A New Year and a New You

It's been a wonderful holiday season! After an amazing vacation week celebrating with family, relaxing, getting some much needed sleep and enjoying ourselves with the kids, I'm looking ahead to the New Year with excitement.

As much as I’ve had a fun December (what’s not to love about a birthday month, holidays, family time, and the first snow?!), I’m looking forward to moving into the new year. My dad is a big resolutions guy and much as I tease him about his annual reminder to us kids, who are all now well into our 30s, to write our own New Year’s resolutions, I am a total goal setter. I love my lists and my desk full of post-it notes attests to that fact. There’s just something so satisfying about putting a goal, no matter the size, down on paper and working on it until you can cross it off. 

The difference with my health goals are that I no longer really totally cross them off, I just revise them to fit my newest benchmark. When I started, it was once lose x lbs and inches. This year its ditch the sugar...again (I let it sneak back in too much this holiday season), kick butt in month 2 of Hammer & Chisel (loving what those weights are doing for my physique!), and support my challengers in building some healthy and sustainable habits as we head into 2016.

With that said, I’m super excited to kick off my first accountability group of the New Year!

My New Year, New You group starts Monday, January 4th and we have a super group of men and women joining us! I can’t wait to set some New Year’s goals and support one another in making them a reality. Did you know that something like 92% of people fail to keep their resolutions? That’s insane! This group is about setting REASONABLE, SMART goals for ourselves and setting ourselves up with the support and accountability we need to achieve them. No starting strong and quitting a week into the new year for us! I’m going to teach you about meal planning and prep, share easy recipes and snack ideas, give you some tips for handling temptations, and teach you how to stay motivated and consistent even when life is throwing you curveballs. My goal is to help you make this a sustainable lifestyle change, not a crazy fad diet.

Ready to give up those excuses and commit?

Shoot me a message or fill out the application to save yourself a spot: https://shenm.wufoo.com/forms/challenge-group-application/

Ready to get lean and mean in 2016?!

I’m just starting week 4 of Sagi and Autumn’s new program called The Master’s Hammer & Chisel and am absolutely loving it. I’ve always been a weights fan and this program is the perfect blend of weights and cardio to keep me totally engaged while also challenging me. While I’ll admit that I haven’t been totally on point with my nutrition the past 3 weeks, I can already see the changes in my body and on the scale. I dropped 5 lbs in the first 2 weeks and only now and creeping back up as I build lean muscle! I am psyched to see what I can do over the next 5 weeks with a bit more moderation and better balance in my nutrition!

 

If you’re looking to try something new as we head into the New Year and like what lifting weights does for your body, this program is definitely worth checking out.

Want more info? Check out my recent blog post on Hammer & Chisel.

Want to jump in on the Hammer & Chisel action? Let me know! I have an awesome, small test group kicking off with this program next week and I’d love to have you join us.

Have you ever considered becoming a coach?

If you’d asked me 2 years ago if I ever would have seen myself as a coach I would have laughed you out of the room. I had a full time job and 3 kids, I didn’t think I needed or could handle anything else. Little did I know, becoming a coach has been life changing for me. As a coach I not only provide support, motivation and accountability to those around me, but I’ve also made friends far and wide and built a community of support around me. And all of this while earning money to support my family! My coach taught me everything I needed to get started right. I had a small community on Facebook, no network marketing experience, and I wasn’t someone who was comfortable sharing on social media. It’s taken time but with my coach’s support, mentoring and training, I’ve learned the ropes, figured out how to make this business of sharing my journey work for me. I choose my hours, my terms, and set my own pace and it works for me!

• Want to earn some extra cash to pay off those holiday bills? 
• Are you looking for a way to keep yourself accountable to your own health goals? 
• Do you like the idea helping your friends while also getting some support yourself? 
• Are you looking ahead to 2016 and wishing you could make a change in your life or career?

Let's talk! 

If helping people is your passion and you’re interested in finding out more about how you could make health and fitness your business, shoot me a message and I'll get you added to my January coaching sneak peek. This decision could be the game changer for you in 2016!

Do you want more info on any of these groups? Fill out the info request below and I'll get you the info! 

Also, if we're not yet connected on Facebook, feel free to friend me for healthy recipes, daily tips and motivation and information on upcoming groups. https://www.facebook.com/melisa.shen  

Have a happy New Year!

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