YES, this is the face of a person who DRAGGED their butt out of bed at 5:30 am to get their BUTT kicked!! Totally wasn't excited this morning but I got it DONE SON! Loving the changes in my body!
This program is slowly getting DONE! I got sick during week two so had to redo that!! I want to make sure I get the best results so went ahead and re did week 2 and now i'm FINALLY on week 4!! WOOT WOOT! Almost to Beta Phase. The sickness has totally hit the Island and my kiddos have gotten it TWICE! But it's not stopping this Momma ... I'm getting it done. My challengers are seriously getting the most AMAZING results!!! I'm so proud of them! Some of my girls are getting numbers like 9lbs in 1 1/2 weeks! INSANE!! With only 25 minutes a day / 5 days a week!! It kicks your booty but in a good way. I really am getting the hang of it this week. Of course the workouts are still tough but i'm getting better and better each day. My challenge group is motivating me to BRING MY A GAME!!!
I LOVE the Abs track on T-25!! Totally engages my core and I am starting to see some serious progress!! Hoping by the end of Bata phase those abs will be POPPING!
I also came up with the most AMAZING meal this week ahhhh.... My new favorite and I could seriously eat it every single day if I had to!!! Really simple to make and I posted the recipe here.
This week in food was awesome!! I decided to experiment a little more, share more recipes, and mix it up a bit so I could stay on track and enjoy the food I was eating. It worked. LOVED it all!
Here is my meal plan for Week 3. Got some new recipes on there from the undressed skeleton. Her recipes seriously ROCK! Love her website. Not all of her meals are 100% clean but most are pretty close!
Rocked my meal plan this week and totally plan on posting the Kale Chips Recipe soon! SO good especially if you love chips and need something crunchy.
This weeks workouts were
Monday - Total Body Circuit <----- SERIOUSLY KILLER
Tuesday - Speed 1.0 <--- My favorite
Wednesday - Lower Focus <---- OMG my butt hurts thinking about it :)
Thursday - Cardio
Friday - Ab Intervals WOOT WOOT & TurboKick Class.
Saturday - I add this day in because I LOVE LOVE TurboKick and wouldn't ever plan on missing it.
Sunday - REST/Church/Meal Prep
Shakeology this week was the BOMB.COM! I seriously don't think I could function daily with out Shakeology. It gives me everything my body needs in one delicious glass. All natural nothing artificial and I don't have to spend a fortune getting all the goodies for my body and have it taste like CRAP! I mean have you tasted wheat grass BLAH! I'll stick with chocolate <3 Energy in a glass ... I have to hid in the bathroom to get my shakeology before my kids are asking me for drinks.
Ahhhhh... Loving the results! I feel so great about myself and that seriously is the most important over all things. How you feel on the inside!! The way you speak and look at yourself. Nothing can replace the kind words and positive energy that is brought into your life when you feel 100% confident and beautiful. That's my hope to earn from this program above all and to give to others.
YUP!! Never giving up!
I would love to add you in my next challenge group if you are looking for some accountability, support, motivation, and more menu plans!! ASK ME HOW!
I can NOT believe that we are already at 60 day transformations in my first challenge group of this year. I shared with you some of their 30 day results and now I'm here to share with you some 60 day transformations and also some 30 day transformations from another group of ladies ROCKING IT!
I put EVERYTHING into my challenge groups because It's truly where my passion lies. I stay up long nights working to make things perfect and successful. I wake up early to get my workouts in and work on me and then run straight to my computer to see how my challengers are doing and answer any questions that I have. I help them create menu plans, share recipes, and support them through their whole journey. I wouldn't have it ANY other way. I love this little busy life of mine!! I juggle being a full time online student, a stay at home Mom to two beautiful girls, Coaching multiple challenge groups and a total of about 45 ladies at this moment.. All at different stages in their journey. Yes, we aren't all perfect and some of us have fallen but It's my job to pick them back up and get them back on track. It's not about how long it takes or how fast you go but it's about GETTING THERE! Feeling better about yourself, changing your life, living a more positive, confident, and fulfilling life. THIS is what the Dream Team Challenge is all about!!
