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Thursday, January 28, 2010

My Mission in a nation of Children dying of Obesity

My mission is to over turn the epidemic trends in obesity, type 2 diabetes, the alarming growing rate of disease riddled children, all diseases stemming from being too fat (or skinny and unhealthy), and prevention education all together.

For the first time in the history of our nation; babies being born today are expected to live a shorter life span than their parents because of what we are eating. The astonishing sense of empowerment that needs to be talked about on a national level is that by our choices we can reverse these devastating and fatal trends by our daily decisions. Our kids are more disease riddled than ever before, and dying, because of the daily bad choices parents are making.

In the past fifty years we went from paying more for our food and less on our health care costs to paying less on our food but more on our health care costs. We are spending the least amount of money, in percentages of our income, for our food than ever before in our history and more on health care costs than ever before in our history all while fueling a more disease riddled nation than ever before in our history. We are killing ourselves by what we eat. We are digging our graves with our teeth and bringing our children with us.

The moral driven philosophy here is simple but powerful. We are going to spend the money anyway so the choice is this...

Do we want to spend more on our food so we can feel better or do we want to spend more on our health care costs because we are not feeling better; stemming from buying cheap unhealthy food forcing us to spend unfordable rates on health care costs.

Shakeology along with a well balanced, portion controlled, and all 100% natural (Real Food) PERFORMANCE NUTRITION plan for life should be at the center of our nutrition and exercise. By the way; Shakeology for most people pays for itself in the cost of groceries saved.  You're going to spend that money on nutrition anyway; reallocate some of that money toward something you can handsomely benefit from in terms of wonderful health and vitality; driving down a probable need for more expensive health care costs. Financially you save two fold here. 1.) Savings in groceries will pay for Shakeology and 2.) Savings in health care costs as you get older and more exposed by the passing of time in the daily errors in judgment you make in what you're putting into your mouth. In terms of the enormous health benefits take 12 minutes to watch this no hype very sustenance filled Shakeology educational video: http://beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/metalpalace?bctid=29768318001

Order Shakeology on Home Direct so that you do not have to pay for shipping, ever.  Plus you'll get two free work out DVD's.  The reason for the workout DVD's is so that you'll understand that if you want to get healthy and feel good you must include daily physical activity.  The daily activity will not only exercise your body but will also absorb and metabolize more of the nutrients you get from Shakeology and other healthy foods you're eating.  Order Shakeology:  http://HeavenInAGlass.info

If you're interested in joining my mission I NEED more coaches in order to reach more people.  The more genuinely Passion driven people the better.  The goal here is to Educate, Hope, Pray, and Inspire!  For more information and to join me in coaching: https://teambeachbody.com/signup/-/signup/coach?referringRepId=2760

Tom
Shakeology - http://HeavenInAGlass.info

Sunday, January 24, 2010

DECIDE!! COMMIT!! SUCCEED!!! NUTRITIONAL CHOICES FOR LIFE!! - by Tommy Mygrant

When you break down anything you "want to do" the difference between success and failure lies in your ability to CHOOSE taking action over remaining stagnant. I recently began a new facebook nutritional group based on Tony Horton's 30 day Nutritional Plan/ Challenge ( it's called Tony Horton's 30 Day Inutrition Plan.. feel free to join it). I've had around 700 people join this week and all of them have DECIDED to COMMIT and there is no doubt if they remain committed they will SUCCEED!!

I've also had many personal family, friends, and online friends say "I don't know if i'm ready for that yet, it seems too hard for me"!! While I understand their FEAR I also KNOW, from my own experience, that the only way to SUCCEED is to make a simple CHOICE to COMMIT!!! Each and every day we choose brushing our teeth, washing our hair, and bathing our bodies. We stay clean on the outside even though we sometimes see people who make the opposite choice and just down right nasty. Do we use THEIR lack of hygiene as a personal excuse to not wash and bathe our bodies and teeth?? HEAVEN'S NO!! Nutrition is much the same way. It's cleanliness for your insides, which if you ask me is SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ON THE OUTSIDE!! We see people all the time who don't take care of their Nutrition and we let our cultural and societal ways become an EXCUSE for doing the same!

