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I'm Amanda! I'm a Beachbody coach and this blog is to hopefully motivate and encourage anyone who is trying to live a healthier life style. Why do it alone? It's a proven fact that with encouragement and positive motivation from other people, you are more likely to keep going!! I'll try to have motivating tips, recipes, healthy transformations and how to get involved and join the monthly challenge groups that I run!

Friday, December 7, 2012

Some of my shameful secrets on Shakeology, and a little help from Team Dynasty :-)


 The low down on Shakeology!  It's not a fad diet, or a diet at all.  It's not necessarily a meal replacement drink, UNLESS you want to use it that way.  It's NOT a protein shake  It's not an "energy" drink.  SO what is Shakology?  It's the healthiest, most natural snack, or meal of the day!!  I really don't talk much about Shakeology.  Why you ask?  To be perfectly honest with you, I don't know all the logistics of Shakeology.  I just know it's amazing and it makes me feel lubricated, healthy, makes my skin glow, and HELPS with my protein intake.  It's really hard to explain (I tried HERE), so to be honest.....I'm the worst person to really ask about it, because all I can say is it's simply amazing, and let me be honest again....when I originally bought it, I bought it because I wanted to hate it.  Doesn't make much sense really, but I just wanted to tell people that tried selling it to me, yes I tried it and I hated it.  BUT as you all know, that didn't happen.  Yes, I know this is a little honest.  I just really wanted to get it out there!  I DO want you all to know the actual break down and why it works, so here is a break down from one of our Team Dynasty shakeology experts, Seay Stanford.  I really hope to someday (very) soon gain the confidence and knowledge to give knowledge like Seay does.  She can break down each of the 70 ALL NATURAL ingredients and tell you exactly what they do.  Maybe if I break it down by week???  Think I'll try to make that one of my New Year resolutions.  SO here is what Seay has to say!!

Shakeology is NOT a protein shake. Nor is it a weight loss shake. It is a 100% natural (Macro and micro) nutrient dense meal replacement. It is not a one-dimensional protein shake. The fact that some people say it tastes like "grass, lawn clippings and cheap chocolate" is actually a selling point. Our taste buds have been so "brainwashed" on what real whole foods actually taste like, that we generally don't know natural real whole cocoa from processed chocolate. Because Shakeology IS 100% natural (created by a vegan with a masters in nutrition and agricultural anthropology) the standard to remain natural does not allow for ANY artificial flavors, colors, stimulants, sweeteners or chemically modified micronutrients. Nearly every single product found in gyms, GNC, internet, you name it, have a LARGE amount of man-made chemicals dumped in it so that it tastes appealing to the general publics "idea" of what food SHOULD taste like. The fact that it tastes the way it does is my point. When you add ONLY what nature provides, you get the CLEANEST and PUREST product possible. On to the superfoods. I don't expect the average person that follows you to know what Astragalus Root, Ashwagandha Root, Chia Seed, Maca Root, Gogi Berries and Reishi Mushrooms are (just to name a few super foods, I'll spare listing all 70). Nor do I expect them to have general knowledge in all the health benefits and medicinal treatments that these foods have notoriously been used for centuries to reduce free radicals from our body, improving our white blood cell count which helps us fight disease, reducing inflammation (the number one marker of EVERY disease), improving the natural flora in our digestive system, etc. If Beachbody grew these products in a lab and modified them to keep them cheap, that would be one thing, but EACH of the 70 super foods are imported from the countries, climates and pure soil they originate from and then dried to a specific protocol to maintain a whole food- absorption integrity. Everyone should value this $4 meal. I first hand, have hundreds of clients that Shakeology has reduced their needs for diabetic meds, statins and ace inhibitors. Its also relieved countless cases of IBS, colitis, and arthritis. To my clients, paying $4 and getting off their pricey side-effect laden medication is MUCH cheaper and a price well worth $119 for a month supply. And none of them complain about the taste ♥
-Seay Stanford

Thank you Seay, so wonderfully put!!!  I also want to say it has helped quite a few Dynasty Team members who have depression, and I'm sure there are MANY others.  Also my good friend Rebecca, read her story HERE, and her fight with Fibromyalgia.  It has also helped with my skin, cravings and energy levels.  Now I know I said that it wasn't an energy drink....what I meant was, it wasn't an un-natural energy drink.  And the cravings, basically when your body craves, it's craving nutrients.  When you eat processed food, it has NO nutritional value, so your body re craves food hoping you GET something of value.  This makes a vicious cycle of thinking your always hungry and that equals weight gain!  Since drinking Shakeology, my cravings have been CUT big time!! 

So, take that bite...or sip and start Shakeology!  You honestly have nothing to lose!  Just give it a serious month.....give it time for your tastebuds and body to adjust!!  Don't like it?  Send it back for a full bottom of the bag refund.....kinda like what I was going to do ;-P  Want to try it first?  I sell individual packets on the side of my blog!  Want to mix it with a new workout?  Order a Challenge Pack!!  Read THIS to find out why you can't just buy 1 packet.  Questions?  Just ask below, on my Facebook or email me at Hunnieshadow@yahoo.com!

 
 
 

 
 


 

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