goals. goals. goals.

The beginning of each year I set some pretty scary goals. I always have high HOPES of hitting them, but never 100% sure if I will actually do them. I love setting goals. I put them up all over, make them the back round of my computer so I see them everyday. I set personal goals, business goals, family goals all different kinds. So I have checked in recently to see how I am on track to hit them. Some of them I won't hit, some of them I hit but not when I said I would.. does it matter?? HECK NO! I am working on crossing them ALL OFF!!!

Do you set goals? Make dream boards? Do you know EXACTLY what you want your life to look like?

If you don't have a road map.. you won't get there.. go to oprah.com/dreamboards and make one!! i promise it will be worth it!!

Make sure your goals are S.M.A.R.T. goals..
S- specific.. make it as specific as you can
M- measurable.. put a scale to it.. don't make it too big that you can't measure your progress
A- attainable.. something you can actually do, little outside your comfort zone
R- realistic.. come on you won't loose 50lbs or be a millionaire in a month.. keep it real
T- time-able.. PUT A DATE ON IT! most important part.. goals without dates are just dreams!

NEWWWWWW CARRRRR!

So the week before I went to California for beachbody's leadership event, we were car shopping. Then the day before I was leaving my wonderful husband took it upon himself to go car shopping for the whole day, while I needed to get ready to go away the next morning. With still having to get my nails done & run to the mall. I was stressing out the ENTIRE day that he was gone. I know he was doing a nice thing but I had 9,000,000 things to do, including clean the house, finish the laundry and pack myself and the kids to go away for 5 days. So he decides to come home at 6pm. leaving me 3 hours to get my nails done and run to the mall. PERFECT. so of course I had a breakdown and was crying from all the stress.

Needless to say I got everything done.. didn't sleep but got everything done. Off to California I went. Had an amazing time.. Jose picked me up from the airport with this new beauty!!!! I was SOOOOOOO SURPRISED!!! I have never been surprised like that ever! I couldn't believe he pulled it off all while I was away!

Thank you to team beachbody for giving me the opportunity to take on a car payment and quit my full time job at the same time!! Its the little things in life, like a working, safe car that make all the sleepless nights worth it!!!

Beachbody's Leadership Event

I was SOOOOOOO excited to spend a weekend with the top team beachbody coaches! It was the best experience to just sit and chat and connect with all the coaches! I was able to attend this event 2 years in a row in Dana Point, California. It was such a beautiful hotel (marriot at dana point). We had amazing events, speakers and parties. But the best part of the whole trip is connecting with my team. This year we were able to have 36 from our Bombshell Dynasty Team. The year before we only had 8. We got to test out Beachbody's brand new workout #21fix that comes out in February 2014! Here are some pictures from that weekend.

September 3, 2013

As i snapped a pic of them both sleeping.. I was going to write something about getting a power hour of cleaning in.. Which i am going to do.. 

But then it hit me. We are home, with no where to rush to. They get to take naps in their house, not while in the car rushing and running to work.. I knew that leaving the salon was going to be different but i didnt think about little things like this. What a blessing this is turning out to be. To be able to earn a living while I am home and my babies get to nap here. I could cry just thinking about our new life!!

Im sorry for everyone who is NOT involved with a network marketing company. I know you may have a bad taste in your mouth about it or say that I drank the "kool aid" but as a woman who has worked her butt off for the last 10 years and carting my kids around with me, to now be able to be home with them and make MORE then my husbands nypd salary.. Its LIFE CHANGING!!

Please reach out to me if you want a better life then the one you are living now. Living paycheck to paycheck sucks!!!

#blessed #happy #lifechanger #teamneversurrender #livefornow #teambeachbody

Hello New Beginnings...

So sorry I haven't been blogging the past few weeks... I was busy selling my hair salon!! And I am happy to say I am officially free!! It had been my goal this year to sell my salon so I could focus on my family and beachbody coaching, and it is DONE! I fired myself on September 1st. It happened so fast, I totally wasn't ready to let go, but it was the perfect set up so I couldn't say no.

Sometimes you have to let go of something to be able to reach for the next thing. Goodbye full time job! Hello FREEDOM!

October 1, 2009 - September 1, 2013

Shakeology Peanut Butter Cups

Ingredients:
2 tbsp Unrefined Virgin Coconut Oil
5 tbsp Chocolate Shakeology
3 tbsp Natural Peanut Butter or pb2 mixed with water
14 1″ foil baking cups or mini muffin pan

In a microwave safe bowl add the coconut oil. Put in the microwave for 15-20 seconds.
Remove and add Shakeology to the bowl, stir.
Next in the pan add just barely enough of the Shakeology/coconut oil mix to cover the bottom.

