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Welcome to the Sandi Savage show. I am your host, Sandi Savage. This is a weekly podcast released every Tuesday, dedicated to crafting a healthy life in our mind, body and spirit. We’re going to be talking about becoming a little better each day with simple strategic steps and how to actually achieve the dreams we have. Maybe you’re someone who doesn’t even dream anymore.

Let’s find that fierce in you again. Oh my gosh. So I am a first-time mom of a newborn at the age of 50, a wellness and business coach, a ninth generation Kentuckian, and I love all things crafty. I mean, give me all the yarn, please. And I have the most amazing husband Tim Savage. So thanks for listening. y’all! let’s get started.

Hey, I’m jumping in here today because I wanted to share a recording of a meeting that I had with a few other coaches that have also partnered with the health company that I partner with. And in this conversation, we go through like how we even started getting to coach other people, how we get to come alongside other people in their own health journeys.

And y’all know, this is a part of what I do in my life is I get to help people be the absolute physical, mental, spiritual best that they can. And so this part of making sure that that people are taking care of themselves, like that is something that is super super in my heart. And so I wanted you to just get this little sneak peek of this conversation that we had with a few other people that was asking questions.

And if you have any questions, then absolutely just let me know. You can email podcast@sandisavage.com, Or you can DM me on Instagram @sandisavage, if you have any questions or if this sounds like something that you would absolutely love to do. Oh my gosh.

I would love for you to do this with us. Okay. So take a listen. And here is our conversation from this morning. Lets, do this. So we, Jenni and I just got back from new leader conference with beach body, and we had an incredible time, but when we came into this, we didn’t really know that this was even a thing.

And we, we just were so on fire after this weekend. And so just feeling so amazing and energized and pumped about what this is after this weekend. And we remembered that you might not know that you can be a part of it. So we just kind of wanted to share stories a little bit, let you know what we do and see if it’s something that,

that speaks to you. We’re so grateful that all of you are already in our community and we get to be on the journey with you. And we just wanted to share a little bit about kind of what we do on our end. So I, I just wanted to take it back. I’m going to just kick it off here and take it back and share kind of how I got into this,

because it was sort of by accident. I wasn’t looking for it. I wasn’t looking for a new business. It was, you know, October of 2020. And I had just were really in a bad place, physically, mentally, I just was kind of in a dark place. Everyone was because of the pandemic, but I had spent, you know,

that whole year I had kind of built up this fitness habit finally, after many years of not like staying on track with working out. And I was working out every single day, we were super active and I gained 15 pounds and I was really struggling with it. I would go into my closet and I would look for the biggest clothes I could find.

I didn’t want to be seen. I kind of wanted to hide out which I could cause we were still kind of in the pandemic. And I just was in a place where like, I’d look in the mirror and I was really mean to myself and just really hating on myself, but I was working out, but not losing any weight. And it was because,

I mean, I knew nutrition was a problem for me. And I was at, I got on the scale one day and I was the most I’d ever weighed even fully pregnant. And it was really eyeopening for me because at that point it felt like it was dangerous to my health. And I had known about beach body for a long time, but never thought it was my thing because I didn’t really get it.

I didn’t really know all what, all, what all it was. I thought it was just some workouts and some shakes I wasn’t into, you know, shakes really. And I was already working out. So I didn’t need that. But I had been following my coach for a long time because she was super inspiring. She was very much into mindset and personal development and I was already into those things.

And so I had been following her because I just was, I liked her vibe and I was just really interested in what she had to say. And it wasn’t just about workouts and shapes. And so I started to like lean into what she was saying and paying attention to that part of it and really started to learn about nutrition offerings. And for me,

that was really the thing I knew I needed. I didn’t think I wanted to work out from home, but I was in a desperate place and I needed to take some kind of action. So I thought if she knows, she, she put an invite out her stories, like my next bootcamp, blah, blah, blah. And I reached out to her because I just was in a place where I needed to make a change.

And I didn’t, I didn’t reach out to her to become a coach. That wasn’t how I started. I just needed help. And what I realized very quickly was that yes, the nutrition resources that I needed were there, but that it also was incredible to work out from home. I’m now a obsessed with our programs and working out from home. But I,

I knew that I needed max accountability and I got that leaning right into the community, but I knew that I needed like top level accountability. And so I decided to become a coach very shortly thereafter, like within a week, because I knew that if I brought maybe my sister-in-law into this or a couple of close friends and just ask them to do it with me,

that I would have to show up for them. And I knew that if I showed up, I’d show up for other people before I’d show up for myself everyday of the week. So like that, I, I, it’s just, it’s sad, but it’s true. It’s the facts. And so I knew I needed that max accountability. And so I did sign up as a coach quickly thereafter for the discount and to really make sure that I didn’t fail this time because I’ve done,

you know, I was an athlete growing up and then after college, I just could never keep it together. It was always like, oh, I’d get on this kick. And then, you know, had sugar cravings for years and never ate very well, but also didn’t want to take the time to research all the different diets and plans. I just wanted something that I could sustain that was balanced and healthy and sensible.

