Tuesday, June 24, 2014

3-Day Refresh

Have you all heard about the NEW 3-Day Refresh??  You've probably heard about the 3-day Shakeology Cleanse, right?  It was something we were all trying, and some people were having great resutls with it.  When I tried it though, I couldn't even finish day 2 because I was STARVING!!!  Seriously.  It was bad. 

Well, the CEO of Beachbody - Carl Daikeler, and his wife Isabelle, who is the co-creator of Shakeology and the Ultimate Reset, decided to come up with an "official" 3-day cleanse.  One where you don't have to starve, but still get all the benefits of a cleanse.  It's like a mini Ultimate Reset.  I am so excited about this! 

In just 3 short days, you can get your health, energy, and vitality back on track—all without starving. You'll conquer your cravings. Get a flatter belly. Feel lighter and more energized. And your clothes will fit better.



WHAT IS THE 3-DAY REFRESH™?

 
The 3-Day Refresh is a scientifically designed program that helps you fast-track your weight loss, kick-start healthy eating, and get a clean break from bad nutrition habits.  3-Day Refresh is a simple, straightforward program that will help cleanse your body and improve the way you feel - without starving yourself!

Unlike juice cleanses or liquid fasts which tend to be high in sugar and low in protein (leaving you feeling weak, hungry, and sluggish), this easy-to-follow program helps support your metabolism while nourishing your vital organs.

For 3 days you'll follow a program of 3 shakes a day, a fiber drink, plenty of filtered water, plus a wide array of fresh fruits, vegetables, and healthy fats throughout the day to keep your energy and metabolism going.


WHY REFRESH?

Maybe you went a little crazy on the food over the weekend, and want to get back on track.  Maybe you just want to lose that last bit of annoying pudge, or quickly drop a few pounds for an upcoming social event.  Or maybe you are ready to jump start your nutrition and need a little help. 

Whatever your "maybe" is, we all have those times when we want to get our nutrition on track - and that's what the 3-Day Refresh is all about.  This program is the easiest way to break the cycle of bad eating habits while creating new ones, conquer your cravings, flatten your stomach, feel lighter and more energized, sleep more soundly, detoxify your body, and dramatically improve the way you feel - ALL WITHOUT STARVING!!


HOW DOES THE 3-DAY REFRESH WORK?
For 3 days you'll have a Shakeology shake for breakfast along with a fruit option; a Fiber Sweep digestive health drink later in the morning; a high-protein Vanilla Fresh shake for lunch, along with fresh fruit, vegetables, and healthy fat options throughout the afternoon.  For dinner, you'll have another Vanilla Fresh shake along with your choice from a list of delicious, easy-to-prepare dinner recipes.  You can also have tea twice a day and as much filtered water as you like (we suggest you drink AT LEAST half your body weight in ounces per day).
 
 

WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE REFRESHING.

The 3-Day Refresh is a low-calorie program (about 900 calories a day) but because the shakes and fresh food selections are high in protein and fiber, they will help keep you satiated throughout the day.  Because the program is packed with fiber, if you don't already have a diet that's high in fruits, veggies, and whole grains, it's a good idea to prepare for the 3-Day Refresh by eating a large salad and/or a few servings of fresh veggies throughout the week leading up to it.

If you get a little gas or bloating, this is a sign that you need to up your fiber levels in general.

It's also incredibly important to stay hydrated during the 3-Day Refresh.  Water keeps your digestion flowing, flushes out toxins, keeps your system balanced, and helps control hunger.
 

WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO DO THE 3-DAY
REFRESH?
You can use it anytime you need to lose a few pounds quickly.  Or kick-start a cleaner diet.  Maybe after a long weekend of eating everything in sight.  When you want your clothes to fit a little looser.  Before, during, or after a workout regimen.  You may choose to do it once a month to keep your habits sharp and your body healthy.  You can pretty much do the 3-Day Refresh whenever you feel like recharging.




 
WHAT DOES THE KIT INCLUDE?
The Complete Kit comes with 3 packets of Shakeology - your choice of 6 flavors (we recommend Chocolate Vegan or Topical Strawberry Vegan because plant-based proteins are often easier for the body to digest), 6 packets of Vanilla Fresh (high-protein shake), 3 packets of Fiber Sweep (digestive health drink), and 1 Program Guide.
 

