I just got back from my very first Team Beachbody Game Plan Training in Washington, DC this weekend. I was so excited to get to meet coaches from all over the country and actually experience the ENERGY of being in a room full of people who LOVE Beachbody, are at various stages of their own fitness journeys, and want to grow their businesses. It was AWESOME!
Then I came home, full of new ideas, excitement and energy. While I was at my daughter's soccer practice, I ran into a dad of one of her friend's who I haven't seen in a few years. I had my INSANITY t-shirt on, so of course, conversations always turn to Beachbody. He said he had some co-workers who were also coaches, so I asked him to pass on my email address to them, since it's always great to meet other local coaches. As he was walking away he said "It's just another one of those pyramid schemes"..."Bye".
I sat there all dejected, wanting to stand up for the company I have learned so much about in the last few months. "No it's NOT a pyramid scheme!" I wanted to yell! "It's a REAL company that wants to help people get fit and healthy!" But of course, I couldn't yell it across the soccer field at him. I just had to take that negative energy home with me.
I talked to my husband about it at home, and it's not something that he hasn't heard either. We talked about what we could say to people like that. I liked Larry Zimberg's thoughts on it. Just say "I don't know anything about that, I just know I'm helping people get healthy AND getting paid for it" and leave it at that.
But then I decided I wanted more info for myself. Why is it that this type of business sounds "shady" to people? I'm not stupid, I have a master's degree and have worked at the same job for 18 years, and I think this is a great opportunity, but why?? So I found the an article that I think will explain the difference between Beachbody, a REAL company and a pyramid scheme:
Is Beachbody a Pyramid Scheme?
September 3, 2008 — Rich
I received a brilliant email yesterday from my top coach in Colorado, Mike, and I absolutely have to share it with every one who thinks that BB is a pyramid scheme:
“My fiance and I were having a discussion the other day over a remark that one of her friends made. That remark went something like this “oh, that is just one of those pyramid schemes”.
One of our problems is dealing with the negativity surrounding the reputation of the phrases “pyramid scheme”, “network marketing”. “multi-level marketing (MLM)” or “direct selling business”.
First of all, the grand daddy of them all, Amway, went under very serious, expensive and prolonged investigation into this sort of activity back in the early 70’s. The results proved that Amway was not a “pyramid scheme” (which is illegal) and paved the way for the whole multi-level marketing industry that has boomed over the past 35 years.
In Quixtar’s (the current name used for the Amway distributor business) Business Rules and Regulations it states:
“A pyramid is a scheme in which an individual pays for the right to recruit additional persons into the scheme who, in turn, receive the same right to receive profits from recruiting others.
Three common elements of a pyramid scheme have been identified as: (1) a large, required initial investment or purchase of inventory: (2) direct payment for recruiting additional persons into the scheme; (3) heavy emphasis on recruiting additional persons, with little or no emphasis on selling products to consumers.”
Beachbody certainly has none of the above components of a pyramid scheme. Anyone who refers to Beachbody as a pyramid scheme is talking out of ignorance combined with obvious negative past experiences with MLMs in general or, perhaps, an illegal pyramid scheme. In fact, I was duped into one such scheme because the Chief Economic Advisor of the Reagan administration, Art Laffer of the infamous “Laffer Curve”, was on the Board of Directors of this company. That company did have several of the components mentioned above.
In fact, Beachbody is squeaky clean on this one as: (1) Beachbody has no required inventory, period; (2) there is no direct payment for recruiting in Beachbody, period; (3) Beachbody is all about products to consumers. In fact, on the last point, Beachbody is currently paying $90 million this year for new customers that it passes on to Emeralds and above. I am not aware of any other MLM that does this.
Another interesting fact is that Beachbody was not created to be an MLM. It was already a very successful company before adding a network marketing component. I am not aware of any other MLM company that has ever had such history before becoming a MLM. Are you?
There is no question that adding a coaching program was in the best interest of Beachbody’s customers. If you were the executive of Beachbody would you have created a coaching program with all the overhead of adding a coaching division within the company (the salaries of the coaches, office space, additional phone lines, computers, etc) where the employees true incentive was to keep his job. Or would you opt for the brilliance of the network of independent coaches where:
1. There is no additional employees with additional salaries
2. The only way a coach can be successful is to be a product of the system
3. Being a product of the system he/she is a few steps ahead of the customers and any new coaches that he/she sponsors
4. There is a non-salaried advocate of the company to create new customer activity and to advise existing customers of different or additional products to improve their fitness goals
5. Because, in essence, coaches get paid to be fit through the system of sharing, existing coaches will help the whole system grow. As the coaching network grows Beachbody will have a tremendous impact for turning around the greatest epidemics in the history of the US - Type 2 Diabetes because of a grossly overweight society.
