Lose Weight Guaranteed for Just $4 a Day And You Could WIN $1000 Per 10 Pounds Lost with Body By Vi Challenge Project 10!

Guaranteed Weight Loss With the Body By Vi Challenge The Body By Vi Challenge offers guaranteed weight loss, and a solution that has helped more than 2 million people achieve their weight loss goals. Choose the kit that fits your weight loss goal, take your before photo and track your starting weight at www.challenge.com to start your 90 day Challenge. You are guaranteed to see results when you replace 2 meals a day with our healthy fast food Vi Shape Shakes and Vi Crunch Super Protein cereal. Win $1000 for Losing 10 Pounds With Project 10, every week the Challenge awards $10,000 to 10 people who lose 10 pounds. When an adult enters to win $1000, Vi feeds children in need through Project 10 Kids! When you lose, the kids win! Lose weight for your own health, and fight childhood obesity at the same time! Choose the Challenge Kit That Fits Your Weight Loss Goal Ready to meet your weight loss goals, GUARANTEED, and go for the WIN of $1000 from Project 10? Choose your Body By Vi Challenge

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30 Days! Wow I feel great!

Originally posted by Julie Parra at: 90 Day Challenge

ViSalus Sciences Gives a Free Cruise for Those Who Promote the Body By Vi Challenge

ViSalus Sciences rewarded its top sales producers for the Nationwide Launch of the Body By Vi Challenge. They awarded each of the top producers with a free all inclusive cruise to Baja Mexico.

Melanie Milletics was one of the top producers in the Nationwide Launch of the Body By Vi Challenge. She earned the free cruise by helping people to transform their bodies on the Body By Vi Challenge and by enrolling new ViSalus distributors to help promote the Body By Vi Challenge. When asked how she managed to become one of the top producers, she answered simply that she shared the Challenge with everyone that she knows!

Melanie Milletics shared the Body By Vi Challenge with her many online contacts through social media marketing with the progressive marketing system provided by ViSalus, the Vi-Net. She shared the marketing websites and videos on sites like Facebook and Twitter. She also used the tools within the Vi-Net that directly integrate with Facebook and Twitter to share the videos of other members of the ViSalus community who have had incredible results with the weight loss products.

“It’s incredibly easy to share something that absolutely works. When you have literally thousands of real life testimonials on a weight loss product – it sells itself! With 7 out of 10 people in need of a real, easy weight loss solution, ViSalus has met their needs with the Challenge!” – Melanie Milletics

The Nationwide Launch of the Body By Vi Challenge continues to be a huge success due to the ‘viral’ nature of its marketing campaign they call “Get 3 and Yours is FREE“. ViSalus Sciences gives distributors and customers alike a free Body By Vi marketing website and a unique Facebook application that enables them to invite those they know to join them in the Body By Vi Challenge. When they refer 3 customers to the Challenge, their next Challenge kit is free.

“The Body By Vi Challenge is already an economical weight loss solution at just $3.50 a day, but free fits into everyone’s economy! The viral nature of the Body By Vi Challenge marketing campaign is simply ingenious.” – Melanie Milletics

Transform Your Life, Health and Prosperity in 90 Days! Join the Body By Vi Challenge!

The ViSalus Sciences Body By Vi Challenge is geared to help you reach your goals, no matter what they are. From simply losing a few pounds, to getting fit and toned, we have the tools, the products, and the community of supportive people to celebrate your success. The Body by Vi program is easy, fun, and guarantees results.

The Body by Vi Challenge is not another fad diet. The program is based on healthy nutrition that helps you burn fat and keep lean muscle, boosts your metabolism and helps control hunger. The patented ingredients and formulas help you achieve your goals, on your terms with guaranteed results. Included in our program are nutrition guides, fitness tips and plans, and downloadable tracking tools.

Participants in the Nationwide Body By Vi Challenge have the opportunity to use the online tools to submit their before, progress and after photos for entry into the Body By Vi Challenge contest. Every 90 days winners are chosen from the online entries and awarded cash, Hollywood makeover vacations and cruises. Getting that kid of reward for transforming your health is a benefit that motivates many of the community to truly stick to their goals and complete the Body By VI Challenge.

