Christine Found a Body She Thought was Impossible

Christine Before and After Venus Side

Christine placed in our recent VT15 Venus Transformation Contest.

She did a phenomenal job and her results display the hard work she put in.She lost THREE INCHES off her waist in twelve short weeks!

Christine Before and After Venus Front

Christine before and after this 12 week contest, unbelievable!

One of the things that makes the Venus program very unique is that it can take an average physique to cover model as Christine’s journey highlights.

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

I was stuck and needed something to help get me to the next level of fitness. I have always been active but never really focused to get results I really wanted for myself. Honestly, I was afraid to fail not in the workout side of things but in the mental aspect regarding food choices. I have always felt I was mentally soft regarding my control on food but strong in the gym side of programs. If I wanted it I would eat it. I have always been like that but as I have gotten older the body wouldn’t bounce back as easy as before. I knew I needed to challenge myself and prove that I could have control. The only person that could change that was me. I needed a program that I could actually follow and still live my life with my family. Venus was my answer and I am so happy I accidentally feel upon it and decided to work with a coach. Venus and Coach Liss gave me the tools and the rest was up to me. It was game on! I reached my goals and I am so HAPPY I accomplished what I set out to do! I am mentally stronger and physically stronger now! Thanks Venus family!

Christine Before and After Venus Back

Christine before and after 12 weeks of Venus!

 

Christine wants to start a tradition of sharing playlists, music is a powerful motivator!

Christine wants to start a tradition of sharing playlists, music is a powerful motivator!

Christine’s Metrics

Weight Height Waist Shoulders Hips
Before 129 lb 65.5 in 31 in 41 in 35 in
After 126 lb 65.5 in 28 in 40.5 in 35 in
Deltas -3 lb 0 in -3 in -0.5 in 0 in

Chrstine After Venus Double Bicep

Christine is a beautiful Venus!

Chrstine After Venus Back

Chrstine After Venus Baseball

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

Venus Index Contest Winners Announced

The second Venus Index contest is in the books and today it’s time to announce the winners. This contest was even harder to judge than the last contest. I really do agonize over this process as everyone did so well.

I want to say congratulations to everyone who followed through and completed the contest. It really is a special thing to get through the 12 weeks, stick to the commitment and see it through to the end. Many people will never, in their whole life, get through a 12 week transformation. Think about that for a moment, just 12 weeks of your entire life and it still is very difficult for people to stick to it.

So to repeat, give yourself a pat on the back if you made through the 12 weeks, this accomplishment already puts you in rare territory and you deserve a celebration.

Also, if you’re not familiar with the Venus Index or our philosophies, just go here and check out this video for more information.

Now, on to the matter at hand, here are the winners of the second Venus Index Transformation contest.

Venus Index Transformation Contest 1st Place: Felicity M

Felicity M Venus Index Transformation Winner

Felicity M VT2 Winner

What a difference 12 weeks makes!

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Venus Index Transformation Contest 2nd Place: Kimberley A

Venus Index Transformation 2nd Place Kimberley A

 

VT2 Second Place Kimberley

Venus Index Transformation 2nd Place Kimberley. Fantastic!

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Venus Index Transformation Contest 3rd Place: Heather Baker

Venus Index Transformation 3rd Place Heather B

Venus Index Transformation 3rd Place Heather B

A Venus at 48. Looks more like 28 to me!

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Venus Index Transformation Contest 4th Place: Molly P

Venus Index Transformation 4th Place Molly P

Venus Index 4th Place Molly P

Molly P Venus Index 4th Place

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Venus Index Transformation Contest 5th Place: Leora H

Venus Index Transformation Contest 5th Place Leora H

Venus Index 5th Place Leora H

Leora H Venus Index 5th Place

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Venus Index Transformation Contest 6th Place: Kassandra B

Venus Index Transformation 6th Place Kassandra B

Venus Index 6th Place Kassandra B

Kassandra B truly becoming a Venus

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Congrats to all who placed and to all who finished the contest. You are all amazing women!

Now on to the second portion of the contest. The “open” category is where we placed those competitors who have a great final shape regardless of how far they had to come to get there. Some made changes comparable to the transformation competitors. Others were maintaining a venus figure, while others still were making the change and pushing through those ‘last 10lbs’ to get to their VI body…so here they are.

Venus Index Open Contest 1st Place: Katherine J

Venus Index open 1st Place Katherine J

Venus Index 1st Place Katherine

Katherine looks fantastic!

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Venus Index Open Contest 3rd Place: Stephanie S

Venus Index Open 3rd Place Stephanie S

Venus Index 3rd Place Stephanie S

Stephaine Venus Index Open

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Venus Index Open Contest 4th Place: Denise D

Venus Index Open 4th Place Denise D

Venus Index 4th Place Denise

At 58 years young Denise is proof you can be a Venus at any age

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Venus Index Open Contest 5th Place: Suzanne M

Venus Idnex Open Contest 5th Place Suzanne M

 

Venus Index 5th Place Suze M

Venus Index Open Suze M

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Venus Index Open Contest 6th Place: Caroline S

Venus Index Open 6th Place Caroline S

Venus Index 6th Place Caroline S

Caroline S Venus Index Open

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A final congratulations to all who competed. If you see your picture on this post, expect to be getting an email from me to schedule an interview!

John

p.s. If you want to get your hands on the systems that helped these ladies made their fabulous transformations, just go here to see if the Venus Index Systems are for you!

An Every Day Venus

You’ll never know what you’re capable of or what the results will be until you take the step to do “it”, whatever “it” may be.

Changing your body requires the mindset and the confidence to take action but it also takes support. And the Venus Index community provided that support for Kimberley and it’s a good thing because she finished 2nd in our first open contest.

Kimberley Dransfield Venus Index Open 2nd Place

An 'every day' venus!

