GoFitCoach Store Now Open

Per the request of several of our WONDERFUL coachees, we now have a line of apparel and other merchandise at the GoFitCoach Store. We will be adding new products and designs in the future, so keep checking back.

This is a great way to start up conversations in YOUR community about the workout programs that have changed YOUR life!!!

I would just like to add that I am humbled and in awe at how GoFitCoach (and Ro's Angels) has expanded in ways that I never imagined! THANK YOU to everyone!!!!!

Brian's CarePage

I have started a CarePage for Brian to post updates on him. You can also leave words of support and encouragement that I will read to him daily!

Please continue to pray. We need prayer.

Brian's CarePage

Surgery update

Hi everyone!!! Thank you for all the prayers! Please continue as we are not out of the woods yet. I'm updating The Playground often. To make things a bit easier, I'll continue to just update there.

God Bless each of you!

Prayer Request Update

Just a quick update...I'm so exhausted right now...

Surgery was 10 1/2 hours and a success as far as we know. My brother is in recovery room and will be going to ICU tonight. He is being kept sedated and on a ventilator until tomorrow. The doctor isn't anticipating any residual issues, but we won't know until Brian wakes up.

So, first surgery is done!

Please continue to pray for no complications and a speedy recovery.

Prayers Requested

Today is the day.

Today is the day that we have been anxiously waiting to arrive for the past 10 months.

Today is the day of Brian's brain surgery.

He is scheduled for surgery at 7:30am, which will last anywhere from 6-10 hours.

As you read this, I would like to request that you pause a moment and say a prayer. We need to support and the strength to get through this.

I will post updates when able.

A Nerve Has Been Touched!

Wow! If you read the "Purple State of Mind" post, there is a comment there from a lurker that has really touched a nerve with folks. I have had A TON of emails in response!!!

I thought it would be easier to respond here instead of sending emails.

It is really important to remember that everyone is on their own path. Nothing is wrong with the individual paths. One size does not fit all. I understand that many of you feel that "self-promotion" is rampant on the threads, but truly, folks, it's ok. Who cares. Don't let it bother you. Take it with a grain of salt.

I ask that each of you focus on your own journey. Make no comparisons. Don't feel badly about yourself because of pictures that others post. This is a big part of WHY we don't post our pictures too often. We don't want you to compare. It is not important.

I want you to get FIT AND HEALTHY for yourself...not because of a picture that you have seen of someone else. I want you to find your self-worth WITHIN yourself! I don't want you to feel the need to obtain it from others.

Feel free to email me if you need me to go more in-depth with my response.

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Purple State of Mind

Wow!!!! We have quite a following from NYU!!!!! Shout outs to all!!!!!

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Nutrition & Wellness Consulting

It is official!!!!

I am now a certified Nutrition and Wellness Consultant! I am extremely excited about this because I can utilize my nursing expertise, my coaching experience, and now my nutrition certification to guide people on an even more personal level towards a life of HEALTH & FITNESS.

Please visit the GoFitCoach Nutritional Consultations site for more information!!!

Play, Shake, and Share

This is from Carl's (BeachBody's CEO) blog yesterday. I love what it says and wanted to post it here for you to read.

If you want to get healthy, lose weight, and build a business for yourself without having to invest a lot of money, read this post.

At least one email a day hits my inbox from someone with a new concept for recruiting new people into the Beachbody Revolution. New advertising campaign ideas, institutional opportunities, and even acquisition concepts. Every idea has merit, but none are as powerful as the powerful force driving this outreach: People talking directly to people they know in order to get them started on the sure-fire solution; Exercise, good nutrition, and peer support.

This is the best of what network marketing can be, where people talk to people with the intent to help them succeed, and in turn help others do the same. High volume, high touch. Incredible results.

That's what we're doing. And for those that stay focused on building a business based on that, the opportunity is proving especially compelling.

Babak Azad is one of our VP's at the company, and he sent me an email over the weekend reminding me how, when every other infomercial company was selling "easy", Beachbody broke the mold by telling it how it is: Losing weight takes work. He compared that message to the opportunity we and our coaches have not to look for the easy way out, but to instead celebrate that if you want to build an opportunity as a coach, you need to work the program and talk to people. Just like health, when it comes to building an income stream, there is no magic pill, and no free ride.

Hard work pays off. It doesn't have to be complex. (In fact complexity is a sure way to frustrate your efforts). It has been my experience that the people who keep it simple and simply "share their success" are the ones who see the reward, both in body transformation and life transformation.