SHAKEOLOGY for breakfast – Packed with potent superfoods, Shakeology starts each day of your Refresh with Your Daily Dose of Dense Nutrition® to help improve and support all your body's vital functions, while also helping to maximize energy and maintain healthy blood sugar levels (available in your choice of 6 flavors, including vegan options—recommended).*

VANILLA FRESH shakes for lunch and dinner – This patent-pending, delicious, and protein-rich formula helps curb your hunger with more than 20 grams of wholesome plant-based protein, 22 essential vitamins and minerals, probiotics for digestive health, and a patented potato protein extract clinically tested to satisfy your appetite.*

FIBER SWEEP drink – Gently and naturally eliminates waste from your digestive system with its patent-pending blend of whole ground flax, chia, and psyllium seed husks.* As part of a healthy diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, Fiber Sweep can help lower cholesterol, support healthy blood sugar levels, and may even reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.*

PROGRAM GUIDE This comprehensive guide walks you through how this program works, what to expect, and how to prepare your shopping list, as well as your body, for the 3-Day Refresh. It also contains a menu planner with numerous easy-to-make, nutritious, and delicious meals, a list of fruit and veggie options, guilt-free flavorings, and recipes for fresh-pressed juices.

30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
We're so sure that you'll see the benefits of the 3-Day Refresh for weeks to come that we're backing the program with a 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee. Do the Refresh and if you're not still feeling lighter, leaner, and cleaner 30 days from now, return it for a full refund of the purchase price (less s&h).

Join Me!!
I am going to be doing a 3-Day Refresh sometime in July, and another one at the end of August!  I will be posting about it to let you know how it was for me.  :)  If anyone wants to do it with me - AWESOME!!  I would LOVE to have some company!

If you want to purchase this program, or if you have any other questions about it - please contact me!  coachbethclark@outlook.com
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

PiYo Release!

I am so excited for the release of Chalene Johnson's new program PiYo!!  Have you heard about it?

It is being released tomorrow June 19th, and is only available through me as your Beachbody coach! 

This program is for everyone, at every fitness level, and it is going to be so amazing!  "PiYo gives you hardcore definition, intense calorie burn, and all over strength - without weights, without jumps, and without destroying your body."  - Chalene Johnson

 

PiYo Workout Details:


  • Align (46 mins): The Fundamentals (46 mins)
  • Upper Body (35 mins): this focused workout will strengthen and stretch your entire body, while building on the movement patterns you have learned in Align.
  • Define: Lower Body (25 mins) will shape and tone everything from your glutes, hamstrings, quads and calves gently, yet effectively to help you get sleek and lean legs.
  • Sweat (35 mins) is a traditional PiYo Workout that is fast paced with body weight strength training and ab work!
  • Core (30 mins) an ab-centric workout that targets every angle of the abdominals and back. I’ve read this will be a calorie-torcher too!
  • Drench (45 mins) is a total body workout to get you sweaty, burning calories, and going to have your metabolism on fire!
  • Strength Intervals (25 mins) designed to tone the whole body and burn tons of calories with no weights required!
  • Sculpt (30 mins) no weights are required for this intense, full-body workout either!
 

I feel like this program will be so good for me! I am a 42 year old mother of 4 - I'm not as flexible as I used to be, and after doing so many high-impact workout programs like Insanity, TurboFire, Les Mills Combat, and T25, it will be nice to still get strong and lean while improving my range of motion and flexibility. Sign me up!! :)   

I am starting my journey with PiYo on July 7, and I want to invite YOU to do it along with me!


You can be the first to score your copy of the Piyo Challenge Pack and land yourself a spot in an exclusive Piyo Test Group. This is a select group of individuals who are committed to starting and finishing the program and getting the best results possible. In order to secure a spot you have to be willing to give it 100% commitment over the course of the program! You must be willing to invest in the fitness, the nutrition and the support. If you put some skin in the game I am more than willing to meet you half way!

What is a test group and how do I join?
A Piyo Test Group is a group that is unique to my style of coaching. It is a closed online accountability group in which everyone will submit their results to Team Beachbody for a chance to win the monthly and quarterly prizes plus you will have the opportunity to be one of the first people to complete the program and share your proof that transformation is possible if you follow the schedule, stay committed and are dedicated to your success.

You can receive your copy of Piyo 2 weeks prior to the launch of my test group, so make sure that I am your assigned coach and you have contacted me to reserve your copy of the workouts. HAVE ME AS YOUR COACH!!

Also, as a coach you can receive 25% off your Piyo Purchase as well. So make sure to ask me about the preferred customer discount.