Yeah, that's right, I don't call this a diet, i call it a nutritional plan! The word "Diet" has a temporary connotion. People say "how long are you going to do this diet?" I say "CRAP!! This is simply my plan on how i'm going to eat throughout the remainder of my life. It's a lifestyle, a CHOICE, a way of approaching a very important part of our personal health and leads to our confidence, creativity, productivity, and health while we are blessed enough to walk this earth." Would you not bathe or brush your teeth for weeks and months and years on end? Then do you consistently choose eating unhealthy and letting your body rot? THINK ABOUT THAT! YOU FEEL LIKE CRAP!! YOU FEEL TIRED AND MISERABLE!! AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN CHOICES!! YOU ARE CHOOSING EVERY DAY TO NOT BE CLEAN!! If your hair was greasy you would wash it!! If your teeth were nasty you would brush them!! Well guess what?? Your body is nasty because you fail to make a simple choice to take care of it with healthy food and good nutrition!! PERIOD!!

"TOO DIRECT", you say? I say, " BULLCRAP!!" I've discovered how great it feels to finally get this part of life in order!! And guess what? When you get THIS in order, every other struggle gets fixed! It all falls into place!! Money, Job, family, happiness!! It all works out because you feel better, more confident, and more productive! You begin finding that you CAN DECIDE! You CAN make a CHOICE! You CAN COMMI! And you most definately CAN SUCCEED!!!

YOUR LIFE IS WORTH THE EFFORT!!!

Tommy Mygrant

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Don't dare try it people Vs. Don't dare miss it people

I increased my income 81% in 2009 in an economy where nearly everyone else is either stagnant or taking pay cuts handed to them by their employer.  Your employer is not going to give you an 81% raise or anything remotely close to it in a bad or even a good economy.   YOU can give yourself a raise in a bad or good economy.  If I did it you can do it.  I don't say that blindly.  I started out knowing absolutely nothing about any of this but I learned the "thing" and did the "thing" every day; still to this day doing the "thing" every day and you can do the same.  In 2010 my Health and my income will continue to accelerate.   What is your health and income going to do in 2010?  Are you fulfilled or unfulfilled with that?  Are you willing or unwilling to become more flexible and make some changes so you can change everything?

I'm going to share with you an excerpt from a life changing kind of book that I'm reading right now by John C. Maxwell called, "Failing Forward".  The excerpt consists of two lists in a context of taking sensible risks for life changing opportunities.  One list consists of illnesses that unsuccessful people generally share and it's called the, "Don't dare try it people" list. The other list consists of virtues that successful people generally share and it's called the, "Don't dare miss it people" list.  I increased my income by 81% in 2009 because I read books like this and I exercise the processes I learn about in these books in my life every day.

Don't dare try it people
1. They resist opportunities.
2. They rationalize their responsibilities.
3. They rehearse impossibilities.
4.  They rain on enthusiasm
5.  They review their inadequacies.
6.  They recoil at the failure of others.
7.  They reject the personal cost involved.
8.  They replace goals with pleasure.
9.  They rejoice that they have not failed
10. They rest before they finish.
11. They resist leadership.
12. They remain unchanged.
13. They replay the problems.
14. They rething their commitment.
15. They reverse their decision.

          Motto: I would rather try nothing greatand succeed than try something great and risk failure.
Don't dare miss it people
1.  They find opportunities
2.  They finish their responsibilities
3. They feed on impossibilities.
4.  They fan the flame of enthusiasm.
5. They face their inadequacies.
6. They figure out why others failed.
7.  They finance the cost into their lifestyle.
8. They find pleasure in the goal.
9. They fear futility, not failure.
10. They finish before they rest.
11. They follow leaders.
12. They force change.
13. They fish for solutions.
14. They fulfill their commitments.
15. They finalize their decisions.

          Motto: I would rather try something great and fail then try nothing great and succeed.

Very distinctively different lists right?  Consequently; very distinctively different feelings of fulfillment and regret between the successful and unsuccessful.

I didn't share this with you just for the sake of arbitrarily sharing.  Make an exercise out of these two lists.  Print it out and put a check mark next to each of the fifteen virtues and illnesses that describes you..  If you're an unfulfilled person this exercise WILL show you why you feel unfulfilled.  But I caution you. This will only work if you are honest with yourself.   This can make some of you feel uncomfortable to take this kind of affirmation in the truth but if you don't do it you will be stuck in an unfulfilled rut for the rest of your life making it nearly impossible to get out of that rut you might be in.