That's why I am focusing so much of my attention promoting the concept of Play, Shake & Share, where you get results, and your journey serves as a role model to inspire people around you.

Play -- Exercise at least 20 times every 30 days

Shake -- Drink a meal replacement shake everyday and improve your overall nutrition.

Share -- Work at building your Beachbody business by sharing it with people. Listen and learn what stands in the way of people getting results. Help them see how Play, Shake & Share can help them succeed. (That builds your business, and keeps your eye on the ball of your own body-transformation... not so easy to dig a fist into a bag of M&M's when I'm representing that this program works.)

For me, the "Play" aspect has been a couple Ten Minute Trainer's a day and an hour walk with my baby son in the Bjorn. I drink a shake a day. For the last few months, I switched from our Beachbody Meal Replacement in order to be the primary guinea pig for our new uber-shake in development called "Shakeology". A year ago I asked our nutrition development team to formulate something that would help me get the nutrition I am missing (I cannot stand vegetables. Truly. I am like a five year old. Don't know why, just can't stomach them). So Shakeology was formulated to give me a whole food source of what I was missing and just plain give me a burst of healthy stuff in at least one meal a day. While some people will spend over $6 on a Jamba Juice or a frozen Frappa-cappuccino thing at Starbucks, I wanted a shake that I could truly consider my healthiest meal of the day even if it cost me $12 a serving. And what they came up with is remarkable. I personally believe it is why I haven't gotten sick through the last 30 days of intense newborn-sleep-deprivation. I'm "regular" like sunrise, my calorie intake is steady, and everything about my health is better. The days I don't drink Shakeology, I miss it. We're launching the clinical study/test group in a few weeks, and expect to bring the product to market in early fall.

Funny aside on Shakeology; One of the main contributors to helping create that formulation was my wife, Isabelle. She has spent her career providing nutrition, fitness, and training advice to professional athletes, big time executives, and even rock stars who need to detox when they come off the road. She's the most voracious information junkie I've ever witnessed, and highly skeptical of anything "new" unless it is based on decades or even centuries of use. (Ironic that she married me, a guy who thinks pizza is a food group) She's so disciplined about nutrition that she recently called EVERY health food store and manufacturer of baby-formula she could find on the internet to find one with no preservatives or so-called "bad stuff" to help her supplement breast milk. This went on for days, asking stock boys to read ingredient labels to her over the phone. She couldn't find any one that she liked 100%. One day we needed to supplement baby-Danny (he's a heavy drinker) with a formula, so we used the best one she found. Well, you'd think I was making him an arsenic martini. So the fact that she not only put her stamp of approval on Shakeology, but actually makes my shake for me on the weekend means this stuff is top shelf healthy.

I push play, I take my shake, and I talk to people all day long to share this opportunity.

The bottom line to all this is, if you want results, the tools are there. It's time to work for it. Work the program. You want to be lean this summer, you need to put a DVD into the machine and mash that play button 20 times every 30 days. You need to eat right. That means no skipping breakfast, and no eating too late in the day. Intake calories steadily throughout the day. A shake is great way to do that without a lot of math. And if you want to give yourself a fighting chance to stick with it this time; Share it. Surround yourself with people doing the same thing. Ignite them to get healthy! And they will keep you on track.

My goal is that Beachbody and its coaches reverse this trend of obesity, and get people to make health a priority. (That includes me.) I am convinced this is how we're going to do it. I need people around me who will support that goal with hard work and courage.

I've said I want to sign up a million coaches... I need to clarify that: The goal is not just to sign-up a million coaches -- but to get a million coaches who will help get a hundred or more people healthy -- that's over 100 million people who will find the answer and feel better. THAT'S SUCCESS.

And in the world of government health insurance initiatives, corporate wellness programs, fitness gimmicks and pharmaceuticals, all which are grasping at a magic mass-solution, who would imagine that the basic concept of combining Exercise, Good Nutrition, and Peer Support would be the answer? I would.

Play, Shake & Share.

It's going to take passion to get that message out there. It's going to take patience. And it's going to take work. If you're willing to do the work, I want you on the team. You'll get healthy. And You'll get others healthy. And we'll share the rewards.