Together we can make your dreams of fitting into those jeans you have envisioned slipping on for years. Think now .... You have kept a pair of jeans from high school - JUST IN CASE! You imagine fitting back in them one day but that dream seems so far and impossible to fulfill...that you have put that dream aside .... Well what if 90 days you tried them on and not only do they fit - But they are loose? How would you feel?
These are the kind of dreams that seems impossible but suddenly come possible!! I will NOT let you fail!
I want to share with you some amazing success stories. Ask any one of these ladies if they weren't skeptical at first? Of course they were. There are so many diet gimmicks and quick fixes out there that it's hard to believe that this one could ACTUALLY BE THE ONE! Little did they know that they would see results and not only see results but feel better and create a whole new lifestyle - No gimmicks, no starving, and no quick fixes that will only leave you ready to quit and right back in to your old ways and putting on even MORE weight.
I'm so excited to share their success! I'm so very proud of these ladies that put in the hard work, dedication, and made the time!! I know it wasn't easy .. the beginning never is but they have created habits and are only getting better each day that goes by!!
Hannah has been in my challenge group for 60 days now. She has always been a fan of the Beachbody Programs and has used them but never really committed to finishing a whole program in a challenge group setting. Life lead us to each other and she decided to join the 90 day challenge group and shed her baby weight. Her little one is now 6 months old and just look at this Momma!! I mean come on!!!! 6 months postpartum and ROCKING IT! She has committed to P90X and Shakeology!! HELLO BOMBSHELL!
"Marlena, Meeting you has literally changed my life!! You cannot know how amazing this journey has been for me and how you and this challenge group have changed my way of looking at reaching my goals!" - Hannah
I pretty much cried after readying her comments and THIS IS WHY I COACH!!
The next challenger is a 47 year old Momma that has committed to eating clean, replacing one meal a day with Shakeology, and Slim in 6 . In only 30 days she lost 9.5 lbs and 6.5 inches. WOW. My mouth literally dropped when she submitted these pictures.
"I can't tell you how excited I am to see my waist coming back! I actually have a curve there!! I also have collar bones again, YAY! I didn't realize I could loose weight in my next but I definitely have. It's been a very long time since I've been able to succeed at loose weight and I'm really just thrilled with my progress so far. I CAN'T WAIT to see my 90 day pictures. This 47 year old Momma is going to ROCK IT. Thank you for everything you doing to help me along the way"
So proud of her .. Right now she is enjoying a vacation in the Bahamas with her family and I bet she is LOVING how she feels in her Bikini. She even committed to brining her workout videos with her and bought a small blender to pack in her suit case to have her Shakeology. It's called COMMITMENT and DEDICATION! How bad to you want it!?!?
Ashley is a new Mommy to a beautiful baby boy. She is also a fellow Air Force Wife and was eager to loose the extra baby weight. Fate brought us together and we were really able to connect being fellow military wives. I am so blessed to have her in my challenge group. She is such a beautiful girl and I am so excited for where this journey is taking her. She looks amazing. She committed to my soul mate work out TurboFire and Shakeology. Most challengers send in their pictures thinking that their isn't much change - BUT as you can see ... HELLO, She looks AHHMAZING and there is a huge change. She has come such a long way and I am so proud of her progress. Life isn't always easy juggling Mommy Duties and a workout program but she DID IT and still has 30 days to go. How can it get any better!? Her 90 day pictures are going to blow me away. I can feel it.
"Marlena, You have been a blessing in my life!! I've become a better happier person and this group is awesome. All the ladies are so sweet! We are all in this together"
I am SO blessed!! Just look at how one decision I made June of last year impacted so many others lives. I decide to join the Beachbody challenge group with my coach last June. I lost 35 lbs with TurboFire and Shakeology. NOW I am able to pay it forward and help impact and change others lives. What would of happened if I never joined that challenge. Where would I be today? I wouldn't be able to make an impact on others and then in turn have them inspire others with their own transformations. It's a ripple effect. Where would I be if my coach didn't join the beachbody challenge and have a goal of loosing her baby weight and then choose to become a coach? Who knows where any of us would be! All we know that the knowlege we have is GOOD and it's so GOOD that we can't keep it to ourselves. We have to share it with the world!! Join my next challenge - You won't regret it. I hope this inspires you to take a leap of faith and invest in your health. You really have NOTHING to loose. All programs and supplements have a money back guarantee. I want you to succeed SO bad. I want it as bad as you do! I KNOW you can do it - because I've seen what others can do. I've seen what I can do!! These programs work. These challenge groups work and they are TOO good not to share with you.
