?"

3. All fruits and veggies get washed, cut, and bagged. I cook dinner most nights now, but I used to pre-cook our dinners because I didn't have a quick system in place. Now I've learned how to get the basics all done for the week so that when it's time to toss together our meal it takes about 20 min. max. I can check email while it cooks! If we are having chicken fajitas all I have to do is toss the prepped peppers and onion bag in the skillet, the chicken I sliced up in, and microwave a bag of brown rice.

The key for me is to just look at what we plan to eat, all of us, and make it as grab-proof and simple as possible. It makes the week so much simpler. And, when I make menus for my Shakeology clients, I craft the weekly menu with the prep instructions. It's helped them lose a lot of weight because someone paid it forward with their tips.

Makes me feel good to know that the lessons I learned during one of the most difficult years of my life is paying off for so many. :)

 

At Least I'm Doing Something

We had a PNP girl call herself out today in the forums today because she's tired of avoiding her Insanity workouts for Wii Biggest Loser. Is there anything wrong with those workouts? No. But if you know in your heart you CAN do Insanity and are just plugging in a workout that's not challenging you to do something then YEP...we got a problem.

Often I hear people under workout all the time. It's most common with people who had to find their fitness. They were once really overweight or never really worked out hard. In the early stages ANY workout is an accomplishment because you weren't doing jack to begin with. 

Then you get fitter, lose some weight, and put in some half-assed workouts that don't get you where you want to go but you are STILL THINKING ANYTHING is better than nothing. 

There are aspects to losing weight that can be easy and others that are hard. If you don't feel like you are working hard to lose weight you AREN'T. It's not just workouts but all the other areas, too. Most people think the hard part of dieting is being HUNGRY. I'm just telling everyone that's the least of your worries. If you are that hungry you are probably dieting wrong and need to comment here for some help.

What's hard is the LIFESTYLE and WORK involved. Yes, you need to do these things most of your life to lose weight and KEEP IT OFF:

1. Sweat a lot, breathe hard, and lift heavy stuff when you exercise. If you are on the phone, chatting with pals, or wearing a smile in MOST of your workouts then quit bitching you aren't losing weight.

2. Fix your own food. I'd love to put everyone on a fun-food diet with shiny wrappers, waitresses and boxes but you're going to be hungry, have low energy, probably catch "food poisoning" more than the average person, and feel as if all you do is work hard for no resutls. The people I know who eat real food and have it prepped on Sunday LOSE WEIGHT!

3. Say NO to the crap you know you are signing up for to avoid steps 1 and 2. Don't tell me you don't have time to do 1 and 2 but you sit on your butt during your kids practices (last I looked you parked your car somewhere and could walk the parking lot or something), go to movies, watch TV, go out to dinner with friends, etc. There's nothing wrong with having a life if you have one to live! Until 1 and 2 is done you haven't taken care of your business to afford luxuries.

And yes, socializing and such is a luxury. When you skip exercise and don't make time to eat right you are bouncing a check! You are over-drawing yourself. That's time you don't have right now. 

No more half-assed efforts, ladies. YOU deserve better. Doing something is what every single person in the world should do to live...not to lose weight.

Oh and I have a good rule of thumb for when it's time to "just do something."

• You better be in the new stages of getting started.
• You only "do soemthing" 1-2 x's a month to avoid skipping a workout (notice not weekly)
• OR, you are coming off a major life upheaval. 

 

My Journey Was Not Easy

I see women all day want the "lifestyle" to kick in RIGHT NOW so that losing weight and exercising is easy for them. They spend countless hours wishing it to be easy when that is not going to happen.

In fact, I spoke with someone last week about the concept of "does it ever get easy?" Me and my most successful girls do develop an auto-pilot mode with food prep, making a healthy choice, and doing workouts; but only in terms that they aren't still learning. The motivation, the temptations, the lure of food pushers never goes away and THAT STUFF makes it a daily battle.

Scott Abel wrote...

"What is the true reality of process? It is to stop thinking in linear terms. You need to be mentally and emotionally prepared to do the hard work required – and yet still be mature enough to accept there maybe frustration and disappointment along the way as well. There is nothing “real” to be gained from claiming victory over walking a well-paved road that has no obstacles." 