Father's Day Thoughts

Today is Father's Day. It is kind of bittersweet for me because there is so much turmoil in our family right now. None of this turmoil can be helped, but it's there. For those of you who are unaware, my brother was diagnosed with a massive benign brain tumor in October. He is facing the first of two brain surgeries in about a week. It has literally been one of the most stressful times in my life. I have struggled with my faith during this time, and it has been my friends who have held me up.

My brother read to me yesterday something that he is writing. It is about happiness and looking for the best in people...expecting the best in people...instead of the worst. My brother is not a writer, so I was dumb-founded because his words were concise and right on point. It was obviously written from the heart and very moving.

He really made me think. I need to cut myself a break. Stop trying to vie for perfection. I'm the classic Type-A personality and don't do anything half-assed. This includes decisions and pressures that I put on myself. For the next two weeks, I need to focus on my family. It is simply a reality of life right now. Will it mean that I may stress eat? Maybe. Will it mean that I'll work out? Maybe. I don't know these answers, and it's OK!

I do know that once the stress has lessened and my brother is recovering, I'll be able to think about myself again. My family is so important to me, and I need to be there for my brother, my mom, and everyone else.

On this Father's Day, I am so thankful for my husband of 17 years. He is my rock. He is my best friend. He is the father of our son. He supports me unconditionally. I am thankful for my brother, who is a dad but at long distance. I am thankful for my dad, who is going through some things of his own. I pray that you also have happiness and celebrate the men in your life today.

EXCITING NEWS COMING!!!!

I have some exciting news to report in the next day or so. Keep checking back!!!! (How is that for a tease!!?!!?)

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Business Tools Enhanced

BeachBody is always working to enhance the coaching experience. The company is about to unveil a brand-new interface for its coaches!!! The best part is that there is NO additional cost to us! Now is the perfect to join our team! Contact me or any of the other GoFitCoach coaches for more information.

THANK YOU!!!!!

TONIGHT WE ARE AT 1000 HITS!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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* Ride the Wave
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Always consult your physician before beginning any exercise program. This general information is not intended to diagnose any medical condition or to replace your healthcare professional. If you experience any pain or difficulty with these exercises, stop and consult your healthcare provider.

A Servant's Heart

It is my very nature to serve people...to nurture people...to help people. I can't see someone in need and not do something. Sometimes, as a result, I lose myself.

I am considered the strong one in my family. Whether a family member is dealing with a medical issue, financial instability, or anything else life may throw their way, I am the one that is looked to for advice and guidance. Sometimes, this can wear on my shoulders. As I try to hold everyone else up, I forgot to hold myself up.

It is a day-to-day struggle lately...between my brother's brain tumor, my mom's financial situation, my dad's "stuff," trying to homeschool, being the financial officer in my husband's company...you get the picture.

I'm trying to do it all...and have to be so careful to not lose myself. I have had an amazing year of transformation, not only physically, but mentally. I don't want to regress. I want to continue to move forward. I know that I am here to serve...that is my purpose, but if I don't take care of myself, who will I serve? It's a catch 22.

I'm very thankful for the stability that Beachbody has given me. I have this wonderful "virtual" family who supports me no matter what. I am forever grateful and can't imagine what this year would have been like for me without this outlet.

So, I will continue to serve...to nurture people...to help others grow. I have strong shoulders!

A Classic Beauty

I am posting this picture here because, for whatever reason, it is deemed inappropriate for Ro's Angels: The Newbie Thread. I am trying to make a point about a classic female beauty. Enjoy!!!!

Now WHY should I be a coach again?

It's rather obvious WHY you should be a coach from a health and fitness perspective. Not only are YOU getting in shape, but you are helping OTHERS live a healthier lifestyle.

Let's spend some time, rather, talking about WHY you should become a coach from a BUSINESS perspective.

The business side can be what you want it to be. It may be a side hobby that you enjoy for fun...it may be a small business that pays for an extra bill each month...it may something that allows you to retire from your current job!!! No joke!

The GoFitCoach team (our team within BeachBody) is growing by leaps and bounds. We will help YOU grow! We have regular meetings, a private site to share business information, and a great coach book that we've put together!!! As a GoFitCoach coach, YOU will have access to all of it. Of course, you also have access to the multitude of tools provided by BeachBody! It is a WINNING combination!

Ro was just named #15 out of almost 8000 coaches for May's Top Coach "Links to Success" contest!!!! In March, Ro was named #3 out of more than 6000 coaches for Personal Sponsorship. Our team works together to succeed!