21 DAY FIX- Learn Portion Control and Self Control

One of the biggest issues with people not being able to reach their health and fitness goals is lack of control... both portion control and self control.. We go out to eat at restaurants and most places have fried, greasy, and food loaded with butter, plus are loaded on your plate and enough for a family to eat. But, since its sitting in front of us, why waste it right? Lets finish it all! NO, this is the problem... we need to find the strong in us and focus on what and how much we are eating so we know when to stop.  We are full before we even realize, so when we continue eating, those calories add up fast.

We also have a huge issues with emotional eating. We eat when we are sad, happy, mad, scared, etc. but that affects us in so many ways both mentally and physically. Snacking is sometimes taken to a new level and by learning how to eat properly and how to "snack right", our bodies can make some amazing changes!
What will you do to reach your goals?

A little commitment and effort can get you a long way!  What I do is 1:1 online coaching every single day to help you stay accountable and motivated to help you reach your overall health and fitness goals!

READY FOR A 21 DAY PROGRAM TO HELP YOU REACH YOUR GOALS??!!

I am so excited to announce that the brand new 21 DAY FIX is going to be released February 3rd! This is a 21 day program that focuses on portion control, clean eating, and also incorporates exercise into your regimen to help you maximize your results!
Many people think if they workout every day, they can eat whatever they want, but are confused on why they are unable to reach their goal weight/body.
This program is designed to help you balance each important area that is needed to help you achieve your overall goals.
This is like having the best of both worlds... You will get a nutrition guide to help tell you what to eat and when, an exercise program along with a schedule that tells you when to do each workout, and you even get the containers for your food! In the 21 day Fix Challenge Pack, you will also get an entire month of Shakeology in home direct (HD)!

Some FAQ about the 21 Day fix: 

What is 21 Day Fix?
21 Day Fix is a nutrition and fitness program that makes losing weight so simple,
anyone can do it. Easy-to-follow portion control and 30-minute workouts take
the guesswork out of losing weight to help you see results fast—up to 15 pounds
in just 21 days!
Whether you want to lose a few pounds before your next vacation or jump-start a
bigger weight-loss goal, 21 Day Fix is the program for you. It’s simple, it’s fast, and
it works. If you’re ready to get serious, 21 Day Fix can help you lose the weight.

Why is 21 Day Fix effective?
Because it’s so simple! You don’t have to count calories, points, or log your food
into diet software. With 21 Day Fix, everything is laid out for you. All you have to
do is use the specially designed portion-control containers and do one 30-minute
workout per day. Commit to it for 21 days, and you’re going to love your results.

What makes 21 Day Fix unique?
It’s the only fitness and nutrition program that combines portion-control
containers and world-class workouts. By placing equal emphasis on fitness and
healthy portion control, 21 Day Fix can help anyone lose weight—and keep it
off—in a way that’s simple and sustainable. Whether you want to lose 10 pounds
or 100 pounds, you can do it with this program.

How does 21 Day Fix work?
With the 21 Day Fix container system,
you’ll learn how to create healthy portions
simply and intuitively. It shows you how
to eat whatever you want, in the right
amounts, so you can reach your goals fast.

No guesswork, and no calorie counting!

The 21 Day Fix workouts are designed
to burn a lot of calories in only 30 minutes.
Any fitness level can do them. If you’re a
beginner, follow the on-screen modifier.
And if you’re an advanced exerciser looking
to shed those last few pounds, dial up
the intensity and challenge yourself to

push harder.

Autumn Calabrese is your personal trainer:
Autumn Calabrese is a celebrity fitness trainer, busy mom, and national-level bikini
competitor. She came up with the idea of a portion-control container system
after watching a client eat an entire 1,300-calorie salad in one sitting because it
was “healthy.” Autumn realized that supersized portions were hurting her clients’
weight-loss success because they were eating too much without knowing it. So she
developed portion-control containers to help people see how simple it is to eat the
right amounts and lose weight easily. And as a single mother, Autumn understands
how hard it can be to fit exercise and healthy eating into a jam-packed schedule.
So she created short but effective workouts that take only 30 minutes a day, along
with a simple eating plan that doesn’t require you to spend hours in the kitchen.


