Weight-loss Challenge Incentive

I am offering a discount and incentive good until July 20, 2010 at
midnight!

- Purchase of 24-Day Challenge receives 10% discount
(cash rebate after order is placed)

- Any referrals for 24-Day Challenge receives 25.00 cash
(friends/family that may want to do challenge with you!)

- Any order over 200.00 receives your choice of “Women’s In-Home
Workout” or “Easy to Follow Exercises in the Gym” e-Book Free!

-To order your 24-Day Challenge, click on link… if you have any
questions, just shoot me an email with your phone number and some
good times to reach you… be sure to let me know what time zone
you are in as well!

Remember… the 24-Day Challenge comes with a nutritional guide, an
exercise program, and basic core nutritional supplements that will give
you increased energy, burn fat and control cravings. Your direct access
to me for coaching is part of the program and included at no additional
cost.

My outcome is for you to succeed. You are given all the resources you
need to achieve your desired results.

To your success,
Lauren

24-Day Weight-loss Challenge

The results of the 24-day challenge continue to amaze me. We are experiencing an average of a 10 pound weight loss with a decrease of 8-10 inches total.

I did the challenge and lost 7 pounds 6-1/2 inches… I have continued to lose 3 more pounds and another 2 inches. Even if you do not have a significant amount of weight to lose… or maybe it’s just the last 10 pounds…

…The 24-day challenge is a SYSTEM that will energize your mind and body, feed your muscles and starve your fat as you lose inches, improve health and melt away body fat in a way that will fit into your busy life and be realistic for any hectic schedule.

Does that sound like something you would like to know more about? Then read on, I will try to get right to the point.

This jump start program will teach your body to continue losing body fat and increasing lean muscle, which means, your body composition CHANGES!

If you don’t know or understand what exactly that means, here is a brief explanation:

Many people are overly concerned with what the number on the scale reads when they are trying to lose weight. Replacing fat with muscle is what should be the main focus.

Women take note: if you are not increasing the amount of weight you are lifting or are not engaged in weight training in your workouts because you are afraid you will bulk up… you are missing out on getting a lean body!

Muscle takes up less space than fat AND it weights more than fat. Therefore, you want to be more concerned about your fat to muscle ratio… or your BODY COMPOSITION. This is EXACTLY what it means to “tone-up”.

The supplements are the foundation of the program, providing you with the nutrients you need for optimal health, increased energy, fat burning, and craving control. For instance, did you know that low vitamin B levels have been shown to cause sugar cravings? Did you know that fatigue causes “false” hunger? Do you know how much protein it takes in the morning to most effectively burn fat during the remainder of the day? Do you know which one of our products used as an afternoon snack can burn even more body fat during the rest of the day? And there is so much more than this…

The eating plan was designed by a registered dietitian and elite personal trainer. They incorporate a “zig zag” method of eating. What does that mean? You’ll find out during the program – and you’ll be surprised to find out that your body needs MORE calories on certain days to avoid a plateau. We don’t want you to diet. Aren’t you tired of that already? The eating plan itself is extremely simple for the on-the-go person who doesn’t have time for complicated recipes. In fact,the overwhelming response we get from our clients is, “Wow! Can I do that again?”

Losing weight doesn’t have to be hard. Let us prove it to you.

The cost of the program is simply the cost of your supplements. The eating/exercise plan and coaching with me is FREE! How many supplements do you know come with a professional Life Coach, Certified Personal Trainer and an NLP practitioner as your accountability partner for change?

Contact me or order here: 24-Day Challenge

Too old? I don’t think so!

One of my friends Dolores Hagen writes a blog “Sixty and Sensational” about style and confidence for women over-sixty. She came across a video that I think anyone would find inspiring but I find it particularly pertinent to those who “feel old”.

What age you “feel” is determined by the exercise you get or don’t get, by the foods you eat or don’t eat, and how you emotionally handle the stresses in your life.

While reaching the “end” of your life span is inevitable, it is ultimately the lifestyle choices you make that will improve the quality of your life.