Join the Challenge! Whether your goals are weight loss, lowering your blood pressure or cholesterol, building your lean body mass or completing a triathlon – you can make fast health gains with the ViSalus Body By Vi!

Originally posted by Melanie Milletics at: Visalus Sciences Opportunity

ViSalus Sciences Live Fusion Academy Training in Tampa Florida!

This Live Fusion Academy Training will prepare you for entrepreneurial success in today’s Online Network Marketing arena.

Online Social Media Marketing Mastery + Network Marketing with ViSalus
= Your Residual Millions!

The last 2009 ViSalus Sciences Fusion Academy Live Training is THIS weekend in Tampa, Florida. This is an event not to be missed! The Friday night Red Carpet Event will kick off the weekend with entertainment and a party where some of the most fit and positive people from across the country will dance till all hours.

The Event Experience

On Saturday and Sunday, the training will equip the ViSalus business builders who attend with a success blueprint to take their ViSalus business to the next level and beyond. The training will cover the fundamentals of Network Marketing with ViSalus and will encompass all of the training modules covered in the Fusion Academy. It will also cover in depth how the ViSalus marketing system, the Vi-Net , integrates directly with social media like twitter, Facebook and MySpace and how you can use our online marketing system to generate endless free leads for your ViSalus business using smart social media marketing. You will learn that our company is literally years ahead of every single company in our industry when it comes to online marketing. Our Vi-Net and our training on how to market effectively online, is unmatched!

New Bimmer Club Members To Be Recognized in Tampa!

ViSalus Sciences will award the 21 newest Regional Directors (second level in the company) with their BMW ‘Told You So’ plates, plus $1000 cash bonus for reaching that level in October! This is incredibly exciting and I’m attending Fusion Academy Tampa Live this weekend to learn exactly how to help YOU earn YOUR BMW!

This is where YOU fit into this weekend. You still have time to start your ViSalus business and register for Fusion Academy. The training this weekend WILL give you the complete success blueprint for you to succeed in your ViSalus business. Our team would like nothing more than to have you sit in the team’s row, so that you can get the training you need to get yourself into a BMW by the New Year! It is absolutely possible and this weekend is going to prepare you for an incredible future.

The Fusion Academy training is truly unique, and incredibly effective. The top earners in ViSalus had no prior MLM experience and are succeeding wildly because of the training that has been put in place. What will YOU do when given this blueprint for success?

You have the opportunity to get to

Tampa, November 13-15, for Fusion Academy Training LIVE!

Ask me HOW!

Originally posted by Agnes Vigh at: Visalus

Social Media & Relationship Marketing: ViSalus Vi-Net Connects Directly to Facebook, Twitter

ViSalus Sciences is…“Building Relationships through Social Media”

Original Post can be found at http://www.directsellingnews.com

For an industry built on relationship marketing, the advent and proliferation of social media raises a lot of questions—and opportunities. The relationship between a direct seller and its prospects is a long way from the ones found on Match.com or eHarmony. But they do have things in common.

On every social media site or blog, everybody hopes they find people with mutual interests, and in the best of all possible worlds, you strike up long-term relationships.

But it’s a delicate balance in our industry. We’re learning that there’s no payoff in a “Join my company!” or “Buy my product!” approach. Instead, relationships in the virtual world are built in much the same way as they are face to face. They evolve slowly and intentionally. But whether the relationship develops over a cup of coffee or a keyboard, the relationship itself is the key to having people know, like and trust you.

Best of Both Worlds

For 4-year-old ViSalus, the decision to encourage distributors to build relationships through social media was a no-brainer. It was a matter of efficiency, as well as vision.

“Network marketing is about creating relationships and communication and working together,” Chief Marketing Officer Blake Mallen says. “The new social media tools are the most effective platform to communicate.”

The wellness company so strongly believes that social media marketing is the future of the industry that it has coined the term fusion marketing, which takes the tried-and-true traits of traditional direct selling and unites them with today’s technology.

The cornerstone is Vi-Net, an invitation-only online community of distributors—and customers—on ViSalus’s Web site. Vi-Net is the company’s go-to place for online training, sales tips and business-management tools. It’s home to blogs, pictures and chats among the ViSalus community. But here’s the differentiator: Vi-Net also provides instant connections with key social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter. Anytime a member updates Vi-Net, the system automatically updates their sites on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook and others.