Once the pan is  filled, put them in the freezer for 1-2 minutes.
In the meantime, in a bowl combine the PB2 with the water.
Pull the pan of the freezer.
Add about 1/2 tsp of the PB2 mix or Natural peanut butter on top of Shakeology layer.

Finally, top off the Peanut Butter layer with enough of the remaining Shakeology/coconut mix to cover. Pop in the freezer for about 10 minutes. ENJOY!

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The ripple effect.

Definition is : A ripple effect is a situation where, like the ever expanding ripples across water when an object is dropped into it, an effect from an initial state can be followed outwards incrementally.

Basically it is the result of one thing that you have changed in your life, has the effect on so many others. And you never know it at the time. You just think that you are doing something different for you. But then it changes someone else's lives and you look back to think, "wow I am here now because of one small decision. 

How I got here. 

I didn't know Lindsay Matway like I do now. But I am forever grateful for her life and situation she went through because it was able to get me here too. Just by her making the decision to want something better for her life has completely changed mine. She was a new mom with a premie baby and wanted to loose her baby weight. So she ordered p90x off a infomercial. Like anyone else she tried it a few times before she actually had success with the program. Then after getting some results she put her story up on youtube. Got a bunch of emails of people asking her for help. And she found that she had a love for it. A passion to help other people. To have them come to her for help. So she called up beachbody and asked if they had a referral program. They signed her up as a coach, got randomly placed under someone who was inactive. She didn't know what she was doing at first, like anything new. But she knew that being significant in the lives of others made her happy everyday.  So she kept working it and was able to quit her job as a bartender and build a fantastic life for her family. 

Kati Heifner also decided to do p90x from a late night infomercial  She was FINALLY able to get the results she had always wanted but never got from going to the gym. She became happy and confident in her new body. She had seen Lindsay's youtube videos about p90x and decided to become a coach. She knew that her life was changed with these products and wanted to help change others lives too. She was able to fire her boss, do beachbody full time, just pick up and move across the country for love and live the life she always dreamed of. 

Kati had reached out to Nikki Minton and invited her to be a part of her challenge group. Nikki had done p90x and never made it through. She was struggling and decided to join the group and also sign up as a coach to hold her accountable. Through the support of the team and her challenge group she was finally able to finish a full 90 days of a workout. Go from a size 8/10 to a size 4. She lost 20lbs and felt amazing about herself. Now it was her turn to pay it forward and help other people change their lives. It was her goal to be able to help her husband with some of the bills. She was a substitute teacher before beachbody. Now 2 years into the business she was able to DOUBLE what a teacher's salary is. It is her goal in 3 years to retire her husband. I am SURE she will do it before then. 

On Nikki's journey she had worked with Danielle Judd. She was speaking to her one day about beachbody and shakeology and Danielle had decided to join her team. Danielle was in a bad car accident at 8 months pregnant. She suffers from terrible migraines that kept her in bed most of the day. She had terrible headaches about 29 days out of the month. She started drinking shakeology daily and her headaches got less and less, and more tolerable. After waiting a year for an appointment with a neurosurgeon he diagnosed her with fibromyalgia and chronic migraines.  He gave her a list of supplements to take, as she read the list she thought that a lot of these ingredients are in shakeology. So she pulled out a packet she had in her purse and gave it to the doctor to check out. He told her that because she had been drinking this it was the reason she could get out of bed each day. It was a true blessing that came into her life. She also pays it forward by helping people reach their health and fitness goals. She is able to stay home with her 2 year old and 3 month old because of beachbody. 

Now how I know Danielle is from a online mom group. Notice we have kids the same age. She has posted one day in the group about shakeology, so I messaged her and asked for more info. As she was explaining it to me i thought to myself.. well i have tried EVERYTHING else, so might as well try this too. She had told me about the coach discount, since we were ACTIVE MILITARY at the time. (*active military gets a 25% discount ) So I signed as a coach and ordered my shakeology. Fast forward to a year and half later, I have found my purpose in this life. My life is complete. I am happy, live everyday with passion and I look forward to going to 'work' everyday. I help people realize their full potential in life? What gets better then that??

So my whole point of this post is to tell you that you have no idea what effect you can have on someone else's life. Just by you making one small decision. A decision to do something different. Stop settling. To change your life. Can change THOUSANDS of lives! No one including myself had NO IDEA our little lives would have on others. We had no idea at the time of signing up as a coach (usually to hold ourselves accountable) may be the reason you are here reading this blog.

