Rachel!
My name
is Rachel Warner. I’ve gone from 217 pounds at the beginning of my journey and
my weight as of today is 173.4. That’s 43.6 pounds since starting Insanity back
in March of 2013. I was sitting on the coach eating a huge bowl of cereal and
the Insanity infomercial came on the screen. It was at that moment I decided
enough was enough and I made the call to order the program.
When
the package came in the mail it was like Christmas but I only had the program
alone to keep me motivated and after a couple weeks it was done. I tried again
for a couple weeks and again gave in to the changes and the pain that was
involved with the program. It wasn’t till I found my coach Samantha who offered
to give me extra motivation that I actually used my program and started to see
huge results. It was hard for me to change my poor eating habits so my results
could have been better but I finally finished. I didn’t only finish I succeeded
in doing the program all 63 days without missing a workout and lost 14 pounds and
got my lost confidence back.
Once
Insanity was finished I shared my results with everyone. I was so proud of what
I’d accomplished. Before too long though I started to notice my once fit shape
was starting to get soft and my workouts were spaced out further and further. Samantha
had mentioned me coaching but it was then that I realized I needed to coach not
only to help others but to maintain my results and embrace this new beachbody
lifestyle.
I
signed up as a coach and decided to get Shakeology and Turbofire for the next
part of my journey. Once I included Shakeology the cravings were gone and the
weight was coming off easier than before. Coaching is what’s kept me on track
and I love inspiring others to do the same. I love this new healthy lifestyle,
the friends I’ve made and the positive effect it’s had for my family. What had
first started as a way to keep myself on track is now putting gas in the cars
and paying for our weekly groceries.
I am
currently training to run my first marathon which the old me would have never
even thought of. I plan on dropping another 20-30 pounds in the next year and
hope to bring this new lifestyle to as many people as possible. The sky is
truly the limit!
Becky!
As a kid I was always in sports,
loved being outside and active. Somewhere along the way as I grew up I lost the
will to be active and eat properly. I always had the urge to be active, but was
too lazy to actually do something.
About 4 years ago, I began
dating my boyfriend, and he was a fitness nut! Before dating him, I gained the
most weight I had ever gained, and the confidence I had went straight out the
door. Prior to us dating I partied on weekends, ate take out almost every day,
and stopped thinking about what I was doing to my body. I was having ‘fun’,
‘living life’…I smiled on the outside so what did it matter all the crying on
the inside? Fake happy is better than showing you’re not at all…right?
Anyway, my fitness nut boyfriend
would spend so much time at the gym, and I could never understand what it was that
kept him there for hours on end - but decided I should figure it out. In
October 2010 I joined the gym. At first I was avid at going, started to see
changes right away and felt great about myself! I thought "sweet! I get it!
It’s this feeling that keeps him here!" But after a while, it seemed my exercise of
choice – the treadmill, just wasn’t cutting it anymore. I didn’t know what else
to do at the gym; even though my boyfriend showed me numerous times, and had no
confidence to actually DO any other exercises because I felt silly – and like
everyone was watching me!
Of course I lost the will
again, and wasted hundreds of dollars on my gym membership and didn’t go. I used
the excuse of not having time, being too tired, not knowing what to do…and
continually said “I’ll go back”, but never did.
Soon my boyfriend started
leaning out, and being serious about his eating and fitness…and it got to a
point where our weights were just way too close for comfort. I needed to do
something. Watching him lean out, not fitting into clothes he used to wear, and
being the happiest guy – made me realize, it’s time to make a change.
I had talked to my coach,
Samantha, about Beach Body before, but wasn’t ready – I thought I was but I
didn’t want to commit. She let me be, and didn’t pressure – but kept posting
her results. And MAN, was I jealous. I saw how happy she was, how great she
looked – and wanted her life.
So I reached out. I was ready
this time!
Even though I’m new at
this, Beach Body Coaching and the Beach Body programs have begun to change my
life. I get to excite people about becoming the best version of them, as I work
to become the best version of me! The support and interest of those who WANT to
CHANGE their lives is incredible, and it is incredible the feeling I get when
someone asks me what I’m doing.
I know it isn’t going to be
easy, but I know I’M WORTH IT! I deserve to be the best version of me, and feel
confident in the skin I was given…and so does everyone in this world! My
journey has just begun, but I know my goals, what I want from life, and know
through Beach Body & Beach Body Coaching I will achieve those goals!
Carla!
I started my health and fitness journey back in July 2013 with the help of my coach Samantha. Before I started I weighed 188 pounds and was a size 14! I wasn’t depressed about the way I looked but I wasn’t exactly happy about it either. Seeing all the cute things other girls got to wear and being uncomfortable in a bathing suit is what first pushed me to reach out to Samantha.
The first time I sent Sam a message I think she was doing a challenge group for the insanity program. I was interested but still not 100% sure I was going to spend the money and commit myself to the challenge. Second time around Sam was running a challenge group with the Chalean Extreme program. I again was thinking about reaching out to her and asking her to provide more details on it. Before I got a chance to do so Sam sent me a message! That’s when I knew it was meant to be and I should just do what needed to be done to start my journey.
So in July the challenge group started; I had made myself a meal plan from the Chalean program, done all my grocery shopping and picked the perfect time of day to work out so I would commit myself to it 100% of the time. I was really excited to start and I actually told everyone around what I was doing so they were aware that I was not going to be indulging in the foods I normally ate with them. The one thing I remember and the one thing I know gave me the extra push to do this and succeed was my mother saying to me “You are not going to stick with this…I know you, you are going to give up in 2 weeks”. THAT is what changed it all for me because I didn’t want to be the person who gave up after trying something for only two weeks; THAT is what made me realize that this wasn’t going to be just 3 months and I was done…what I needed was to change my life.
After the challenge was over I had lost 27 pounds and was wearing a size 10. I was incredibly proud of myself for losing the weight and winning the challenge but I was not done. I purchased Turbo Fire before the end of the challenge so I could start a hybrid schedule of Chalean and Turbo. This meant committing myself to a program for another 4 months. But by that point I had built a habit and I was really looking forward to trying something new.
I finished the hybrid program at the end of January 2014 and I had lost in total 43 pounds and I was wearing a size 6! By that point there was no turning back. I was no longer following a specific meal plan but I was overall eating much healthier and cleaner. I was getting my workouts in…in fact I never missed a day throughout each program. I felt incredibly happy that I had made the change and also to have inspired some of my family members to make changes in their life.
The one thing that came out of this that made me the happiest was how much more positive I had become. Slowly I realized all I could think about was how can I do more? How can I make my life more about health and fitness so I stick to this new lifestyle? I reached out to my coach again and asked her about joining another challenge group she was running. This was more so to keep me accountable because I thought what I needed was to be challenged and to compete. It wasn’t until a few people around me mentioned that I should be a coach that I realized what was missing. After two weeks of being in the challenge group I sent Sam a message and asked her for more details about coaching.
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