The first step to changing everything.   Step 1:  See today for today.  See "it" for what "it" is.  If it's miserable it's miserable.  If it's broke it's broke.  If it isn't working it isn't working.  Step 2:  See tomorrow for what it could be!  Humans have an amazing ability to be able to Envision tomorrow if you could just look beyond the mess of today.  Once you know what the truth is for today you now can see tomorrow for what it could be by simply picking up some new daily disciplines to replace some old disciplines that were holding you back!  That is exciting news my friends.  That's how you can change everything.  That's how you can get healthy and increase your income this year in a bad or good economy by 81% like I did, if you want to.

Here is a simple piece of follow up philosophy to all of that.   If you think you can't then you can't.  But if you think you can then you can.  They key word in that philosophy is YOU.    Win or loose, rise or fall, fulfillment or regret... It's YOU.  It's your choice!  The economic and political winds have nothing to do with it.  It's YOU.   

IF you want to get ahead then quit blaming your problems on the economy and politics.  Accept the responsibility of YOU because it's the ONLY way you will have the POWER to Rise.

Taking responsibility liberates you.  It's the most liberating thing there is even when it seems unfair or when it hurts. There is no power within yourself without the liberation that responsibility manifests within you.

The purpose of lifes set backs and problems is for you to learn, grow, and achieve more.  This process doesn't ever stop, but if YOU stop then the problems and set backs just pile up and you begin a vicious slide down the curve of failure.  Now if you choose to blame variables you have no control over and retreat rather than choosing to learn, grow, and achieve then that's not the economies fault nor is it the fault of the political winds.   It's YOU because YOU made the decision to retreat rather than to learn, grow, and get better.

I can say these things because I practice what I preach every day.  I changed my health and my income because I took a long hard honest look at the truth in August of 2007 BUT I also saw tomorrow for what it could be if I did what I had to do.  In my case it was a total fitness program and self employment as an independent team Beachbody coach.  I did this in the midst of great adversity in my life.  My good job of five years was off shored to India for cheap labor and I was going to school full time and a half.  Jobless, income less, and not enough time on my plate because I was attending school full time and a half.

I was introduced to the possibilities of great health and a handsome income that I would be in control of rather than an employer when all of that was going on and stacked against me.  I thought to myself, "I don't want to be stuck in the same horrible rut a year from now",  so I took my credit card out and got started.  I didn't wait for things around me to change before I changed.  I didn't wait another year, another month, another week, or another day for things around me to change before I would.  I created the change within myself and acted on that change every day; still to this day. 

I wasn't going to sit around waiting for more time to open up for me or for more money to come my way.  That's what people do who eventually wait only to wait some more and never seem to get ahead in life.  Tomorrow will always be a day away; therefore it never comes.  I'm not into it!  Sadly 95% of people are.

If you want to be on the side of the fence of the 5% I'm tellin ya you can do it!  I faced great adversity and am doing it anyway.  This great nation of ours is riddled with people who have pulled themselves up from great adversity that most of us have never known.   80% of all self made millionaires in our nation come from extreme adversity.  They were armed with nothing more than an openness to change and the right philosophies to do the necessary things every day to change everything.  As it turns out it's the openness to change and the right philosophies in the face of extreme adversities that meant EVERYTHING to their successes.  Most of us don't experience the adversities they experienced and still we insist on waiting for more favorable conditions around us to appear before we are willing to change ourselves.  What's our problem?  Some of us have to hit rock bottom first I guess.  If you're still waiting for your ship to arrive I've got some shocking news for you.  It's not coming!  It's already here docked and waiting.

The fact is you pay a much larger price for not acting every day starting today to bring about change than you do for putting it off till outside conditions become more favorable to get started.    There is a price to pay for success but an even bigger price on a much larger scale to succumb to a life of unfulfillment cultivated by an unwillingness to change.  The best way to live in regret is to wait for more favorable conditions to appear around you before you begin to change yourself.


Given my background and the adverse conditions in which I decided, "Today is the day to begin changing myself so that everything around me changes", I do not subscribe to the excuses, which are really just problems meant to be solved, offered by most people ESPECIALLY the big ones I was faced with; time and money.  This is precisely why I have no desire to try and change people.  My mission is to inspire, hope and pray.  I will not spend time trying to help someone who is not open to change.   I will help those with an openness to change and pick up some new philosophies.  All I can do; all anyone can do is inspire, hope and pray.