Stop selling yourself short. You are worth it. Your story is powerful. Share it with the world. Even if you only help 1 person. It is worth it =)

I am human JUST like YOU!

I had started #T25 when it first came out about a month ago. I was doing great until week 3 and our last minute trip to Florida. Then everything went out the window. Life happened, got busy and my workouts went with it. I let it be not a priority anymore. And I have been teaching and encouraging others to do it and I have been SERIOUSLY slacking..



REALITY CHECK!

I started day 1 all over again yesterday. I am human, just like you. No different. BUT I can recognize when I mess up and NOT let it discourage me.. And just SIMPLY start all over!

Just got a new scale. (austin broke the 2 we had.. LOVE the terrible twos!) So tomorrow I will weigh in, take some measurements and its on!!

I hope you will follow my journey and HELP keep me accountable! If you would like to join me in an accountability group let me know!! I would LOVE any support I can get!

MomTrepreneur?!?

What does that even mean? MomTrepreneur??

I saw the word and thought.. YES that is me! I am a total entrepreneur and turned into a mom. So how am I going to blend the two together??

When I got pregnant with Austin I knew I didn't want to work forever. I was raised by a single mother who worked 3 jobs to support us. With her always working she missed out a lot of our day to day lives. I didn't want that life. I don't want that life for my children. There is nothing wrong with how I grew up. She did the BEST she could do and we NEVER went without anything. But I knew in my heart that I wanted better for my kids. I mean that is our ultimate job right? To do better then our parents did for us??

I own a hair salon and now after my second baby it doesn't really work out anymore. It was ok to bring 1 to work with you but 2 doesn't work.. So I have focused more on my Beachbody Coaching. With that I am able to work while I am with the kids. I am able to build a residual income.





The best part is it NEVER feels like work. I get to help people transform their lives. Not only do they lose weight, they gain confidence & self worth. They find their true happiness, have better relationships  with their spouses and children. It is a total mind, body and spirit overhaul.










If you were to say to me a year ago that I would be an inspiration and leader to so many people. I would have told you that you were crazy. I would never picked to be in relational marketing. If anyone tried to talk me into a business like this I would have went running for the hills. But I fell in love with this business because it literally SAVED my life. I was able to find my passion again. I was always happy but never fulfilled completely. Until I found beachbody. I am so thankful that I reached out to my coach Danielle and asked her about what this was all about. Even when I started I had no desire to run another business. But God had a different plan for me. I didn't know it at the time but it was a seed planted in my life that would later turn into my passion for life.

If you are looking for something to be a part of, something to fuel your soul, something to do while you are home. There is NOTHING better then health and fitness. Its not a quick fix, some magic pill or wrap. It hard work, proper nutriton & exercise. This is something that will be around forever. You don't have to go to people's houses and put on presentations or sell products. This is about sharing your story and inviting people to join your journey! Its that simple. I would love to talk to you about this! Fill out the coach application and lets set up a time to talk! =)

let go and let GOD

Finally reached the point of feeling whole in my life. I NEVER thought or imagined it would happen by being in Church. I NEVER expected it to come from God. I never understood what that feeling was in you gut until I started talking to God.

I had been searching for a few month for some direction in my life. I needed to learn to let go of my childhood. I felt like my past was holding me back from getting to where I want. I researched counselors, tried to talk to friends, my husband nothing was working. I knew I needed it but didn't know where to find the answer. Then all of a sudden my brother in law shows up and stays over for a few nights.(God works in mysterious ways) He started telling me about his church and how he loved it. I was VERY skeptical. I grew up in a catholic church and would go but never felt connected to it. I was never moved. I hardly could understand what they were talking about in church. Church just wasn't for me.

But as I sat and talked to him I was very curious to check it out for myself. I have a lot of friends who have amazing relationships with their faith. I have been drawn to these kind of people for a long time but never tried it out for myself. So as I spent a few days with him, I decided to pick up my family and go to Florida to check it out for myself. It was a very last minute decision to go, so flying a family of 4 wasn't an option. I jumped on the computer and rented a car. While I was booking the car, I had deja vu. I KNEW in my gut that this is what I was supposed to be doing. (now I know that it was God telling me to get off my butt and go!) So we packed up the kids, got the car and drove from NY to Miami, Fl. 

It was so nice to spend time with my family down there. The kids got to see their cousins. The weather is beautiful and the people are nice. Way different then living here in Staten Island. I went to Walgreens and could park in a spot without walking from so far away, didn't have someone beeping and yelling at you for taking their spot, and no one blocked me in to 'just run in real quick'. It's all the little things that make your life easier that make a HUGE difference. 

