Okay, party people. Here’s the deal: We have an awesome boot camp program and I’m getting ready to let the world know about through radio advertising and other mediums as well.

There’s just one problem.

When you say Red Shift Fitness in a normal to fast speed, it comes out sounding like…welll… I’m not going to write it here, but lets just say… it stinks. : ) Plus it’s very esoteric, and I’d like to get away from that.

So… I thought that a better way to do this was to put it out to our awesome community of folks and let you name your favorite boot camp program! If we use your suggestion, you will get:

AN ENTIRE MONTH OF OUR NEW AND IMPROVED BOOT CAMP PROGRAM FOR FREE!!!

So…put your thinking caps on, and add your suggestions down below!

I’ve already received some great emails from people with some very great ideas. I added them to the comment section below.

Here’s what I like so far…do you agree or not?

• Better Body Bootcamps… “When you join, you can’t help but get a better body!”

It says exactly what it is and it’s easy to say.

• Be Fit Bootcamp Tag line: You Can – You Will – You Are (Be Fit Bootcamp)

This one’s nice to. It’s simple.

• I also like the concept of Revolutionary, or evolutionary…but it’s pretty common. I might not be able to buy the domain. I’d like to explore this a little more.

• RECESS! – (and keep the exclamation point) because it’s fun and we do things we used to do as kids while getting in shape

Recess as in a break from the daily grind of work, school, kids…whatever your stress is. TOTALLY not intimidating.

• ReBootCamp!

This name idea came out of a fun session in Willow Glen. The brainstorming (while stretching) was, “Reboot your Body BootCamp” We thought this was fun, especially since we’re in Silicon Valley. Then we came up with Tag lines, like “Reboot your Drive” and “Reboot your body”. I’m really digging this name. What do you think?

Leave your comments down below and let me know which ones you like, dislike, or if YOU have a better idea, or if you can expand on one of the ideas! I am getting ready to launch a Radio Program in late September, and would LOVE to have this figured out before then! So come on team! Lets rename our Camp!

Much love,

Audra : )

Miguel used to think I was crazy, but now he loves that I hit the airport prepared with healthy choices. Check out the video below:

Yes, it’s true that traveling can be a stressful (as you can see from my tired face in the video!) and tough time to make healthy choices. And you might have the best eating habits when you are at home, but the second you hit the airport, it’s like a free-food-fest! Yes. I get it. I’ve also been there before.

But when I hear myself or my clients making excuses as to why they can’t eat healthy when traveling, or use the excuse that it is impossible to make healthy choices, it really gets me upset. Because I realize these are just excuses to help make us feel better.

What we focus on is EXACTLY what shows up in our life. Go ahead…keep focusing on “how impossible it is to make good choices while traveling”. Throw your arms up in the air and give up.

I had a bootcamper recently tell me she was having trouble eating healthy because she lives alone and doesn’t cook. Again, that is just another excuse to help justify a current behavior. (or my favorite is when they blame the kids…”they eat chicken nuggets and fries, so I end up eating it, too.” I’m not quite sure why the kiddo is eating nuggets and fries in the first place…but that’s a whole other blog post!) Sure things might not be ideal, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make the right choice with a little planning.

Love her or hate her, Jillian Michaels from the Biggest Loser has probably logged a million frequent flier miles since the start of Biggest Loser, but I have heard many interviews with her explaining that she refuses to eat any processed food and packs all natural all organic snacks and meals. It shows in the way her body still looks despite the fact she says sometimes she goes weeks without working out.

Ok, I will get off my soap box now…

I just wanted to show you how I am able to make healthy choices when traveling. And if I can do it, I KNOW you can do it, too!

QUESTION OF THE DAY:

WHAT ARE YOUR HEALTHY EATING SECRETS FOR WHEN YOU ARE TRAVELING? SHARE THEM WITH US BELOW!

I received an interesting phone call

from a camper who just rejoined after taking a few months off. In her words, she had been “drowning at work, filled to the rim with stress, and just couldn’t seem to get out of the rut of having too much to do”, and then making the excuse of being too busy to exercise. Not to mention she injured her shoulder “wrestling and playing with her 2 pre-teen boys”.

Well, it didn’t take long before it became a “downward spiral” in terms of her health, and she knew getting back into her exercise regime was going to be hard, but absolutely necessary.

“It was tough to get back into the swing of things, especially the first week of getting used to going to bed early, and making sure I was doing the right exercises to keep my shoulder safe.” But after the initial “shock”, I’ve realized just how lucky I am that I CAN exercise everyday. It’s easy to feel sorry for myself blaming my lack of exercise on my shoulder, when I have 200 other body parts that AREN’T injured!

So now that I’m back in the groove and getting my fitness (and body for that matter) back on track, I’ve asked myself, ‘Why do I exercise?’ What is the driving force that gets me out of bed and keeps me going? Because lets be honest here…even though Boot Camp is fun…it’s not always fun! So what keeps me going?”

Check out the answers below:

• The feeling I get immediately after the workout.
• The sense of accomplishment
• The adage: how you do one thing is how you do everything…If I slacked in my workout, quit early, didn’t try hard, or just didn’t show up…it would be the same way with any other area of my life
• I am interested in improving all aspects of my life, so that includes improving my body through fitness
• The knowing and belief that exercise will prevent a slew of bad things down the road, increase my energy, and add years of vitality to my life.

Questions for you:

Why do you exercise? What’s in it for you?

Share your answers below and inspire us ALL to make it out our training sessions tomorrow!

