From ER Nurse to Creating my 6 Figure Full- Time at Home Fitness Business

As a nurse for 6 years, I got use to leaving my oldest son, working those swing shifts, weekends, holidays, and missing out on memories.  It was something I just figured was going to be my life and I had to get use to.  Nothing was going to change....

Then I realized, nothing was going to change until I made a change!

I loved nursing don't get me wrong. I have a passion for helping people, talking (lol), and I could eat a cheeseburger while cleaning up c-diff if I needed to (gross right?!) and seriously, the Dr's knew to call me in the room when someone was getting an I&D of an abscess! 

But I was missing something BIG with my passion... I loved what I did, but I loved being with my family more.  So as I grew up loving exercise, fitness, and helping people, I decided to change it from helping the acutely ill in the ER, to preventing people needing to go to the hospital.  Why wait until its too late? Its time to prevent illness and disease and help people lead a healthy and fulfilling, happy life!

I had no idea where to start to build a business of my own.  I was just losing the baby weight from my second son, and figured, I love what my Beachbody home fitness programs were doing for me along with clean eating and drinking Shakeology, so why not share my journey with others on social media (FB, Instagram, and creating a blog), and telling my family and friends! I mean, isn't that what we do when we see a good movie or go to a good restaurant? So thats what I did and thats how my success started 3 years ago! 

Ive lost 40 pounds, got into the best shape of my life, but I've also changed in so many other ways.  I am home with my kids 80% of the time (they go to daycare about 2-3 days a week to keep my sanity lol), I am able to provide them with freedom I never have before---> In just 40 days, we are going on a cruise to Jamaica and Bahamas and then right after we land, off to Disney for our very first time!! 

In just 2.5 years, I retired as an ER nurse and was making my yearly income as a nurse in just 4.5 months.  I also have made the best of friends with my fellow coaches who decided to take this leap with me! There is nothing special we have that YOU don't.  We simply have a passion, drive, and want to succeed!

Diamond Lunch In Pittsburgh, PA

I started knowing NOTHING about social media or multi-level marketing (network marketing) and was very skeptical.  But the more I learned, the more I realized, network marketing is sharing what works for you and those who you are helping, along with having NO LIMIT on your success! NO one will fire me, no one will tell me how much I can make or give me a raise... if I want to help people, I simply help more people! Thats what its about!

These pictures are from our last Super Saturday Training---> A place to get together, have some training, a great workout together, and spend quality time with others who lift you up and inspire each other! 

At our Super Saturday training in Pittsburgh, I was one of the speakers at our event with 1,000 people.  For me, this is a huge deal because I am deathly afraid of public speaking.  Again, this is something awesome that Beachbody has helped me with.  Overcoming my fear of speaking.  I wont say I'm completely comfortable, but I am getting better!! 

I was so so proud of these 2 star Diamond coaches on our team Maegan (left) and Sarah (on right) who also spoke at our training event! This was our first big event where I was able to see our leaders from our team speak! They have come such a long way and love watching them grow so successfully!

These are our coaches on our team Forever FIT who came to our training event.  This is just a small number of the amazing talented coaches we have! 

 We get together for these awesome events, but are from all over the US and Canada! I was so excited to spend some quality time with one of my success partners Shannon from Florida  (in the middle) and one of my Diamond coaches from St. Louis Ashley (on the right).  Yes, even though we are fitness coaches, we still have our Margaritas! ;) 

 And of course, after our training, we do like to party and have fun!! It was so nice to spend quality time with my coaches who I don't get to see very often! 

 We have a blast doing what we do as coaches!! We are just normal people with BIG dreams and goals in life! We are moms, dads, nurses, teachers, stay at home moms, and now work from home moms who are creating freedom and happiness within our lives and to others!

If you would like to start your part-time or full-time career as a fitness coach working in the comfort of your own home and build a life by design, please fill out my application below for an exclusive spot in my next New Coach University Training from a part of the #1 team in entire organization with Team Beachbody! 

Overall Health Transformation Success Story with Lorie S.

There is something very special about this transformation... 