Our opportunity is unprecedented. There has never been a greater need for a fitness and health system that works. And I have never been exposed to a fitness and health company that works as well as Beachbody. Most people will not get involved because it is a network marketing (MLM) company and/or opportunity. I believe the reasons they will get involved will be one of these:
1. To personally improve their physical appearance
2. To look and feel healthier
3. They were convinced that Beachbody has superior products to achieve their weight and fitness goals
4. Because a medical advisor or doctor told them that they must loose weight (this will be big soon with the coming Type 2 Diabetes product)
5. That they needed a motivation or reason to be fit other than number 4 above (I was in this category)
6. They want to be part of society’s weight solution instead of part of the problem
7. They want an at home business that makes sense
8. They like the idea of getting paid to be fit
It is my opinion that after someone is involved and really understands this company’s vision, that they will stay in this program for most of the above reasons.
The company desperately needs additional active coaches to succeed in its mission. In my opinion, that is why they are having current recruiting contests and, most importantly, that is why they are going to get new coaches the same way they know how to get new customers - infomercials.”
We do not know the original author of this piece to give proper credit, but we thank that person very much for writing such a concise explanation.
Friday
Shakeology 3 Day Cleanse
I just finished listening to a webinar on the Shakeology 3 day cleanse and I learned alot of information I didn't know.
If you are starting a new fitness program and want to JUMP START your weight loss or if you are getting ready to hit a RECOVERY WEEK in your program and want to break your weight loss plateau, I would REALLY consider doing this cleanse.
Here's the cleanse explained: Shakeology Recipes and Cleanse Info
The test group of 60 people lost from 0 to 11 pounds and inches off their waist. Even the people that didn't lose weight lost bloat, inches and cleansed their bodies of toxins during the cleanse. One of my coaches lost 3 pounds and 3.5 inches off her waist in three days and she had not lost that much in the previous 30 days doing P90X.
If you decide to do it, track your weight and do measurements before and after (measure 2 inches above and below your belly button and AT your belly button, since people carry their "bloat" in different areas).
I have two suggestions if you aren't already getting Shakeology. First, find a couple of friends to do the cleanse with and share a bag. Second, if people are interested, I would be willing to sell you 3 days worth of packets at $4 each packet, which would end up costing you $36 for 9 packets). If anyone is interested in that, let me know and I can purchase some extra packets! If you aren't my Beachbody customer, you would need to sign up here: Free Beachbody Membership or you can go here to purchase Shakeology: My Shakeology Website
I am going to do this during my upcoming recovery week - so I'll keep you posted on how I do!
If you are starting a new fitness program and want to JUMP START your weight loss or if you are getting ready to hit a RECOVERY WEEK in your program and want to break your weight loss plateau, I would REALLY consider doing this cleanse.
Here's the cleanse explained: Shakeology Recipes and Cleanse Info
The test group of 60 people lost from 0 to 11 pounds and inches off their waist. Even the people that didn't lose weight lost bloat, inches and cleansed their bodies of toxins during the cleanse. One of my coaches lost 3 pounds and 3.5 inches off her waist in three days and she had not lost that much in the previous 30 days doing P90X.
If you decide to do it, track your weight and do measurements before and after (measure 2 inches above and below your belly button and AT your belly button, since people carry their "bloat" in different areas).
I have two suggestions if you aren't already getting Shakeology. First, find a couple of friends to do the cleanse with and share a bag. Second, if people are interested, I would be willing to sell you 3 days worth of packets at $4 each packet, which would end up costing you $36 for 9 packets). If anyone is interested in that, let me know and I can purchase some extra packets! If you aren't my Beachbody customer, you would need to sign up here: Free Beachbody Membership or you can go here to purchase Shakeology: My Shakeology Website
I am going to do this during my upcoming recovery week - so I'll keep you posted on how I do!
Sunday
Don't say 'I CAN'T'. Say 'I PRESENTLY STRUGGLE WITH...'
This is Tony Horton from the interview in the new Chest, Back and Balls - P90X One on One. I thought it was great so I had to re-post it!