What's included in 21 Day Fix?

Essential Package:
• 7 color-coded portion-control containers
• Shakeology® shaker cup
• 6 easy-to-follow 30-minute workouts
• 21 Day Fix Start Here quickstart guide and workout calendar
• 21 Day Fix Eating Plan that shows you exactly what to do
• 3 Day Quick Fix Guide, Autumn's secret weapon for fast weight loss
• Dirty 30 bonus workout

What kind of equipment do you need with these workouts:
You can use dumb bells or you can use a band which can be purchased on your beach body account when ordering your program.

Since I said nutrition is so important with reaching your ultimate health and fitness goals, you may ask..

Why incorporate Shakeology??
You get:
-Get 8 servings of veggies in 1 shake
-All-natural
-Whole foods
-No chemicals or processed foods
-Health benefits: helps heart health, prevents heart disease, lowers blood pressure, lowers cholesterol, controls blood sugar (YES, even great for diabetics), improves immune system
-Helps increase energy levels (Naturally)
-Helps decrease cravings (your finally getting the nutrition your body needs, so no longer craves the bad food with lack of nutrients!)
-Includes your daily Multi-Vitamin

This is one meal you NO longer have to prep or worry about! If you skip a meal, I suggest incorporating Shakeology once a day in place of the meal usually skipped.. I personally use it for either breakfast, lunch, or even my 2nd meal in between breakfast and lunch.  It works great for me and keeps me full longer :)

I cannot forget the BRAND SPANKIN NEW FLAVOR that came out!! We officially have STRAWBERRY available, and also comes in a box of packets with not 2, but 3 flavors!!!

I know there are many shakes out there and people are jumping from diet shake to diet shake.. As you see above, this is NOT a diet shake or weight loss shake.. this is specifically a health shake and with all the benefits it gives you will then aid in weight loss.  I do not focus on how many grams of fat, sugar, or carbs are in it, but what is in the shake and how it will help your health and wellness and help you achieve your goals with a LONG TERM effect!

Want to join my CHALLENGE GROUP??
Join my closed group on face book where I coach you and give you health and fitness tips, recipes, meal plans, and provide you with the support you need to follow through with your fitness goals!

I post every morning and throughout the day to help you stay on track, but you as a challenger would be required to check in at least 1 time daily to report how your day went... So if you did your daily workout, drank your shake, and rate your food from 1-5, 5 being the best and 1 being the worst.. You also can share what you ate so I can give you feedback and advice or maybe other healthy choices if you need assistance with clean eating.

In the Challenge Group, we also do before and after pictures and measurements to help you keep track of your progress.  Although you may think the scale is important, your inches lost and physical appearance are more important, along with your change in health, energy levels, cravings, etc.  I help you with thinking in a different way, along with building the self confidence you may have never had at one point in time.

If you are skeptical on if this will work for you , I want you to take a moment and think about what has, what has not, and what is or is not working for you.  If what you are doing is not working for you now, what will hurt to try something new for 21 days?? The worst that can happen is your in the same spot you were at this very moment, but I can assure you, if you follow the tips and tools I give you, you will make some amazing changes!

I focus on living a healthy and fulfilling lifestyle and gear away from the diet scene.. If you are interested in joining my 21 DAY FIX challenge starting Feb 17th, please fill out this application below to get a spot in my group and I will get back to you ASAP :)

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It's Official- 5 Star Elite Qualifying Diamond Beach Body Coach!

Today is an AMAZING day for me and ohhhh so much to tell! So, it is time to not only announce that as of today, I am a 5 star Elite Qualifying Diamond Beach Body Coach, but I want to tell my story of how I got here.. Right now it seems to good to be true, but I need to come to reality!

