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Let's face it, you can't turn on the TV without hearing about the rising obesisty rates and the increase in Type 2 Diabetes. With these rising numbers there are rising medical costs. Drugs are not cheap and until now they really seem to be the only answer to this problem. Beachbody and the Amercian Diabetes Association has partnered and together created Kathy Smith's Project You: Type 2. Designed for individuals who have been diagnosed has prediabetic and Type 2 Diabetic, Project You: Type 2 has been reviewed and approved by the ADA. Project You: Type 2 program focuses on what drugs cannot do, a healthy lifestyle solution. This program offers a simple way to help control and manage your diabetes.

Let's face it, doctors just don't have the time to spend with patients to educate them on proper nutrition and exercise. This program helps people to understand the importance of eating foods that are low on the glycemic index and what that means. More importantly it'll give them the exercise so many are lacking. The iceing on the cake is that this program will save you money. Below you will see recent costs of medication for people with Type 2 Diabetes posted in Carl Daikeler's most recent blog. If you have Type 2 or you know someone who does, lets help them. Lets help them find a healthy lifestyle solution to controlling their Diabetes.

Thanks,

Joey

Carl Daikeler's post (carldaiker.blogspot.com)

This article about the costs of diabetes was forwarded to me by Edward in Ops.Here's the section that made me sit up in my chair:

Nearly 24 million Americans, 8 percent of the population, have Type 2 diabetes, which can lead to kidney failure, blindness and heart disease.Current guidelines say doctors should prescribe metformin (about $30 a month) to lower blood sugar in newly diagnosed patients and urge them to eat healthy food and get more exercise. Other drugs can be added later, on top of metformin,to help patients who don't meet blood sugar goals. The updated guidelines don't include Avandia, which costs about $225 a month.

Dr. Susan Spratt, an endocrinologist at Duke University Medical Center, said sheprescribes whatever it takes to lower her patients' future risk of blindness andamputations. That can mean coupling more costly drugs with metformin to hitblood sugar goals.

Ok... $225 for patients "who don't meet blood sugar goals"... to lower risks of blindness and amputation. Seems worth $2,700 a year. So does some change to diet and exercise.

For $99.95 - one time - Kathy Smith's Project You for Type 2 will help someone "meet their blood sugar goals" with exercise and diet. The American Diabetes Association saw the need for this type of product, and co-produced the program with Beachbody.

If you are a coach, this should make it difficult to sleep. Be relentless about getting the word out about this. RELENTLESS. People you know have diabetes. Or there are people you know who know people who have diabetes. Their are education groups. There are doctors. THEY ALL NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE SOLUTION, CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ADA!This is the ONLY product of its kind on the market. We could give every diabetic in the country this program for $2.5 Billion - one time - versus the $12.5 Billion spent on drugs in 2007 alone! People can save $10 Billion -- $2,700 a year for each person who uses lifestyle change with this program to avoid stepping up to Avandia.

It's amazing to me that we are in this position, but lifestyle style change really is that hard. That's what is so powerful about the effect of peer support; friends helping friends. That's how change happens. That's why you are the solution! Let's help some people!

http://www.JoePetri.com

Need a job?

While things get harder for so many people, still Beachbody coaches are thriving.

Today's headlines are telling: Chrysler Cuts 25% of White Collar Jobs, Goldman Sachs cutting 10% of workforce, Yahoo firing 1,500 workers.

How deep will job cuts get? We hit 6% unemployment in September. In the downturn of 1973 we got up to 9%. Total employment in the U.S. is about 144 million people. That means if unemployment rise another 3%, another 4.3 million people could be out of work. Brutal.

With the financial meltdown and layoffs/unemployment, people are saving money, and they need to find ways to make money.

Beachbody and its coaches are in the perfect position to help people who are currently spending an average $741 per year on dues (before parking, gas, clothes, trainer, etc.) That $18B gym club business is antiquated. Everyday someone signs up to be a Beachbody coach, it's as if they created their own health club in their family room for less than $200. That's the future, and the future is here.

Between our infomercial sales, $90MM in advertising, and 13,000+ distributors, how many people can we get to replace their gym dues with a solution to get results like the NFL cheerleader of the 49ers or college and pro athletes across the country got with P90X? And how many more people who never set foot in a gym will get started with programs that make it easy, like Slim in 6, Yoga Booty Ballet, or or Ten Minute Trainer?

Get the word out. Every time Beachbody airs a commercial we generate thousands of customers. But hundreds of thousands more see the ads and become prospective customers. That's opportunity for income for you and everyone you know. You get the word out to people you know and people buy from you. It's a home based business where we do the advertising, you just make sure people know you're a distributor. Every 40 sales of P90X makes you over $1,000 in commissions, not including bonuses, and saves your customers hundreds of dollars a year in gym dues.

Sign up today, and use the tools in the coach-back-office to email everyone you know that if they want to lose weight, you can get them solutions like P90X for 10% less money if they join the club, and even less if they become a coach (25% off).

Beachbody saves people money, makes people money, and gets you better results for less money and in less time than the gym. No boss. No employees. Set your own hours. What are you waiting for?

(This blog was written by Carl Daikeler, CEO of Beachbody, and links were edited by Joey Petri)

http://www.JoePetri.com

Video's from Brian and Laura's Wedding

Brian & Ma Smith cutting a rug.

Smitty and the Lovely Laura busting out the moves to MJ's "Billie Jean".

