What is "Clean Eating"

Clean eating is NOT a DIET program....it IS a LIFESTYLE based on the idea that the best way to eat is to abundantly enjoy whole foods -- that is, foods as close to their natural state and you can get them. This means eating fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and lean proteins instead of pre-packaged, processed foods or fast food. Clean eating is also committed to replacing saturated fats with healthy fats. Many on the plan don't count calories, but instead trust in good quality, healthy food. Now, it doesn't mean you have to stop tracking your foods, because for many, that is how they reference back to what may have made them gain some weight when they are in weight loss mode.

Now doesn't this just LOOK delicious?!?!

Step 1
Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. Choose fresh, unprocessed foods over canned or processed products. Clean eating enthusiasts believe that we were meant to survive on fresh fruits and vegetables and that processing them reduces their nutritional value and fiber content and adds salt, fat, sugar and chemicals. Choose fruit instead of fruit juice and if you must pick a processed vegetable, frozen is always better than canned.

Fresh is Best...but frozen is the next best thing!

Processed veggies

Step 2
Balance protein and complex carbohydrates. Incorporate whole grains like brown rice, quinoa, steel cut oats, amarath or millet over processed grains. Eat lean meats, and choose organic or grass fed meats when possible as these foods are usually clean of pesticides, hormones and additives. Grill, broil or steam your meats rather than frying. Choose proteins from legumes as they are amazing for you too!

These foods pack such a protein punch!

Step 3
Avoid sodas and high calorie, sugary drinks. Follow the tenant of clean eating that aims to remove added sugars from the diet. Choose water or tea for your beverages, or juice your own fruits and vegetables and enjoy them without added sugars or preservatives.

I have grown to LOVE La Croix sparkling waters!

Step 4
Trade bad fats for good fats. One of the most important aspects of clean eating is removing saturated fats from the diet. Lower your saturated fat intake by avoiding fast food, choosing lean cuts of meat and getting your fat calories from foods like nuts and fatty fish.
Step 5
Eat several small meals to keep blood sugar stable and to avoid overeating. Choose snacks like nuts, low-fat or fat free dairy and fruits and vegetables. Note that some people who live a clean eating lifestyle don't eat dairy products while others adapt clean eating to a vegetarian lifestyle.

As you can see below.....I am always EATING! I keep it clean, listen to my body and keep it interesting so I don't get bored!

Team Beachbody Coach Summit 2014: A Life Changing Experience!

Since becoming a Team Beachbody Coach in 2013 I dreamed about attending Coach Summit. I wasn't able to make the one in 2013, and honestly didn't even realize what it was all about until people on my team were posting pictures while they were there! I knew right then that I WOULD NOT miss the next one! Well, after losing my job and us going to a single family income, other than my Beachbody income (which helped out on SEVERAL occasions) I was so devastated to think "I will not be able to attend Summit 2014!" I kept working so hard, and my upline coach was so determined to get me to summit, that she got me a ticket! Oh, my! Now this was getting real! I had to figure out a way to get a plane ticket, hotel and HOW IN THE WORLD to afford all of this! Not going to lie, this caused SO MANY arguments and tears with my husband! He could see how upset I was about not being able to attend, but he also still didn't "GET IT" when it came to Beachbody and much less Summit. I believe in this business, opportunity and that I can achieve whatever I set out to achieve! I wasn't giving up on this dream!

I kept on messaging other coaches for being roomies and who was selling Dream Big Summit Packages, researching airfares and ways to earn flight miles! I put so much work into this AND still managed to keep focused with my business and home life! I finally got all the loose ends worked out, got roomies, found out that by switching my cable provider offered flight miles that would cover half of my flight to Las Vegas and did something that I really didn't want to do....open up a credit card to put it all on! I researched and found a card with over a year of no interest and went and took that leap of faith and put it all on there!!!! This was it....my dreams were happening! Believing in myself and never giving up to achieve success is the key to making this happen!



Now that I had all of this worked out, and I knew I would be attending the BIGGEST Beachbody event of the year, it was time to focus on another goal I had before attending the big event....going to Summit as a DIAMOND Beachbody Coach! See, becoming a Diamond Coach has been a big big goal of mine since the end of 2013. I knew how much Summit changed the lives of those that attended, and how much coaches grew and advanced after coming back, that I wanted to attend as a leader! Now, I am not going to get into specifics here, but in the rankings with Beachbody, Diamond is the first step of leadership in this business. Now, I am not saying that makes you a leader by any means....the only thing that makes you a leader is reading personal development books, studying leadership and learning from your mistakes with your team! After talking and strategizing with my upline coach, I put my ideas into action and became a Diamond coach in a month's time! I would be heading to Summit as a Diamond Beachbody Coach....and the feeling of accomplishment and believing in myself felt AMAZING!

One of many goals...ACHIEVED!



On, June 17th I set out by myself to fly to the other half of the country to attend this event I had been dreaming about! Talk about nervous! Nervous about the flight, nervous about Vegas and most of all nervous leaving my husband and kids for almost an entire week! Eeek! They are my LIFE! But, I knew if I didn't to this, I would always wonder "What if?" So, I put on my big girl panties and off I went.

Gettin' ready to leave on a jet plane!

I left two days before Summit actually began.  The positive atmosphere within Team Beachbody is so contagious! And like my friend/teammate Cat says "If I were to never make it big with Beachbody, which I know I will, I can at least say the $106 a month I spend on my Shakeology and reading personal development is the best therapy ever!" We don't use negative talking...it's just not in our vocabulary!


 So, once into Vegas, it was like 3 am before getting to bed! We had a day of relaxing the next day, but after that, it was sooo busy! We got so much information from the celebrity trainers, top coaches in the business, made new friendships and attained so much growth! I know they say a picture is worth a thousand words...so here are a few of my pictures from Summit!

When you get it in your head that "I will not fail. I will succeed. I can become the person I want to be. I will do whatever it takes to make my dreams come true" then you to can be successful at anything in your life. I face adversity every single day in my life. I have bad times and good times, but I will never give up on this dream. I struggle with my own health and fitness at times, deal with people not believing in this opportunity that has been brought into my life and people that just down right don't accept that I am a new positive person. Coaching and helping others is my calling in my life and I know this will be what I dofor my full time career. I will live my life by design!

If you have been thinking about becoming a Beachbody Coach, looking for a way to get healthy, looking for a postitve support system....then this just may be the place you need to be! We have an AMAZING team and we truly are like Family! Wouldn't you love to have a support system like this? We had fun time in Vegas, but we know we have to work hard to play hard!

Think this looks like something you would love to be a part of? Email me or find me on Facebook! Becoming a part of Beachbody will change your life FOREVER!

mistionfire@gmail.com