We can believe a lot of things about ourselves… (they can become excuses), the actions we take will support that belief. In other words, you will get the result of what you believe to be true about yourself. When you have a limiting belief about yourself, (not enough time, too old, too injured, poor genetics, etc.) one of the most powerful tools is to find a role model who will prove that belief to be untrue.

Check out this quick video of 85-year old Dorothy Dale Kloss, the world’s oldest showgirl.

Learning the Ropes

As part of my NLP certification (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) we took a ropes challenge course, and I want to share this experience with you.

The course was facilitated by Dick and Lura Hammond and located on their farm in Ponder, Texas. http://www.leadershiponthemove.com/old/

Contrary to what you may think, a ropes course challenge is not all about physical ability. I was one of two personal trainers in our group and while there may have been a natural expectation that we might “ace” the course, this was nothing like the challenges we face in the gym. It was really about the challenges we face in our own head!

Everybody is born with the fear of falling… the common misnomer is “fear of heights”. Fear of falling is a good thing, because it keeps us safe.

Even with all the safety procedures, ropes, helmets, harnesses, spotters… we naturally have an innate fear of falling. The ropes challenge course moves us out of our comfort zone and into problem solving, goal setting, communication and trust. The end result is even though fears may block our personal achievement, we can move into a successful experience.

This powerful experience exemplifies our ability to find resources and make changes when faced with difficult challenges so we can reach our outcomes.

The first half of the day we tackled the low ropes challenge course. This tested our ability to work together as a team.

Everybody participated at every moment. If you weren’t doing the challenge yourself you were there to coach and assist the people who were. Both roles, equally important, worked with synergism and were rich with self-discovery. You found ways to support other people.

A few of the low ropes courses looked easy until you got on them. It would have been easy to give up. Encouragement, support of the spotters, our NLP teacher, Susan Stageman, and help of the facilitators fueled your desire to keep going in spite of the difficulty.

Had the support people not been there, it would have been easy to quit at the first obstacle. They were not going to let you give up or let you fall down.

At times you fell off the wire or log you were walking across, but your spotters put you upright again. You found getting back on wasn’t so bad. You simply picked up where you left off… no big deal! One way or another you got to the destination… or goal.

On the high ropes challenge course we came prepared with a short-term goal and a long-term goal. With those goals in mind, and your entire group reminding you about them, you were all the more motivated to get through the course. If you could get past the fear of the high ropes course, you could probably do just about anything!

The experience paralleled your fears or beliefs that hold you back from having the outcomes you desire. You had to find ways to overcome them.

At the end of the day, you learn to trust yourself, and turn off all those little voices inside your head that say “you can’t do it”. You realize and appreciate the value of the support you get from others to get things done. You learn if you want to change, you have to stop doing what feels comfortable… reach into the unknown, grow, be the best you can be and live life to its fullest.

It might seem the challenge of losing 10 pounds feels about as likely to happen as jumping off a telephone pole and reaching out for a trapeze bar. Maybe you have “fallen off” the diet and exercise plan one too many times.

Do you give up and say, “What’s the use?” or… do you have a coach or a trainer who holds you accountable? Are there people in your network, friends at the gym, family members, best friends from college, office mates who pick you up and keep you motivated when the going gets tough?

Gaining skills from a mentor, trainer or coach holds you accountable. This supports your social network increasing your chances of success exponentially. This is not to say you cannot do it alone… nobody can exercise and eat for you. But with a supportive environment there is no telling what you can accomplish or how fast.

Sometimes challenges start off okay, but then you realize you have to change your strategy… what worked in the beginning no longer works anymore. You have hit the proverbial plateau… your weight, your strength, or your endurance doesn’t seem to change.

When something stops working, it is feedback telling you to change what you are doing in order to continue to create a change in you. Sometimes making that change is hard!

I don’t expect everyone to go out and find a ropes challenge course to help them solve their nutrition or exercise problems. I do think this experience has value for any struggle or problem area in your life. Just like the ropes challenge, many challenges take place between the ears. It is our human nature to find resources from others to help us along the way.

