Why Beachbody?

So Beachbody...

Throughout the years I've seen these types of companies get a bad name. They are an MLM and only those who are stupid fall for it. Why would anyone.... sound familiar?

Let me give you my opinion and my WHY.

I struggle. I struggle to make friends, I have only a few people who I am close to. The older I get the harder I was finding it to make friends. I am not social. I am not the girl who is going to kickoff a conversation. I am not the one who goes out of her way to talk to those who are quiet. I am the girl who sits in the corner of a room and keeps to herself, if I have a phone even better.

In 2012, a year after my Catholic Wedding, I found myself a bit lost. While I love my husband, I had submerged myself into an abyss of work and school. I was exhausted and finding eating my feelings. I had always been the fat girl. ALWAYS. Every time I went to Mexico I felt horrible. And many may not know.. but I overheard a conversation from an uncle stating that I no longer wanted to visit my cousins because they were all pretty and skinny and I WAS NOT. It broke my heart. It sent me into a spiral of diet pills, wraps, body shapers, weight watchers, starvation, over eating and then disposing of it.

I entered a phase of depression. Real depression. But I will go into that in another post as I am not fully ready to talk about it... yet.

I have a feeling my family knew. One person specifically. My brother encouraged me to try T25, that we would get the three payment option and go half and half on it and that he would do it with me. On days I didn't want to... he pushed me and days he didn't want to I pushed him. I had already failed Insanity twice, so I was weary of doing another Shaun T program.

But this one was different. This one was 25 minutes. And little by little I was able to do a bit more and more... I started following Tania Baron. And she was modifying which allowed me to follow along. Shaun T's encouragement made me push harder and harder, and just like that, I finished my first Beachbody program ever. 12 lbs lighter, 100xs more confident... and I felt like a new me.

Tania kept posting things that just spoke to me. And I felt like I knew her. I joined one of her challenge groups and then another and another. And little by little when my brother was unable to work out with me anymore, it was ok because I had my own will and my own squad. These girls became my friends, a non judgmental space where we could ask anything and support each other. Women who had never met each other in person were pushing each other in every way they could. I was ecstatic!

My first event was just as impactful. I met my coach, the woman who changed my life, I met some of these women and got to hug them for the first time. These were my friends.

I did not want ANYONE else to ever feel the way I did, to walk into that mirror and just now know what to do where to go. I felt judged when I walked into the gym. I felt inadequate and like people were pointing and laughing at me as this had happened before. I decided to become a coach for the discount.

The shakes worked for me. They helped reduce my cravings, my digestive system and even better, it tasted delicious and I was not getting sick 8+ times a year. It works for me. Think what you may, we're not all the same, what works for me may not work for you and that's ok.

The more people saw me changing, not only physically but emotionally they began to ask what I was doing... and I wanted to share with the world what was working for me. I am not trying to con you. I am sincerely trying to help. I'm trying to share what worked for me. What I did. Because it may help someone.

This company is everything I need, it is what I need at the right time. Yes I was weary at first, yes I was scared. I am a latina, I think every one is out to get you. :) I have a true passion in this company, I believe in the trainers, I believe in the product, I believe in my squad.