I am so excited - Let's Do This!!  :)
 
 
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Beachbody Summer Sale!

Beachbody is having a huge SUMMER SALE starting TODAY! It goes down at 12:00 PST and only lasts a few days - things will sell out fast!

30% - 50% discount on some of my favorite programs, and one item that is 85% off!!!  Head on over and like my Facebook page because that is where I am going to share the details when the time comes.   https://www.facebook.com/#!/BodyRemodel?fref=nf 

Yay for sales!  :)


Monday, June 2, 2014

21 Day Fix Challenge Group

WHO IS READY FOR SUMMER???

Are you?  Did you know we only have 1 month until the 4th of July??  Not to worry - there is just enough time to lose up to 15 lbs.  You heard me - up to 15 POUNDS!!

I am going to be starting my second annual FIT BY THE 4TH challenge group.  This one will only be 3 weeks long!  Everyone has time for that, right? 


I am sure you have heard that weight loss is all about the diet, right?  That is totally true!  Which is why we are going to be doing the 21 Day Fix meal plan for this challenge.  You are welcome to use any workout program you want, go running, swimming, whatever.  But you must stick with the meal plan!  You can do ANYTHING for 3 weeks!

 
Who is ready to get slim and fit by the 4th?  Here is the link to the group:  https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/570901246311418/

Contact me for more details or if you have any questions.  I look forward to doing this challenge with you!  coachbethclark@outlook.com


Monday, May 12, 2014

Keeping it Real - 4 Things You Might Be Doing Wrong

Okay - confession time.  I haven't done a post in awhile, I know.  I haven't completely fallen off the wagon, but I've been struggling.  I have been working out, and TRYING to stick with the 21 Day Fix meal plan, but I don't know why it's been so hard for me!  Usually spring is my time to get back in shape after the long winter.  This spring I just have ZERO motivation, not sure why... after weighing myself last week and realizing I have GAINED 5 lbs in three weeks, I might have to double check my thyroid again.  It's super frustrating!! 

I'm not telling you all this to make myself feel better, or validate any of my excuses.  (Because we all know that's what they are - EXCUSES!!)  I'm just being honest in case there is anyone that feels the same way, you know that you are not the only one.  :)

It all comes down to CONSISTENCY!  I am kind of funny when it comes to working out.  I start a new program, all fresh, ready to go, super motivated, my new calendar up on the wall - you know the drill.  It's so fun!  Then a week or two goes by and I'm thinking it must not be working because I'm not seeing the results yet.  So I will see/hear about some other program that is producing amazing results and I will think - "I need to do THAT one!"  It's kind of 'workout program ADD' I guess.  I have changed my schedule, changed programs, and created so many hybrids that I could keep anyone busy for YEARS!

Every Beachbody program will get you amazing results.  Every.  Single.  One.  You just have to stick to them for more than 2 or 3 weeks!  haha  :)  I have pretty much ALL the programs - and I like most of them too.  I just need to pick one (or two) and stick with them!!  I seriously don't know what happens in my head sometimes - it's all mental.

So here are some things I am doing WRONG:

1)  I don't want it bad enough.  It's true.  You can pretty much answer ANY excuse back with, "Then you don't want it bad enough."

I'm too tired to get up early..... "Then you don't want it bad enough."
I don't really like veggies.....    "Then you don't want it bad enough."
I don't have time to workout...."Then you don't want it bad enough."

See where I'm going with this?


2)  I don't tell myself NO!  I wouldn't let my kids eat half the crap I eat, so why do I let myself?? Seriously, why do we give in to that whiny voice in our heads that says "but I reaaaallly waaaant it!!?" That's how we got in this mess in the first place, right? :)

3)  I had an "all-or-nothing" approach.  I would eat so clean for the first half of the week, then by the weekend I'm craving (and eating) all kinds of junk, and skipping my workouts.  No wonder I wasn't ever consistent!  You need to find a way of eating that you can stick with FOREVER.  You need to find workouts that you LOOK FORWARD to doing.  If not, you will never keep it up - that simple.

4)  I gave my "diet" a deadline.  Every time I would start a new program, or try to eat clean, I would say I was doing it for ____ days, weeks, or months.  Which is actually a pretty good thing to do.  It's like setting goals, you need to set a time to reach them by.  However, I would do really well during that time, and then after it was over go back to my old ways.  Every.  Single.  Time.  What I need to do instead is say that I am changing the way I eat...for good.  That takes away all the restrictions I put on myself so hopefully I won't feel deprived, miserable and obsessing over all the things I can't have.  Make sense?