Couples Who Get Strong Together… Live Long Together

Isn’t it time you and your partner really supported each other in your fat loss journey?
Your partner who will be doing every possible step with you to achieve your success?
Your partner who understands you, helps you overcome all the challenges, and share your wins?

Together as a team, you can share an amazing journey towards a better, stronger and healthier relationship… like never before.

• Do you approach weight loss as individuals or work against each other?
• Do you sabotage each other with poor eating choices?
• Do you have equal exercise time in your day-to-day lives, or do you hold resentment for the time that only one of you gets to go to the gym?

If this is you, discover how when you support one another, your chances of success are far greater. You can enjoy the many physical benefits that working out and eating healthy together can offer.

When you work together as a team toward a common goal, you will find there will be a lot more benefits than weight loss alone:

• Grow emotionally as a couple as you reinforce good feelings in your relationship by sharing your experience.
• Build trust and improve communication.
• Gain a greater respect for each other .
• Have a deeper appreciation for each other’s needs.
• Face challenges and overcome obstacles together better.
• Keep each other accountable.
• Have a greater sexual attraction for each other.

You really CAN get back your sexy body you desire and at the same strengthen your relationship. As a team you can work together on a common goal. This will become an exciting journey for both of you.

• Having a workout partner is often the most critical link to your adherence to exercise. When someone is counting on you to workout, you have to be accountable to the plan.

• Working towards a common goal will give you much to talk about and will establish a new connection with each other.

• You will be less likely to cheat on your nutrition plan when someone else is feeling a little stronger than you are at a weak moment.

• You will increase your energy as you begin even to make small changes towards a healthy lifestyle. This will lead to more productivity in other aspects of your life. With both of you having unstoppable energy, it will be a win-win!

• Becoming more physical with each other will establish deeper intimacy and you will have a better self-esteem because of it. As you become more fit and lean, you will FEEL much more attractive when you begin to tone up and fit into smaller sizes. When you feel that good about yourself you will want to share your feelings with your loved one.

• If you have children at home you will become a great role model not only for each other… but for them. Whatever age your children are, the best gift you could ever give them is instilling the value of a healthy lifestyle.

So how can you go about doing all this?

As a special VALENTINE gift to you, from now until February 15th, my coaching program is two for the price of one!

If you are willing to work together as a team… then I would like to be a part of your SUCCESS TEAM too!

Ten Goal-Setting Tips

You can achieve your goal as long as you follow the ten tips to creating your perfect outcome.

1- Keep the momentum – you may miss a workout here and there, or eat junk food in a moment of stress, but don’t let that be a reason to quit… get back in the game as soon as you can.

2- Use positive self-talk – we all have an inner voice that moves us forward towards our goals… or keeps us from achieving them. What does YOUR inner voice say?

3- Have written and clearly defined goals that are measurable and time bound – do not leave this to chance. Be specific about what you want, when you want it and an action plan of how you are going to achieve it.

4- Don’t reinvent the wheel – If something is already proven, backed by reliable scientific evidence, why wouldn’t you want to follow it exactly as it is?

5- Be willing to pay for it – This is not just about the money. It could cost you time, hard work, going out of your comfort zone, and this is where people often give up or use these “obstacles” as excuses. You cannot put a price on your health… it makes everything in your life run smoothly.

6- Run your own race, wear blinders if you have to - Do not let the “nay-sayers” and “sabotagers” get in your way. Stay focused and surround yourself with people who support you and your goal.

7- Make sure you want it bad enough – Is this goal worthy of your best efforts? Have a strong and powerful reason for wanting to achieve your goal.

8- Make sure it is consistent with your values - will this affect your responsibilities? Is it consistent with the way you see yourself?

9- Always buy the best equipment, don’t scrimp – you will end up saving a lot of time and money in the long run if you just do it right to the best of your ability in the first place.

