So, I have been priding myself on eating clean for the last 6 months while doing my two rounds of P90x and P90x Plus. I have made changes in my diet that I would have never guessed I would have ever done let alone let myself do.
My History:
Before finding Beachbody and P90x was a long one of doing WeightWatchers multiple times and actually being successful at losing weight on it. WeightWatchers included eating whatever I could as long as it was under a certain number of points. The quality of food didn’t really matter as long as I could beat the system and meet my points value. That included multiple diet soda’s a day, popcorn, 1pt this and 1pt that, frozen meals, fast food, etc. Most of which were fast and convenient but lacked nutritional value. At the time it was fine and yes I lost weight but I still never benefited nutritionally from what I was eating. My body didn’t feel satisfied and when I felt hungry I knew it was working.
After gaining 30 lbs back and trying Weight Watchers again, I just couldn’t do it. My body was done with the processed foods and the way I felt intaking the processed foods, even if they were low calorie.
When I started p90x I originally told myself I could do Weight Watchers while doing this intense workout. After 2 days, I read the Nutrition guide because I just didn’t have the energy to get through the workouts. So, I made the decision to wipe out the pantry and the fridge of all processed foods I would eat. Since I have two little ones at home and a husband who’s staple food was Pizza I couldnt wipe out their food right away.
Once I wiped out the junk, including the Diet soda I felt satisfied and had enough energy for these Extreme workouts. While it was a hard adjustment at first I just felt good about doing it. Some of the drastic changes that I made was I started only using Whole Grains which was actually an easy transition for my kids, they couldnt tell the difference between these grains and bread and what they were used to.
I decreased my consumption of diary and replaced it with things like Almond and Soy Milk. I put things like soy chorizo in with my ground turkey to give it a smokey, beefy taste that my whole family could enjoy without feeling like they were being “cheated”.
Once I got the hang of this it, I made the choice to completely doing something great for myself and my family and became a Beachbody Coach. This way I could share what I knew and what I experienced with others that were striving to become healthy and fit. After I became a coach I started seeing other coaches post about Shakeology this and Shakeology that and finally said “I need to see what this hype is all about”. So I figured with my Coaching Discount Shakeology was totally worth trying what was touted as the Best Meal of the Day. I was so excited to get the individual packets in the mail and couldn’t wait to try it.
I looked on my own Shakeology site for recipes to enhance the Shakeology experience and found one I knew my husband would try.
- 1/2 cup Almond Milk (didn’t tell him at first),
- 1/2 Banana,
- 1 Tbsp All Natural Peanut Butter, Ice and Chocolate Shakeology was the recipe I would first try.
I first showed my husband the Nutrition Label which consists of 70+ Incredible ingredients which mimic going to the Salad Bar 5 times. His initial reaction was “EWE”.
Then I had him try the above recipe and the look on his face was priceless. The next thing I did was have my daughters try it (age 6 and 3), and I was lucky to get the Magic Bullet cup that it was in back. They were theives and thought that it was a chocolate smoothie (aha! I thought their fruits and veggies and they didnt even know it). So, we knew right a way that the chocolate Shakeology was going to be a keeper in our household.
So, the next day we tried the Greenberry Shakeology, which by looks was scary but we were unbelievably surprised at the taste. REALLY!! My favorite Greenberry Shakeology would be ice, 1/2 cup Orange Juice, 1/2 Banana. It is a nice refreshing taste, a nice change from the rich chocolate.
My routine now consists of one nice hearty Shakeology a day and mostly for lunch. I am so satisfied with the taste and the fact that it is filling that I just had to write about it. Even more exciting is that everytime I make it at home with my kids around the first thing out of their mouth is “Can I have a sip?”, and my wonderful husband who at one time in my life was worried about enjoys something incredibly healthy.
I highly recommend Shakeology and all of the incredible health benefits it offers. If you have any questions or would like to purchase Shakeology please contact me anna@coachannagray.com
Anna Gray
Anna Gray is an RN, has her Bachelors in Exercise Physiology and is a 2 Star Diamond Independent Beachbody coach. She is a mother of 2 little girls adopted from China and a wife of a wonderful husband of 13 years. Her passion is helping people, especially those struggling with weight, athletic performance and nutrition struggles because she herself is an Ice Hockey player whos athletic performance has peaked at the age of 38 all because she lost 70 lbs and found P90x, Shakeology and the rest of the proven successful Beachbody Programs.
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