The Stay At Home MOM Venus makes it happen! (Meet Tara)

June 20, 2016 by Roberta Saum Leave a Comment

Tara is one of our amazing success stories! And her story is not over yet.

We all have a story. We all have struggles. And the journey continues for all of us as we reach our goals and learn to live our lives. It is not easy so there is no reason to be jealous or feel bad when you see others succeed. I know it tends to make us all feel just a little insecure.

So just KNOW, that it is never easy for anyone. Everyone has their battles you know nothing about. No one is ever perfect at this game, they just learn to never give up.

Even you. You just need to keep going and never give up!

One of our Venus Veteran’s, Pam, was Tara’s local trainer and it’s how Tara learned about Venus. So the three of us (Pam, Tara, and I) decided to get together to put Tara’s story in a video and podcast (audio podcast is below).

Tara (in blue), and Pam (in pink) and I decided to get together to document Tara’s success story.

Here’s what Tara wrote in her own words:

I have been on a long weight loss journey. In 2013 I decided to make a change. Weighing 211#’s, and not wanting to go up another pant size, I started eating clean and biking.

It worked out well with a weight loss of 40#. With that, I got comfortable and a little more lazy with my food choices.

However, I kept up the cycling a few days a week. By January of this year, I had put on a few pounds. Enough to make me uncomfortable.

I joined a weight loss challenge. I had some success with that, but again bounced back to the uncomfortable range after a necessary surgery.

So, with some input from friends, I looked into the Venus Program.

I’m a ‘stay at home’ mom, so the 3 day a week workouts seemed reasonable. I joined a gym and made my workout schedule with every intention of fulfilling it.

We are all feeling pretty Venus “bright” in Pam’s backyard. Letting our Venus Light SHINE!

Three Venus days and 2 cardio days per week. The food was a tough hurdle to leap, but I managed to maintain a deficit on most days.

With the tools that Venus has given me, I am currently at the lowest weight since having my first baby 16 years ago.

That’s a HUGE milestone for me.

I also know how to keep improving.

The knowledge of my deficit calories vs my maintenance calories empowers me to accomplish my next milestone.

One of these days I will see the abs that are hiding from me now. I know they’re there and they’re strong, yet they still hide.

The ever changing workouts keep me from getting bored and help me to feel my progress in strength.

This is so MOTIVATING!!

I’m proud of my accomplishments over the past 12 weeks and can’t wait to continue along this journey.

-Tara

And the video interview in Pam’s beautiful California backyard:

You can listen to the audio podcast below or download it for later:

Tara is very happy and enjoying her new empowered life!

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Maintenance with Venus Veteran Carly

March 7, 2016 by Liss Graham Leave a Comment

Carly has been using Venus systems for over 3 years. She did a phenomenal job with her initial transformation and her continued results display the hard work she puts in. Her transformation stretches out further than a 12 week period though, she has lost FORTY pounds using Venus!

Carly before starting Venus in 2013 and after VT14, unbelievable!

Here is what Carly had to say in her own words:

