You Can't One-Click Good Health on Amazon Prime
People ask me all the time if there is a website that they can pop on to buy some of these shakes I rattle on about.
The answer is that nutritional cleansing is so much more than just shakes. The shakes just happen to be the tastiest and most convenient part of the system, so naturally when I feel like I am eating a Wendy’s Frosty for breakfast every morning I am going to brag about it. Who wants stinky eggs when you can have a Frosty? (If you know me, you know that brunch is my least favorite meal because eggs make me gag and usually everything else on a brunch menu is carby and sugary. I just go for the mimosas. But I digress.)
When you get that perfect ratio of water to ice and your shake thickens up like marshmallow cream .... WINNING!
The truth is that no matter your goal, making a healthy lifestyle change requires a system with many elements that work together to get your body into its optimal state. Nutritional cleansing is a lifestyle solution; it isn’t a quick fix or a crash diet to lose 10 lbs before vacay. It is a holistic program that combines our shakes and supplements with real, whole, natural, delicious foods to flood your body with nutrients and energize you from the inside out.
If you are just looking for a protein shake to add into your routine, you’ve come to the wrong place.
My story is a good example of how I found a systemic approach to be the most sustainable, long-lasting solution to my health and weight problems:
Two years ago I was a hard-working 20-something in New York City. I logged long hours at the office, traveled for work every couple of weeks, booked networking engagements and happy hours throughout the week, and studied a Master’s degree in my spare time. Ha, like I had much of that. I wanted more than anything to live a healthier lifestyle because I was literally EXHAUSTED all the time; I was late for work almost every day because I snoozed my alarm for nearly an hour. I also was busting my booty in the gym with a personal trainer 6 days per week but not having the results I wanted with my body. I felt stronger, but I knew that because of some emotional trauma I had been through, my body was just holding on to a layer of fat.
I ate healthily about 70% of the time, but I also ate a lot of take-out, airport food, and corner store sandwiches because I didn’t have the time or the energy to plan ahead.
Because honestly. Who freaking has the TIME to be healthy? All the science these days is talking about 5-6 meals per day and fresh, organic produce … and it works! But even if I could grudgingly carve out a few hours on one of those blessed slow Sunday afternoons to hit all the farmer’s markets and prep food, I would have to carry a bajillion little Tupperwares around with me every day. I would be like a bag lady at every after-work function and be toting around a mini pantry on the subway every day. Even then, my prep work lasted me only two, maybe three days before I had to go pick up more fresh veggies and find a way to fit in a mid-week meal prep.
If all the stars aligned and I was able to make this happen for a couple weeks, I felt good… but never great. And I always knew it was short-lived. All that effort is seriously exhausting and completely unsustainable if you don’t have a personal chef or if you have any semblance of a life outside of “being healthy”.
So I got desperate. When I found nutritional cleansing, I honestly thought I was getting some shakes and a deep cleanse twice per month, but what I ACTUALLY got was a solution to this never-ending problem. Because it is a system. All of the supplements, shakes, and real foods work together to flood your body with nutrients. I have a schedule to follow, and a structure to easily fall back into when I go on a wings and beer bender for football Sunday. No more endless “I’ll start again tomorrows” and feeling guilty for enjoying myself because I look FORWARD to drinking my shakes in the morning and following the system because it makes me feel amazing. Unlike the evening of football Sunday when I feel like a beached whale unable to roll myself off of the couch.
When you overdo it and you cannot physically remove yourself from the couch or look anyone in the eye. Yep, I've been there.
I still have to prep, but instead of 5-6 meals I now prep only one meal per day. If I do carry Tupperware with me, it’s usually just one or a shaker bottle. I don’t have to miss a meal because I don’t have time. In fact, I have eaten the grand majority of my meals this week in the car darting from one appointment to the next.
But the ENERGY. And the CLARITY. And the EMPOWERMENT. And the COMMUNITY.
Those are things that aren’t listed in the ingredients list of any protein shake, but those are certainly the biggest things that I gained by stepping into this lifestyle change.
So why shouldn’t you just buy it on Amazon?
Sure, you may find a couple of the products on there, but here are some key reasons why—for once—Amazon is not the best option:
1) When you purchase a product on Amazon, since it is not coming directly from the company they cannot honor the 30-day money-back guarantee if you don’t like it NOR can they guarantee it hasn’t been contaminated. You never know what you’re going to get.
2) The products are designed to work together as a SYSTEM. You will NOT get the full benefits if you aren’t using the complete system. And if you are going to make a change, why half-ass it?
3) Our products have no artificial colors, fragrances, or sweeteners. Which means that if your diet currently consists of a lot of sugar, it probably isn’t going to taste so yummy to you. It is essential that you follow the system and the diet that we recommend so that your body and your tastebuds can adjust and wean yourself off of craving the nasty sugary sweet stuff.
4) Having a coach to guide you through the system, hold you capable, cheer you through the days that it is hard, strategize through your weekend vacations and weight loss plateaus, and to plug you into a community of thousands of people all over the world who are just as freaking LIT UP as you and just trying to be healthier, better, more inspired people every day is priceless. YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO IT ALONE. Even if your family isn’t supportive or setting similar goals, you can still have a support system to help you stick to it.
You can’t buy that at GNC.
You can’t get that through a one-click order on Amazon.
You cannot solve the age-old question of how to be in your best health without slaving away for hours in the kitchen with a one-off protein shake.
Systems work. In all aspects of our life. Our health—just like our creativity—thrives with structure. It means you don’t have to think too hard, plan too much, or wonder what to do next. And how blissful does it sound to be able to be in the best shape of your life with a sense of ease??
If you are ready to take the leap and hop on the system, we have a group of more than 50 people gearing up for a post-Labor Day 30-day program. Join us and get all of the support and encouragement you need to step into your best self!