WATCH THIS (get more workouts)

So I clicked… and read her article, entitled My Medical Choice

Personally, I thought it was a very brave and thought-out decision by Angelina. She watched her mother struggle and suffer for 10 years fighting breast cancer. I have seen too many friends and family suffer and die from cancer in my life, I know the pain all too well.

Turns out, that she has a genetic disposition for this type of cancer and her risk is significantly higher than the average person, so she opted to have a double mastectomy to try and prevent it from happening. Here is what I thought… please let me know what you think.. I LOVE to read your comments!

and while I am ALL about self-acceptance, self-love and being happy at any size… I also STRONGLY believe in freedom of speech and having a niche market and being TRUE to yourself…
So.. my response to Mike Jeffries comments:

I.D.G.A.F

Here’s why:

(and if you agree please share with friends and SUBSCRIBE to my emails so you dont miss whats next!)

You may see many in the gym, white, blue, grey, bumpy ones, smooth ones and people rolling around like its fun

(I’m telling you, its not! LOL)

Foam rolling helps relieve muscle soreness and tension, loosens knots, allivates IT Band syndrome and helps with full range of motion and increasing mobility.
Its one of those love/hate things. I’ll be honest… its hard to “not be a bitch” when I’m lying on one… I whine, cry and all but curse my mother.

But afterward… wow! I’m a new woman!
Here are a few techniques I use and teach my clients for IT band, inner thighs, upper back, traps, lats and even feet for plantar fascitis.

The foam roller I use in this video is from The Pro Unit
*I am not a paid affiliate for The Pro Unit

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Thrusters

Push-Press

Deadlift

Burpees

Jump Squats

Do you want proven methods and results without gimmicks?

Are you looking for support but don’t know where to find it?

You talked, we listened!

I have been training for over 9 years and online training and coaching for over 7! I get many of the same questions and problems over and over again:

• I don’t have enough time!  
• I don’t know what to do ! 
• I don’t know what to eat ! 
• My family is picky!  
• I have no support!  
• I need motivation! 

We heard you loud and clear!! So, my good friend, Sweaty Betties Ambassador, trainer & owner of Train Dirty Fitness and 100 lbs. weight-loss success story, Crystal Honeycutt and ME are going to personally coach you.
This is a group coaching program that will run in a PRIVATE Facebook group.
In the private group you will get:

• Access to dozens of downloadable meal plans ($250 value)
• Access to dozens of downloadable workouts ($250 value)
• Accountability and SUPPORT
• Weekly weigh-ins
• Daily motivation and posts
• Questions answered by two fitness professionals ($500 value)
• Paleo weight-loss plans
• Vegan & Vegetarian Sample plans
• Weekly webinars for education, motivation & Inspiration ($400 value)
• Grocery Lists
• Snack Ideas
• Healthy Members only Recipes
• Access to all the past meal plans, shopping lists and plans on SweatyBettiesfitness.com ($300 value!)
• BONUS: Copy of “The Sweaty Betties Cleanse: REVAMPED” ($49 value)
• BONUS: mp3 download of “Deciding to Change” ($49 value)

THIS PROGRAM IS VALUED AT $1800-

BUT YOU GET ACCESS TO IT ALL FOR  $99 for one month

(preference is given to existing clients for the next month’s group)

 We want and EXPECT you to succeed! Our goal is YOUR ultimate success and we are going to make that happen.

If you are ready to get the results that you’ve been wanting and just need the tools to get started, the next group begins

May 6th- June 6th!!  This is the LAST group of the summer and spots are limited.

Don’t wait– sign up NOW by making your payment of $99 and we will email you the forms to sign and the link to get into the group.

Sweaty Betties Fitness hopes to be YOUR go-to resource for inspiration, motivation, and education in health, fitness and just being awesome.

“Me Day”

I’ve had discussions about this “self-made holiday” on Facebook, I’ve mentioned this in the newsletters and I recently spoke about it on a radio show, but I realized I never composed a blog about it!

See, at the end of December 2012, I started to think about “resolutions” and all of those things we tend to do at the end of the year…. memories from the past year and hopes for the New Year… and I’ll be honest, I was not happy with what was going on. I had been dealing with metabolic damage and adrenal fatigue for the better part of two years, and I had started to make some GREAT headway, and then, POW I lost it!

How did I lose it?

STRESS.

I started staying up late again, I started taking on more projects than I could handle, I started putting myself last and others first… you know the deal.

I realized that the THINGS I was doing to feel better, ie. taking care of me, getting to bed early, meditating, relaxing, eating regular meals, taking my supplements, etc.

I had completely stopped….and I was feeling terrible.

In fact, I told my husband, I just want to rent a car and go stay in a hotel ALONE for a few days. (ok maybe a week!)

He was obviously hurt… but that’s how I felt!

I felt as if I was being pulled in a million directions and I needed an escape… NOW!!

So that is where the “Me Day” idea came from.

I decided that for 2013 ONE DAY out of every month, was a day for ME.
RULES INCLUDE: 

• no phone
• no computer
• no alarm clock
• I can do whatever makes ME feel good– massage, reading, napping, eating
• no “shoulds” or “have tos”
• no work

and so, I took out my phone and blocked out the last Sunday of every month for my year long experiment.

Well, January, something came up, the Dani Johnson First Steps to Success seminar was on “MY WEEKEND” so, I just rescheduled for the next weekend! I took my Sunday (it was Super Bowl Sunday) and got myself a massage, read a book and took a nap. I can’t say that I didn’t get on the computer or ditch the phone.. but it was a start.