If you're interested, with a crucial openness for change, in the opportunities that changed my life as an Independent Team Beachbody coach get in touch with me.   You can research ahead of time if you would like.  My Beachbody given website:  http://PassionFitness.info   and my personal website http://PassionForFitness.info

Tom
Independent Team Beachbody Coach

Friday, January 15, 2010

The Empty Calorie Debacle

I had a huge burger and fries last night; and then a chocolate doughnut for breakfast with waffles and then McDonalds on top of it.  What the HECK is going on with my body that I'm hungry all of a sudden for all this icky food that doesn’t seem to be filling me up???

You're unsatisfied with your meals because in the context of nutritional worth the calories you consume are largely empty calories.
That means with every calorie you consume you are feeding your body little to no nutrients.  Your body isn’t being fed so your body is saying to your brain, “Feed Me!  Give me more till I’m fed!” so you keep eating more and more empty calories that aren’t getting the job done.  It’s a perfect way to put on the pounds!  Overly processed foods destroy the nutrients in those foods; leaving the calories in those foods empty with a result of weight gain and the devastating affects to your health and the way you feel over time.

Eating large amounts of empty calories causes your body to say, "wheres the beef?!?!" Translation: "Where is the sustenance?  Where are the nutrients?"  You’re not getting sustenance or nutrients when you eat empty calories largely found in overly processed or unnatural foods so you naturally want to keep eating!

The solution to the Empty Calorie Debacle is so simple.  Eat nutrient dense 100% natural foods!  Eat food with VERY dense nutrients per calorie and you’ll be amazed at how few calories you need to feel full because your body is being fed the stuff it really wants!

Shakeology comes into brilliant play here.
Each serving of Shakeology is only 140 calories.  Most Shakeology users, including myself, are amazed at the satiety in only 140 calories.  That 140 calories of Shakeology per serving is so nutrient dense; consisting of 100% all natural mother earth grown nutrients, that all you need is that single serving of 140 calories to feed the body and feel fulfilledHow is this relevant and of paramount importance to loosing weight?  With a single serving of Shakeology you are consuming as many 100% natural nutrients as possible in as few calories as possible.  THAT is the MOST IDEAL condition for your body to loose weight safely without feeling hungry, period.  In 140 calories you are consuming over 70 ingredients very carefully harvested from the earth.  That kind of nutrient value is not found anywhere else.

Shakeology comes in Greenberry or Chocolate. I affectionately refer to the Chocolate Shakeology as Chocolate “O” because the taste is the most heavenly chocolate I’ve ever experienced before in my life and I get to have it every morning.  The feeling of fullness lasts me all the way from breakfast to lunch.  I have to remind myself to eat three or four hours later because I am not hungry.  I also have not been sick, EVER, while drinking my daily Chocolate "O" and I'm around sick people.

Do you want free shipping and handling for life?
Get Shakeolgoy on home direct. In addition to the free shipping for life you’ll get Shakeology automatically shipped to your doorstep every month so you never run out.  Shakeology is $119.95.  That $119.95 will pay for itself in the cost of groceries you will save every month.  I save $130 to $150 per month in groceries.  You can do the math.  I'm not only saving money but I'm creating money because of Shakeology.  I know two Shakeology users who save $180 every month in groceries because of Shakeology.  If you want to create even more savings and create even more new money sign up for the Coach Discounts and save/create an additional $30 per month in addition to the savings in groceries and in addition to the savings in the cost of shipping for LIFE.

Bookmark http://heaveninaglass.info for ordering and more information.  Say goodbye to the never ending un-fulfilling food you've been "feeding" your body but even more so feeding your fat stores.  Nutrient valuable food is where you will find safe sustainable weight loss and excellent health for life!

Tom
Heaven In A Glass

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Chocolate "O" for O r g a s m To Start EVERY Day off right :)

Heavenly chocolate or an incredible "O" is enough to start any day on the right foot.  Seriously either one of the two will do right?!?!  I personally prefer to combine the two :)  Why not have your, "Cake and Eat it To" when it's fully justifiable right?  It is nearly impossible to have a bad day after a treat like that and that is why I give myself that immaculate treat of a Chocolate "O" EVERY morning to start each and every day.  I hope that you begin to do the same!  You'll LOVE how you feel every day.  Consequently you will be a more productive; happier human being and all of lifes treasures will reflect as much.