Smitty and Sarah Oliver doing what they do best, dance. Look at how Smitty reals in Sarah. It's flawless!

Gotta give it up for Johnboy. Even though he is THE WHITEST DANCER EVER, he gives it his best and is having fun. The icing on this gem is the song. This is priceless.

Dancing Johnboy Continued.

http://www.JoePetri.com

The Measure of Success

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Originally posted by tmpk on the 300 Challenge thread on the P90X Message Boards:

Reflections.

I'm about a week away from finishing my first round of P90X. Day 90 should have been in mid-September, but I pushed it back due to missing so many days in late August. On one hand, I should be (and am) really proud that I made it through such a hardcore fitness program. Looking back at Day 1 (or even 30 or 45) or Power 90, there's no way I would have thought I could have conquered P90X. But I have. I know that I've gained strength and endurance. The proof is in the number of reps I can do and the amount of weights I can lift.

On the other hand, compared to Day 1 of P90X, I have not achieved the "infomercial-worthy" results I would have liked to see. This is really no one's fault but my own. And I hesitate to even use the word "fault". Did I follow the workouts as prescribed? Yes. Well... Usually. There were certainly missed days here and there, and I substituted Cardio X or a Power 90 routine in more than once. Was the intensity a 7+ each time? No. And that's something I'm definitely going to focus on for Round 2. Also for Round 2, I must clean up my diet. Yes, it's better than it used to be, but if I want results like I'm talking about, I know I've got to follow the P90X diet guide to a T. This will be a challenge, as I'm a super-picky eater. But I guess some new foods never hurt anybody. Also... There's no more room for slacking off on Ab Ripper. Maybe I should plan on doing it at a different time of day versus right after the workout, as by that time I'm generally pretty whipped.

On the other hand... (3 hands?) Compared to my Day 1 pictures from Pre-Power 90, I HAVE come a very long way, which is something to be proud of to be sure. Along with a physical change, this has all become a routine part of my life now. I've created some much healthier habits and routines than I had 7 months ago. It's most definitely a long-term thing, not just a 90 Day sprint here and there.

So... What's my point? Am I proud of myself? Yes. Could I have done better? Yes. Should I beat myself up about it? No. But I'll learn from it. For Round 2 of the X:

-Continue the supplements I'm taking
-Bring It with high intensity to every workout (if not, what's the point?)
-Ab Ripper X every time it's scheduled, whether I get through it all or not.
-Become intimately familiar with the P90X diet guide
-Continue to be an active part of the message boards, and spreading the idea of fitness and living healthy lifestyleIf I can When I pull that off, I'll be ready to star in the next edition of the infomercial.

Tim

Tim,

Great reflections and you bring up a great point. How do we measure success? (I think this is important to all so please read) You may not have achieved the "P90X Physique" but does that mean you weren't successful? As you continued to write, you wrote that the number of reps increase as well as the increase in weights. So by those standards I would say you were extremly successful. Plus you finished the entire P90X during a move, and a new job. You had a lot of adversity come your way but you over came it. You didn't let life get you down. You were realistic with what you had in front of you and you made the best of it. That's what any one can ever do. We as a society focus too much of success at wins and loses. Pounds lost vs pounds gained. If you ask any c o a c h at any level, Middle, School, JV, Varsity, College and Pro defining success is very important and even more important that it's not defined in black and white. If someone does P90X for 90 days and does not achieve a 6 pack did they fail? Absolutley not What's great is that you took the time to reflect and look back and the previous 90 days and ask yourself tough questions such as How was your diet, intensity, level of weights, consistency etc and you were honest. More importantly by being honest you have looked at what you accomplished and you are looking forward and know how to make those improvements. When it comes to the nutrition side of things, it doesn't mean you have to go all tofu and wheat grass. It means that you just need to look at the ratio better and maybe keep track of Proteins/Carbs/Fats during each phase. That's what I did and once I adjusted those numbers, results city my man. Congratulations on completing P90X. Take a break. Let your body recover but continue to stay active and pick a new start date/finish line. Talk to you soon,

Joey

http://www.JoePetri.com

Why I continue to work out after I finish my 90th day.

Here's my secret to life after 90 days. I became an independent Team Beachbody Coach. I was sick and tired of Yo-Yo ing and becoming a Coach provides me with enough motivation and accountability that it keeps me going and helps me to keep pushing play. I no longer work out for myself. I workout so I can help others and show others that it can be done and maintained. By doing so I can earn a buck or two from Beachbody. That's the secret to my life after 90 days. I've been at this now for about 4 years and it was never a linear trip. Lots of ups and downs...30 days here, 30 days there. Then finally a complete 90 days, another 90...life got in the way, stopped working out, weight came back etc. Coaching for me provides me that focus and drive to Keep Pushing Play because my results and dedication could motivate a friend, family member or a complete stranger to put done the remote and put in a Beachbody DVD, push play and maybe change their life. That is what drives me to continue to workout after my 90th day.

On a side note this is why people should become coaches at the very beginning of ones transformation. For accountability and motivation. If you are lacking that focus to achieve the results you desire, become a coach. Place a dollar sign and your health and fitness and get financially rewarded by inspiring and helping others. It's the best thing I have ever been a part of and I'm helping to change peoples lives by showing them this amazing accountability tool that is being an Independent Team Beachbody Coach.

Ask me how at info@JoePetri.com or learn more about my transformation and Beachbody at http://www.JoePetri.com.