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10 Great Super Bowl Snacks for Sunday

From the Team Beachbody Newsletter – Sign up for the Team Beachbody free membership to get more great issues! It happens every year, mere weeks after resolving to lose the love handles, we face a day devoted to filling our bellies with hot wings, nachos, and beer. Americans consume more […]

10 Great Super Bowl Snacks for Sunday

After I Broke My Back in Iraq, Brazil Butt Lift Got Me Back on Track

Shawneen participated in The Beachbody Challenge and won the $500 Daily Prize for January 10th! I was fat and miserable, too ashamed to look at myself in the mirror, too heavy to keep up with my kids. Because of a war injury I broke my back serving in Iraq and […]

After I Broke My Back in Iraq, Brazil Butt Lift …

I Dare You!

Over the past week, I’ve experienced some life changing moments. Early New Year’s Day, on a cold morning as the sun was coming up over the Sandia Mountains, I took one step, heard a crack in my knee and couldn’t take another step. By 8:00 am, I was in the […]

I Dare You!

The Fast Track to Losing BIG with Chalene Johnson

Giving You Hope – from Team Beachbody Success Stories After struggling with her weight her entire life and auditioning for The Biggest Loser and not making the cut, Jessica took her health and fitness into her own hands and lost well over 100 lbs on her own with Chalene Johnson’s […]

The Fast Track to Losing BIG with Chalene Johnson

Now I hold up my size 4 pants and say: I did it!

Meet Lana D.! She participated in The Beachbody Challenge and won the $500 Daily Prize for December 19th! As a nurse, I’m really good at taking care of other people. But I’m not so good a taking care of myself. I think it started back in nursing school when all […]

Now I hold up my size 4 pants and say: …

Celebrating a Milestone

From Team Beachbody Success Stories Rebecca just reached a massive milestone in her weight loss journey.  With the help of TurboFire, Les Mills Pump and Shakeology she has lost 150 lbs in a little over a year!  Join us in celebrating her massive accomplishment! My weight loss success continues on […]

Celebrating a Milestone

Seasonal Stress Relief

25 Ways to Relax & Rejuvenate over the Holidays – from Team Beachbody Holiday shopping. Meddling relatives. Taxing travel. The season to be merry can easily turn into the season of stress! But all the holiday hustle doesn’t have to bring on anxiety or keep you from reaching your goals! […]

Seasonal Stress Relief

10 Ways to Ward off Excess Holiday Pounds

Do you find that the scale moves up a few pounds during this time of the year? During summertime, we’re focused on our bodies, given we know we’ll be wearing the revealing clothing that goes with that season, but when fall and winter come around, that mindset falls away like […]

10 Ways to Ward off Excess Holiday Pounds

Adventures of Superfood Man

Shakeology ® was featured in Bloomberg Businessweek! “The Adventures of Superfood Man” Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Peter Heller travels to Malibu, CA, to get the inside scoop on exactly what Shakeology is, and to learn more about the fascinating life of Darin Olien who he deems may be “the most aggressive […]

Adventures of Superfood Man

Great Deals on Holiday Muscle Gain!

You don’t have to stand in line to get these Black Friday through Cyber Monday deals!   Introducing the 2012 Team Beachbody Black Friday thru Cyber Monday Sale Extravaganza! The fun begins this Friday, November 23rd, around 9:00 AM PST/12:00 PM EST and ends on Monday, November 26th around 9:00 […]

Great Deals on Holiday Muscle Gain!

How Are You Going to Spend the Next 30 Days?

First of all, let me start by saying Happy Thanksgiving to each and every one of you. It has been an especially rough month for many of you dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and a rough year for virtually all of us. But things will get better as […]

How Are You Going to Spend the Next 30 Days?

If Your Why Is Larger Than Your Reasons Not To

Last night, I sat in church and listened to Alistair Begg talking about Mark 14:3-9. In verse 3 it says, “While He was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure […]

If Your Why Is Larger Than Your Reasons Not To

Two Pictures are Worth a Thousand Words

“I lost about 20 lbs using Shakeology and walking everyday after I was released from the hospital. Once I was medically cleared to exercise, continuing to use Shakeology and completing the full P90X program, I lost a further 52 lbs, countless inches and 28% body fat. I am truly most […]

Two Pictures are Worth a Thousand Words

It’s Stupid to be a Team Beachbody Coach…

Just a little while ago, I had a revelation that I needed to be receptive to receiving and acting on.   That epiphany was that it is stupid to be a Team Beachbody Coach and at almost 62 to still think in my head that I am a runner.   […]

It’s Stupid to be a Team Beachbody Coach…

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My Secret Weapon is My Why

Alli hit rock bottom in 2010. She was broke, confused and on the verge of homelessness. “Between my student loans, credit card bills and my car, I was $100,000 in debt,” says Alli. On top of her personal debt, Alli’s family was in financial ruins (her Dad was a custom […]

My Secret Weapon is My Why

Pirate Pumpkin Grog Shakeology Recipe

Avast, me hearties! You moms and dads have been dealin’ with your scurvy crew of kiddos all Halloween long with nary a concern for yerselves! You, too, deserve a share of the treasure, but if nutrient-poor spoils like candy and booze make ya want to walk the plank, fill your […]

Pirate Pumpkin Grog Shakeology Recipe

When I started out doing P90X, it exceeded my expectations of what in-home workouts could be. I tried other workouts before; some I enjoyed, while I thought others were just cheesy. After P90X brought me great results, I wanted to mix it up a bit so I gave Insanity a […]

Benefits of Having a Library of Fitness

Seeing Life Through “Transition Lenses”

While I had some things to do in the kitchen this morning, I clicked on “Shuffle” on my iPhone and Business of the 21st Century with Robert T. Kiyosaki started playing. I’ve listened to it a couple of times before, and what sticks in my mind is that we are […]

Seeing Life Through “Transition Lenses”

Do You Need Help Losing Weight?

I have been overweight. It is not fun. There is no easy way out, and it takes time and effort to obtain or regain a healthy body. When there is a goal of losing weight, one of the hardest things to do is to reach out to someone and ask […]

Do You Need Help Losing Weight?

Debt Free in ’13

Honestly, I am not looking forward to a year with “13” in it, but what if it  could be our luckiest year ever? I have a to-do-list and the things on the  list have to come first in my daily activities, but there are exceptions.  I am a fan of […]

Debt Free in ’13

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Are You Okay With Aging?

The reason that I ask is that I am not.   When you are 61 and have a 7 and 5 year old and they are doing   running club at school and you are coaching, Girls Scouts and you have to be a Girl Scout to help out with […]

Are You Okay With Aging?

The Bachelor and The Beast

See that guy in the circle up there? That’s Sean Lowe, the newest Bachelor. After Sean lost out on love in The Bachelorette, he discovered Body Beast – and now he’s ready to find love on The Bachelor. For a little insight into how Sean got huge and ripped for […]

The Bachelor and The Beast

Message of the Month is LEADERSHIP

The “Personal Development”  Message of the Month is LEADERSHIP. In a recent National Coach Call, I talked about how leadership is in the doing. Leaders don’t quit (unless they want to lead people to quit). They teach perseverance by persevering. People have told me I am a good leader, but, […]

Message of the Month is LEADERSHIP

Shakeology: A Shake Too Good to Be True?

By Dr. Mark Cheng, Ph.D. This is an article from a professional who teaches for one the most respected kettlebell training communities in the country. It was written by Dr. Mark Cheng in response to some of his students and peers who were questioning his vocal support of Shakeology. Dr. […]

Shakeology: A Shake Too Good to Be True?

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