Why do you read my blog? Why do you join www.phit-n-phat.com? Why do you want me to be your Beachbody Coach? What makes YOU feel like I can help you?

I can tell you this...it ain't because I come on here telling you how easy I had it. I was 250lbs and started with walking when I was so embarrased to even be in the gym. 

You like me because I had to get knocked on my ass a lot but figured out a way to get back up. You follow me in therapy, read my struggles with self-acceptance, watch me portion out food and keep peanut butter out of the house because six years later I still want to eat like the "old me."

Face it! What makes me real to you is I AM YOU! 

Most races the first few YEARS of my weightloss journey I was in last place. DEAD LAST PLACE with women in their 50's, 60's and 70's kicking my butt. I competed in figure with loose skin so bad I had to tape it down inside the suit, try to cover scar lines from body lift surgery, and do it knowing there were only a few people in the audience who knew my story. Everyone else probably thought I forgot to diet.

Without all these things I wouldn't be who I am today. Most importantly, if things came easy I wouldn't try to keep reaching higher and reaching out further to you. 

I thought about my journey and how far I have come a lot this weekend. It's taught me to look for the tough spots and face them versus hide from them. I learned it's OK to cut things out of your life that are toxic to your body. You'll survive and probably be better for it. It showed me how to prepare and plan because you never know what life will throw at you. Without years of knowing how food can kill and heal, I doubt I would have the appreciation to know how much a healthy diet can help/heal my little Logan. 

And, then this weekend I had a monumental moment for me. When I started with my simple walks and trying to get healthy, my dear friend Laurie who was a lifetime runner got me to do some races. My first 5K took me 52 minutes while she was well under 30. We walked a half marathon together when she could easily run one.

We did so many races and training sessions "together" meaning we met up, chatted, and start our runs. I always was way behind but we called each other at the end to say "we're done and a psycho didn't get us!" At races, she would wait around at the finish for at least an hour so I always had someone there smiling and cheering for me. Many times when the crowds were gone and the finish line being torn down.

I've blogged it in the past, but without her I know I wouldn't be here. My self-esteem didn't have it at the time to go out on my own. I had to have someone believing in me when I didn't. My husband covered the home base of self-esteem, but Laurie got me believing I was an athlete when I looked and performed like anything but. I KNOW now athletes come in all shapes, sizes, and ages but back then I just felt fat, slow, and like everyone was looking at me thinking "why are you here?"

This weekend, for the first time ever, we met for a long run of 7 miles. We ran TOGETHER and mean the whole way. I even was able to talk. A couple of hills I had to say I'll finish at the top but I was so proud and amazed at far I've come. My heart rate on one hill WAS THE SAME as it was when we would walk for my first half-marathon. No kidding! It was high but I was running with my oldest and dearest friend!!! She's still faster but now I feel like I can give something back to her with company, accountability for the runs, and just laughs. 

It never escapes me each time I run that route with Laurie, my husband, or by myself all the times I was out there the last six years at different stages. I am still not the fastest and barely just average , but there's such a sense of pride in knowing I had to claw my way every step.

When it comes to workouts I've had to do every modification in the book like lift only my arms when others had weights or do pushups against a wall because it hurt to get on my knees. I've walked/jogged, started races early to make sure I can finish, and refused to eat out for months when I knew I would blow it and scared it would be the ONE time I couldn't get back on track.

Losing weight, keeping it off, and finding the desire to workout is tough. Still is. Many days I want to eat crap and take a nap. Most of the time I don't; sometimes I do. I've learned that it's OK to not be your best at any point in the journey. When you aren't your best you truly learn how to get better the next time if you stop long enough to appreciate the chance.

And, that's one reason I also do the Beachbody coaching now, along with my near and dear PNP community. BB believes you inspire others MORE when you have a story to tell and can work WITH people - side by side. I've been fortunate enough to take my struggles, keep working on them with dear friends, family, and clients, and then have PNP and Beachbody to reach the next Corinne. Regardless of where you are take the time to know you have it in you just like I did to change your life and others. Embrace those mistakes and obstacles and make them a part of your story. And if you decide you want influence the next person I'll be here to help.