Sunday came around. We all got up and worked out to Shaun T's new workout Focus T25! It was amazing workout! It was my sister and brother in laws first time doing the workout, so they were dying! Even the kids joined us. Then off to church we went. After showers of course! 

If you know me, you know that I am SUPER emotional. So of course I was crying with being in church for about 3 minutes. But it was because I felt like I have FINALLY found what I have been searching for! A real relationship with God. I always get my 'gut' instincts and 99% of the time I follow them. I knew I was connected to something greater then me. But I finally got to see it face to face. I found a family, a spiritual family. I felt like I was home.



I spent the new few hours crying, listening, absorbing everything that was being said. The pastor told me let go. Just let go and forgive everyone for hurting you. For what they did, how you grew up, the decisions you made because of it. Just let it go. It took me a few breathes to let it go. But I did. Just like that I forgave everyone in my past. I couldn't hold on to that pain anymore. It was holding me back. And then he called me out on my 'believe' bracelet. It had been given to me from my friend Lindsay Matway (lindsaymatway.blogspot.com). She gave it to us to remind us to believe in God and believe in yourself. He called out my bracelet because I wasn't sure if I believed this was really happening and if it was all real. The moment he said that I broke down again and let total control go. 

Now that I have been living my life listening to what he has to say, it is COMPLETELY different. I don't worry like I used to. I don't stress as much. I know he has my back and is going to give me everything I deserve. I live my life with prayer in it everyday. It is a little strange for me to even say this. I was NEVER that person who preached about faith. Just like I never thought I would be a coach, teaching people about health and fitness.. But I am now.  you can change your life if you choose to. Its up to you to live the way you want to. If you are not happy, you don't feel complete, you feel lost or unsure about your life, if you are happy but searching for something to be connected to.. I encourage you to try church. Try to find one that speaks to you. One that you are excited to go every week. Somewhere you go and feel alive. 

People come into your life at certain points for a reason. Open your mind and open your heart. Pay attention to what is going on. Follow your instinct. It is there for a reason. And remember God talks to you in YOUR OWN voice.. Im sure it would freak you out to hear someone else voice in your head.. LISTEN. 

waking up with passion

I have been in a little bit of a rut lately.. Just going through the day to day motions. Getting caught up in all the little things. The house, the kids, laundry, work, bills = stress stress stress. We have been searching for a church and can't seem to find one that is right yet. So I have been getting frustrated with life.. 

Then last night I did a team call with #teamneversurrender (my team of beachbody coaches) about Leadership and living your life with passion. And it hit me, I was telling them what to do and how to do it, but I wasn't doing it. I was living the way I was telling them not to. What kind of leader am I? How can I be telling someone else when I am not living that way? Time to do some personal development before bed and do some self reflecting. So thats exactly what I did. I read a chapter of Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. http://purposedriven.com/books/pdlbook/ ( life changing book-- HIGHLY recommend it)

Woke up today after a few hours of sleep (baby Logan woke up at 3am & 6am) with a spring in my step. I was really tired and wanted to go back to bed but then I had a gut check. Am I going to take full advantage of this day? or am I going to roll over and go back to sleep for an hour or so? I got up! I can not get to where I want to be in life just getting by. Just living day to day. I have to live EVERYDAY with passion in my heart. STARTING TODAY!

The way we live our days is the way we live our lives. You aren't going to wake up one day and have everything you have ever wanted out of life. It takes hard work, dedication, commitment, passion & drive.  

It doesn't matter where you came from or what your situation is. Everyone has crap from their past. Everyone has someone that hurt them or someone who told you that you aren't good enough. Someone who told you that you won't do anything with your life. Well I am here to tell you, so what, you don't have to live that way IF you don't want to. You have the ability to change it. EVERYDAY you open your eyes you make a choice. Even if its a bad one or not the right choice, its a choice and you made it. You can come from nothing and be something. You can have EVERYTHING you have ever wanted. The key is to make a decision and stop the excuses. 

 

Motivation comes from you. I can preach to you until I am blue in the face, I can encourage you and support you. But ultimately it is up to you, and only you. You have to look at yourself everyday. This is YOUR life. 

The pain of regret is far worse then the pain of struggle. Yes its hard and yes you will fall. But looking back on your life with regret of not doing it will be way worse then your sore muscles.  

So get up. Take FULL advantage of TODAY! NO excuses! Lets finish out July 2013 with a bang!