Before children, I never worked out. I never counted calories. I didn’t have to work hard to keep my figure. I was young then too and now I’m older. All my factors have changed so I need to change my habits in order to keep the figure I desire. I am thirty two years old. I have two children. My son is six years old and my daughter is three years old. I found Venus in June 2013, two months after I had my daughter. I had a lot of weight to lose. I was ready to hit the gym to lose my baby weight. Liss Graham was teaching Venus at my local gym so I decided to join her class. By April 2014, I hit my weight loss goal. I had dropped FORTY-FIVE pounds! I was in my measurement goals with the nutrition calculator. But once I hit that goal, I already had another goal in mind. TONING!! I kept using Venus from April 2014 to May 2015 but I felt like I was just in the motion and not really learning or thinking about how to better myself. I felt like I was in limbo. For me, it has been hard to build muscle. I didn’t know what I was doing. I felt stronger every time I lifted and I was getting sore but I couldn’t grow. I wasn’t pushing myself to the level I could have gone. Even though, I was very successful with weight loss, I felt like I didn’t know how to maintain my weight and I didn’t know how to tone the muscles. For me it was like, “Well, I lost all this weight but now what?” I felt uneducated on how to maintain my weight and build muscle at the same time. To reach this goal and to get motivated again, I decided to join a contest. I felt like I truly started TONING when VT14 started. When I joined the VT14 my mission was to tone up every muscle from head to toe. I added more days of lifting. I went to the gym six days of the week instead of the recommended three. I watched my intake more. I researched more by listening to podcasts and reading fitness articles. I started following fitness guru’s on Instagram and facebook. I dedicated more time to reading and understanding the VENUS program. Sometimes I even worked out twice a day. I took advice from other Venus expertise. Liss Graham came for visits at my gym and I learned from her every time. She’s an AMAZING coach by the way! I took professional pictures every 6 weeks to help push me along. I had some vacations during the contest and I didn’t want it to derail me. I used myfitnesspal and held myself accountable for every meal. I was dedicated to making progress. Twelve weeks later, I felt like I had the body of my dreams. I know what to do now to keep my transformation. I can see my growth with photos. I know how to keep toning my body without being lost in the process. Venus has educated me on how to be healthy and fit for life. Venus has helped me reach my weight loss goal and my toning goal. Venus has given me the body that I craved. Before children, I weighted one hundred and seventeen pounds. I weigh less now and have way more muscle. I look way better after kids then I ever did before kids. I have been very successful with Venus and have hit many goals. I didn’t know anything about fitness before Venus. I think everyone should watch the how to videos and learn how to eat right and learn what a simple carb is versus a complex carb. I literally didn’t know anything! The biggest change for me is making trips to the grocery store. I know not to just look at the pretty labels on the boxes that are misleading to shoppers. I know how to read ingredients and what to look for in them. I read the nutrition label, which I used to ignore. Venus has changed my life and for the better. I eat clean now. I have the confidence and education it takes to make Venus a lifestyle and not a fad. I’ve done it for three years and I plan on doing it for the rest of my life. It is too good of a program to ever stop doing.

Carly’s Metrics

	Weight	Height	Waist	Shoulders	Hips
June 2013	150 lb	63 in	33.5 in	41.5 in	42.5 in
February 2016	113 lb	63 in	26.8 in	36.0 in	36 in
Deltas	-37 lb	0 in	-6.7 in	-5.5 in	-6.5 in

Carly (right) with Venus veteran and friend Julie (left)

Carly is a beautiful Venus! Nothing can stop her now!

Carly, Coach Liss, and Venus friends at the Moore County YMCA

Listen to Carly’s interview with Liss below, or download it for later:

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Filed Under: Interview, Meetups, Sage Advice, transformation, weight loss Tagged With: Anything Goes Diet, becoming a venus, body composition, cardio, diet for weight loss, Eat Stop Eat, goal setting, losing pregnancy weight, muscle growth, supplements, Venus Index, venus index contest, Venus index Transformation, Venus Index Transformation Contest, Venus Index Workout, weight training, working out for shape

Can a Vegetarian Venus stop the YO-YO? Yes, this girl Jonda can!

October 5, 2015 by Roberta Saum Leave a Comment

Since it is the halfway point through the Venus Transformation Contest VT15 we thought you could use a little motivation to keep you going.

Jonda did the diet Yo-Yo all her life. Big time!

She placed first in our last transformation contest.

Jonda says she is NEVER GOING BACK to the diet Yo-Yo! And she is proving that true still to this day.

Here is what she had to say in her own words:

I have fought weight all of my life…as a child, a teenager and an adult. My mom tells me that I was born 3 weeks late. I weighed 9lb 3oz. She says I stayed in there 3 extra weeks to eat. I remember asking my dad to take me to Weight Watchers in 6th grade and he did. I was 5’5” and weighed 154lbs. I came out of the program weighing 119lbs.

That lasted through high school and then in my freshman year of college I married and was pregnant with my first child 3 months later. I delivered at 200 and then starved myself back down to 125 before my college graduation. Slowly but surely the weight crept back up and I found myself pregnant with my second child and delivered at 225lbs.

