Inspiration

Wanting It So Bad It Hurts

May 10, 2013
By Rich Dafter
Wanting It So Bad It Hurts

Are you suffering in your life right now?  Do you want your life back so bad that it hurts?  Janet did and she did something about it – even working out in secret when she started.  Below is her story from the Team Beachbody Success Story contest.  She entered The Beachbody Challenge and won...

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Happily Married and Fat?

May 9, 2013
By Rich Dafter
Happily Married and Fat?

Before doing P90X I was completely miserable. I was 25 years old, stood 5’ 7”, had high cholesterol, and weighed in at 225 pounds. With those stats, I wasn’t fat, I was obese. I knew I needed to workout but kept putting it off until tomorrow. And when “tomorrow” finally did arrive, I’d exercise...

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Escaping From Solitude

May 8, 2013
By Rich Dafter
Escaping From Solitude

I have been heavy throughout my whole life and have lived in solitude, escaping to my games, which got very lonely at times. I have been on food stamps for at least 2 years because I have been unemployed and was forced to live out of my car while I was in Oregon because...

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Life’s Too Short to be Entombed in an Unhealthy Body

May 6, 2013
By Rich Dafter
Life’s Too Short to be Entombed in an Unhealthy Body

Kristjan won the Team Beachbody $500 Daily Prize for May 6th! My whole life I’ve BEEN big, and LIVED big—spent my teens and 20’s in the 300+ club. Though overweight, I was still a happy-go-lucky kind of guy. I loved life and overindulged in things that brought me immediate gratification. But sadly, all those...

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From a Bad Place to a Happy Place!

April 29, 2013
By Rich Dafter
From a Bad Place to a Happy Place!

Ashley participated in The Beachbody Challenge and won the $500 Daily Prize for April 29th! Before I started ChaLEAN Extreme, I was in a bad place, mentally and physically. I had NO energy, no confidence and an extremely negative self-image. I was disgusted by looking at pictures of myself. And I used food and...

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Real People, Real Commitment, Real Success

April 15, 2013
By Rich Dafter
Real People, Real Commitment, Real Success

An open letter to my team of Beachbody Coaches: Coaches, you can change your body in eight weeks, you can change other people’s bodies in eight weeks and you can change lives forever over the next two months. I am proof of how successful you can be changing people’s lives and I want all...

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March Madness and April Insanity

April 7, 2013
By Rich Dafter
March Madness and April Insanity

We had an extraordinary month of growth as a team in March and April is turning out to be equally as good.  We added 28 new team members to our staff in 30 days and we are so blessed to be able to have a team that is growing because we are changing lives...

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Chalene Johnson: What Keeps Me Motivated

February 10, 2013
By Rich Dafter
Chalene Johnson: What Keeps Me Motivated

Chalene Johnson isn’t just the creator and master trainer behind TurboJam®, ChaLEAN Extreme®, and TurboFire®. She’s also a mom, renowned motivational speaker, best-selling author, and the founder of her own multimillion-dollar enterprise, Powder Blue Productions®. That’s a pretty incredible resume, even for a woman as incredible as Chalene—which begs the question: How does she...

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After I Broke My Back in Iraq, Brazil Butt Lift Got Me Back on Track

January 10, 2013
By Rich Dafter
After I Broke My Back in Iraq, Brazil Butt Lift Got Me Back on Track

Shawneen participated in The Beachbody Challenge and won the $500 Daily Prize for January 10th! I was fat and miserable, too ashamed to look at myself in the mirror, too heavy to keep up with my kids. Because of a war injury—I broke my back serving in Iraq—and the weight I had put on,...

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I Dare You!

January 9, 2013
By Rich Dafter
I Dare You!

Over the past week, I’ve experienced some life changing moments. Early New Year’s Day, on a cold morning as the sun was coming up over the Sandia Mountains, I took one step, heard a crack in my knee and couldn’t take another step. By 8:00 am, I was in the ER, then had X-rays,...

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