So 1 yr ago, I joined as a health and fitness coach with Team Beach Body.  I was in a challenge group in the middle of my own transformation, but decided to start my coaching career during my transformation because I was soooo in love with the workouts and what they were doing for me, but the SHAKEOLOGY (health shake meal replacements) I was drinking every day changed my health and body so much! 

I use to be the type who would exercise to eat... I would exercise, and then shove food in my mouth until I needed to wear sweat pants because I just made myself bloated to extreme! Literally, I was a HUGE fan of peanut butter and chocolate ice cream... oh and did I mention peanut butter!! haha! I would eat a half jar in one sitting... UNTIL Shakeology came into my life.. I literally started drinking Shakeology and within 2 weeks, those cravings for chocolate ice cream and peanut butter went away and my craving to be healthy increased... My digestive system improved and my bloating went away.. 

So since having these results, I decided to give back and help others who needed me to motivate them, to keep them accountable, and help them reach their health and fitness goals! Although I was not at my goal yet, I was able to have people join me on my journey and it was so amazing and helpful for everyone!  I didn't really start getting involved until Jan of 2013 with having challenge groups of my own to help others with their goal, but it was the best decision I ever made! My challengers started having these amazing transformations that were changing their entire lifestyle, and having people thank me for the motivation and that I am making a difference in their life... And this is what drove me to push harder, and go further into my career of coaching! I was also working as a Registered nurse part time, so having my 2 young children and a part time job, did not give me all the time I wanted to focus on this career, but I did the best I could! I talk about getting into a healthy lifestyle EVERYWHERE I go! I'm sure if you talked to someone who knew me, they would agree lol... Probably could say it was annoying.. I had many people start judging me for my new lifestyle, but I did not care because this is my passion! 

One issue that I will bring up that gave me a bump in this journey was my husband.. He was NOT supportive of this as a career at all.. He would tell me this is not a real job and will go away after another year or so, and I will not go far in this.  If you know me again, lol, you will know that when someone doubts me, I push even harder.  My husband was also my motivation to be successful with this career. I wanted to prove I can make a difference in people's lives. That I can make up for those hours lost at my nursing job in the ER.  

I pushed, I sacrificed some sleeping in, going to bed early, and some time with my family so I can be successful and have an income so my family can live comfortable without worrying about money and living pay check to pay check.  

At the end of March, I became a Diamond Beach Body,  not making the income I wanted, BUT I loved what I was doing. Who can say things they do for themselves on a daily basis that you love can become a career.. I work in my workout clothes, I take lots of pictures of myself working out and my healthy food, and even my 2 boys working out with me! I am acting as a role model for my kids, my family, my friends, and I LOVE IT! I make my own hours.. It was my choice to put in extra time, because I wanted to get to the top. I also can stay home more with my children and not miss them growing up.  What an amazing opportunity! 

I continued working 15 or so hours a week and towards the end of the summer, I came in contact with most of my coaches who are now Diamond coaches and who has made such an impact on me! 

I swear, I have the most motivated, inspirational, and dedicated coaches EVER!! Five in particular I want to just point out because they got me to where I am today.. These coaches have put in lots of time, commitment, and work into their health and fitness career, and I am so proud of where they are today.  Andrea Youngblood, Alisha Smith, Jennifer Morris, Lauren Penrose, & Michael Gowan.  This crew are my five diamonds.. They are leading by example and every one of them have a transformation from using either Beach Body workout programs, drinking shakeology, or incorporating them all into their daily regimen. 

Watch out because you will be seeing these names come up a lot more and their faces too!! :)

I also have to give lots of recognition to my up line coach, mentor, and cousin Melanie Mitro. She is who got me started with Beach Body and I could not be more blessed to have such an amazing leader guide me to success! She always listens to me vent, even if I call 5 times a day, she helped me through all my struggles, and helped me through my moments of success!

I literally went from a diamond coach, to a 5 star qualifying in 5 weeks. I am now a 5 star Diamond, Elite Qualifying Coach in 7 short weeks.  

