A Peek at Week ZERO:Education, Preparation, Declaration, and Dedication

Before launching my 12 week program, Live with Liz, I really want whoever I am working with to be prepared both mentally and emotionally for the overhaul that is about to occur in their lives. They need to understand the strong commitment that is required of them to make real change happen. It's easy to get hyped up about "great things to come", but once reality hits, we start finding excuses for staying the way we are. It's all we know. 

SO, prior to starting this program with Cassie, I required one week of preparation and education that involved a lot of homework and research. The way I see it is this...once you face the truth you are stuck at a crossroads. 

You have 2 choices. You can either:

1. Do something about it and start to make a difference in your life.

2. Not do anything about it and live with the guilt of knowing the truth and doing nothing.

Very Harsh, but Very True

Back to Cassie...

Wer're going to take a look at WEEK 0:

  Education, Preparation, Declaration, and Dedication

I gave Cassie an outline for the week (in a cute little notebook of course, which could be WAY cuter) about what I expected from her. I also sent her homework daily. Let me tell you that Cassie is a GREAT student. She never complained and did EVERYTHING I asked. Love her! This basically involved a lot of reading and watching films with her family. As we went along, I got their feedback on what they were learning and it was super exciting to see the enthusiasm that developed in Cassie and her husband Stuart. The more they learned, they more they were in. 

Why do I call it week 0?

 Because I gave Cassie the freedom to back out after this week. I wanted them to fully understand the importance of why they are making decisions to better the health of their family. As I've said before, you are much more likely to adhere to behavior and habit change if you have a deep driving intrinsic motivation for doing so.I never want my clients to be puppets on a string. 

Week 0 also involved several personal changes that I wanted her to make in her family. Examples would include avoid sugar, drink x amount of water, cook your dinners at home, among several other endeavors. Cassie stuck to these BEAUTIFULLY. I fact, results started happening already...even with the small changes. I was so proud. 

Perhaps the most fun night of the week was Cabinet Transformation. I went through her cabinets and we read food labels. I taught her about what to never bring back into her home and what these ingredients were and what they have been doing to her and her family's bodies. It was an absolute blast cursing the demons out of her cabinets and fridge....at least for me it was. For Cassie...not so much. You should have seen that girl with her Chocolate Mini wheats and popcorn butter (yeah, the butter.  not the popcorn). Hysterical!! She cradled those things like a blankie. I made her say her good byes, and we chucked pretty much everything in her cabinets and sent what we could to a food bank. 

We're gonna turn that frown upside down!

Of course I made Cassie curl that trash to show us all WHO's BOSS??!!!

This weekend we took a trip to the grocery store to prepare her for Week One: Cleansing and Restoration

We shopped for all of the items she would need this week, but I did my shopping as well so that she could get a good look and take notes on the things I shop for weekly. That was a super fun trip and we came home with a CAR LOAD of life giving foods. 

Last night I went over to Cassie's house and gave her a live juicing tutorial. Once again we had a blast and she got to experience her first juice, which she THOROUGHLY enjoyed. YAY!!! We'll see how she does this week. It's day One...and I can tell you....so far so good!!!

Cassie and Charlotte getting their juicing tutorial!! Look at those beautiful counter tops. What an improvement!

Alright! Stay tuned! Tomorrow I'll have Cassies before pictures and Body Compositions posted. 

If you get a chance, leave an encouraging word for Cassie. This is a hard challenge she is taking on and it's even harder to share it with the world. Let's let her know that we are supporting her!!!

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Gotta love the juice stache. ;)