The effect of Vi-Net on ViSalus’s growth has been amazing, Mallen says. “We’ve seen retention go up and new enrollments increase. But the biggest thing is that it’s just fun. It brings out people’s personalities and creates an awesome culture that helps bring people together and make them feel like they’re part of something. It’s all about fostering relationships.”

Originally posted By Agnes Vigh at: Body By Vi Challenge

Where have the last 77 days gone?

My first 90 day challenge is coming to an end on November 11th. Throughout my challenge I have learned even more about this amazing company that I want to tell everyone about these products and to try these products too!

I not only look great, I feel great too! I can fit into pants I haven’t worn in quite a few years! I am enjoying my challenge because of the amazing taste of the shake mix that takes seconds to make.

This is so perfectly formulated that anybody with any body can lose weight. They were designed to help EVERYBODY lose weight.

Not only does it help people lose weight, others are maintaining their weight! Some are using the products to increase their performance for sports and marathons! People are getting healthy too!

I already decided on what my next challenge will be! My next challenge will be to keep the weight off that I lost through the holidays !

Are you ready for your 90 transformation? Improve your body, improve your health!

Why not start that new year resolution now! Save money, feel great, lose weight, get fit and make this holiday season a great one!

Make YOU your priority for the next 90 days! Good luck to you on your Body by Vi Challenge!

Remember, if you invite 3 friends who join the Challenge with you by purchasing a Challenge Kit of equal or greater value to your own, yours will be free the following month!

Originally posted by Agnes Vigh at: Weight Lose

ViSalus Sciences Sponsors the Jamaica Premier Football League!

Originally posted by Robert Bailey, Star Write at the The Jamaica Star : ViSalus Boost for PLCA

The Premier League Clubs Association (PLCA) has received a $45 million sponsorship package from California-based wellness company ViSalus Sciences.

Blake Mallen, co-founder and chief marketing officer of ViSalus Sciences, made the announcement yesterday at a press briefing which was held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston. The three-year sponsorship will see each Premier League club getting an equal share of the $12.5 million worth of products and the $2.5 million in cash.

“We are definitely very excited about this relationship … I believe the mindset and the philosophy of the PLCA as well as ViSalus and our community are definitely in line,” said Mallen.

core mission

“We are a community that has been existing for the past four and a half years and our core mission is going out there and raising the consciousness of health … challenging people to make their health and their body a priority in their lives,” he said.

The products that the clubs will receive are the Vi-Shape nutrition shake mix and Neuro smart energy drink.

Edward Seaga

Edward Seaga, chairman of the PLCA, said he was delighted for the sponsorship.

“Whenever you think about football, you think of players that are expending a lot of energy on the field and who are entertaining us with their skills and a lot of goals,” Seaga said.

“What we are doing now is linking with a firm that is relatively new, but which has the ingredients and the experience to package supplements that provide a lot of that missing energy and other missing elements in the needs of the players,” said Seaga.

The deal now brings the PLCA’s sponsorship for the top football competition to over $100 million for this season.

Originally posted by Agnes Vigh at: Visalus

My Official Body Fat Percentage calculation, For The ViSalus Body By Vi Challenge

Have you ever had your Body fat percentage measured with the ‘pinch test’ ? Essentially they take a special ‘caliper’ and pull the skin up on your arm, belly and thigh and pinch it. This supposedly gives a measurement of your body fat percentage, but I’m not so sure.
If I take a measure of my BMI using an online calculator, I get a nice 21.7%. The mean ‘pinch test’ to get my body fat percentage using the digital caliper gave me a 23.3%.
However, the purpose of the test was to get a baseline on record that I could work with to set goals for the rest of the challenge. I still have 68 days to watch my diet and increase my muscle mass- and now I have some numbers to work with.

