What do you hear when someone tells you that they can't "afford" to invest in their health?
"If organic/natural food wasn't so expensive, I'd eat better."
"Gym memberships are too expensive."
"I live too far away from a gym to work out. It would increase my cost of gas."
Or one of my favorites, because I hear it all the time...
"I'd order that shake you sell, but it's just too expensive."
Want to know what I hear when I hear all these excuses? I hear...
"I'm not WORTH investing in my health."
Be open minded and just listen to me for a second. I'm not JUST trying to promote my business, although it's a great business to be a part of. It's got fool-proof (yes, I said fool-proof....a caveman could do it) sales trainings for it's coaches, amazing daily/weekly/monthly/annual incentives, a wide plethora of opportunities for advancement, hefty discounts, tremendous military benefits (this perked MY ears up!), and above all, the means to improving one's LIFE.
I'm trying to express the importance of eating healthy and exercising. Yes, I sell Shakeology for my business, and I'm a firm believer in some of the seriously awesome benefits it produces for people. If I ate a good 11 plates of vegetables per day, could produce enough energy to really get me through my days without feeling the need for a nap, curb my own cravings, curb my appetite, CRAP ON A REGULAR BASIS, boost my immune system, cleanse my body of toxins, help build and repair my own muscles after a workout, figure out a way to get my brain to function better to keep me more alert, decrease my risk of degenerative diseases, lower my cholesterol, etc, I'd forego the shake for sure. Fantastically for me, I can take care of ALL of these in one shake I use to replace ONE of my FIVE meals for the day.
Just because I eat five meals a day, it doesn't mean that I have to buy more food that I did before. As a matter of a fact, counting the cost of my monthly Shakeology, I spend the same amount of money for food monthly as I did before. After INVESTING in my health, I spend the same amount of money per month on food, but made the necessary cut backs of everything I USED to spend our grocery budget on to completely transition over to healthy foods. Wholesome foods. Foods that I KNOW are good for me. I don't go to McDonald's, Jack In The Box, Taco Bell, or Little Caesar's anymore (and trust me.....I had some reservations about these cutbacks, especially given the fact that all of these are about a mile walking distance from my house!). Do you know how much money people would save if they completely cut out fast/junk food all together?
Do you even completely realize how much being healthy and fit improves the overall quality of a person's life? And I'm not talking about being skinny or being "hot". I'm talking about being HEALTHY. Think about it. How many hours a day do you sit in front of a computer? How many hours a day do you actually spend with your family (not just sitting in the same room with them...I mean INTERACTING with them)? How many hours a day is the tv on? How many hours a day do you sleep at night? What kinds of foods do you eat? Do you eat out? Do you make healthy choices when you do? And think about THIS for a moment...how "healthy" are those healthy choices REALLY? I don't know about you, but I like knowing where my food came from. And I like knowing what's in it, too.
When someone tells me that my "shake" is too expensive, it means one of two things to me.
1) They are actually having financial issues, and
2) They have other excuses they don't feel comfortable sharing with me....things that maybe run along the lines of...
"I don't know what it tastes like."
"I'm not ready to get serious about my health."
"I don't have a good support system to maintain a healthy lifestyle."
"You're just trying to take my money for the commissions. You don't really care about my well-being."
"If I just ate better, I could cover all of those things that that shake claims to do."
Let's start with number 1.
"I have financial issues, and I can't afford to foot $100 a month on a shake."
Join the club. 98% of the population is struggling with their finances in some form or another. The difference between those who have taken on their health battle and you is that they've decided to allocate their money in the RIGHT places nutritionally. It's not rocket science. Quit eating crap and use your money right. If you have money problems, read this book. https://www.cfivip.com/checkout/order_now=Y
Best book EVER, next to the Bible, of course. ;-)
And now all the #2's.
"I don't know what it tastes like."
So what? It offers a 30-day money back, bottom of the bag guarantee. In other words, you can drink ALL of it, and return it within the 30 day window, EMPTY, and STILL get your money back. Or get it, try it once, and send it back for your money back. Whatever. Point being, this excuse is pretty lame.
"I'm not ready to get serious about my health."
Then I can't help you until you are, because the only person who can MAKE you ready is you. Talk to me when your "why I should" is big enough.
"I don't have a good support system to maintain a healthy lifetsyle."
So get a new support system! Beachbody coaches offer monthly (and sometimes bi-monthly) Challenge Groups that help keep each other accountable by doing posts every day for the duration of their challenge, which has been proven to help people accomplish their goals. If you go to the gym with a partner, doesn't that help you maintain your motivation? It's the same concept. You're working out on your own time, but you're posting your food intake and daily exercises/struggles/successes to each other in a private setting and your group encourages you to continue and succeed. You don't need EVERYONE in your life to agree with what you're doing. First and foremost, you need YOU to be on board. Once you have that, you're 90% there. The rest is hard work, and however you make yourself "git 'er done" is up to you.
"You're just trying to take my money for the commissions. You don't really care about my well-being."
Not true. I WANT to build relationships. I despise the thought of appearing like one of those desperate car sales people that approach you the very minute you walk on a lot, and hound you for sales. I didn't take on the coaching responsibility thinking it was going to be a cake walk. I did it knowing I was going to build relationships and make lifelong alliances. I'll let you in on a little secret. I'll be your coach for FREE! I don't charge people anything to listen to their woes and worries or to give them pointers on improving their fitness/nutrition. I coach because I wanted to do this. Products get purchased because my customers want to improve their health. No forceful selling necessary.
"If I just ate better, I could cover all of those things that that shake claims to do."
You sure could. That is, if you could find half of them at the market, and eat them everyday.
Acerola cherry, Acai, Amaranth, Ashwaganda leaf, Astragalus root, Barley grass, Bilberry fruit, Blueberry fruit, Brown rice, Camu camu fruit, Cacao, Chia seed, Chlorella, Coconut flower nectar, Cordyceps, Flax seed (sprouted), Gingko leaf, Goji berry, Green tea, Himalayan pink salt, Kamut grass, Konjac root, Luo han guo, Maca root, Maitake mushroom, MSM, Oat grass, Pomegranate fruit, Quinoa, Reishi mushroom, Rosehip fruit, Sacha inchi, Schisandra, Spinach, Spirulina, Stevia Peas, Tulsi (holy basil leaf), Wheatgrass, Whey protein isolate, Yacon root.
If you've ever heard the expression, "You get what you pay for", it certainly applies here. These superfoods aren't "just fillers", as I've been told before by people thinking they knew what they were talking about. Yes, nothing comes close to eating fruits and vegetables RAW and in their natural form. There is no argument against this. The POINT is that most people don't eat that way, nor can they afford to do so. $100 a month seems like a lot of money, but break it down for a moment. That's roughly $3.50 a day. Count shipping costs (if you decide to "just try it") and it raises your amount to $4 a day. What daily habits do you have that costs this much? Morning cup of coffee? God forbid, cigarettes? It's not impossible. It's completely and totally do-able.
This shake is serious business, and I'm in the business of getting people aware of it, because TOO many people know NOTHING about it and are choosing to ignore the Beachbody coach's pleas for people to listen! We want to HELP! We joined this business to reach out and change lives, and the monetary benefit is simply a perk. Haven't you ever heard that money doesn't buy happiness? Do you know what does? Changing lives. And my dreams consist of doing just that.
Contact me for questions, concerns, or even just a friendly chat. :)
nickyhynson@beachbodycoach.com
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