And so I found that, and like I said, I, I joined as a coach, honestly, just for the deeper level of accountability. And I really started to share a little bit on social media, not for business, but because again, I knew I needed the accountability. And for me, if like someone’s watching, I’ll show up and I started to share a little bit just so that I could track my own journey.

And I was shocked because I, I, when I got into this and did it as a coach, I thought, well, I mean, I don’t know who needs this. Like, no, one’s feeling the way that I am. I don’t know of any of my friends, you know, do their own things. I don’t have anyone to do this with,

but it was shocking because as I started to share my journey, it’s even that very first, like scary post of here’s where I’m at. I’m putting this out there so that I don’t drop the ball on myself again. And I had so many people who I’ve been friends with on Facebook, but haven’t talked to, and so long that I had no idea that they were feeling the same way and that they were in the same position and they would either comment on my posts,

but a lot of them just reached out to me directly and were like, yeah, me too. I’m feeling the same way. And so, you know, I didn’t, I didn’t know coming into this, anyone that would do this with me, but what I found in sharing is that so many women in my life were relating to the place that I was in and that we could do this together and help each other and get ourselves out of the dark place.

And that’s what happened. I started to, I went on my own journey and it has completely changed my life. And that sounds so hype-y, but it’s true. I already was working out, but I’ll tell you, I’d worked out for years with a trainer. I’m stronger now than I ever was. I battled some injuries, which I never thought I’d do any bouncing things again.

And I’m doing all the bouncing things. My nutrition, you know, I lost the weight. My nutrition has totally changed. And more than anything, I have been able to watch other women in my life come out of that same dark place and have a totally different energy, different confidence, the way they show up in the world. And there are people who never thought of themselves as fit and healthy,

who are now fit and healthy. And so I didn’t have a fitness background. I wasn’t a trainer. I didn’t come into this with a health and wellness background. And I was worried about that too. And it just doesn’t, it’s not, it’s not required. Certainly there are some health and fitness professionals in this company. But the thing about it is,

is that we have the tools and the resources from the best of the best trainers, nutritionists, sports scientists. And so we just get to share that and be on the journey with everyone that’s in our community together, doing this life together, holding each other accountable, supporting each other, lifting each other up. When we fall off, our CEO recently talked to our team and he was like,

you know, everyone falls off. It’s not like we’re in this company or I’m the CEO. And like, I never get off track. Every one of us gets off track. And that’s really what our job is, is to help each other, get back on track and do it quicker and do it better and just continue to live out that healthy lifestyle.

So that’s kind of my story. It has changed everything for me, again, like the other women, the way I show up in the world, my confidence, my energy, the things that I can keep up with my kids, I can show up my kids at, you know, almost 48 years old. And, and it’s just become such a love and a passion to get to witness from the front row,

doing this with other women that, you know, really are ready to kind of step into their own light as well. So that’s my story. I wanted to just share that with you guys. Thanks for letting me do that. And then I’m going to hand it off to who am I handing it off to is going next. Okay, Sandi. And if it’s not,

we’ll say it is, well, thank you so much, Ashley. Oh my gosh. I mean, y’all love my fellow coaches. They’re so freaking amazing. And I am just so stoked that you all get to hear a little bit more about who they are and what we do. You’re going to hear a ton from my lovely five month old during this,

because she just woke up and she’s super active, but I wanted to come in here and I’m just going to stand up. I want to come in here and let you all know a little bit about my journey and how that happened. And it’s a little different than other people, but let me tell you what this company has saved my life multiple times.

So I’ve been a part of, in some form or fashion beach body for seven years. So when I first started, I had no idea it was the company. I didn’t find the company. I saw my, a friend of mine from college was just like working out all the time seven years ago. And I’m going, I’m stuck in a pit of depression.

I need to do something about my weight. Okay. Hey, what are you doing? Can I do it too? And she messaged me back and asked me a bunch of questions. And I was like, I don’t need to answer all these questions. Tell me how much it is because I will do it. I just need to do something. You know?

I mean, at that point, there’s no objection that I have. I have to take care of myself. You’re obviously taking care of yourself. So I’ll just do what you’re doing. So she told me, you know, if you want to get discounts on all the stuff that you know, like shakes and all that kind of stuff, then let’s just sign you up as acoach.

And I was like, sure, I don’t care. I love it. Sign me up. I had no idea what it was at all. I just knew that she was working out and I was like, I need to ask. And I certainly don’t like go into the gym. I was not a gym person.