My weight has fluctuated between 122lbs–180lbs several times over the last 20 years. Why? Because I never understood how my body works and frankly, there is a lot of bad information out there.

I will forever be an ambassador for this program.

Women face challenges that men don’t. We deserve to know what REALLY works and when we are wasting our time. This is not a difficult program. It is however a mindset. You have to be at that point in your life when you really want it.

That’s why I was able to put all of Roberta’s advice to work when I personally met her earlier this year. I was ready!!! We connected on FB over 2 years ago.

I read all the material, understood it and tried to incorporate deficit days and the eat-stop-eat (fasting) regimen. Didn’t get too far with the workouts but did drop a few pounds that found their way back to me. I had plenty of distractions in my life…things I put ahead of ME and my happiness. It finally occurred to me that I was in control of my happiness and I started “cleaning house”.

It’s true that when you surround yourself with a positive environment you can’t help but be positive yourself!

And well, the opposite is true too.

You decide who is in your life, where you work, where you live, what you put in your body…YOU, not a friend, spouse or anyone else. If there is something in your life you don’t like CHANGE it.

It won’t happen over night but figure out what you need to do and then do something each day that moves you toward what you want! And that’s exactly what I did.

My only regret is that I didn’t take the 1000 cal with 100g of protein daily regimen more seriously at the beginning of my transformation. I convinced myself that the extra 150-200 cal/day wasn’t that big of a deal and what could an extra 20g of protein matter? Well I found out that cutting the 150-200 calories and adding in an extra 20+g of protein keeps me full and I started cruising toward my ideal Venus Index weight.

The Program works if you do!

Jonda

Venus girlfriends from all over the world to meet with Jonda in California.

Venus girlfriends from all over the world got together to chat with Jonda in California.

Several of my Venus fitness colleagues from all over the world met at the beautiful Naggiar Vineyard and Winery to chat with Jonda:

You can read Jonda’s full transformation story and view the rest of the video interview with us on “The Jonda Lowe Transformation Story” and listen to the audio podcast right here:

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Filed Under: Bodyfat, calories, change, Contest, Health, Meetups, Podcast, transformation, Uncategorized Tagged With: becoming a venus, brad pilon, diet for weight loss, Eat Stop Eat, Fit at 50, goal setting, john barban, The Venus Factor, Venus index Transformation

Ten days left to go in the Venus Transformation Contest VT14

July 23, 2015 by Roberta Saum Leave a Comment

With the deadline quickly approaching we thought you could use a little more motivation for the final stretch.

So here’s another tale of a successful and powerful Venus who started the program this year.

I first met Jonda in person on March 6 of this year at the Firehouse in Old Sacramento

You have to be READY to make a change.

Jonda is a successful business woman with a busy career. She had purchased the Venus program a while back but found she was not quite ready to start. She had a number of health issues to sort out, so she found me and we connected on Facebook.

She lives on the East Coast in the USA and happened to be visiting a business partner in California where I live. She contacted me on March 6th and we decided to meet for dinner. It was a wonderful and elegant meeting at the Firehouse restaurant in Old Sacramento. We talked about Venus and various diet strategies, but mostly just had a beautiful time with her business partner Julia.

What happened when Jonda was finally READY?

Jonda came back to California and “Kidnapped” me for an overnight Venus meeting.

On April 20th Jonda Lowe came to California and “kidnapped” me for a Venus slumber party.

I reluctantly took a break from my normal busy life and allowed her and her business partner Julia to love on me and pray for me during the overnight capture.

We went for a nice long walk in the hills where the cows wandered nearby.

During the visit we made my beloved homemade popcorn cooked in coconut oil and went for long walks in the hills where cows wander freely.

Jonda peppered me with questions over dinner, of which I of course did not mind.

It’s my passion. It’s what I write about every day.

She is vegetarian because of health needs and thus needed some help figuring out the holes in her diet in order to achieve her goals.

With the Venus workout and principles, along with supplements to fill the holes in her diet, we came up with a plan.

Jonda is one of those who really took it to heart and applied it. She is driven. She has passion. She has fire.