You are probably wondering, what is Elite anyways?!?

Being an Elite Coach means you are in the top 1% of over 100,000 Beach Body coaches in the company..I work with integrity and passion.. I help everyone who wants my help!

I feel that is how I got to where I am today.  When you are an Elite coach, it is the highest recognition for coaches.  An Elite coach gets bonuses, VIP seating to all events, and even gets to go to events a day early! I am so thrilled to have even gotten this close, because my goals were actually not even to be in this position!

Now I want to talk about goals! WHY?! Because if you do not make goals in life, then there is no priority to reach anything.  I make goals all the time.. I set them, but I break through them! 

I want to tell you what my goals were this year. 

In January, I had a goal of Diamond in a year... isn't that what all new coaches have? Diamond is such a high rank! Yea, but when I got to diamond at the end of March, it felt no different lol.. Its just a name that many people get to with hard work.  I needed to feel different, which is why I made a new goal of 2 star and making 1000$/week by the end of the year 2013! I made this goal in August 2013.. I had no diamonds on my team, but I knew I had a few that were going to be successful very quickly!  When I said that goal, I had Melanie my up line coach and my Success Partner tell me no... Your goal needs to be 5 Star Elite.. I am going to be completely honest.. I had NO idea what they were talking about!! 5 Diamonds in less than 6 months?? ELITE?? I literally just started building my team!! So I said ok to make them happy...

It was not until after I got off the phone with them that I realized what I did. I made a commitment to something and I am now obligated to that.  I do not commit to something and not follow through.  That is how I always was and how I will always be.  Here I am today, after pushing, having good communication with my team, setting weekly/monthly goals with my coaches, leading challenge groups, leading Apprenticeship and Emerald groups that I have achieved all my goals plus more for the year 2013! 

5 Star/6 Star and Elite Qualifying, and reached my 1000$/week goal! I am now able to cut my hours back as a nurse even more to focus on my passion of helping other live a healthy and fulfilling lifestyle! 

This was my 2013 goal board, every one was reached but 1 and it is almost fulfilled!! What I am getting at is if you want something bad enough, you will do what it takes to get there.  Make goals, and take action. Don't give up on your dreams.  You do not want people giving up on you right? 

Chose a career that truly makes you happy.  I promise, I am living proof that it is possible to fall in love with your job to where you wake up wanting to work.  

If you have a passion for health and fitness and love helping people, I am looking for those of you who have what it takes to be leader to join my team and join the success train! You will be a part of the #2 team in Beach Body, along with getting the proper training you need to be successful as a health and fitness coach!

Email for more details on joining my team Deidra.penrose@yahoo.com

Find me on facebook at facebook.com/deidra.penrose

Dream Team Coach Weekend Retreat

This weekend, the Dream Team (yes, I am part of the #2 team in the Beach Body Company) and as a part of our training, we all got together for a weekend getaway!  We went to Deep Creek, MD and let me just say how amazing it was to finally meet so many of my fellow coaches that I talk to all the time, but had never met! It is such a blessing to be a part of this team and have the ability to have training and work as a team so we can be better leaders and share our knowledge with others so we can all be successful with our health, and business!
I became a Beach Body Coach so I can not only have that financial freedom and stay at home with my children, but also so I can teach others what tools were given to me to be a successful health and fitness coach, wife, and mother! This is not just about working for a company.. Yes, it does mean a lot.  But the most important part of what I do is sharing my passion with others to help motivate them and mentor others and continue being a role model for my family!
We arrived to Deep Creek on Friday and had the opportunity to relax and get to know one another, share different ideas from each other, and build even more of a great relationship with everyone!

We were the first to arrive and it was so beautiful with the lake behind us and leaves changing into beautiful colors! Fall is definitely here!!

I finally met my coach on my team Forever FIT for the first time! This girl is amazing and was one of my challengers who had an amazing transformation!!

