Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Skinny Phoenix’s Accountability Group

My accountability group is for those looking to be accountable to themselves as well as to others to help them achieve their health and fitness goals. I am going to be fairly strict on this and you will be held accountable for daily check-ins. If you fail to check in for 3 days straight you will be booted out. I only want those who are serious and who will remain committed. If you want to lose weight and change your eating habits to reflect those of health, but have never been able to stick to something because you couldn’t “do it alone” then this group would be for you.


Step 1 – Email me at skinnyphoenix31@gmail.com. Let me know what you weigh now, what your goal weight is, how you are working out/plan to work out [i.e. which program, TurboFire, P90X, Running, Swimming, etc.], and how many times a week you are willing to commit to working out. “Like” my Facebook page (www.facebook.com/skinnyphoenix).

Step 2 – Sign up for a free Beachbody account via my website http://www.beachbody.com/skinnyphoenix. This is where you will be logging your workouts, in the online gym (this way you will also be eligible to win the daily prizes!). Set up your profile and add any before pictures and add a small blurb about yourself. Add your weight and measurements to your profile as well as your goals then email me your measurements. Add me as a buddy. I should show up under your profile pic on the left hand side of the screen as your “Coach” you will just need to add me as a buddy. Order your fitness program (if you need one) and Shakeology (if you want to accelerate your weight loss).

Step 3 - Full accountability (FA). On Facebook you will be added to Skinny Phoenix’s Accountability Group. You will log in daily to the FB Accountability Group, log your food on a daily basis, and write a short few comments on what you did for the day, worked out, had struggles staying away from the donuts, small successes and minor failures, etc. We will do weekly weigh in’s on Monday’s. I want this to be a place where you are held accountable for what you are doing. I realize it make take a little extra time out of your day, but remember you are doing this for yourself. You deserve it and you deserve to live in the body that makes you proud and to have the energy to keep up (or run circles) with those around you.

Together we can do this and achieve our goals!!

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Day 1 Shakeology Cleanse

Ok, so after day one of my Shakeology, I lost 1.4 pounds! I was hoping to lose more, but I cheated a bit. So I'm still pretty happy that I lost that much! I did extremely well, didn't feel too hungry and the fact that I got to eat some "solid" foods helped tremendously. My cravings were greatly diminished and I didn't crave the normal "junky" food I usually do.

I posted a YouTube video about it here that you can go watch...
Day 1 Cleanse Vlog

If you want to do this cleanse with me, which I plan on doing again at the beginning of September, shoot me an e-mail at skinnyphoenix31@gmail.com. I am also starting an accountability group kicking off on August 15th, so let me know if you would like to be included on that as well.

I will update later on my Day 2 results.

Happy Weight Loss!!!
Skinny Phoenix

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Losing Weight Fast and Healthy - A Fresh Start

Check out my video regarding this Shakeology Cleanse
I’m going to talk about doing a Shakeology cleanse. I am going to do one because I’ve lost about 45 pounds in the past with Beachbody, and then the stresses of life caused me to gain some weight back. I was down to 138 pounds and gained 20 pounds back! I’ve recently lost about 7 pounds, but it hasn’t been the healthy way, so I need to put a stop to that. I decided to do a Shakeology cleanse to not only cleanse my body in preparation for weight loss, but also to cleanse my mind. I am doing it to start fresh with my weight loss and start fresh with my mindset and my negative ways of thinking. You can lose up to 5 pounds doing the Shakeology cleanse, depending on how much you have to lose. I plan on losing 5 pounds because I’ve gained all this weight back, I’ve been eating like crap and I now have 30 pounds to lose. It’s a three day cleanse. I know I can lose weight from this, in fact my upline coach lost 2.4 pounds on her first day of the cleanse!! I know if she can do it, I can do it. After the cleanse, I will be writing out a nutrition and fitness plan to continue my weight loss journey. I am not just doing this as a “diet”, I’m doing this as a lifestyle change. I personally know that you need to keep trying until you get it right. So this is going to be my way of life. Eating healthy and exercising on a regular basis. I know I need to get back to exercising because it was such a huge stress relief. I felt so great after doing it, felt an enormous sense of accomplishment and it gave me the confidence I so needed in my life. When I’m not exercising on a regular basis as a stress relief, the stress gets to me and I get those negative thoughts that creep back and say “you can’t do this”, “you’ll never get out of this situation” etc. I decided, enough is enough! I am going to stop listening to that negative thinking and turn things around and doing this cleanse is exactly the fresh start I need to do that. If you want to do a cleanse to kick start your own weight loss or your own “starting over”, please join me. To get Shakeology you can order it from my website, www.beachbodycoach.com/SkinnyPhoenix. I am also starting an accountability group on August 15th, so e-mail me at skinnyphoenix31@gmail.com to join me.