Not only that, she is genuine, loving, kind, and highly ethical and professional. She is female POWER through and through, as she forges her own destiny with the gifts God has given her.

She takes action with guidance.

And she learns from mistakes. Has she made a few mistakes since April 20th until today?

Absolutely, but she knows how to regroup and keep forging ahead.

Did the strategy work?

Well here’s the data..

Calories over time

Jonda’s meal plan on July 18th.

Here’s what she says in her own words:

Messing around with the reports section on MFP. My only regret Roberta is that I didn’t take the 1000 cal with 100g of protein daily regimen more seriously at the beginning of my transformation. I convinced myself that the extra 150-200 cal/day wasn’t that big of a deal and what could an extra 20g of protein matter? Well I found out that cutting the 150-200 calories and adding in an extra 20+g of protein keeps me full and I am cruising toward my ideal Venus Index weight. I want to give a special shoutout to Will Grumke. When I first added the 1st Phorm’s Bliss Go Pack, I was getting hungry. Will encouraged me to eat closer to the 100g of protein per day to stay full. I’ll say it again, the Program works if you do!

But that’s just the diet side of the coin.

What about the workouts?

When we were together in April Jonda asked a lot of questions about the workouts and what her strategy should be for equipment. She decided to join a nearby gym. Once she started there was no stopping. She posted a lot of gym updates on her Facebook profile and posted questions on my timeline. This kept her accountable and by posting the questions on my timeline others got the benefit of seeing the answers. She inspired others the whole way.

Jonda at the gym on July 22 this past week!

Do you see how much she has changed since our walk in the hills with the cows in April?

She is amazing. She is inspiring. She is an example to all those around her.

She is going places. You might want to follow in her footsteps.

Pretty amazing what you can do when you:

Never give up
Never settle
Live your dream

What about the Venus Contest?

Clearly contest or no contest Jonda has already WON.

This is what Venus is all about. Changing your life, Living your Dream.

But if you happen to be participating in the current Venus contest VT14, the deadline to submit your final pictures is August 3rd, 2015. Make sure you get your final pictures in before then because the contest form closes at exactly midnight.

If you have any questions or problems entering your material into the contest contact me: roberta.saum@gmail.com

Now, go WIN your LIFE BACK!

-Coach Roberta

Filed Under: calories, change, Contest, Exercise, fat loss, Food, Health, Meetups, Uncategorized, Weight training Tagged With: becoming a venus, Bobbie Carper, diet for weight loss, goal setting, john barban, muscle growth, The Venus Factor, Venus Index, working out for shape

Venus Meets up in Miami

April 24, 2015 by Liss Graham Leave a Comment

This past weekend, Venus members from around the world met up in fabulous South Beach in Miami, Florida, on the beach. We enjoy each other so much in the community that we knew we would have a blast in real life! We put a heads up in the forum about 2 months ago, and I could hardly wait until it was time to go!

Enjoying a night out on the town; dinner at Meat Market on Lincoln

From left: Coach Lita, Coach Liss, Coach Jenny, and Naomi enjoying Miami Beach

Bonding

As crazy as it sounds, we make some pretty tight bonds in the Venus forum. We are from all over the world and completely different walks of life, but driving change puts us on a similar path. We all struggle and we all have to find our own way, but our tight knit community makes a difference. The forum is our life line and there is always someone there with a lending hand or a sympathetic ear. The people that help us find our way become part of our story and meeting in person only makes those bonds stronger. Not everyone could make it of course, but we shared pictures and stories that included them and we hope to see them down the road.

Coach Jenny, Coach Liss, Coach Lita, and Kerry enjoying time together

Enjoying dinner at A Fish called Avalon on Ocean Drive

Personal Support

Many of us email, call, and text one another- making bonds deeper than just diet and fitness. We can lean on each other for family, relationship, work, and emotional issues. We KNOW each other, so getting together in person is easy. We just click like we have always been “real life” friends.

Coach Jenny, Coach Lita, and Coach Liss

Enjoying the boat ride and chatting before Paddleboarding

Brad Howard, Kerry with her husband, and Jackie

Brad Pilon gave us a demo before Paddleboarding

We loved paddleboarding!