Here are all the Dream Team Coaches that attended the retreat! Lots of great leaders and motivators! 

Although you will see we had lots of fun moments, we did get serious and have training  sessions..

We learned about different areas in our business that we can improve on to better ourselves as leaders and coaches!

We are driven, and passionate about what we do.. when its time to focus, we put on those thinking caps ;)

 Looks like its time for a little E&E
before our workout starts!! It is a little obsession I have because it helps me so much with my energy level to perform my workout to the max!!
It is a PRE WORKOUT FORMULA that has natural ingredients and tastes like lemonade!!

This girl right here is my success partner and has been by my side from day 1!! This is was coaching is all about..

We started as a health and fitness coach together, and have been there together through every rank advancement together!

Rank advancing is just like getting a promotion in your job after being successful in what you are doing.

We continue to stick together and push each other to the max because we both know what we are capable of... SUCCESS!!

But right now, its time for an awesome workout!!
P90X3!! Yes, that is right!! It is not out yet, but we had a copy to test out!

It was pretty intense!! It's all about results!!

Ok this was at the end of our workout and just being silly.. Once you get P90X3, you will know exactly WHY we are doing this!!!! 

Nothing like a little cool down after a great workout!!

Alright, along with our workout, we decided to have even more fun and prepare you all for an awesome surprise!!

We do it all, even DOUBLE PLANKS!!

This explains us as the Dream Team.. We are:
Creative
Fun
Strong
Successful
Work as a TEAM
Passionate
Dedicated
Hard working
Inspirational!

Ok you see what we made right??!
Yep, stay tuned for P90X3, which will be released in DECEMBER!!!
Perfect time for Christmas gifts for husbands and wives, or even your child who loves to workout!!!

Nothing better than getting into some yummy food to enjoy after a great workout!

Some Kale salad, Cucumber Salad, and the amazing chicken and Black Bean Tacos!! They are sooo easy to make, and yet so satisfying!!

Here was my lunch for Saturday also.. Lots of great choices.. I made my Quinoa and hummus layered dip which I ate with Black Bean chips, more quinoa salad, Kale salad, and fresh fruit!

 

Breakfast is my favorite time to eat, and also the most important!! My goal is to find the easiest, but healthiest and satisfying recipes to make everyone's life simple!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups dry oats

1 1/2 almond, soy, or skim milk

1/2 cup slivered almonds

1/4 cup dry cranberries

1/8 cup chopped walnuts (finely chopped)

1 green granny smith apple unpeeled (chopped into cubes)

1/2 tbsp vanilla extract

1.5 tbsp pure maple syrup

clean cooking spray (I use pam)

Combine all ingredients in a medium size mixing bowl

Mix together and put in a 9 in round pan after spraying with cooking spray

                                           Bake in oven @ 400 degrees for 40 min uncovered

 Remove and let cool off for 5-10 min and enjoy!!

Ok.. done with the food, time for more relaxing and getting to know each other more!
 It is so crazy how so many of us never met each other before this weekend, but we were together and it felt like we knew each other forever!!

Our leader of the Dream Team Melanie Mitro! Such an inspiration to us all and so many others! She is WHY we are all here today in the position we are! We are all so grateful to have her as our mentor!

                                                                     Love these girls!!

Time to say Good Bye for now, but don't worry... We will be back in action soon enough!! 

I am now looking for people who are passionate about helping people, about health and fitness, and who want to be leaders!  You do not have to be a nutritionist, a personal trainer, or even someone at their goal weight.. You can be just starting your journey yourself.. But I do promise you this.. If you have a strong enough WHY for wanting to start, and you have a true passion, you WILL be successful and great things will come to you with being a health and fitness coach!

My apprenticeship starts Nov 4th, which will teach you everything you need to know about getting starting and being successful as a Beach Body Coach! 

We all start at the beginning.. no one is perfect, but we all try to be better than we were yesterday!

**If you would like more information on joining my team, you can find me on facebook at 

facebook.com/deidra.penrose