These Snack ideas are all macronutriently combined to keep your blood sugar stabilized.

Why on earth would that be important?

There are a lot of reasons for weight loss resistance, from emotional/compulsive eating, to food allergies, to dysbiosis, to hormonal and neurotransmitter imbalances.

But the one thing that can be the most dramatic in helping with weight loss and improving your health is learning how to stabilize your blood sugar.

And how do you do this? Through the foods that you eat. Take a look below at all the tasty snacks, and start eating!

• 1 ¼ cup whole strawberries and goat cheese
• 1 brown rice cake and organic nut butter
• 1 serving Ak-Mok cracker with tuna salad or chicken salad
• ½ medium baked potato with buffalo mozzarella cheese and fresh salsa
• 3 cups air popped organic popcorn and mixed nuts
• 1 cup raspberries and goat cheese
• 1 slice buckwheat or millet bread with ¼ avocado, and chicken salad
• 1 cup organic, plain, goat milk yogurt, ½ cup strawberries and crushed walnuts
• 1 slice rice bread, nitrate free turkey, lettuce, tomato, and mayo (canola based)
• ½ medium sweet potato and nitrate free chicken sausage
• 2 small corn tortillas, melted buffalo mozzarella cheese, avocado, fresh salsa
• ½ grapefruit and sunflower seeds
• ½ cup hummus with raw veggies
• ½ a red pepper and fill it with 2-3 tbsp of hummus
• One can sardines and cherry tomatoes on red leaf lettuce
• Celery sticks spread with almond or peanut butter
• 1 or 2 oz mix of: almonds, pistachio nuts, Brazil nuts, macadamia nuts, pecans or walnuts
• 1 apple and 2 Tbsp almond butter
• ¾ cup blueberries with tamari roasted almonds

• Small hand full of blueberries mixed with cherry tomatoes, 2 oz Swiss cheese cubed (or another hard, white, raw farmers cheese). Add a dozen tamari roasted almonds
• ½ a sweet potato with turkey slices, tsp butter
• ½ a sweet potato with cottage cheese
• 1 slice Ezekiel 4:9 bread toasted. Add 1 Tbsp almond butter and sliced strawberries on top
• Hard Boiled Egg and raw veggies
• Sliced tomatoes and 1-2 oz of farmer’s cheese or other cheese. Sprinkle with flax or olive oil.
• 1 cup real, whole, plain yogurt topped with flax or almonds. Add ½ cup sliced fruit.

Question for the day:

What great snack Ideas can you add to this list? Share them below!

It’s my birthday today.

Does anyone else sit around for a while on your birthday pondering the year that just past and possibly the year ahead?

I know I do.

This has been a tremendous year of growth for me. It was almost a year ago that I decided to go all out, stop working for a gym, and create my own business. Little did I know how that one decision would affect virtually every aspect of my life. It has forced me to “show up for my life” in a manner I always knew I wanted to (and needed to), but just never did it.

It’s like all of my good qualities magnified and grew. Qualities like my un-ending energy, passion for what I do, and willingness to never give up. But it’s funny…because all of my “not so hot” qualities (some might call them character flaws…) also became magnified.

Where's my coffee?

Great examples of this might be my struggle with organization (can you say: A.D.D.?) and getting phone calls returned in a timely manner.

No more of this for me!

But the great thing about all the changes that I’ve endured this year is that I no longer have the option of “sweeping things under the rug”. If I don’t return a phone call, then why am I even in business? If my business isn’t organized, then why even bother because without organization it’s going to fall apart eventually! And that’s the genius behind following your chosen path and being true to yourself. Not that it’s going to be easy, but that it’s going to grow you into the person you are destined to become.

So as I put the mirror in front of my face on this 34^th birthday, I have a big apology for you.

In the midst of creating all this “busyness” I have let you down. I have a lot of values, but the one that reigns over all in my business is to over deliver to you.

Yes, indeed I have a big apology to give you. You see, I have been a busy girl lately and I keep using that as an excuse.

An excuse to NOT give you the best service, motivation, and up-to-date content possible that keeps you in-the-know and inspired to keep your body moving and to keep reaching toward your goals.

So from here on out, you’re going to see a huge SHIFT (sorry…couldn’t help it) in what we have to offer you, starting with a fun and motivating workout and talking about what it means to “fall off the wagon, and then get back on”! (Are you wondering what happened with My very own Best Body Challenge? Juicy details are to follow…so stay tuned!)

I just want to say THANK YOU…

for being in my life in whatever capacity you are. I realize fulfillment for myself means giving back and helping YOU reach your goals, strive for more in your life, and to live your life filled with health and wellness (and a hot body never hurts, too!).

So in a way, it’s selfish. In order for me to feel alive and fulfilled, I need to give to you. And right now, I’m not feeling as good as I want to, which leads me to the conclusion that I am not giving you all that I have to offer.

I know….Some people go out and party and drink on their birthday’s…I sit around analyzing “what’s not working”, and then I come up with a plan to fix it!

So to that end, I would like to wrap up by saying THANK YOU for letting me help and serve you while you work on the very important values of health, fitness, and nutrition (because after all, if you don’t have that…. You can fill in the blanks), and be on the lookout for us to take this fun and fabulous fitness and nutrition company to the next level!!!

And now after going to Bootcamp at 6 this morning (thank you Kat for the intense workout!), and working a full day, I think it’s time to have a little fun. I’m off to Los Gatos’ Jazz in the Plazz for a little music and wine! Happy Birthday to me!

Love,

Audra : )