The Road Before Coaching

Before joining Beachbody, I was so uncomfortable with my body.  I went on that concept, "You can eat whatever you want as long as you work out!"

I was sadly mistaken.  I made many attempts to workout and failed each time.  I would start and after the first week, I was done.  I didn't realize the problem was my diet.  The kind of foods I was indulging in were pastries, cookies, meals high in grease, lots of butter, and breads that weren't whole wheat!  I also didn't even think about "moderation" and what that even meant.  If you know an addict's thinking, you know that "moderation" isn't even a word in one's vocabulary.  I grew up thinking that the portions I was eating was totally normal.  Again, I got a rude awakening when I joined Beachbody.

One night, I prayed.  I prayed sincerely to the God of my understanding to help me.  Help me make better choices and live a healthier more fulfilling life!  My answer came by the name of Melissa.  She messaged me on Facebook, originally offering me a program that was having a huge promotion at the time.  I didn't have any extra funds, I work to pay my bills and that is pretty much the sum of it.  So she instead offered me a free account and she guided me on my journey to eating clean and exercising.  I made do with what I had!  I was that determined to change something that I clearly didn't like:  my body.  I also felt that the God of my understanding answered a prayer that I prayed and how dare I disrespect Him by NOT following through!  So I got to work.  The healthiest thing I had were veggies, canned tuna, and eggs.   So I started with that and worked out to workout videos off YouTube.

My willingness and my desire to make a change was stronger than anything else.  I was ready and willing to make a change.  The physical results weren't seen immediately for me, but the spiritual results I felt!  I started feeling better about myself and I started building a HEALTHY relationship with my body.  It says in my fellowships literature the importance of a good relationship with our body!  To me, what is wrote in those books, I better follow because ultimately the most important thing for me is to stay clean!  Everything else will fall into its place if I am working a program of recovery.  And this journey of eating clean and exercising would not be possible if I were using!

Eventually I was able to gather enough change to afford one of the Beachbody programs, the 21-Day Fix.  I lost 3 LBS in my first week!  I got so much support from others in the Beachbody community. I was held accountable and I was inspired and motivated by the network of people that are involved with this company!  People started asking me about Beachbody and what it is all about!  I referred some family members to Melissa and seeing them making the change put me on such a spiritual high!  They started seeing results and they were excited and stayed determined to reach their goals.  Experiencing watching someone else transform physically and spiritually has been the most rewarding part of being apart of Team Beachbody.  I have helped inspire so many people.  My coach has helped inspire me.

When I got clean, I knew that my purpose in life was to help others.  I have made a commitment to myself and a commitment to my God, that I will be a messenger of hope to people who have feelings hopelessness! My decision to become a Beachbody Coach was made based upon 2 things:

1. The spiritual rewards.  I can only keep what I have by giving it away.  I live by that and once I stop living by that, I am at risk of losing all the blessings that have come along with staying clean.  And I risk disappointing not only my family and my God, but myself!

2.  Let's keep it real.  The fact that I can make a living off doing what I love and by fulfilling my purpose in this world.  One struggling person at a time.

So, the next question is:

What in your life do you want to change?

and the question after that:

What are you going to do about it?



Until next time,

Justina