Without shame, my starting numbers (oh, how I hope to see significant change in these stats!):

In inches (don’t ask me why they didn’t use metrics…)

Bicep : 10.5
Chest : 33.5
Waist : 30
Hips : 36.5
Thigh : 18.5
Calf : 13

and Body fat percentage, 23.3%

That’s what I’m working with. I was on just a “Shape Kit“, which provides the high protein and nutrient meal replacement shake for 2 meals a day… but honestly most days just have a morning shake. I have now ordered a “Transformation Kit” and the minute it arrives, I will start on the 2 shakes per day, appetite suppressant and metabolism booster. I expect the 4 lbs I want to lose will fall off within the first week, then I can go back on maintenance mode. I’ll use the metabolism booster and appetite suppressant left over at some point, I am certain!

I ran out of my Vi-Pack over the weekend and could really feel a difference in soreness this week. In other words, I HURT! The Omegas (essential oils) that come with the Transformation Kit are excellent for helping with recovery…. and so I await my shipment!

After I had my Body fat percentage calculated I pushed through a kickboxing class. Intense calorie burning and a great muscle building workout as well. I work muscles in my kickboxing class that I don’t get to in any other workout – and I’m certain it is the class that blasts the most calories!

If you are bored with your exercise routine, mix it up! You won’t stick to it if its boring, and worse, your body will adjust to your workout and burn fewer calories! So you have a boring, less effective workout… no good!
Spice it up instead. I do womens strength training, zumba, kickboxing, swimming and occasionally take a spinning class. Keeping this variety in my routine is crucial – cause I am one woman who hates getting bored!

All of these classes are held at the local YMCA, for just $71 a month for the entire family. You don’t have to join an expensive gym, or hire a personal trainer to get fit. But I do suggest you join a fitness facility with a variety of classes so you don’t get bored! I find that I workout much harder in a group setting than if I were to just hop on the elliptical trainer, or pop in a workout video at home. The live instructor and music definitely motivate me to up the intensity of my workout.

I’m working harder on increasing the lean muscle mass of my body. And it feels GOOD!

Join the Challenge! Whether your goals are weight loss, lowering your blood pressure or your cholesterol – you can make fast health gains with the ViSalus Body By Vi!

Originally posted by Melanie Milletics at: Body by vi

Are you being health conscious?

I haven’t always been very health conscious. I have always eaten pretty poorly. I had an amazing metabolism when I was in my teens and early 20’s. Didn’t have to watch what I ate, didn’t have to exercise much.

The one thing I have noticed is how much my mindset has changed since starting the Challenge. I am more conscious about what I am eating. Yes, I still have sweets, it’s my downfall, but I try to limit it to once or twice a week instead of every day like it was before I started my Challenge. I try to drink more water and less juice. I never liked diet soda and rarely even drink regular soda for that matter. I have been trying to eat more vegetables which is a big issue for me as I don’t really like most of them! I am so glad I found ViSalus and the Body by Vi Challenge.

I feel and look better and want to help everyone I come in contact with to feel and look better too! That’s why I was so happy and excited for Helen on Tuesday. She joined the challenge two weeks ago. Helen wasn’t sure what to wear and pulled out a pair of pants that didn’t fit her. The pants didn’t just fit her, they looked a bit lose on her! Helen has been on only one shake a day and has liked the pace she has been losing the weight. She did mention that after she gets back from vacation she may just change that to two shakes a day.

Each of us have to reach deep inside to push away all the excuses. If I had just kept thinking about joining the Challenge, I wouldn’t have improved my own health and Helen would still have those pants hanging in her closet waiting for that some day that may have never come.

Money can’t be the excuse because it costs less than a fast food meal, takes less time to make then to get a drive-thru meal and tastes so much better than a drive-thru meal. So what are you waiting for? Join the Challenge to make your life healthier and better.

Originally posted by Agnes Vigh at: Body By vi Challenge

To Have the Success You Seek, You Must do the Work You Have not Done

There is really no way around it. If you want things to change, you must change things! That is, you must change the way you behave and think.
There is a saying that goes something like “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result”. Have you heard this saying and ‘blown it off’? Take a minute to think about it, truly…

My message to you on the way to Strength Training on day 18 of the ViSalus Body By Vi Challenge this morning…

Are there areas of your life that you are unhappy with, but you have done nothing at all to change them?

