Overwhelmingly Happy

I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again - I LOVE being a Beachbody Coach!

This morning I signed my 8th coach! Yesterday I signed my 7th coach! It's been a whirlwind week and it's only half way over.

After getting all the sign up process done with my 8th coach. I started to cry. I couldn't contain my shock, my delight, my joy or the overwhelming anxiety of happiness. That probably sounds ridiculous, but it's true. A few years ago - heck, a few months ago, I would have never thought the things I'm doing right now would ever be possible. But they are! I'm learning and growing every day. I'm doing things I never thought I'd be able to do. I'm building an at home business and it's going well. Day by day new exciting things happen to further the success I crave and desire.

MANY people thought I was crazy for becoming a Beachbody coach. I'm sure there are still some skeptics in my realm of friends and family who don't believe what I'm doing is worth it. All I can say to that is: Get a Clue! Do you read my Facebook posts? - Worth it? This is so very worth every shred of frustration. Every second of cramped fingers from typing. Every blurry, scratchy eyes from sitting in front of a computer for hours a day. Every person who says "Amy, will you help me?" Every pound my people are losing. Every single thing that has started because of what I do... is all worth it!

Being a Beachbody coach is NOT about making sales. It's NOT about selling products or making money off of my friends and family or strangers in cyber space whom I may never meet in person. Do you know what it's about...do you?!? What it really is about is the joy I feel when another person has left me a message telling me how much I've helped them. It's about the confidence I feel build inside me every single day after doing a task I didn't think I'd be able to do. It's the growth in my own personal development; learning who I am, what I want and how I want it. It's about building strong, lasting relationships with REAL people who I've come to appreciate, respect and yes, even love. I may never meet them face to face but I love them! They are friends. They are "my chosen family". They are REAL people I am helping find who they are, what they want and how they want it!

THAT is what being a Beachbody Coach is really all about! Everything else that comes along with it -- Bonus!

If this in any way peaks an interest in becoming a coach yourself; send me a message. Sky-right to me, email me, text me, find me on Facebook, comment on this blog. I'll be ready to talk to you about it. Just don't wait! Don't say "maybe tomorrow" - Do it NOW!

Email: fit-nutmama@live.com

Text: 813.431.5184

Facebook: www.facebook.com/amy.leever

"Social" Network - Yeah Right!

Ok - I've sat on this long enough! I'm usually pretty docile about speaking out about things pertaining to rules and regulations and law - so I didn't feel I had a right to go off on this subject. But, you know it's suppose to be a "free" country right, freedom of speech. So I'm not going to keep quiet any longer.

How the heck is a person suppose to network, meet and make new friends and expand their horizons when the leading social network around the world BANS them from sending friend requests? Can anyone seriously, calmly and rationally answer me that question?

I'm sure you've realized I'm talking about Facebook. I love my Facebook and I would never do anything to get kicked off or cause other people harm or be rude to them. That's just stupid any way. And I'm not that kind of person. I'm on Facebook to reconnect with old classmates, family members long ago lost or not seen since I was a kid, other friends from other social networks and groups I've "met" over the years and to meet new people, make new friends and grow my new business. Isn't that what "social networking" is suppose to be? I really am curious about the answer because I guess I really don't know. I always thought that's what it was for...

It all started mid-January, I'd been sending requests to people from other social networks, one in particular is my weightloss site SparkPeople. They have a Facebook page and I'd been adding various people from there to add to my weightloss support. No harm, I thought. The people will accept my request if they want or not, up to them. One day I sign in to Facebook and I get this annoying popup that says I've been banned for 7 days for sending friend requests to people I don't know. WTH? Really? Isn't that how you get to know people...by "friending" them and getting to know them? Again - the question, isn't that what a 'social network' is about?

So 7 days later I get my "privileges" back and I was a bit more careful. I only added a few new people after that. 3-4 requests in a weeks span, ALL accepted. Yet, one morning I log in and another annoying popup telling me I'd been banned for 14 days for sending requests to people I don't know. OK now I'm getting flipping mad! I'm a good person, I'm a nice person and it's not like I'm stalking people or spamming them. I am truly looking to meet new people and make new friends. So why the heck is that so wrong?

Anyway - I go the 14 days, get my privileges back again. So I'm a little more cautious I only send out 3 requests to people who ASKED ME from another site to send them a request. I even sent them a message along with the friend request making sure they knew it was me and that they asked me to friend them. Two of them accepted right away, one I was waiting for when ... Yep, you guessed it ... ANOTHER annoying popup; this time telling me I'd been banned from friend requesting for 30 days! A whole freaking month! Facebook grounded me for a month I'm livid! Anyway - the next day after that, the one request/message I was waiting for responded/accepted. I'm really really confused - yes, I will admit there were some requests sitting out there in cyber-space that hadn't be accepted. I chalked it up to "live and let live" they didn't want me as a friend or weightloss support person. No big deal. Not everyone has to accept a friend request if they don't want to.

What I don't understand and I guess probably never will, is why the heck Facebook powers that be, would take away my ability to add new people to meet, mingle with and grow my network and support system. I just don't!

Yeah yeah, I know there are more fish in the sea. Twitter, Google+, Yahoo, blogs, YouTube etc, but my social network preference is Facebook. I'm loyal, I'm honest. I try to always follow the rules and never make waves. I hate confrontations. I hate causing a scene. And I really don't want to debate or be controversial. Like I said, I'm usually pretty docile and just go with the flow. But, this time I just had to speak my mind. I'm really ticked off!

I've been told to reach out and get people to come to me vs going to them. So maybe in retrospect this blog post is doing that. If you are reading this and we haven't "met" online before...Would you be my friend and send me a Facebook friend request please? You can find me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/amy.leever

Was that begging? I don't beg...much!