Basically I need to cut myself a little slack.  I know that people will say you won't reach your goals unless you are super-strict with your diet and workouts.  I just don't want to be THAT girl.  You know, the one who never eats a bite of anything she's not supposed to, the one who works out on vacation, and gets her workout in on Christmas morning.  I have to find some moderation in order to make this a LASTING thing, and not just for a few months out of every year.  I want to LIKE working out, to LOOK FORWARD to my workouts.  I want to be okay with the way I eat, and not feel guilty or get weird looks every time I eat something I shouldn't.

I know it will take a little more time.  I might not lose the weight as fast as everyone else.  That's okay with me.  We are always looking for the quick fix.  When the weight doesn't fall off as fast as we think it should, we give up.  Like that's gonna help us, right?  Then after stopping and starting five different times over the year, we look back and we could have probably met our goals if we would just have stayed CONSISTENT!! 


How do you know you've succeeded in breaking the yoyo cycle??

I just read this awhile ago, and it's so perfect:  "You'll know you have it mastered when you eat the same on Saturdays that you do on Mondays."


So, here is how I am going to implement this. 
1)  I really really love the 21 Day Fix meal plan.  I think it's great, pretty easy to stick to most days, and teaches you portion control.  I am going to stick to it as much as I can, and not sweat the rest.  I am trying to practice moderation and being more consistent on the weekends.  :)

2)  I am going to stick to my workout schedule as written.  I understand there will be days I don't want to do the workout that's scheduled.  Too bad.  Sometimes we don't want to go to work either, but we just know we have to, right?  My goal is to not miss more than 1 workout a week.  (By the way, I just got Les Mills Pump and I will probably add in some Combat for extra cardio - see, I told you - there is something about having a new workout that gets me every time.)  haha  :)

3)  I am going to "do my best, and forget the rest."  I just need to get out of my head about this whole weight loss thing.  When you change your habits and get your body healthy, the rest will fall into place.  I will try to stay busy and not stress so much about every little thing. 

4)  This is my new way of life.  I am 42 years old, with 4 kids.  The days of just being able to work out sporadically and get back into shape are pretty much over for me.  haha  :)  Now I get to worry about things like balancing my hormones, building muscle for bone strength, and keeping my metabolism steady.  My health is suddenly very important to me.  ;)

I have taken my before pics and measurements, and I will keep you all updated on how I'm doing with this.  Wish me luck!  haha

As always, feel free to contact me with any questions, or follow me on facebook!!
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Monday, April 21, 2014

Egg White Breakfast Burritos

These burritos are loaded with egg whites, red onion, and bell peppers to create a delicious, high-protien breakfast.  If you are on the 21 Day Fix,  1 red, 1 green, 1 yellow, 2 tsp,

Egg White Breakfast Burrito
 
Ingredients:
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 Tbsp. chopped red bell pepper
1 Tbsp. chopped yellow bell pepper
1 Tbsp. chopped green bell pepper
1 Tbsp. chopped red onion
3 large egg whites (1/3 cup)
1 (8-inch) whole wheat flour tortilla, warm
1 slice low-sodium turkey bacon, cooked, chopped
Ground black pepper (to taste; optional)
2 Tbsp. fresh tomato salsa
Preparation:
1. Heat oil in medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
2. Add bell peppers and onion; cook, stirring frequently, for 3 to 4 minutes or until soft.
3. Add eggs; cook, over medium heat, stirring frequently, for 2 to 3 minutes, or until eggs are set.
4. Top tortilla with egg mixture, turkey bacon, and pepper (if desired).
5. Roll tortilla burrito-style.
6. Serve with salsa.
Note:  You can put in more peppers & onions if you want.  I just chopped about 1/4 of each - made sure they fit in my green container and then chopped them a little smaller.
 

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Focus T25 - Transformation #2!

It's Tuesday again, and I have another amazing T25 transformation for you!

This is Ashley!  She has a life.  She is busy.  Just like every one of us, I'm sure.  But in only 25 minutes a day, 5 days a week, for only 10 weeks - she got results like this:

 
She looks good, right?  It can be done people!  My husband and I have both done this program - and we LOVED it!  In fact, I just started my second round.  I get up, push play, focus hard and BOOM - I'm done, just like that!  There are no excuses with this program.  :)
If you are ready to start changing your body in only 10 weeks... I am here to help!

coachbethclark@outlook.com
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