Let this be your inspiration to take that leap of faith and change your life so that one day you may inspire and change someone else - All by one Decision that you decided to make that one day.
Hello All!! Can you believe it's MARCH Already!?!?!? I seriously feel like time is going by just way to fast. Wasn't it just January 1st and we were all brining in the New Year together? Where did these last 2 months go? Let's slow them down a bit because I have little ones and I want to keep them little FOREVER. Okay, I know that's not possible but SERIOUSLY! It's breaking my heart. It's true when they say as you get older the years go by faster. It seems like when I was younger time went by so SLOW!
I am SO excited for my current challengers though .. as the time passes they are seeing AWESOME results. Gives me an amazing sense of accomplishment and I'm so overjoyed for all the hard work they have put in. Its already been nearly 60 days into 2013 and My first Challenge Group has only 30 days left of their 12 week Journey. YIKES! I have chills thinking about how far they have come. I'm proud to say that one of my challengers lost 22lbs in 60 days!! How stinkin' amazing is that! 22 WHOLE POUNDS & now fitting into a size 4. It's just AWESOME!
Now to get down to business with some awesome deals for you this month! We are calling this MARCH MADNESS in the Dream Team! It's Spring time & it's starting to warm up outside. Spring break is only a few weeks away and it's time to get down to business. Time to turn up the heat - Literally!! HA .. & GET TO IT! If you aren't happy with where you are at .. Then let's change that. You have about 90 days till Summer. Plenty of time to totally change your body & feel CONFIDENT in those shorts & that bikini. Days at the beach, lake, pool parties, & family vacations is upon us. I know I don't want to be covered up - So I'm ready to bring it & I'm ready to bring YOU with me.
SO with that said - I have an AWESOME deal for you this month ... As well as Beachbody is offering some awesome deals that I can't wait to share with you. It's the month of madness I say!
So are you ready to FINALLY DO IT! Finally bear that Bikini and feel confident. Are you ready for something that is going to become a lifestyle and not just a QUICK FIX! Today most of us just want the weight gone in an instant. We think that we can go on a 3 day STARVATION Diet and then just fit back into those shorts. I'm sorry but it didn't take 3 days to put on and it's going to take longer to take off. I know DIETS are hard but i'm not asking you to DIET ... I'm asking you to change your LIFE! What if I told you that you could still enjoy your favorite foods, enjoy life, and loose weight? Well that's what my challenges are about. Finding foods that you and your family can enjoy, eating clean food, and creating healthy habits.
I'm here to give you that extra motivation and push that you just don't get going to a gym everyday. I'm here to make sure that you succeed. Of course I can't do the work for you - But I can be there to pick you back up when you fall down. So if you are TRULY ready to change your body and transform your life - I'm ready to give EVERYTHING I HAVE to watch you do it, help you, mentor you, and give you all my knowledge. I've been where you at .... I wasn't sure about these challenges either - The only thing I knew is that I was ready to loose the baby weight, feel confident, and I was ready to do anything to get it. The gym wasn't working!! I needed something MORE! Something BIGGER! Little did I know that 9 months later I wouldn't only have reached my goals but I would be helping others to reach their goals as well. AMAZING! So lets say NO to muffin tops this summer!!