How are you doing financially? If your answer if ’struggling’, then what are you doing to change the situation? Are you simply living under the stress and hoping something will change??? Thats insanity…
You really will have to get out of your ‘comfort zone’ and do work you have never done before if you want to improve your financial situation. Yes, I said it takes WORK. Work under the mentorship of successful people who have gone before you. People who can tell you exactly how to make the money you need to make to change your financial picture for the better!

Are you overweight, or out of shape and really unhappy with your looks?
What have you done to change that? Seriously?
Have you considered that what and how much you are eating could be contributing to the mess you find yourself in? Most people do not eat right, and that why a full 7 out of 10 Americans have at least 15 lbs of weight to lose!

Do you feel vibrant and strong? No? Well, what have you been doing to change that? Are you active? Our bodies were made to MOVE! We are designed for work that we no longer do… how do you keep your body strong and healthy?

Please, don’t let your answer to the two questions above be ‘gone to the doctor’. That is not a solution. The doctor will only treat the symptoms of the disease you have brought upon yourself… and which you can relieve yourself of too!

Resolve now to eat better and become more active. You will undergo a transformation that will overflow into so many areas of your life!
If you can commit to getting healthy, you can commit to being successful in other areas as well.

Just the same way as you check off ‘complete my workout’ from your to-do list, you can check off the tasks that will help you to succeed in your business.

Personal development is a master key that will help you in all areas of your life. It will help you to find a power within to do amazing things in life. To know that your childhood dreams were meant to be your reality.
If you have been living a less than vibrant life, get started as a ViSalus rep today and dive into the personal development training that is included in your training. You have a full library from Success Magazine available to you!

Personal development is crucial to your making a change in your life – plug in to win!

Click on the banner below to learn more about the Visalus Body by Vi Challenge now!

Originally posted by Melanie Milletics at: Body By Vi

The Weight Loss Challenge of the Weekend… Prime time temptation!

Its Thursday night, Day 17 of the Body By Vi Challenge, and I’m contemplating the challenge that the weekend poses. You see, Monday -Thursday there are great classes at the YMCA. Monday is Zumba, Tuesday Kickboxing, Wednesday Strength Training and Thursday is Zumba again. But then Friday morning comes and I really wanna slack. I mean, I worked out 4 times this week already… and Friday is strength training again and if there was one class I’d love to sleep through… that is IT!

So, will I sleep through it and promise myself that I’ll do a water workout later???
I mean, its Friday after all.

Then, of course thee is the question of sticking to healthy low calorie intake over the weekend. Whats with Saturday and Sunday that just invite overindulgence? All across the world people are packing more calories into those 2 days than they should be eating all WEEK! It true, and you know it!

I’m a home based entrepreneur. Friday, Saturday and Sunday are really just 3 more days that I choose to do as I like.
And this weekend, I resolve to stick to the Challenge!
I still have muscle to gain, and fat to lose.
I have a strength training class tomorrow to wake up for, and a healthy diet to stick to on Saturday and Sunday.
I can and will still eat yummy ‘weekend’ foods, just smaller portions!

When you have a plan, you will not deviate from your goals!
Make your plan to start the challenge, map out your action steps to reach your goals. Plug into the community forum for support-
and totally get FIT!

Click on the banner below to learn more about the Visalus Body by Vi Challenge now!

Originally posted by Melanie Milletics at: KickBoxing

Zumba & Gratitude! Day 14 of the ViSalus Body By Vi Challenge

Day 14 of the ViSalus Body by Vi Challenge and I headed to Zumba on a Monday morning.
Heading to DANCE on a Monday morning?Take a minute to consider just how fantastic that is…
Driving to dance, instead of driving to work??? YEZZZZ!
I’m an Internet Entrepreneur and support my family 100% with my home based business – reason to be grateful!

To get to my Zumba class I drove past the high school where I spent 3 years teaching science. I taught out of necessity and did not enjoy it at all! I worked my home based business consistently and persistently in the evening, knowing exactly where I would be as a result – working from HOME!

I only know one way to succeed- and that is to take massive action to achieve my goals. I WILL lose 4 lbs and get really strong on this challenge- because I’ll workout a minimum of 5 times a week and will track my diet in the Vi-Net Health Tracking system that we get with the ViSalus Body By Vi Challenge.