Making Memories

Our time together was special. What I enjoyed the most was getting to see everyone’s facial expressions, having eye contact, and hearing vocal tone and laughter. The hugs were pretty great too!

Training at the outdoor gym in South Beach

Michal, Vaclav, John Barban, Jim, Martin, and Luke

Enjoying lunch after the workout

The Life

We shared some great conversations and enjoyed fabulous food and drinks. We fit in a few workouts and spent time relaxing by the ocean. Some days we all went our own ways in smaller groups, but we always met up for dinner. It was a whirlwind, but so worth it to get to have a little time IN PERSON with friends and co-workers. Next year cannot come fast enough!

Speaking of next year, we are looking at April or August 2016. We are also looking at hosting the meet up in Barbados or California. Which would you prefer?

Filed Under: Meetups Tagged With: Adonis Index, brad howard, brad pilon, john barban, meet up, meet up 2015, miami, south beach, Venus Index

Elizabeth Found Her Perfect Fit With Venus

March 9, 2015 by Jenny Leave a Comment

: This picture says it all.

Elizabeth had struggled with her weight for so long that she wondered if it was even possible to be happy in her own skin. Determined to be a positive role model for her daughter she had tried other diets and fitness programs, but didn’t find her perfect fit until she stumbled on a Venus ad. Within weeks her clothes were looser and she was on her way.

IN HER WORDS

“I am 38 years old and I never thought I could ever be slim. I have struggled with my weight all my life. One of my childhood memories is of a boy saying that I looked like I was pregnant. In the last 2 years my weight seemed to balloon up and I could no longer fit into 90% of my clothes. I was very discouraged but also not hopeful since I had tried SO many diets and fitness programs. Some of these helped somewhat, but they were so restrictive they did not fit into my lifestyle. Others were very structured but even though I put in so much effort, I did not see any significant results. I had my thyroid issues corrected, but my weight problem still did not change, as I expected it would. My 6 year old daughter made the comment that, “Mommy is a little bit chubby”. That really upset me, because I want to be a positive role model for her. I wanted to overcome this issue in my life so that hopefully she will not struggle with negative body image and weight issues. But I did not know how to lose the weight unless I starved myself. It was only a few weeks later that I came across a Venus Factor advertisement online. I felt like it was an answer to prayer! I immediately started to lose weight with Venus in April 2014. In less than a week my clothes started to feel looser. I found many tools for losing weight that I can use according my needs and my social calendar. This is what I love most about Venus: it is 100% flexible. I live in Asia, where the constant social events are all about food, and to not eat is culturally offensive. In the past I did not know how to navigate this. Now I participate in eating with everyone and I am still losing weight. The concept of budgeting my calories makes a lot of sense to me. I budget my money – why wouldn’t I count and budget my calories as well? When I started the VT12 Contest, I had a pair of size 12 grey jeans that were way too tight for me. I could not even do up the button. Now, just 12 weeks later, those jeans are too big for me and I need to replace them with a smaller size. I am so happy. For the first time in YEARS I feel comfortable and confident in my own skin. I am so, so thankful for the Venus program and what it has done for me.”

You can listen to Elizabeth’s story here:

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There is Energy in the Venus Synergy!

March 6, 2015 by Roberta Saum Leave a Comment

There will be some serious Venus Synergy going down in Miami!

There is about to be some serious Venus Synergy going down in Miami soon.

How would you like to meet our amazing premiere Venus coaches along with other Venus ladies in person?

Coach Liss

Liss Graham – Venus Cover Girl and still maintaining Venus 2 years later.

Meet Coach Liss in our online community and there are many ways to connect with her:

Liss’s short biography
Liss’s website
Liss on Facebook
Liss’s contest interview with John Barban
Liss on Pinterest

Coach Lita

Carla knows how to be bigger than any excuses!

Lita knows how to be bigger than any excuses!

Meet Coach Lita in the online community and see her amazing sense of humor:

Lita’s short biography
Lita’s contest interview with John Barban
A fun fitness story about Lita

Coach Jenny

Jenny made an amazing transformation and years later continues to live the “Venus Golden Lifestyle”.

