{"id":186,"date":"2008-08-14T21:42:49","date_gmt":"2008-08-14T21:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/changeyourbody.wordpress.com\/?p=193"},"modified":"2008-08-14T21:42:49","modified_gmt":"2008-08-14T21:42:49","slug":"every-body-tells-a-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/2008\/08\/14\/every-body-tells-a-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Body Tells a Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I mean every body tells a story.<\/p>\n<p>When someone sees you, does your face tell them that you are happy or sad, relaxed or stressed, healthy or unhealthy?<\/p>\n<p>Are your shoulders back, chest out and your back straight or is your back bent over and shoulders hunched because they are bearing the weight of the world?<\/p>\n<p>Do you carry your weight well or are you noticeably overweight with abdominal fat telling part of your body&#8217;s story?<\/p>\n<p>Do you walk with a spring in your step and energy to spare or is every movement challenging and a shuffle has replaced your spring?<\/p>\n<p>What is your body telling people about you or what conclusions are they coming to without you even speaking a word?<\/p>\n<p>You can write your body&#8217;s story or you can let it speak for itself.  But do you know what it is going to say?<\/p>\n<p>Virtually every day, I write another page in my body&#8217;s story and it tells everyone exactly what I want it to say when someone starts reading its story.<\/p>\n<p>I write that story <a title=\"Team Beachbody\" href=\"http:\/\/www.milliondollarbody.com\/howtobefit\">the Team Beachbody way<\/a>, because it is fun, effective and lasting.  Are you writing your body&#8217;s story or just letting it speak for itself?<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I mean every body tells a story. When someone sees you, does your face tell them that you are happy or sad, relaxed or stressed, healthy or unhealthy? 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