Do you have health goals that always seem out of reach?
Combine a proven weight loss program with our online health tracker and community support- and you are far more likely to succeed where you have not before!

Do You Zumba? Lose more weight while you do with the ViSalus Transformation Kit:

Originally posted by Melanie Milletics at: Visalus Body By Vi

What’s The Magic of the Body by Vi Challenge?

I, personally, am not a healthy eater and don’t eat half the things they mention in the video below. I started my challenge on August 13th to lose 10 lbs. About 2 weeks into my Challenge I changed that to 15 lbs while building back my muscle tone. I am down 5 lbs and I already see and feel the change in my arms and around my hips. I wore a top to work this week that was always snug around my upper arm. I showed my husband just earlier and he said, “this stuff is really working” and I said yes it is and it tastes great!

Since being on the oh so yummy shakes, I have noticed I am more conscious of what I eat and how much. Some days are easier than other to just walk on by the amazingly delicious chocolate cakes they have when I am buying my lunch at work. And let me tell you, there are days that are hard much harder than others and takes major willpower for me to not grab a slice! Thursday was one of those days! You see my major issue is that I have such a sweet tooth!

It was different when my bodies metabolism worked it right off when I was in my late teens early 20’s. As the years went by that has changed and now it just sticks to my butt and thighs! Who can relate to that?

ViSalus is that magic in the Body by Vi Challenge. The Vi-shake gives us the nutrition many of us are missing.

Click here and watch the three videos and come back and leave a comment to tell me if you eat like the guy behind the camera does! It’s a great example of today’s society and they way most people eat!

You are ready for the Challenge and you will lose the weight, you will get fit and you will feel better!

Transform your life starting today!

For Anybody, and Any BODY – this challenge is customized for YOU.

Take the challenge to Save money, save time, and reshape your body!!

Just want to learn more?

CLICK HERE

Originally posted by Agnes Vigh at: 90 Day Challenge

Zumba Baby! Day 10 of the ViSalus Body By Vi Fitness Challenge

Zumba on Day 10 of the ViSalus Body By Vi Fitness Challenge.
Day 10? Does that mean I’m 1/10th of the way through? Am I 1/10th of the way lighter, thinner, and stronger? You bet I am! But perhaps more importantly, I’m following through – I am meeting one daily goal at a time to ultimately meet this ViSalus Body By Vi Fitness Challenge.

I only know one way to get anything done ~ and that’s through consistent, persistent, work!

You can wish your day away, you can repeat your positive affirmations over and over – but nothing ever came of a wish or affirmation alone. It comes from inspired ACTION, otherwise known as WORK.
The Law of Attraction could just as easily be called ‘the law of positive action gets you what you expected’…

I’m certainly not gonna lose weight and get stronger by hoping it will happen! No way!
Instead, I’m up and out the door to Zumba with my Trim Slim Shake in hand -
I’m dancing up a storm and blasting calories while those powerful endorphins rush through my mind.
Those endorphins are truly ‘happy juice’ and they make the rest of the day go so much sweeter!

If you need some happy juice yourself, know it doesn’t come in a bottle- get it through cardiovascular exercise and the satisfaction of meeting your daily goals

Do You Zumba? Lose more weight while you do with the ViSalus Transformation Kit:

Originally posted by Melanie Milletics at: Body By Vi

Do women need strength training to lose weight? ViSalus Body by Vi Fitness Challenge

Do women need strength training to lose weight? Yes, if you want it to happen quickly! And lets face it, when it comes to weight loss, we women want it off like, yesterday! Lifting weights is one sure way to increase rate at which those unwanted pounds fall off.

How? Because muscle burns more calories at rest than fat. So even as you are sitting at your computer right now, you could be burning off those extra calories that you ate today… IF you had done some strength training to build up muscle!

Let Denise tell you some of the benefits of strength training for women:

I could do a cardio workout every day – its alot more FUN and it gets those endorphins pumping. I don’t find my weight lifting sessions fun. In fact , they HURT. They hurt when Im doing them, the day after and even worse on the 2nd day… but its SO worth it!