My mama has always been my biggest fan with everything in life.  Even when I had no support anywhere else, she believed in me, and cheered me on.  One thing in particular was with my career as a fitness coach with Beachbody.  As I worked as an ER nurse, had my 2nd baby, I was ready to stay at home with my boys, but we didn't have the finances to just let me stop working, so I decided to go with my passion with fitness and help others while working from home! Thats the freedom and opportunity Beachbody gave me! When no one believed in me, my mom was there. She was skeptical, but still knew how passionate I was, and said "Go for it, you've always been the person to do anything your heart desires and make it happen." So I did.. pushed as hard as I could to be successful.. 

But one thing that I always had in the back of my head was 
knowing if I can help my mom and get her to join me on this journey to better health and fitness, then I will be successful.. She was always on high blood pressure medication, anti-anxiety medication, high cholesterol medication, and was pre-diabetic.  She always had the excuses though not to workout.. or I would literally find stashes of Reese cups hidden in her closet.. no joke.. literal closet eater.. I felt helpless and there was nothing I could do or say to help her.

There are moments that I doubted my mom would never find the right mindset to be happy with who she was. She was depressed, unhappy, and extremely unhealthy. The doctors told her that she would probably never get off of her medications again.

As I continued my fitness coaching career, I wanted nothing more than anything to be able to help my mom and for her to be happy but I knew that I couldn't do it for her she had to be self-motivated and wanted it herself!

Something hit her at the beginning of this year. It wasn't me that all the sudden made an impact on her, of course I never gave up on her but something inside of her changed. She had a burning desire to finally make the change!

I am so proud of her that since January, she has decided to change her life for the best and despite her health issues, limited movement in her left elbow, and her age and being postmenopausal, she was letting no excuses get in her way!

I am so proud to say that she has been so committed and dedicated to her own fitness and health journey that she is officially off her cholesterol medication, blood pressure medication, and anti anxiety medication, and is no longer prediabetic and now has gone from 225 to 195! 

More than anything, she has energy that I've never seen before, she is happy all of the time and her spunky self, and just glows! I have my mom and would not trade this in for the world!!! This journey I have started is so much more than that.. My mom and biggest fan has joined me too and the best feeling ever is seeing the success she is now having because of this journey with Beachbody!! 
She has completed the 21 DAY FIX, CIZE,SLIM IN 6, and currently doing HIP HOP ABS! She also is a clean eater (no more closet eater with Reese Cups), and drinks Shakeology DAILY which is her favorite meal full of super foods and dense nutrition that helps her energy levels, digestion, and cravings!! 

I am so excited to be on this journey with my mom, and there is nothing more rewarding than helping others (of all ages) changing their lives and getting the results they have always wanted, but never pushed hard enough to reach them or found the right fit for them! 

I am now looking for 5 people to join my next 30 day online fitness challenge/support group to get 1:1 coaching from me, daily support, motivation, health and nutrition tips, and recipes to be sure your on track with your nutrition!! 
If you are interested in getting an exclusive spot in my group, please fill out the application below and I will contact you within 24 hours!

BODY BEAST- WEEK 5 Progress update!

Working on your fitness journey is NOT always easy!! As humans, we have temptations and we struggle!! One thing that does separate the successful vs the unsuccessful are the ones who give up all together just because life gets a little difficult and you struggle.

I am here to tell you, not matter how hard your journey may seem, someone ALWAYS has it harder than you and is still pushing!! So do NOT give up!! There is nothing wrong with reaching out for motivation and support (THAT'S WHY I AM HERE!)

This past week, I am not excited to be completely honest, but part of my job is to help others stay accountable, so I can not say I was perfect or I would be lying and I don't like liars! :) 

So, during the week, wasn't bad! But those 2 days on the weekend can really do some damage to someone and their fitness goals! 

My STUFFED PEPPER SOUP

Chicken, green beans and quinoa (from Aldis its a steam fresh bag and so easy to make up)!

One of my favorites Greek Salad!

My CHOCOLATE SHAKEOLOGY LAVA CAKE was my healthy alternative for sweets!!