So my February day came and my husband knew it was my day, but he needed me for a few things, and I have to say  it was kind of ruined. He apologized and it was no biggie… who knew this would be so hard?!! I thought, “maybe this will be better on a week day!”

March came and went, I traveled to 3 states in 3 weeks and there was no time for me, again and here we are, mid April. I have a day scheduled THIS weekend. Hubby’s out of town and I’m disappearing!! For the rest of the year, I moved my “Me Day” to a Friday. Its easier when hubby is at work to BE ALONE.
The moral is: be flexible, be adaptable, but put it in the books.

I’m not perfect. I don’t have children, however, I have a very busy life because I give a lot and a lot of people depend on me. I understand how hard it is to have a day for you. BUT its still SO important. I urge EVERYONE..

I CHALLENGE YOU—-> DO IT NOW.

Schedule your “Me Days” for the REST of 2013 (there’s still 8 months left!!)

Then CLICK TO TWEET IT: I’m taking a day just for me!! #meday #becauseImworthit @SweatyBetties

even if its a “Me Half-Day” – take 4 hours for YOU. I promise you will be less bitter about the things you “have to do”.
Don’t tell me that you can’t, that you don’t have time, or can’t find a sitter…

Don’t be a b!tch. 

Lets just DO THIS…. and then come back and tell me what you plan on doing. Here are some ideas:

• sit at the park
• read a book
• have coffee with a friend
• sleep in… late
• watch a movie marathon in your pajamas
• get a massage
• get a mani/pedi
• hang out at Whole Foods
• Sun bathe
• sit in a car alone for 4 hours (I’ve totally done this)
• go on a hike (but please tell someone where you’re going)
• take a bath
• take a yoga class
• eat a healthy meal
• do an “at-home” spa day- paint your nails, do a face mask, etc.

How did Bex go from an unknown mom-of-4, making low-budget videos on YouTube, to hosting her own TV show in just 2.5 years?

How did Danny-J go from being a corporate/government “slave” to running a successful online business, coaching and speaking gigs with over 36,000 Facebook Fans?

Well, we get these questions all the time… and we decided…

WE ARE GOING TO LET YOU IN ON OUR SECRETS!

Did you ever imagine you could turn your blogs, YouTube videos or Facebook posts into a career?

At first, we never thought it could happen. And we were SO WRONG!

“Can people really make money through SOCIAL MEDIA??”
We are here to tell you YES!

I’m so excited to announce a new program along with my friend and fellow Inspiration & Perspiration Workshop host: Bex

WELCOME TO SOCIAL ACADEMY™ with DANNY J & BEX!!

In this 4 week program you will learn:

• Step-by-step details on how Danny-J grew her Facebook page from 0-36k in 18 months with NO ADS
• How Bex grew her youtube audience to nearly 70,000 subscribers without investing a single dime of her own money and with no marketing experience
• How Bex got her own Network TELEVISION show and is in the works on a book deal and more!! (shhhh)
• How we have landed contracts and gifts from FREE product to $500, $3500, and even $50,000 contracts
• How to negotiate with brands and demand what you’re worth
• How to decide WHICH brands to partner with for your brand and vision
• How to use Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Instagram to grow your brand and your audience
• Full access to ask us ANYTHING– We don’t hold back and might be a little *too honest*
• Weekly calls for 4 weeks with special social media *RockStar Guests*

If you’re ready to get to the #nextlevel with Bex and I ….

WE WANT TO HELP YOU!!!

We see so many bloggers, youtubers and fitness personalities out there that JUST aren’t making it and you HAVE a story! You are HERE for a reason!! We need your light in this world and you need to know how to make a living SHARING who YOU ARE.

ALL THIS FOR ONLY $247!

If you’re ready to learn what we’re about to share, ACT NOW.

We are CLOSING THIS PROGRAM APRIL 25th and letting everyone registered into our private Facebook group – this is where a lot of the action will take place.

Our weekly LIVE calls/webinars will be on Wednesday evenings at 9:30pm EST and will be recorded for everyone in the group to watch, listen to, learn from, and ENJOY!

SPOTS ARE LIMITED. JOIN US TODAY!

If you’re ready now, go here to claim your spot in Social Academy™:

If you need a little help with the cashola.. no worries.. we’ve been there! Go here:

CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU IN SOCIAL ACADEMY™
!

CHRISTINE WILKEN REZA!!!

Also 4 Premier Protein Pack Winners:

• Jennifer Sauberan
• Annie Mocniak Parker
• Melissa Wood
• Erica McGoey Marion

Then a very HUGE Thank you to Labrada Nutrition and Lean Body for Her 

they are donating 20 (TWENTY!!) prize packs for the folks in this months DIET BET!! (how cool is that?!?!)
So all winners need to email me their name and shipping address to thesweatybetties@gmail.com

*PS there will be another diet bet next month in case you missed out!!

1. Sarah Hubbard Owings
2. Jennifer Moody
3. Yesenia Villatrana
4. Westy Morita Kessler
5. Mackenzie Johnson Cassall
6. Carrie Allen
7. MJ Smits
8. Melissa Clark
9. Amanda Reinhardt
10. Sarah Kurian
11. Megan Carl
12. Jackie Stulburg Dvorak
13. Stephanie Gunn Garcia
14. Tricia McCarroll
15. Beth Evans
16. Kristin Jennings
17. Paulina Mikloz
18. Michelle Gauthier
19. Reve Quinn Fries
20. Amy Alexander

CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!!

*pic from http://scottblanton.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/i-won1.jpg