Why I am a Beachbody Coach

Today I had the chance to sit in a room with 1000 other Beachbody coaches and listen to the CEO of Beachbody speak.  He spent about 20 minutes as to what is important this month and every month when you are a Beachbody Coach.  He talked about what differentiates Beachbody from other companies and he said some magic words that stuck with me.  Before he spoke though the group of us, all in unison, stated the Beachbody mission.  I'll be honest, and slightly embarrassed, that I did not know the Beachbdoy mission statement or that there even was one.  (I mean of course there was one but I never though about it.)

"Help people achieve their goals and enjoy healthy, fulfilling lives."

I said it for the first time today and realized, hey, wait, that's what I do.  That's my goal.  To help people achieve their goals and enjoy healthy, fulfilling lives.  It made me really think more about why I do that.  Why I am a Beachbody coach.  Why I'm willing to stay up late.  Get up early.  Put myself in uncomfortable positions.  All for Beachbody.  The fact is though its not all for Beachbody.  Its all for my family.  Its all for my friends.  Its all for you.  

So here they.  The reasons I'm a Beachbody coach and why its made my life better.

1.  Being healthy is hard.  Getting healthy, staying healthy, living healthy is hard.  
2.  Doing something with other people is easier.  Doing anything with other people is easier.  Eating junk food is more fun but so is exercising.  So is eating healthy.  Yes, its actually more fun to eat healthy with other people.  
3.  Being held accountable by other people, whether they are participating with me or not, keeps me focused.  
4.  Helping other people, friends, families, strangers, reach their personal goals is inspiring and encouraging and keeps me moving when I want to stop. 
5.  Building a life for my family beyond just following the rules of a traditional gives me hope and stops me from worrying about the future.  
6.  Its scary.  That's right.  It is uncomfortable and scary and that's good.
7.  I am not satisfied with who I am right now.  I want to be the best version of myself.  
8.   I have kids.  That's right.  These little people aren't a reason not to push my reason they are a reason to push myself.  
  
So those are my reasons right now.  They've changed.  They've evolved.  I hope they continue to do so.  

My question to you is, what are you doing to ensure that you are the best version of yourself? 

Top 10 Reasons I LOVE Beachbody on Demand

1. I have a tendency to scratch DVDs.  This is partly from usage and partly from running around too much and then just leaving my discs in random places.  
2. My children just straight up take my dvds and use them as "ice skates".  This exact scenario happened today, in my kitchen, with an exercise disc.    
3. I like to watch TV while I work out and my computer rarely plays dvds if they are at all scratched.  (see above)
4. Yes, I have P90X3. Yes I have 21 Day Fix but isn't it great that I don't have to find where I've put them, and instead can just go to a website.  Yes, I have a bad habit of leaving my workout dvds in random places, usually where I last worked out.  The kitchen, the living room , the basemen.  I take the "whole" home gym concept very seriously.
5. My gym can now be where I do Chalene Extreme or Body Beast while looking at my phone, saving me the money from buying heavier weights for home.  I am getting stronger.  Woohoo!  My weights are no longer cutting it.  Time to get some bigger, better weights.  Or I can just take my handy dandy "little computer" and go to the gym.
6. When I travel to visit family I no longer need to schlep my computer with me so I can play my work out dvds and of course I no longer need to schlep my dvds with me.  Despite the fact that half my family has a large assortment of Beachbody dvds this is huge. 
7. I can sample work outs before I'm ready to buy.  (I'm looking at you Insanity Max 30)
8. I can wake up each morning and pick whichever workout I want.  The sampling is fantastic.  Complete programs if I get hooked or I can do a combination.  Plus every workout I've bought is on there too!  (no discs needed!!)
9. I no longer have to wait to try a few of my new favorite workouts.  (Can you say Turbo Fire and Chalene Extreme?)  Every big sale Beachbody had I would rush to buy Turbo Fire or Chalene Extreme and every time I would be late and they would be sold out at the sale price.  Always wanting a bargain I would just wait until the next time around.  Speaking of bargains...
10. The price.  At the price you just can't go wrong.  Its cheaper than most gyms and you have a ton of top notch personal trainers there at your fingertips.