I slacked on water intake BAD, my eating was off all together on the weekend... I did good in the morning and afternoon after our Super Saturday event, we went out for hibachi (my idea.. tis tis), and I went all out! GAH!!  Then after that, I got pizza for my family and friend who had her kiddos so they had something quick before they had a long drive home.  It sounds so good at the moment, but holy feeling of guilt after it all said and done!! 

Ok It does look good though right?? Slightly over portion sizes with rice, scallops, steak and don't forget the yum yum sauce!!

WHY DO WE DO THIS TO OURSELVES?!?

We have goals, we set out a plan, and then boom, something small throws it off.. whats even worse is I had my meals made for the weekend and just didn't finish them all..

It's time to stop making excuses and start taking MORE action!! I don't know about you, but my goals are important to me and after feeling so bad inside and out with how I ate, I knew it was time to get right back on track and let the past be the past!! 

So my meals and meal plan is already prepped and ready to go!! 
Here is what I got for this week, week 5 of BODY BEAST!!

It's all about portion control and eating so you don't feel like your in jail, but enjoying what you have!

 Last night, I committed to myself that I WILL set my 5 am alarm, and NOT press snooze and get my 25 minute morning cardio in, before my BODY BEAST in the afternoon!! I am NOT settling for less! 

I know I get so much more accomplished when I do this and I feel great and successful, so its time to TAKE ACTION!! 

Today, DAY 1 of 5 am wake up SUCCESS!!! Got my T25 workout in and ready to conquer the day!!

See, all I needed was one morning of success to get that momentum going!!! Now its on like donkey kong!! :)- 

Let's all have a great week ahead!! 

*For more health and fitness tips, motivation, and help with accountability, feel free to go to my "LIKE PAGE" on Facebook and "LIKE" and share with friends and family to help share the health!!  

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21 Day Fix & Shakeology Success Story- Jessica F.

21 DAY FIX & SHAKEOLOGY SUCCESS STORY- Jessica F.

One thing that makes me excited is seeing my challengers and coaches getting amazing results on their health and fitness journey.  Even more, success stories like Jessica's!! Hers is extra special for a couple reasons!! Jessica started in my challenge group in a closed group on facebook using 21 DAY FIX and SHAKEOLOGY which is our health shake meal replacement full of dense nutrients and superfoods to get her started on her journey.  

Jessica is a momma and taking care of 8 kids at home.  This is an easy excuse NOT to workout, but she chose to take the route to success and to get her amazing results! She was always in great shape, but after having her children, it became more difficult for her to stay on track, especially with how busy she is! Now is turning her excuse not to workout into her REASON to workout--> to be that positive role model for her kids and brothers!

Not only is she caring for 8 kids, but she is currently doing it alone! Her hubby is away in basic training and again... thats easily another reason for anyone to use it as an excuse not to work out and be healthy... all the emotions that come with a husband in active duty.  But again, she chose to take her husband being away as a REASON to get healthy.. She wants to surprise him for when he comes home!! 

Ok, I don't know about you, but I totally have chills just typing this!!  I feel like I get to be a part of one of those coming home videos for the military! How amazing is it to be able to watch Jessica go through her journey to surprise her hubby for his home coming?!?! Oh, I will say it's absolutely amazing!!  This is exactly what fills my cup.. being able to help people through their journey. Now, I cannot wait to see pictures and a video of Jessica's hubby's expression when he sees her!! To top it off, I must say, the new hair do is pretty awesome too!! :) 

What is so great about joining in my challenge groups is programs such as the 21 DAY FIX, you get everything you need to get long term, HEALTHY results!  

WHAT YOU GET IN MY CHALLENGE GROUP:

• A fitness program of your choice
• A nutrition guide to follow
• Shakeology to incorporate DAILY into your regimen to give you nutrients you normally do not get from every day food

    *Available in a challenge pack for discounted price*

ALONG WITH:

• Daily support and my 1:1 coaching
• Daily Nutrition and fitness tips
• Ability to track your progress: We take before and after pictures to track your progress and keep you accountability (don't worry, we do not share these!)
• TRANSFORMATION SUCCESS STORY!!

If you are ready to start your journey to reach your health and fitness goals, please fill out the application below to get a spot in my next fitness challenge group!  

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* "Like" my Fitness page Embrace Your Figure on Facebook

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