I know that it takes time and sometimes we don't see the transformations as quickly as we would like but you just need to have faith in the process because - I would NOT steer you wrong. I've been there!! The neat thing about this process is I have been in the same exact spot as all of my challengers. I too went through the 12 week change!! It took 4 weeks for me to get my routine in order ( HA, which was pretty tough since during my challenge I was traveling all over the country, LITERALLY! .. I'm talking Australia, Texas, Minnesota, Hawaii) BAM! No excuses here I DID IT! It takes 6 weeks to really notice that your body is changing, and it takes the whole 12 weeks for other to start seeing the changes. 12 weeks will flash in a blink of an eye & i'm not telling you that you are going to be perfect through the process - I wasn't!! But I am going to tell you that those times that you fall straight on your face are the most important lessons you can learn & what you do from that point is what's going to control your DESTINY & TRANSFORMATION! You can do what you have always done - & just give up! OR you can get up, whip yourself off .. Learn from your mistakes, & KEEP GOING! SO if you are ready to GET GOING ... Lets do it!! Start NOW!
Let me tell you - I fell on my face more then once. I started my journey ATTEMPTING INSANITY about 4 months after having my youngest baby girl. YEA! I hated it ... Fell on my face. But that didn't stop me. I completed month one and saw a small progress. I wasn't eating clean & I wasn't drinking Shakeology. So I decided I was ready to really DO THIS! I saw others transformations. I saw that lives were changing and I wanted some of that. So I committed to TurboFire and added in Shakeology! BOOM! Results were starting to happen. I remember the exact feelings that I felt. I would cry because all the jeans in my closet were too small. I had nothing to wear and I couldn't believe how much weight I had gained. BUT I also remember the exact feelings I felt when I pulled those pair of jeans out that didn't fit a month before .. I remember pulling them out, trying them on once again and they FIT! I almost cried because this is where I could truly see the progress with my own eyes. It was an AH-HA moment where I felt on top of the WORLD! In fact I felt so good I took a picture and posted it on Instagram & Facebook. Little did I know that this was only the beginning of my weight loss Journey. We just moved and haven't finished unpacking all of our boxes but I can't wait to dig out these pair of jeans and see just how LOOSE they are now. EKK! I'll definitely have to post a picture and compare. I'm telling you!! This can happen to you too! I want to share this knowledge with the world because the only thing holding you back is that space between your ears!! It's a LIAR!! Stop letting FEAR hold you back from achieving your dreams. This transformation didn't happen over night. I wasn't an over night success. There isn't a magic pill that you can take and wake up skinny. It takes time and consistency. But if you really want it bad enough, YOU CAN ACHIEVE IT !!
In my 12 week CHALLENGE I will help you choose a Beachbody Fitness Programthat will help you meet the goals that you have set for yourself. We will discuss these goals together and I will recommend a program that I believe will meet your needs and desires. In this program you will also replace one meal a day with Shakeology! Shakeology DOES make a difference. TRUST ME! I was skeptical of this little shake at first too. BUT once I took the plunge and got on board - I never looked back. 9 Months later and I'm still a Shakeology lover. I have more energy, I'm the smallest I've ever been in my LIFE - & I've always been a gym rat and exercised. It's quick and easy, I don't even have to think about it, it gives me my chocolate fix, and I'm full and satisfied for the day. You will commit to doing your workouts and following the nutrition plan and I will commit to seeing you through this journey, helping you learn how to create your own menu's each week, give you recipes, and be there to make sure you do not FAIL! I will work with you every day to ensure that you are happy and confident this summer!!
I know that this time it WILL work for you. This will be the last year you are making a NY Resolution to loose weight. Here the amazing stories from my challengers and their progress at only 30 days here.
I know you can do this & be my NEXT success story! So let's make it HAPPEN! I want you to be PROUD of your transformation pictures. I believe in YOU and I know what you are capable of.
So, I have a few options for you ....
This month isn't called MARCH MADNESS for just any old reason!! You got MAD OPPORTUNITIES THIS MONTH! Tons of DEALS! Who doesn't like a good deal?
1. Request to join my pre-season of my March 11th Kicking it into GEAR Summer Challenge Group. http://www.facebook.com/groups/167905836692915/ and message me on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/marlenahedine to reserve your spot and if their is still room for you in the group, I'll add you to the group and we can get things GOING! Spots are Limited and they fill up FAST so reserve your spot TODAY! This is the 12 week challenge group where I help you pick a fitness program and supply you with meal plans, recipes, motivation, and the support you need to get through the next 12 weeks.