As a mom of 2, I find that if I dont strength train and keep myself reasonably strong, I can get really soft quickly. My metabolism slows, and I start to blow up – even if Im not eating more food.
Does this sound like you?
Are you overweight, feel sluggish and weak? Then get on the challenge, drink your shake a day and get active! Include strength training in your regimen and watch the pounds fall off much quicker, as you watch your body transform.

A strong woman is a slim woman- and a woman who moves forward to achieve her goals is unstoppable!

You want to feel strong, fit, and accomplished, don’t you? Join the ViSalus Body by Vi Challenge!

Originally posted by Melanie Milletics at: Mom Weight Training

You Must Recommit to Your Goals on a Daily Basis in Order to Achieve Success

Its Tuesday, and I could easily have taken a break. Could have rolled back over and gotten an extra 30 minutes of sleep – which would have ensured that I missed my kickboxing class. I could even have convinced myself that I’d workout in the pool later – and I might have – if it wasn’t for the ViSalus Body By Vi Challenge! You see, I set GOALS for this challenge. They are

1. Lose 4 lbs
2. Decrease my Body Mass index (BMI)
3. Increase muscle mass – get strong!
4. Get FIT!

And in order to get myself up out of bed this morning, I recommitted myself to those goals. Otherwise I might have gotten a little lazy and slept in, and done a bit of exercise in the pool… but that wouldn’t have been nearly as good a workout as kickboxing was!
Instead I got myself up and out, knowing that I’d get an excellent workout out of the way early, and would feel far more accomplished for having done so.

So, up at 8:50, showered, dressed, Trim Slim Shake with Banana Energy Charge mix-in in hand… I headed to my kickboxing class!

And accomplished my mini-goal for the day, which ultimately will help me through the 90 Day Body By Vi Challenge by ViSalus!

I use the same strategy to achieve success in my home based business. Each day I recommit to my goals and examine the tasks at hand that will help me to get closer to accomplishing those goals. When I’m feeling less than motivated, I re-up! I think of WHY I do what I do… and I put my head down and go to work – in my home office.

Man, I don’t wanna go back to job outside the home! I’ll keep at the task at hand and recommit and accomplish my my tasks for the day! I work hard on my work days, so I can play hard when I like

Originally posted by Melanie Milletics at: Weight Loss Goals

My Body By Vi Challenge Update

It was hot and humid but well worth every step I took about an hour ago!

I had to get my son to take his afternoon nap way earlier than yesterday (3 pm) so we can get to a afternoon Hungarian Folk Concert at 3 pm. I grabbed his stroller out of the car though I could have easily taken his for a car ride instead. I chose not to take the easy way out and to incorporate some exercise into my Body By Vi Challenge!

Breaking a sweat sure makes me feel great! I feel like I have accomplished something and my legs can use the exercise to get ready for my Hungarian Folk Dance practices that start again this Friday! I can’t wait for that because that will be an additional work out! Some of those dances are like an aerobic workout with great music and company!

Loving my morning shakes! I still can’t believe there is <1>

Join the Challenge and get back into shape!

Originally posted by Agnes Vigh at: 90 Day Challenge

Why Zumba Makes Me Rich! Body by Vi ViSalus Fitness Challenge Day 7

Its Monday, and most people dread them right? I mean, its usually the end of the weekend and the day you need to set the alarm again and drag yourself to work. I mean, people do have to WORK, it makes the world go round…

But I have to say I’m totally ecstatic about Mondays! I look forward to Mondays as I know I get to dance with the wild and crazy Wendy at Zumba!
At 10am at our local YMCA, at least 50 women convene for 60 minutes of high energy Latin inspired dance moves done to an international mix of music. The result is massive calorie blasting, endorphin pumping and pure FUN on a Monday morning! Its the perfect start to the week.

Zumba makes me RICH!
It truly enriches my life. I was born to dance – am made to dance, as we all were. Before Zumba, I felt a sense of loss for not being able to express this aspect of my self regularly. As a Mom, I found that I went out less and less to dance. I certainly did not spend my weekends clubbing anymore, or even as I had in the past – traveling to festivals to dance! Could you say I smiled less because I wasn’t dancing? Absolutely! Was I aware of how much I missed dance? Oh yes, I was!

