Good morning to ya and Happy Saturday!

are you ready to say goodbye to yo-yo diets and beat you down workouts? That's what they (beat down workouts) felt like to me and what many women that I have worked with before they came to me. Workouts that were draining, workouts that made you super hungry, and workouts programs that made you feel guilty if you even missed one workout.

Ugh - sometimes I think about why the heck was I even doing that to myself. Like you, I thought that was the way to weight loss, I thought that's what I had to get in shape, to fit in a dress that I wanted to wear.

Girl, was I wrong. Nope, it took me awhile to hang up the extreme measures, to really trust the process of strength training, eating to get strong, and eating to lose fat.

I couldn't wrap my head around it until I started to see that it really worked. I ditched the scale, stopped relying on it to dictate my progress, and started to focus on getting strong - my deadlifts got better, my push-ups got better. I realized that I didn't have to kill myself in the gym.  I was spending less time in the gym and getting results.

I started training 3-4 times a week, sometimes 5 - depending on the type of training split I was on, and taking at least 2 times off a week off from Lifting and my body responded - it was like magic. Well not magic, but you get the point! Time, patience, and consistency, there is no magic, just hard work.

What had I been doing all this time - not getting results and beating myself down, just like you?  Extreme diets, extreme cardio, and light weights with tons of circuit type activity. There is a better way! 

More is not better; better is better. Training smarter and not harder got me the results I wanted - "Tone" - which is a result of muscle and less body fat. Didn't happen overnight, but it happened - with consistent training and eating in a way that I wasn't starving, but still dropping fat!

You too can have sustainable un yo-yo results - take, for example, my 1:1 STRONGER U Coaching Client:

I have never done weight training, coaching, or really followed a nutritionists recommendations. I have had years and years of yo-yo dieting and doing aerobics exercises through Beachbody &The Firm which is aerobics & weight training combo videos using very light weights & quick motions.

I had followed Candace on Facebook for the last couple of years as I've always been interested in weight training but never knew where to start. So when a Facebook challenge but she was doing came up around Thanksgiving last year I jumped on board.

What a difference it made. It introduced me to her training techniques and a different side of working out. In January I did another challenge with her and became hooked.

At that point I felt that I was ready to take the leap and get some individual training as well as nutritional guidelines from someone who I trusted and admired for what she can do and what she's been doing over the years. Candace taught me that you don't have to burnout and train and jump around for hours every day to get results.

She taught me that you can eat what you enjoy in moderation and not starve yourself to see results. What I learned from coaching with Candace was that I could weight train, I can lift heavier weights, I can get stronger, & look healthy, sexier, leaner, without starving myself and pushing myself to fatigue. I would recommend to anyone to use coaching as a tool to make inspired changes to your life.

The most important thing I learned from the coaching that I received from Candace, is confidence.

Confidence in myself, a change in how I looked at myself in the mirror, how I present myself to other people. I've spent years and years battling with my self-image and battling with how I thought everybody else perceived me whether it was true or not.

Candace pushed me outside of my comfort zone and prove to me with a steady stream of positive criticism that I was making the changes that I wanted to be making and it was my choice in how I wanted to make those changes. I don't think I could have done it without her encouragement. 

Thank you Candace for everything and I will be working with you again in the future!!! ALSO got my purple water bottle. I love it. Thanks!! Seanne

You too can have what Seanne has experienced! She is still moving forward and making strides, not yo-yoing, and not exercising like a maniac. She has a better relationship with her food and living her best life!

So, STRONGER U Group Coaching Club is open until Sunday Midnight CST, and then I am closing the doors; I'm not sure when the doors will be open again.

I am also dropping another sweet BONUS! The first 5 people that sign up for the Club will get 2 Video Reviews of their weakest Lift. If you are struggling with your Squats or your Push-ups, I got you. You'll be able to film your Lift and send it to me for critiquing!

Again, don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions about the STRONGER U Coaching Club. I'd be happy to answer.

Have a fantastic weekend!

In Strength,

Xo

Candace

P.S. The Bonus - the Video reviews will expire tonight at midnight!