2. March 25th SPRING INTO ACTION Challenge Group is going FULL FORCE!!!
You can now Register & reserve your spot!
3. You can join my APRIL 1st Clean Eating & Shakeology Shake Off! Here you will learn the basics of clean eating and feel the benefits of shakeology with out committing to a fitness program. If you are only interested in changing up your diet to get healthy and loose weight. Then this group is for YOU! Weight loss is 80% nutritions & 20% Fitness.
BUT ... That's NOT all!! I have an amazing deal for YOU !!! This is for those of you who have already been in a challenge group and are seeing awesome results and are starting to think about what program you might do next. OR this could be for new customers who are looking to join a challenge with their friends but want a chance to win a FREE Program!! So if you are one of those people who have been in one of my challenges groups and you KNOW how awesome they are then HELLO! ... Tell your friends. I challenge you to refer a friend!! Share the wealth! If you care about someone and really think they could benefit from these challenge groups then refer them and watch them transform. In return, for every person that you refer to me - You get your name in a drawing. The more people you refer the more chances you have to win. The lucky person who is chosen will win my all time FAVORITE Workout program - The one I lost 35lbs in 90 days .. TURBOFIRE!
The big winner will be announced on my blog & on my facebook page!! So refer those friends and stay tuned. Together we can CHANGE LIVES! Don't you want that feeling of accomplishment and to know that you made an imprint on someone's lives that you help changed their whole destiny?
I didn't plan on becoming a coach but because of these challenges and the success I had - I decided to pay it forward and coach. I can't even imagine how many lives will change now just because of the decisions I have made. It's a ripple effect. If you want to know how YOU can be an impact on someone else's lives DAILY. Let's chat. Coaching might just be FOR YOU! Plus you get a discount on all Beachbody products. SOOO Let's get it STARTED! You have the whole month of March to get enter!
On top of my deal Beachbody is offering a deal on p90x & p90x 2 Challenge packs. You can save up to $80 total!! So if you have been thinking about doing p90x this is YOUR CHANCE!! HOP ON IT! Join my March Challenge Group! I'm so excited about this month!
This week has been a crazy week of a lot of personal development and personal growth. I've been doing a lot of soul searching and working on myself so that I can help others to grow. I've felt like i've been spread so thin and i'm working on making time for everything in my life. We had an amazing team call this week about confidence. After this call I was able to go back and reflect on my own life, my own confidence, my past, and why I am the person I am today.
I didn't have the best childhood. I was picked on in school, I was a teenager with sucidal thoughts, I cried all the time, my parents divorced when I was young and went back and forth getting back together and then breaking up again and it was confusing. I lived with my single Mother who didn't have a lot of money and we were always moving about every year we were in a different house. My brother and I were always going to different schools and it was hard to make friends. When we finally got to a point where we weren't moving around, we were picked on and made fun of. I was an over weight teen who knew nothing about nutrition. I soon realized that I didn't want my life to end up this way. I used my past experiences to make myself BETTER. I used my tears and turned them in to strengths. I left my school days behind and made myself in to the person I wanted to be instead of the person labeled me to be.
If you know me NOW you know that i'm passionate about helping people live better lives and improve their health and wellness. It's become a PASSION of mine. I don't just feel that i'm a Beachbody Coach but a life coach. I can relate to people who are hurting inside. I can relate to people who feel lost and feel like no one understands them. I've been there .... I've been that lost girl in this big world .. just waiting on a miracle to happen.
I could spend hours and days working with someone to get mentally ready for a life changing challenge. I could spend hours talking and speaking favor into someone's lives .. Helping them form the perfect meal plan, and reading their goals. I want them to succeed SO badly. BUT .. I CAN'T do it for them! Not everyone does succeed .. There is a reason WHY! It's not because someone doesn't have the money to join a challenge group, It's not because they have to many responsibilities and not enough time, or because they are drop dead tired because they have a new born that doesn't sleep through the night .. These are JUST EXCUSES!