In an effort to smile more , I resolved to join a dance class locally. In the past I had danced with a troupe that performed with a Batucada ensemble. That is, I danced an African style Samba with a group of about 80 drummers! Talk about high- energy and fun! It was an incredible time. However, its not something I was going to find in my little Florida town…
I was a member of the YMCA though, and in looking over the schedule I saw this class called Zumba that was described as a Latin inspired workout – and I figured, why not try…
I was hooked! My instructor is this incredibly tight blond Irish chick who speaks not a word of Spanish, but moves like she was born of Latin blood. Turns out she has been a dancer and cheerleading coach for years and years – so she does alot of her own choreography and is an excellent teacher. I feel really lucky to have Wendy as my Zumba teacher at the Y! I get my dance class, as many as 3x per week if I like, and its included in my membership

I smile more now that I take Zumba – I really do! I smile as I enter, as my freinds and I know we are about to have a blast – and I smile as I leave sweaty and full of the happy endorphins that start my week. I am grateful that I am an American woman with the freedom to dance my azz off on a Monday morning!

I make more money now that I take Zumba? Could it be true? Zumba makes me rich? I do believe so- it is an expression of life – of living an ecstatic, joyful life and for me that includes dance. It helps to break my mind out of a rut. You cannot jump around and sweat for an hour, learning new dance routines, and not have a shift in consciousness – its just impossible! I have walked out of there with inspired ideas – and keep a notepad in the car for jotting such ideas down… Some of my best work is done on a Monday, after Zumba. So yes… Zumba makes me Rich!

I forgot to load the battery into the camera today – so I couldn’t get Wendy on film – sorry! I told her to dress in her Zumba wear for next Monday’s class and I’d film one of her original choreographed dances. Until then, here is a great vid I found on YouTube . As you can see, Men SO Zumba too! In fact… Beto Perez created this revolutionary fitness program – and he is most definitely, a MAN! Check him out in the vid below:

Zumba is part of my weekly fitness regime for the ViSalus Fitness Challenge, Body by Vi ! Join me to morph your body into the YOU thats hiding inside

Originally posted by Melanie Milletics at: Body By Vi

Body by Vi shake each morning for me! What about you?

I have been religously making my Body by Vi TSS shakes for the past week. I am very happy that I am not starving by the time I get to work and can make it through to lunch, no sweat! I feel fuller, quicker when I am eating lunch. I am good about only eating what I feel is enough and have been asking for less when the give me my lunch!

I am going to start incorporating exercise into my routine a few times a week. I have been on hiatus from my Hungarian Folk Dance group all summer which starts up again next week and want to start getting a bit in shape for that cardio work! Sometimes I leave feeling like I just left an aerobics class and not a dance practice! Some dances from one region can be full energy with a lot of jumping! Others can be mellow non-jumping dances from other regions! But that’s for another blog for another day!

Now I am off to bed to get a good nights sleep which is a huge part of getting fit and healthy!

Until next time…keep motivated and stay strong!

You Can Do It!

Originally posted by Agnes Vigh at: 90 Day Challenge

Body By Vi Day 4, Body, Mind and Spirit ... oh and calories too :)

Day 4 of the Body by Vi Challenge and I took it easy! No strenuous workout for me, just time with the kids and a little swimming.

Because I didn't actively burn calories I had a shake for both breakfast and lunch and really paid attention to what I ate.

I've been using the online health tracker that is built into the Vi-Net. You simply add in your current wight and a few other stats, and it tells you exactly how many calories you should be taking in based on your goals. Then, you can input your daily diet and track exactly what you are taking in. It has most of the USDA food database in it so its really easy ~ and crucial! 80% of weight loss is changing your diet. We cannot change our bodies through exercise alone.

Watch here.

If you want help planning out your daily meals- the Vi-net health tracking system has suggested recipes and will even give you your shopping list based on your planned meals. Talk about push button easy!

Feeling like this is just too hard for you? Get some inspiration from the community! Log into the Vi-net and watch some of our challenger's videos and see their success stories. It will help you to stay on track!

Weight loss truly is a whole mind, body, spirit thing - and the Body By Vi challenge has all of the elements covered!



Originally posted by Melanie Milletics at: Calorie Tracker