So I signed up and since I signed up in the way that I did, I had access to all these tools that a coach would use when they were helping other people. And I went, oh, well, this is not like, this is hard work. Like you have to put in work, but it’s a really simple process. So maybe I’ll do that.

Okay. So this is in the first 24 hours. It’s like, well, what is that thing? Okay. So I don’t, let me tell you what the training back then was very different than the training right now. It is back there. Oh my gosh. It’s so much better. So I can do that. Oh, I just need that.

I need to tell people my friends, I need friends. I need accountability in this. So I’m just going to do it. I was, had not started, had not done one workout had not gotten any kind of box in the mail with any kind of thing in it and said, I need people in it with me. Hey, you want to do this with me?

How are you inthis with me, how you want to do this with me and not knowing exactly what it all meant, but like in less than a month, that was in the top 1% of the company. I had not lost a bunch of weight. I had not. I had just shared, this is where I am. Do you want to do this with me.

So as that grew, I started focusing on some different things in my life, within my career. And I stepped back from doing any coaching. Then COVID hit everybody. I slipped into another depression because I could just hide behind my computer. You know, if you, I feel don’t know me that well, but I was teaching a lot of courses and a lot of memberships online.

So I can just sit behind my computer and snack. And didn’t worry about having to go out any of that kind of stuff and gained weight back. I got a NordicTrack. I had tried a million different things. And then one day I looked at my husband and I went, I have to go back to the thing that I know works for me.

And that is beach body. And I know just like Ashley said, if I’m coaching that I have to be showing up for other people, I’m not going to just do it, just to do it. Like it is ultimate accountability to me to actually have to show up every day for other people. And so again, at a point of my weight,

you know, I’m going, I don’t have all this together. Good grief, but I’ve got to pull myself out of this depression. I’ve got to get my body at the healthiest. It can be because I’m 50 years old, I was about to have a newborn. And now she’s five months old. So that was when I started coaching again. And if you’re 50 and you have a newborn she’s growing,

it’s hard to get up off the floor. You’re like, my joints were just going, oh no, I was like, I have to do something for us. I’m not going to be able to take care of her the way that I need to take care of her. And so again, ultimate accountability. And I started coaching again again at a very high weight,

because that’s not what it’s about. Y’all are, y’all are hearing about what coaching is about coaching and really about doing it together. Coaching is really about being able to link arms with other people because we’re all on this journey. I think one of the biggest lies that we all listen to is that we’re alone. And this is something that shows you that you’re not,

you’re not alone. You have people in your corner. And so that’s a little, that’s a little piece of my journey. It didn’t look perfect either, but in may, one can do this at any point. We just get to help each other out and support each other and cheer each other on. And I mean, that is the best.

So I want to feed her and then pass It off. Thank you, Sandi. Oh my goodness. I’m Jenni And I know a few of you are going to be listening to this recording, or maybe we’re going to be sending it off to you over the next couple of weeks. But as Ashley said, we just got back from new leader conference and a year ago,

if you would’ve told me that I was going to be a beach body coach, I would actually probably 13 months ago, I would have said to you, you’re joking, right? Like I don’t drink shakeology. I don’t do those workouts. I don’t solicit anything. I don’t sell anything. I don’t do any of that. But the thing is,

is that 2020 was a real, and I have a very long history with disordered eating. I am actually in recovery and I’ve been sober for 22 years. And if you would have told me 22 years ago that I would be living the life that I’m living today, I would not have been able to even dream it up. I was so much into addiction and yes,

I got sober, but as I continued to get sober, I started to fall more into several different eating disorders, whether it was starving myself or bingeing and purging or whatever it was, I have just kind of gone from so many different extremes and always just had a lot of body image issues. And when we hit 2020, I really started to kind of get like,

yeah, I wasn’t drinking. I was going to meetings, but like I started to really kind of fall into some of these different, bad behaviors. And I had started this journey probably four years ago where I started losing weight. I was at my top top weight. I think I was like 225 pounds. And I too was at the time higher than I had been when I was pregnant.

I was eating. I was doing all the things. And when I started my weight loss journey, then I was drinking the shakes and not eating food. And yeah, I was losing weight quickly, but like I wasn’t doing all the things like I wasn’t taking care of myself emotionally, spiritually, physically. I was just, you know, going to the extreme and starving myself.

And then when 2020 happened, I was trying to maintain the 60 pound weight loss by just not eating. And I, I was really at an all-time low that I really had no idea that I was actually at. And I had gone on this women’s class, this last September, I guess, September of 2020. And I was on a hike because I’ve always been an athlete.

I’ve always loved being out in nature. I’ve always loved being, you know, with other women. And there was 25 of us there and we were on the site and we were supposed to talk about if you could do anything in the world, and you knew that you were not going to fail, you knew that you could like pretty much do anything.

You did rate your ticket to, to anything. What would you do? And I just said to