"P90X is a skill based program. There are supposed to be alot of exercises you can't do the first time, the second time, the third time, the forth time, the fifth time. But maybe by the 6th, 7th, or 8th time you can do one or two of them. For alot of people that can be very frustrating, and is the reason that no one has done a program like P90X before, because people who make fitness programs are afraid to deliver something that people can't do pretty well right away. That's why the plateau effect is the case for so many other programs. For P90X it's a completely different thing. There are people who start P90X and they can't do half or 3/4 of it but they GOT THE CONCEPT that IT'S a JOURNEY, it's a struggle, and over the course of time, that's how you improve. You get BETTER at your pull-ups, you get BETTER at your push-ups, your range of motion increases, and your flexibility increases."
"P90X is a skill based program. There are supposed to be alot of exercises you can't do the first time, the second time, the third time, the forth time, the fifth time. But maybe by the 6th, 7th, or 8th time you can do one or two of them. For alot of people that can be very frustrating, and is the reason that no one has done a program like P90X before, because people who make fitness programs are afraid to deliver something that people can't do pretty well right away. That's why the plateau effect is the case for so many other programs. For P90X it's a completely different thing. There are people who start P90X and they can't do half or 3/4 of it but they GOT THE CONCEPT that IT'S a JOURNEY, it's a struggle, and over the course of time, that's how you improve. You get BETTER at your pull-ups, you get BETTER at your push-ups, your range of motion increases, and your flexibility increases."
Eat Clean Challenge Recap
Today is the last day of the Eat Clean Challenge. I would estimate I stuck about 80% to the top 2 tiers of Michi's ladder. I could have done better. I'm not really sure why I "cheated" more this week than even in weeks when I'm not doing a challenge. Something for my therapist to figure out I suppose ;-)
I think I'm going to try to come up with a new, different eating challenge for September. Stay tuned!
I think I'm going to try to come up with a new, different eating challenge for September. Stay tuned!
Tuesday
Day 1 of Eating Clean Challenge
Day One was easy and much needed after a weekend of unhealthy food - I was truly sick by Sunday and felt bad most of the day from what I had eaten all weekend (waffles with syrup, fried food, etc). And as I looked around me at the beach, I realize I am in the minority with trying to eat healthy and be fit. And it makes me sad for people who either don't know better or don't care. It can't feel good to walk through life eating crap food all the time, never exercising and carrying around lots of excessive weight. Hopefully this eating clean challenge will give ONE person some insight into how their nutrition makes them feel and that it's SO much easier to maintain a healthy weight when you eat clean.
Breakfast
Bob's Red Mill - Steel Cut Oats, 1/2 cup uncooked
Stevia Extract In the Raw - Stevia, 1 packet
Almond Breeze Unsweetened Almond Milk - Vanilla Almond Milk,
Beachbody - Chocolate Shakeology, 1 scoop
Coffee - Brewed from grounds, 1 cup (8 fl oz)
Lunch
Sweet potato - Cooked, baked in skin, without salt
Chicken - Chicken Breast, Skinless, Boneless
Dinner
Salmon - Grilled Atlantic Salmon
Spinach - Raw, 2 cup
Generic - Portabello Mushrooms
Homemade - Olive Oil & Balsamic Vinegar Dressing
Snacks
Natural Whole - Almonds, 20 pieces
Sunmaid - California Golden Raisins
Gala Apple - Gala Apple, 1 medium apple
Tomatoes - Roma Tomato, 0.5 Tomato
TOTAL: 1,524 cal - 152g carbs - 38g fat - 131g protein
Breakfast
Bob's Red Mill - Steel Cut Oats, 1/2 cup uncooked
Stevia Extract In the Raw - Stevia, 1 packet
Almond Breeze Unsweetened Almond Milk - Vanilla Almond Milk,
Beachbody - Chocolate Shakeology, 1 scoop
Coffee - Brewed from grounds, 1 cup (8 fl oz)
Lunch
Sweet potato - Cooked, baked in skin, without salt
Chicken - Chicken Breast, Skinless, Boneless
Dinner
Salmon - Grilled Atlantic Salmon
Spinach - Raw, 2 cup
Generic - Portabello Mushrooms
Homemade - Olive Oil & Balsamic Vinegar Dressing
Snacks
Natural Whole - Almonds, 20 pieces
Sunmaid - California Golden Raisins
Gala Apple - Gala Apple, 1 medium apple
Tomatoes - Roma Tomato, 0.5 Tomato
TOTAL: 1,524 cal - 152g carbs - 38g fat - 131g protein
Eat Clean Challenge started Monday!
