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Happy Mother’s Day to all those amazing women who expand and enhance our lives with their love, embrace, wisdom, and kindness. Please celebrate the women in your life today and let them know how much you appreciate and cherish them. Mom always told us we should eat our vegetables and […]

Redefine what EATING means to you

May 5th was my 44th birthday and a time for reflection. Looking back to when I was 18, my self-image was that of a pudgy young man, too embarrassed to go shirtless in public, too embarrassed to dress out for gym class. In fact, the image below is one of […]

A Time for Reflection | Changing Self Image

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The Ultimate Reset

The 8-Week Transition Diet – By Steve Edwards If you aren’t ready to commit to the Ultimate Reset vegan diet quite yet, transition diets are one of the easiest ways to become a healthier eater. I’ve been doing them since the ’80s and, in fact, one of the first articles […]

Ultimate Reset Vegan Diet – Are You Ready?

Reset Your Body?

When Beachbody product development puts their mind to something, they do it as well as it can be done. With the release of Ultimate Reset two weeks ago today, they have done just that and I am testing it right now! Why reset your body? Let’s see what Beachbody has […]

Reset Your Body?

Turn Up the Burn with TurboFire!!

If you’re looking for an effective, powerful and fun home fitness program that will fire your metabolism, burn mega fat, strengthen and tone every muscle and challenge your body into fabulous shape, TurboFire will deliver!!   TurboFire includes High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) as one of the most energetic, entertaining, […]

Turn Up the Burn with TurboFire!!

Do People Really Get Results from Beachbody Workout DVD’s?

Sean sure did with P90X… Heather sure did with Insanity… These people sure did by entering The Beachbody Challenge… Do people really get results from using Beachbody workout DVD’s? A video is worth a 1,000 words. You be the judge…

Do People Really Get Results from Beachbody Workout DVD’s?

Five years ago, I began a journey with no destination. It was an adventure of sorts that became a business venture.   Yet at no time in the last five years did I feel like I was “working” and, in fact, I derived a lot of happiness and success from […]

Are You Passionate?

How and What to Eat to Lose and Maintain Weight

You have to eat often to lose and maintain your weight!   It sounds crazy, but it’s true… Feed your body at regular 3 hour intervals with high-quality foods containing proper portion sizes and you will lose and maintain your weight, have more energy and look and feel your best. […]

How and What to Eat to Lose and Maintain Weight

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Chocolate Milk as a Recovery Drink?

I have heard a lot of people say that they use chocolate milk as a recovery drink for their P90X , Insanity, or other Beachbody workout. Chocolate milk is not necessarily a terrible thing to use after a workout, but is it the best thing to put in your body […]

Chocolate Milk as a Recovery Drink?

Are You Going to Accept Table Scraps by Default?

We challenge you to change with our Challenge to Change 2012.   Will you choose what you want or accept table scraps.     Click here to accept our challenge. The following is from Goals…The 10 Rules for Achieving Success by Gary Ryan Blair Success is the intentional, premeditated use […]

Are You Going to Accept Table Scraps by Default?

Whether it was a seed that was meant to be planted or just something that has stuck with me over the years, I don’t know for sure.   But when I was a sophomore in college, I took an aptitude test and the results showed that I should be either […]

What is Your Destiny?

5 Excuses that Keep You Unhealthy

I am an avid reader of Leo Babauta’s Zen Habits blog and he just featured a guest post from Matt Frazier of No Meat Athlete that I just have to share it in its entirety because it is so good… Each and every one of us, as a human being, […]

5 Excuses that Keep You Unhealthy

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Many people ask me about the effects of Shakeology, and I’m happy to share, but until you actually experience the benefits of this superfood it’s hard to believe how amazing it can make you look and feel!   It is not a “regular protein shake”, rather exceptional nutrition containing 70 […]

What Can Shakeology Do For You?

As I was vacuuming today, I was really taken aback by how much I enjoyed the task lately. Weird, right? But recently my husband and I decided enough was enough with the less expensive vacuums always letting us down. We decided to bite the bullet and invest in a Dyson. […]

You get what you pay for!

Kids and Healthy Habits Lead to a Great Life!

I love watching how my children have developed healthy habits in nutrition, fitness and health.   I teach them all about food groups, portion sizes, what and when to eat, reading labels, and so forth.   We encourage physical activity with exercise, sports and dance, and promote good habits for […]

Kids and Healthy Habits Lead to a Great Life!

How Many Choices Will You Need to Make to Change Your Life?

Team Howtobefit has now surpassed a million dollars in earnings because people just like you, from every walk of life and across the nation have made a choice to change their lives and the lives of other people through health and fitness. We are a team of highly successful Team […]

How Many Choices Will You Need to Make to Change …

Don’t Just Build Your Body, Build Your Dreams

Instead of just working on your body and building your body, you could be building your dreams and building the dreams of others at the same time. Are you just going to the gym or working out at home and solely thinking about your issues? Well what about the same […]

Don’t Just Build Your Body, Build Your Dreams

Food for Thought: Eating Organic

  To eat organic, or not? That is the question on the minds of many Americans. Personally I try to eat an organic diet most of the time. It seems a little difficult to eat strictly organic all the time for a few reasons though. One reason is the vast […]

Food for Thought: Eating Organic

Valentine’s Day is approaching fast! And we only have about 100 days or so until Memorial Day weekend! Where does the time go? So who wants to get their “SEXY” back? The holidays have a way of plumping us up and the end result is we start feeling sluggish, bloated, […]

Get Your Sexy Back!

Get Out Of Debt (Stress/Silent Killer)

Stress is the silent killer. Financial pressure causes a massive increase in stress, which leads to disease. There are several organizations that can assist you in managing, reducing, and eliminating your debt. When you free yourself from financial worry you are more likely to be happier and healthier.

Get Out Of Debt (Stress/Silent Killer)

Portion Control: Tips and Cues for Mindful Eating

The key to maintaining a healthy weight is all about portion control.   It’s not about giving up foods you enjoy, but rather controlling the portions and being mindful of how much you consume.   The healthiest way to eat is combining proper food groups, in appropriate sizes, every 2-3 […]

Portion Control: Tips and Cues for Mindful Eating

Shakeology 101 (Nutrition at Your Fingertips)

Shakeolog is a delicious patent-pending formula that is packed with proteins and energy-providing carbohydrates, plus a combination of nutrients that is simply impossible to find at your local supermarket or even health food store. Beachbody searched the world to find acai and goji berries, camu-camu, quinoa, wheatgrass, maca root, and […]

Shakeology 101 (Nutrition at Your Fingertips)

Where did all of my trash go?

Here is a side effect of using Shakeology that my wife and I did not plan for. Back near the end of last summer, we considered contacting our local garbage servicing company and requesting another garbage can. We had one large recycle container, and one large trash container. Because we […]

Where did all of my trash go?

Are you reaching for the purple stone?

I’ve been getting asked these two questions recently, and thought I would provide an answer – Question 1 – What does TOPSTONE mean? TOPSTONE is the name of our business for very specific reasons.   In the literal sense, TOPSTONE means ‘the final stone, placed on top’. What TOPSTONE means […]

Two questions I am frequently asked

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