Being successful takes a specific type of PERSON ... Not just in your fitness journey but in LIFE! You have to really want it & have that drive to be BETTER So what does a successful person sound and look like? First, a SUCCESSFUL PERSON has CONFIDENCE!!! A successful person can just walk into a room not know what the heck they are doing ... be scared to death and you would NEVER EVEN KNOW IT! They can just wing it and totally ROCK IT!!!
A successful person isn't interested in their own needs but in others and helping others become successful. They live and breath to put value in to others lives. The funny thing is that in order to become successful you must first make others successful. It's crazy how the world works. Bring light into others lives in order to bring light in to your own. Every day a successful person is jumping out of bed asking themselves "how can I make someone else's day better?"
A successful person doesn't know all the answers to everything or is a genius - They just dive in and do it with out even thinking. A successful person will be the first to tell you they aren't perfect and they don't know all the answers. BUT give them a challenge & they will go after it and find that answer!!!
Successful People are NOT perfect!
I honestly believe that there is NO SUCH THING and perfection!! No one is perfect and NOTHING is perfect.
Being PERFECT is different for every single one of us. We see perfection differently.
So I'm here to ask you - What is your "perfect"? When you think of a perfect person what do you see? How do they act? How do they carry themselves? What type of people are they hanging around with?
I want you to really ask yourself if the company you have is lifting you UP or bringing you DOWN!?!?!
This was KEY for me!! Choosing the kind of people I decided to start surrounded myself with really changed my whole life. It changed the way I think & live!
So I'm asking you this ... What type of person have you always dreamed of being? What kind of person are you today? Are you happy with where you are and what you are doing?
If you are dreaming to be a confident and successful person that isn't PERFECT but is proud of their past, where they come from, & the person they are today. If you are looking to improve the person that you are each and everyday and grow bigger then you have ever dreamed of then you need to keep reading .. This blog post is for the select FEW out there!
You don't have to be a fitness expert, personal trainer, nutritionist!! The only quality that you MUST have is the want and need to make a difference in others lives & help them become the person they were meant to be.
On Monday Night February 25th our team is hosting a Webinar for those that WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL!
Our team is made up of amazing women and we are lead by an amazing leader, Melanie Mitro. She is a 2 Star Elite Beachbody Coach that is changing LIVES & is passionate about her job. She is an amazing leader and really cares about our team and uplifting each and every one of us. I have the same passion and drive as her. I have only been a coach for 4 short months and am already on my way to being a Diamond coach and am ready to lead a successful team. My goal & Passion in life is to help others succeed.
I am a stay at home Mommy to my two beautiful girls and I am so very blessed that I am able to stay at home with my girls. I am curretntly a full time online college student and am 95% done with getting my BS in Human Resources Mangement. However, because of beachbody I will be able to work my own hours, stay home with my girls and watch them grow. There is nothing better in life then being able to stay home with your children and watch there first steps, go on field strips with them, and watch them grow. You will never get these years back. I'm so grateful for beachbody and the wonderful life it's given me. I have the confidence to do anything that I want to do and have the drive and passion to be SUCCESSFUL!
It's my goal to help YOU become successful! I want to watch my team grow and reach their goals. So I am inviting you to listen in on the webinar lead my Melanie Mitro on Monday Feb 25th. This is a no pressure call. You simply log in & listen and determine if becoming a coach is something that YOU would want to do. You don't have to commit to anything! This is simply just a call where you can listen in and hear all the ways that becoming a coach can help you achieve some of your goals and dreams in life and some of the different ways that you can build your business. As a beachbody coach you have complete control on how you want things to be and how fast you want things to move. It's YOUR choice and in this call you will hear a few different ways the coaches on our team have made it work for them and their lives.
We will also have a special mentoring program for coaches that are ready to learn how to build their business and take the next steps. This program will start March 4th in a closed Facebook group. The program is 60 days long and will only require a few hours of your time each week. In the closed Facebook group, Melanie Mitro the lead of the Dream Team will mentor, support, guide, and teach you her successful business strategy, as well as myself. For more info on this oppertunity to join the 60 day group CONTACT ME NOW!!!