THE RULES – Start Monday August 9 thru Monday August 16
1. EXERCISE five to six times per week, depending on your program. If you are not doing a Beachbody workout, you should do 2-3 cardio days and 2-3 weight training days per week.
2. EAT CLEAN every day. You get ONE cheat meal during the week challenge period. Not a cheat day – a cheat meal.
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3. No alcohol during the challenge period. No soda (diet or otherwise). No Crystal Light, Gatorade, KoolAid or other fake water additive.
4. Sign up to participate on Facebook. Post your daily progress. I don’t need to know everything you ate, but if you want to post that, the more info the better! Also let us know if you stuck to your exercise program and drank your water.
5. Take your measurements – this isn’t just about losing weight. You may not lose any weight, but chances are you will lose inches.
EATING CLEAN DEFINED
1. You eat 4 to 6 small meals per day – nothing within 3 hours of bedtime.
2. 8 glasses of water each day.
3. Eat at least 1250 calories. This challenge is about eating clean and being healthy, not about starving yourself.
4. Follow something close to a 40% carbs, 30% protein and 30% fat. Your meals have to be balanced. Let me know if you need help coming up with a meal plan.
5. YOU EAT ONLY FROM THE TOP 2 TIERS of MICHI’S LADDER 6 DAYS A WEEK. To See Michi’s Ladder, click here: MICHIS-LADDER - ALMOND MILK, RICE MILK AND PROTEIN POWDER ARE OK TO HAVE IN THIS CHALLENGE.
If you are not a FREE Beachbody community member, go to
Free Beachbody Membership to join. I will also become your free coach.
MORE INFO:
Diets don’t work. Yes, they can help you lose weight, but when your diet is “over” you go back to the same eating habits that made you overweight to begin with. Then, since you’ve just lowered your metabolism by starving yourself, you body stores fat more easily and you gain MORE weight than you had before.
Eating CLEAN is a lifestyle, not a diet. You don’t go on and off it. It helps you raise your basal metabolic rate (your metabolism) which allows you to burn off more fat every day. I think this is the KEY to my 20 pound weight loss in the last 6 months. Yes, I’ve been exercising, but I’ve ALWAYS exercised. I think it’s the change in my diet to include almost exclusively complete proteins, complex carbohydrates and healthy fats that has made the biggest difference. I have STOPPED eating simple carbs (which cause a spike in insulin and negatively affect your metabolism), I eat small, frequent meals, lean protein (chicken, fish, egg whites, turkey, etc), complex carbs (whole grains, fresh fruit and vegetable) and healthy fats (mono- and poly-unsaturated fats). I also stopped drinking alcohol (except for special occasions or a night out with the girls).
Top 10 Foods to stay AWAY from (according to The Eat-Clean Diet by Tosca Reno). Doughnuts, marshmallows, sodas, bacon and processed meats, sugar-loaded cereals, fruit juice and fake fruit drinks, candy, French fries and twinkies. I always thought of fruit juice as healthy, but it’s not. You’ve taken a complex carbohydrate (an orange or an apple) and turned it into a simple carb (orange or apple juice) that will cause your insulin levels to jump through the roof because it’s ALL sugar and the fiber is gone (which is what makes fruit a complex carb to begin with!)
Top 12 Superfoods: Tomatoes, skinless turkey breast, wild salmon, broccoli, berries, beans and legumes, walnuts, spinach, bison, pumpkin, soy, oatmeal.
Another way I like to think about it is this: don’t just track you’re the food you eat, track the INGREDIENTS of the foods you eat.
For example, my old diet included:
Instant oatmeal: whole grain rolled oats (with oat bran), sugar, artificial flavors, salt, calcium carbonate (a source of calcium), soy lecithin, guar gum, caramel color, niacinamide, vitamin a palmitate, reduced iron, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid.