Meet Coach Jenny in the online community and learn more about her amazing story:

Jenny’s short biography
An Every day Venus; Meet Jenny
Jenny’s contest interview with John Barban

Details for the Miami Meetup April 17-20 2015

Hotel options at different price points; the coaches are staying across from Lummus Park:

Z Ocean

Beacon South Beach

Marriott Winter Haven

===> KEEP UPDATED on this meet up in the FORUM <===

Want coaching?

You can request any one of these coaches in the Venus Factor Coaching Program. You don’t have to participate in a contest to participate in our coaching program. You can sign up at any time during the year.

There is nothing wrong with asking for help. I’m a coach and I use a coach myself because it is fun and it helps me keep my head in the game. Again, there is more ENERGY with SYNERGY. It happens even when you don’t plan it, just by doing your day-to-day routine, and especially with a coach.

I’ve got some synergy energy going here with Coach Miles and my friends in the gym out here in California cheering me on in person. Everything that was good about this average day in the gym was the synergy of the team of people there that day. This type of energy doesn’t happen alone. I am very thankful for my friends:

See, there is power in friendships, and energy in SYNERGY, I hope you can join in on the fun in Miami!

Happy Friday and have a great weekend!

See you on the inside too!

-Coach Roberta

Filed Under: Meetups, News, Uncategorized Tagged With: becoming a venus, goal setting, The Venus Factor

Is there room for lifting when you are training for a half marathon?

December 12, 2014 by Liss Graham 2 Comments

Liss and Jenny

This past weekend, I met up in Memphis with Coach Jenny to run the St. Jude Half Marathon. The run was really an excuse to go see her, meet her family, and vacation. And by vacation, I mean eat at all the great places in Memphis!

Happy, happy, happy! Jenny and Liss at the Arcade Restaurant

It turned out to be a little experiment to see what would happen if I did the bare minimum training for the race while continuing my Venus workouts. I did not want to:

run more than I had to
experience the hunger that comes with all that cardio
give up any of my normal 5 days a week of lifting

The plan

So my plan was to:

Lift Monday-Friday
Do one long run on the weekend
Take a rest day each week
Maintain metrics

I try to run most weekends whether I have a race or not. It keeps up my lung capacity and helps my asthma. It has its purpose but I don’t love running; I love lifting. The change I experience from lifting is more tangible. I can see it, feel it.

I wrote up my own running plan to taper up a mile every few weeks before the race, topping out at 12 miles. Unfortunately, I got sick and wasn’t able to run for the 3 weeks before the race. I saved what energy I did have for lifting. It took priority.

Liss running in Memphis

The results

I did a pretty good job of maintaining my metrics. I stayed within a half inch. I tried to make sure to save extra calories for the day of the run and the day after to help with hunger. I kept up with my weekday lifting schedule, although some days there just was not much gas in the tank.

I didn’t have a personal best time for the race but it was not my slowest half either! I finished the half marathon in 2:05 which was a pleasant surprise. John has always said that a strong muscle is a fast muscle. Lifting does pay off for running!

The best part of the race was the course. It was amazing! We ran by the Mississippi River, down Beale Street, and through the St. Jude campus where millions of children have been and will continue to be cared for. I will never forget it.

In the corral before the race started

The memories

Though Jenny and I have hung out many times together as we have become close friends, our families had never met. Our kids and husbands became fast friends. We hit all the sites and spent our down time learning how to finger knit along with the kids. We even went to an NBA game. Everyone had a blast!

Liss and her husband at the Grizzlies game

It was an amazing trip! I am so thankful for the friends I have found through Venus and I look forward to more trips in the future.

Liss and Jenny at the Wolf River

X- Liss

Filed Under: cardio, Exercise, Meetups, Uncategorized, Weight training Tagged With: Anything Goes Diet, bodyfat, cardio, goal setting, half marathon, running, weight training

A new Venus Kool Kat; Meet Katharina

November 14, 2014 by Roberta Saum Leave a Comment

Kat went from a size 14 to a size 6 and has lost more than 36lbs since April.