10- Have a large goal in mind but chunk it down into smaller goals. When your goals are achievable you will feel a sense of accomplishment. Set progressively higher goals to keep the momentum.

New Year’s Resolutions

I want to thank everyone for all the kind wishes and positive
words I received over the year. I really love what I do and it is
extremely rewarding to know I have helped facilitate a change
that improved the quality of your life.

It is hard to believe that we are not only closing another year,
but a decade too!

For the first blog post of 2010, I would like to give you some
helpful tips to “master” the art of making New Year’s
Resolutions to create the outcomes you want.

First, consider a few questions:

1- Is your nutrition healthier than it was 10 years ago… or
even one year ago?

2- Have you been doing the same exercise routine year after
year but your body has shown no improvement?

3- Were you better off ten years ago in terms of your lifestyle?

Most people make resolutions. That is only the beginning.
Resolutions are the words you speak. They sound like great
ideas but they don’t really mean anything unless they are
accompanied with a plan of action.

Talk without action is only dreaming about a possibility…
and that’s a good start, because all actions begin with a
thought or a desire. When you make a commitment… and
make the appointment that is written in your schedule and
prioritized, guess what… you get it done, no kidding.

I am re-launching my New Year’s Resolution program from
last year at the same price with more added bonuses…
Because guess what, you will get it done, no kidding and
here’s why… it’s those tips I was going to tell you about…

http://bestbodymakeover.com/newyear/

1. Know what worked. It is important to identify all the
things that have worked well for you in the past. Commit
to them… do them consistently and more often.

2. Pay attention to what you learned. Whether you
reach your desired outcome or not, that knowledge is the
feedback that will help you advance. Then, you can speed
up your results each time around and not repeat the same
mistakes over and over again.

3. Have a plan in advance before you set your goal
rather than make it up as you go along. Without a plan you
will waste time. Setting a goal is just the start, achieving
your goal requires a consistent plan of action for both
training and nutrition.

4. Know what it will cost. Every goal has a cost… and it’s
not just about money. It can cost you time, it could cost
you a relationship, and it can cost you your health if you don’t
do it… Most of the costs lie outside your comfort zone. This
is probably what gets most people into trouble.

People don’t realistically think about the cost of what it will
take to achieve their goals. They are unwilling to pay the
price and quit at the first obstacle.

5. You are worth it, pay the price! That’s right… This may
be tough love but if it’s a goal you want, you need to suck it
up! This is your life and quite frankly you cannot put a price
on your health.

If you cannot honestly say you have improved your nutrition
or exercise habits over the past year or decade; then you can
make the next weeks, months, even decade ahead be different
that the last 10 by making a decision and a commitment to
change no matter what price.

Find out more about New Year’s resolutions and how you can
keep yours by clicking on this link:

http://bestbodymakeover.com/newyear/

You will discover everything you need to succeed: nutrition,
cardio training, strength training, and your motivation to do it
all. You will stay focused on the resolutions you make.

I will be customizing this program for you with personal
one-on-one attention. Nobody else gives you this kind of
support.

There is one catch… because it is important that I give you top
quality attention, it is very time intensive for me, I have to limit
this to 12 people.

As an added incentive to make 2010 a significant year of change
for you, grab this offer before January 6th, and save big time
for a limited time.

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All the best in 2010!
Lauren

Who Else Wants to Change in 2010?

Each new year is a time of reflection for what you would like to do differently in order to have desired outcomes. Perhaps the most popular change people want to make for the new year is to lose weight.

Everybody wants the magic bullet. Our culture expects quick fixes. Sadly, when quick changes happen, they don’t last long term. See the diets, amazing ab machines, magic pills or fat-burners for what they are. Save your money and time on all these quick-fix products… they only create false hopes.

You probably already know what you need to do yet… you’re not doing it! Here is the problem with thinking you know everything. If you were told you should drink more water or eat more vegetables, your first response might be… “I know that.”

You instantly shut down your brain when you have heard something before, especially when it involves a behavior change and leaving your comfort zone.