The Recipe!   Surprisingly VERY simple all you need is a blender, a few ingredients, and about one minute of time.

Chocolate Banana Frozen BlueBerry OR Strawberry (AKA Chocolate "O") :-)

1 scoop Chocolate Shakeology
1/2 cup frozen blueberries OR Strawberries
12 ounces of skim milk
1/2 banana
Optional:
Shakeology Boost: The Fiber
Optional: Mills ground Flaxseed
Optional: Ice for added thickness and more smoothie like


            Blend and Enjoy!  

My first thought at first taste was "mmmm VERY Refreshingly Delicious!  This is Chocolate "O"!!!.  The frozen blueberries OR strawberries and chocolate compliment each other so unbelievable well in a refreshing even invigorating way.  As with any Shakeology recipe you can optionally add Shakeology Boost to get even more fiber in your diet and you can optionally add Mills Ground Flaxseed to get more healthy fats in your diet.  If you don't already have shakeolgoy, either GreenBerry or Chocolate, you can get it at Heaven In A Glass.  Order Home Direct and get free shipping for life plus two free workouts and a shaker cup.


Genuinely Enjoy :)
Tom

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Getting Healthy and Super Fit on a Budget

Most people are living paycheck to paycheck; making getting healthy on a budget such a relevant topic!

The solution is so simple. It's home fitness. Save your money on a gym membership and personal trainer. Nobody needs a gym and personal trainer especially if a budget is at play. If you're worried your results will suffer let me put your mind at great ease right off the bat! I've personally experienced, along with thousands of others I'm involved with, bigger and better results in a single 90 day period or a single year period than most gym people have in a life time. I've got the before/after pictures to prove it.

Now onto the budget part of this whole deal…

The national average cost of a personal trainer is $60 per session. A conservative national average gym membership is $35 per month. The average Team Beachbody Home Fitness program is a ONE TIME ONLY $60 with no gym fee because it's home fitness.

Now I work out for about an hour a day six days a week. Over the course of the past two years I have saved $19,560. That's $60 per session times 6 days a week times 2 years = $18,720 plus $35 monthly gym fee = $19,560. Over the next forty years (because this is a life thing not a two year thing) that would equal $391,200!!! This is not hype this is just hard math. My P90X Team Beachbody home fitness program is $119.95 at retail and it's just a one time payment. Done! Because I'm a Team Beachbody coach I got it at the coaching discount for even more savings.

What does all this mean??? I saved over Eighteen THOUSAND dollars just in the past two years and I got better results in a quicker amount of time than my friends who opted to spend those thousands on a personal trainer and gym membership.

I'm floored but it's the truth. Perhaps that's why I'm floored! Truth can be stranger than fiction.

Realistically people don't hire a trainer six days a week. The national average is 2.5 days a week (just one of the reasons why Team Beachbody produces better, faster results).  Some go for two days a week while others go for 3 days a week. Ok so lets take that average number. If you factor in the past two years at 2.5 personal trainer sessions per week that comes out to $8,640 for a trainer and gym membership. Because this is a life thing and not a two year thing that comes out to $172,800 over the next forty years! Most Team Beachbody home fitness programs are $60 at retail and it's just a one time payment. Done! Team Beachbody coaches get further savings from the coaching discounts.

For most people, with or without tons of money, a trainer with a gym membership is not cost affective anyway. I spent a total of $89.95 on my P90X Team Beachbody home fitness program (I get the 25% coaching discount from the $119.95). I will show up ANYONE who spent tens or hundreds of thousands on the best personal trainers in the world, no doubt! And ya know what? You can show up any gym ratt as well both in health and financially.

My favorite thing in the whole world is helping people save tons of money while getting super healthy using Team Beachbody products. Sign up for the free Team Beachbody membership and reach out to me for some help. You can do this! Go to http://PassionFitness.info and click the "Join" link. Opt for either the free membership or "The Club" membership. If you want to go for the Coach discounts click the "Coach" link.

Tom