Different things work for different people

She goes by Kat and she is one of our newest successful Venus stories. Kat and I met behind the scenes within the Venus online community and in our Venus Live Internet Chat tool. We quickly hit it off and became friends on FaceBook. Like many of our Venus customers Kat didn’t feel like she had time for an online community.

She joined our transformation contest and quickly felt like she was pushing too hard and that it was not sustainable. For some people it’s good choice to focus on a sustainable process instead of a contest. Although both the online community and the contest are good tools for motivation; they are not required for success.

As most of us learn; we are all different and yet the same. We all have to experiment a bit to find what works for us. The one thing that is the same is that if we became over weight it was because of too much food. Finding the right energy balance for fat loss for each individual is unique. So is finding the right foods.

Kat and I share a love for organic foods so she
brought me gifts from her garden.

The Venus tools are what gave Kat a new life

Venus helped Kat realize that she had too many good food and bad food restrictions. The tools helped her learn that her all organic food was simply too much food for her. Once she found the correct energy balance for her own needs everything clicked.

It’s been fun for me getting to know Kat because she lives in my old stomping grounds where I graduated from high school. She also learned to love a style of organic eating that I also followed. We both learned many of the same lessons about food. She goes hiking along the beaches of Northern California where I grew up. Her husband owns a business in the town where I once owned a house. We share a lot in common.

Kat loves to lift weights and exercise. She came to visit me a few days ago and we shared a workout with my coach Miles Cortez. We had all had a blast. Kat took Miles and I out to coffee after our workout. We all spent hours talking about how much we all love the persistent lifestyle of eating within our means and exercising for our health. We all share a passion for the lifestyle. It was a beautiful day.

Kat said one of the biggest keys to her success was the immersion program. She absolutely loved the uncensored podcasts. There are times she felt like reverting back to old habits and eating more food than she needs. The podcasts helped her get past all that. She listened to one after another. She said they were a lifesaver for her.

Kat’s world changed when she came across Venus Index.

Kat’s world changed when she came across the Venus Factor.

Here’s what Kat wrote to me in her own words:

Hi Roberta,

I first came to the US in 1995 as an exchange student. I stayed for a year and went back to Germany to finish my high school. The day after I got my German High school diploma I was on a plane back to the US to try my luck into getting to live here.

In April 2000 I met my husband trying to sell his business a website template. Never sold a single one, but we started dating and got married in 2003.

My husband owns Jake’s Performance Hobbies in Rohnert Park, a local hobby shop, selling radio controlled cars, airplanes, etc.

Once a week I do the bookkeeping for him, the other time I am a stay at home mom.

I come from Karlsruhe in Germany. It is South West on the Rhein river close to the Black Forest.

I like about America that I can do whatever I want and no one minds 🙂 I like how open and friendly Americans are (in comparison to Germans). I dont do well with people telling me what to do or how to do things 😉 Americans are also less judgmental and easy going. It really fits my mentality a lot better.

I went to a holistic nutrition school to become a Nutrition Educator, then I got my certificate as a Nutrition Consultants from the American Association of Nutrition Consultants, an online course.

Venus not only helped me, but saved my life. It freed me from labeling my foods as bad and good and therefore labeling myself as being bad or good depending on what I was eating. It freed me from yo-yo dieting and let me enjoy life and my body and finally love myself.

I do love Venus as a lifestyle. My motto is progress and not perfection! I love that Venus has given me all the tools to be in the shape I always wanted to be and better. It talks about so many aspects that are vital to successful weight loss that other programs don’t even touch upon.

I want to jump up and down and give everyone at Venus a big hug, especially John, Brad and you! You have no idea how much you have changed my life and the freedom you have given me! I am soaring right now. I am so happy and grateful! I will continue with the Venus principles for the rest of my life. I cant imagine anything better.

I will send you some pictures later….

Love,

Kat

This month Kat was featured in a newsletter success story

Kat is one tough chick for sure!