Without being receptive to the learning, a behavioral change will not happen. Change requires not being you. Tell yourself: “If I have to change, I need to stop being me.” You are capable of not being you, but you need to learn how… in consistent small doses over time. That’s how habits change, and ultimately results occur.

The stories you don’t always hear or want to hear about the people who create long-term success, is they got out of their comfort zone, stayed focused, and changed. When they had a setback, they did not stay immobilized, they got up and got back on track.

What keeps these people so driven and how can you create that “do whatever it takes mindset”?

It is important to see the big picture of where you want to be, but your focus should be on what you can do now to get to the next step.

You can see and feel significant change and results in 12 weeks. Those results will fuel wanting more success. This is how an unstoppable mindset and lasting habits are created. When that happens, true learning takes place.

Ask yourself, “What do I already ‘know’ about my health that I am not changing?”

How to Create a New Habit

Do you have a health habit that you would like to create but for some reason you are having trouble creating it?

For example, you set the alarm early so you have time to exercise. However when the alarm goes off, you are overcome with sleep, and the comfort and warmth of staying in bed overrides the need to get up and exercise.

Worse, you feel defeated and guilty for not getting up, but you hit the snooze button to go back to sleep anyway, and you don’t create the new habit.

I’m sure everyone has experienced not being able to get out of bed early to exercise, yet some people are able to maintain the habit of getting up early to exercise consistently… and have been doing it for years.

Let’s suppose all the excuses, the holidays, no time, no gym membership, no training partner, too old, bad knee, etc., are not really what’s stopping you… and by the way these really are just excuses.

In order to change a behavior, you need to replace the belief or feeling about the current behavior with one that is stronger and more desirable.

What drives you to change? Your brain works in a way that it will choose the feeling or behavior that drives you the most.

Let’s take the same example of wanting get up early to exercise. If you really believed your life would be better if you changed this behavior, and you believed that the consequences of not changing would produce undesirable consequences, you would be driven to change. Changing would not only feel good, it would feel better.

So how could you replace the habit to stay in bed under the warm covers?

Maybe the new habit would feel better because of the results that getting up and exercising elicits… having more energy throughout the day, less body fat, looking and fitting into clothes better, and you would no longer feel guilty and defeated from sleeping in and not taking responsibility to get in shape.

Any time you want to change a behavior, the intervention is to replace or move towards a new behavior by associating the new behavior with good feelings…feelings that will override the feelings you had for the behavior you need or want to replace.

How can you create a new habit that would feel good and benefit your health?

The Goal of Staying Healthy Through the Holidays

Are you setting a goal for failure just because it is the “holiday season”?

Without even being aware, it is easy to automatically assume that you will be too busy to work out and you will over-eat because of all the holiday goodies. With all the family, friends, and socials, you may be thinking it will be impossible to stay in shape, so why bother trying because gaining weight is certain?

It’s as if holiday time is the perfect excuse to overindulge in food and not work out so you have “permission” to gain weight.

This of course sets the stage for January, when many people decide to join a gym or go on a diet. Sadly, most people never make it to bathing suit season, or even to February. When the going gets tough, people quit at the first obstacle. You see, the goal was to join a gym or go on a diet… and once the membership was paid for and the diet started, the goal was met!

So how do you turn all this insanity around? First of all, holidays do not have to mean you have to deprive yourself of all the fun in order to stay in shape. And just because it is holiday time, you don’t have to be helpless.

Why not set the goal to be in the best shape of your life for the holidays… or set the goal to maintain your current weight. You can improve during this time AND enjoy the fun if you set your intension and desire to do so.

You don’t have to give up the parties and food. The trick is to put your focus on the people and eat responsibly with smart portion sizes and then go right back to your healthy plan. Every meal in December does not have to be out of whack and there is no reason why you can’t train harder, especially knowing you will be attending holiday festivities. You have time for what you make a priority.

Be as passionate about improving your health over the month of December, as you are passionate about the love and joy of the holiday. Set the right goal and take action.

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