Lean Cuisine: tortilla crusted alaska pollock (alaska pollock, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, modified cornstarch, tortilla chips (yellow whole corn, vegetable oil {corn, soybean, and/or sunflower oil}), sugar, yellow corn flour, potassium chloride, white corn flour, salt, spices, dextrose, egg white, tomato powder, natural flavor, whey, maltodextrin, yeast, onion powder, leavening (sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium bicarbonate), soy flour, garlic powder, torula yeast, citric acid, corn oil. prefried in cottonseed and/or canola oil), blanched enriched long grain parboiled rice (water, rice, iron, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid), skim milk, corn, tomatillos, red peppers, water, chile peppers, onions, 2% or less of reduced fat cheddar cheese (cultured part-skim milk, salt, enzymes, annatto color), buttermilk powder, dehydrated sour cream (sour cream (cultured cream, nonfat milk)), modified cornstarch, salt, soybean oil, garlic puree, cultured whey, cilantro, jalapeno puree (jalapeno peppers, salt, acetic acid and calcium chloride), bleached wheat flour, sugar, potassium chloride, lactic acid, spices, calcium lactate
Quaker granola bar: whole grain rolled oats, brown rice syrup, crisp rice (rice, sugar, salt, malted barley flour), sugar, dried sweetened cranberry pieces (sugar, cranberries), semisweet chocolate chunks (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, salt, vanilla), almonds, peanuts, honey, sunflower oil, inulin, whole grain rolled barley, whole grain rolled wheat, molasses, soybean oil, water, glycerin, salt, vanilla, soy lecithin.
TOTAL ingredients: more than 100!
And that is just breakfast, lunch and a snack. Sure, my calorie intake was FINE, but my NUTRITIONAL intake was CRAP.
An example of clean eating:
Breakfast: Organic steel cut oatmeal, Honey, Almond milk
Snack: Almonds and raisins
Lunch” chicken, spinach, tomatoes, oil and vingar
TOTAL ingredients: 10
See the difference???
MY TYPICAL MEAL PLAN
Breakfast
Shakeology – Chocolate – 1 serving
Beachbody Protein Powder, 1 scoop
Almond Milk - 4 oz
Coffee – 4 oz
Snack
Almonds, unroasted, 10
Raisins, 15
Lunch
Low carb whole wheat wrap
Chicken, breast, baked, 8 oz
Tomatoes, 1 medium
Spinach, raw, 2 cups
Snack
P90X Protein Bar – I’m going to have to give these up during the challenge
Apple
Dinner
Salmon, cooked, 6 oz,
Broccoli, 1 cup
Total
Calories 1,570
Fat 53g (30%)
Carbs 103.4g (25%)
Protein 177.3g (46%)
1. EXERCISE five to six times per week, depending on your program. If you are not doing a Beachbody workout, you should do 2-3 cardio days and 2-3 weight training days per week.
2. EAT CLEAN every day. You get ONE cheat meal during the week challenge period. Not a cheat day – a cheat meal.
...
3. No alcohol during the challenge period. No soda (diet or otherwise). No Crystal Light, Gatorade, KoolAid or other fake water additive.
4. Sign up to participate on Facebook. Post your daily progress. I don’t need to know everything you ate, but if you want to post that, the more info the better! Also let us know if you stuck to your exercise program and drank your water.
5. Take your measurements – this isn’t just about losing weight. You may not lose any weight, but chances are you will lose inches.
EATING CLEAN DEFINED
1. You eat 4 to 6 small meals per day – nothing within 3 hours of bedtime.
2. 8 glasses of water each day.
3. Eat at least 1250 calories. This challenge is about eating clean and being healthy, not about starving yourself.
4. Follow something close to a 40% carbs, 30% protein and 30% fat. Your meals have to be balanced. Let me know if you need help coming up with a meal plan.
5. YOU EAT ONLY FROM THE TOP 2 TIERS of MICHI’S LADDER 6 DAYS A WEEK. To See Michi’s Ladder, click here: MICHIS-LADDER - ALMOND MILK, RICE MILK AND PROTEIN POWDER ARE OK TO HAVE IN THIS CHALLENGE.
If you are not a FREE Beachbody community member, go to
Free Beachbody Membership to join. I will also become your free coach.
MORE INFO:
Diets don’t work. Yes, they can help you lose weight, but when your diet is “over” you go back to the same eating habits that made you overweight to begin with. Then, since you’ve just lowered your metabolism by starving yourself, you body stores fat more easily and you gain MORE weight than you had before.