Kat’s been following what I’m doing on FaceBook so when we were setting up a time to visit she made it very clear that she wanted a workout with me and Miles. One thing both Miles and I noticed was that Kat loves to work hard! We had so much fun working out at the gym. Like the Anytime fitness author said “This tough chick deserves a big high five the next time you see her!” We did a lot of high fives at the gym during our workout.

Here is Kat, Miles, and me; Kat like to work hard
and we all did lots of high fives at the gym!

Like Kat, Venus has changed my life for good. It is the very reason I’m living my dream today. Coach Miles has helped me take that farther and even get a trophy recently, but that’s all a story for another time. Today is all about Kat. Miles is a coach that found freedom from food restrictions with Eat Stop Eat and we all share a common bond and a common lifestyle. It’s awesome to find other coaches embracing the truth about food and willing to leave old school myths behind. It is pretty exciting and we are all thankful to Brad Pilon and John Barban.

Here’s a little video of us having a blast at the gym:

I hope you enjoyed Kat’s success story as much as I have.

Have a great weekend, full of opportunity to make great choices!

-Coach Roberta

You can find me in our online Venus Community

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Filed Under: Exercise, fat loss, Meetups, transformation, Uncategorized, Weight training Tagged With: Anything Goes Diet, Bobbie Carper, brad pilon, diet for weight loss, Eat Stop Eat, goal setting, john barban, The Venus Factor, transformation, Venus Index, weight loss, weight training, working out for shape

Venus Meets up in Vegas

August 15, 2014 by Liss Graham Leave a Comment

All of these ladies have completed the 12 week Venus Factor

This past weekend, Venus members from around the world met up in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada on the strip. We enjoy each other so much in the community, so we knew we would have a blast in real life! We put a heads up in the forum about 6 months ago, and I could hardly wait until it was time to go!

Enjoying a night out on the town

Beth Roberta Julie All born 1961 and all graduated 1979

Beth, Roberta, and Julie – Class of 1979

Bonding

As crazy as it sounds, we make some pretty tight bonds in the Venus forum. We are from all over the world and completely different walks of life, but driving change puts us on a similar path. We all struggle and we all have to find our own way. The forum is our life line and there is always someone there with a lending hand or a sympathetic ear. The people that help us find our way become part of our story and meeting in person only makes those bonds stronger. Not everyone could make it of course, but we shared pictures and stories that included them and we hope to see them down the road.

Even several husbands accompanied their Venus wives to Vegas

Kimberly and Coach Roberta at sushi dinner

Personal Support

Many of us email, call, and text one another- making bonds deeper than just diet and fitness. We can lean on each other for family, relationship, work, and emotional issues. We KNOW each other so getting together in person is easy, we just click like we have always been “real life” friends.

Coach Liss, Coach Jenny, and Coach Lita

Post dinner dessert spot!

Making Memories

Our time together was special. What I enjoyed the most was getting to see everyone’s facial expressions, having eye contact, and hearing vocal tone and laughter. The hugs were pretty great too!

Post training at the boxing ring in the Cosmo gym

Leora Mike Eri Roberta with Randy's Navy buddy wife and friend

Enjoying lunch

The Life

We shared some great conversations and enjoyed fabulous food and drinks. We fit in a few workouts and some time relaxing by the pool. Some days we all went our own ways in smaller groups, but we always met up for dinner. It was a whirlwind, but so worth it to get to have a little time IN PERSON with friends and co-workers. Next year cannot come fast enough.

In a limo headed to dinner- Coach Jenny, Coach Liss, Beth, and Tammy

Filed Under: Meetups Tagged With: Anything Goes Diet, becoming a venus, Meetups, The Venus Factor, Venus Index, Venus Index Workout

Here is what Carly had to say in her own words:

Carly’s Metrics

Carly, Coach Liss, and Venus friends at the Moore County YMCA

You have to be READY to make a change.

What happened when Jonda was finally READY?

Did the strategy work?

What about the workouts?

What about the Venus Contest?

IN HER WORDS

You can listen to Elizabeth’s story here:

Coach Liss

Coach Lita

Coach Jenny

Details for the Miami Meetup April 17-20 2015

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This month Kat was featured in a newsletter success story

Kat is one tough chick for sure!

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