Eating CLEAN is a lifestyle, not a diet. You don’t go on and off it. It helps you raise your basal metabolic rate (your metabolism) which allows you to burn off more fat every day. I think this is the KEY to my 20 pound weight loss in the last 6 months. Yes, I’ve been exercising, but I’ve ALWAYS exercised. I think it’s the change in my diet to include almost exclusively complete proteins, complex carbohydrates and healthy fats that has made the biggest difference. I have STOPPED eating simple carbs (which cause a spike in insulin and negatively affect your metabolism), I eat small, frequent meals, lean protein (chicken, fish, egg whites, turkey, etc), complex carbs (whole grains, fresh fruit and vegetable) and healthy fats (mono- and poly-unsaturated fats). I also stopped drinking alcohol (except for special occasions or a night out with the girls).
Top 10 Foods to stay AWAY from (according to The Eat-Clean Diet by Tosca Reno). Doughnuts, marshmallows, sodas, bacon and processed meats, sugar-loaded cereals, fruit juice and fake fruit drinks, candy, French fries and twinkies. I always thought of fruit juice as healthy, but it’s not. You’ve taken a complex carbohydrate (an orange or an apple) and turned it into a simple carb (orange or apple juice) that will cause your insulin levels to jump through the roof because it’s ALL sugar and the fiber is gone (which is what makes fruit a complex carb to begin with!)
Top 12 Superfoods: Tomatoes, skinless turkey breast, wild salmon, broccoli, berries, beans and legumes, walnuts, spinach, bison, pumpkin, soy, oatmeal.
Another way I like to think about it is this: don’t just track you’re the food you eat, track the INGREDIENTS of the foods you eat.
For example, my old diet included:
Instant oatmeal: whole grain rolled oats (with oat bran), sugar, artificial flavors, salt, calcium carbonate (a source of calcium), soy lecithin, guar gum, caramel color, niacinamide, vitamin a palmitate, reduced iron, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid.
Lean Cuisine: tortilla crusted alaska pollock (alaska pollock, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, modified cornstarch, tortilla chips (yellow whole corn, vegetable oil {corn, soybean, and/or sunflower oil}), sugar, yellow corn flour, potassium chloride, white corn flour, salt, spices, dextrose, egg white, tomato powder, natural flavor, whey, maltodextrin, yeast, onion powder, leavening (sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium bicarbonate), soy flour, garlic powder, torula yeast, citric acid, corn oil. prefried in cottonseed and/or canola oil), blanched enriched long grain parboiled rice (water, rice, iron, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid), skim milk, corn, tomatillos, red peppers, water, chile peppers, onions, 2% or less of reduced fat cheddar cheese (cultured part-skim milk, salt, enzymes, annatto color), buttermilk powder, dehydrated sour cream (sour cream (cultured cream, nonfat milk)), modified cornstarch, salt, soybean oil, garlic puree, cultured whey, cilantro, jalapeno puree (jalapeno peppers, salt, acetic acid and calcium chloride), bleached wheat flour, sugar, potassium chloride, lactic acid, spices, calcium lactate
Quaker granola bar: whole grain rolled oats, brown rice syrup, crisp rice (rice, sugar, salt, malted barley flour), sugar, dried sweetened cranberry pieces (sugar, cranberries), semisweet chocolate chunks (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, salt, vanilla), almonds, peanuts, honey, sunflower oil, inulin, whole grain rolled barley, whole grain rolled wheat, molasses, soybean oil, water, glycerin, salt, vanilla, soy lecithin.
TOTAL ingredients: more than 100!
And that is just breakfast, lunch and a snack. Sure, my calorie intake was FINE, but my NUTRITIONAL intake was CRAP.
An example of clean eating:
Breakfast: Organic steel cut oatmeal, Honey, Almond milk
Snack: Almonds and raisins
Lunch” chicken, spinach, tomatoes, oil and vingar
TOTAL ingredients: 10
See the difference???
MY TYPICAL MEAL PLAN
Breakfast
Shakeology – Chocolate – 1 serving
Beachbody Protein Powder, 1 scoop
Almond Milk - 4 oz
Coffee – 4 oz
Snack
Almonds, unroasted, 10
Raisins, 15
Lunch
Low carb whole wheat wrap
Chicken, breast, baked, 8 oz
Tomatoes, 1 medium
Spinach, raw, 2 cups
Snack
P90X Protein Bar – I’m going to have to give these up during the challenge
Apple
Dinner
Salmon, cooked, 6 oz,
Broccoli, 1 cup
Total
Calories 1,570
Fat 53g (30%)
Carbs 103.4g (25%)
Protein 177.3g (46%)
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