Kimberley is a rocket scientist by training and approached her body transformation as a business. She took an analytical and methodical approach to changing her body and tracking those changes. Kimberley explains how she used the knowledge from the Venus Index program and podcasts as leverage for her efforts to get the look she wanted.

First off you’ve got to do a market analysis of what information is out there and choosing what information you want to use. The next step is tracking your progress to know if you’re moving in the right direction. And the final step is reporting into the ‘boss’ (in this case the boss is the Venus Index community).

This is a unique view of changing your body and it makes perfect sense for those of your who are economic or business minded.

At the end of this interview Kimberley actually interviews me!

John

LISTEN:

Venus Index Contest #2: “VT2” Announced

The official start date of the next Venus Index Transformation contest is Wed May 11th 2011.

As with the previous contests we’re always trying to make them a bit better each time so we’ve made a few changes to the structure and format.

Who can enter:

Anyone who is a current Venus Index customer can enter this contest except for those who placed in the top three in our previous open contest. Placing in the top 3 in our previous open contest qualifies you for our annual level 2 competition that will be held in April 2012. There will be more details about the level 2 competition in the months to come.

Similar to the last contest there are going to be cash prizes for the top 1-6 in the transformation which is judged on total change combined with best final look, total change in the VI numbers, how much you changed overall and how close your are to your ideal VI.

The new twist is that you automatically qualify for the open contest as well, so this gives everyone double the chance to win. There will be prizes for the top 1-6 in the open category as well. The top 3 qualify for the level 2 competition in April 2012.

If you think you already look pretty good and want to enter the contest, but you’re not sure you’ve got a big enough ‘transformation’ to make, go ahead and submit your before and after pictures anyway. The judging panel will automatically bump you up to the ‘open’ contest if you’re final look is good but your total transformation isn’t as big as other people who have farther to go. This is the easiest way for us to award as many prizes as possible to everyone who wants to enter.

There are cash prizes for places 1-6 in transformation and 1-6 in open (we’ve eliminated the age categories for the open category)

Entry into the transformation contest automatically enters you into the open as well.

Prize money for both categories of transformation and open are as follows:

1st Place – $500

2nd Place – $350

3rd Place – $250

4th Place – $200

5th Place – $200

6th Place – $200

Submitting Before Pictures:

“Before” pictures must be submitted by all contestants at the beginning of the contest to me at my email address johnbarban at gmail (dot) com

“Before” pictures required: standard front, back and side shots, standing relaxed with hands at your side, and at least one extra picture in the grouping with the current days newspaper (while you’re in the same position and wearing the same suit as in your before pics). Find a spot in your house with a clear background or hang a plain sheet up behind you so you’re standing in front of a plain background.

Some form of two piece outfit is required for the before pictures so we can accurately assess your change. This can be a bikini, or shorts and a tank top/sports bra workout top etc. The better we can see the change you’ve made the better you’ll do in the competition.

Make sure the cover of the newspaper is visible and also include a close up pic of the news paper as well.

Name each before picture file according to the pose with your name and the word ‘before’ ex: name_before_side

The earliest you can submit a before pictures is on May 11th, every day you wait after this day is one more day of transformation that you are losing compared to others who have submitting on May 11th. I’ll be accepting before pictures until the following wednesday May 18th (however I strongly advise you take them and send them on May 11th). So even if you take them on May 11th you have until May 18th to send them in to me.

You must also submit a document with your before statistics including:

Age, Height, Waist measurement, Shoulder measurement, Hip measurements (as outlined in the Venus Index manuals).

Send all materials in a zip file.

All contestants must submit before pictures and statistics as stated above no matter if you feel you’ll end up in the open category or in the transformation category. The judges will decide which category you will end up in.

Your pictures will remain on my personal drive and will not be used or viewed by anyone for any purpose. If you choose not to complete the contest or have to bow out for any reason your pictures will never be used, viewed or posted for any reason whatsoever.

The rest of this post is the legal mumbo jumbo about privacy and the legal right to photo’s etc. This is the same stuff as the previous contest.

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Contest Policy and Privacy Statement

All entries become the property of the Contest Sponsor and will not be returned.

Contest Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies assume no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, illegible, incomplete, postage-due, garbled or misdirected entries or entries that have been submitted through illicit means, or do not conform to or satisfy the Contest Rules or for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any entry to be received or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the contest.


The Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend this Contest should an external circumstances arise which are beyond the reasonable control of the Contest Sponsor. The Contest Sponsor is not responsible for any errors or omissions in printing or advertising this Contest.

The Contest Sponsor collects your personal information for the purposes of registration, program evaluation and to keep you informed about contest. The Contest Sponsor may, if consent was given during registration, also contact you from time to time with information about other ways you can lose weight.

The Contest Sponsor will not share any personal data about entrants with any
other party. The personal data collected for this Contest will not be used for any other purposes unless entrants provide explicit permission as indicated on the entry form. For more information about our privacy practices or to obtain a copy of our Privacy Policy, visit: Privacy Policy

By entering this Contest, entrants agree to release and hold harmless the Contest Sponsor and their respective employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, successors, assigns, advertising and promotional agencies from any liability for any loss or damage of any kind to the entrant or any other person in connection with this Contest or participation in any Contest related activities, including but not limited the taking of a urine test or, if declared a winner, the use or misuse of a prize or any portion of a prize including personal injury, death or property damage.

This Contest will run in accordance with these Contest Rules, subject to amendment by the Contest Sponsor. Contest Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, amend, modify or terminate this Contest or the Rules at any time in its sole discretion and without notice.

Entrants must comply with these rules, and will be deemed to have received and understood the rules if they participate in the Contest.

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John

Venus Index Contest #1 Winners Announced!

Today we’re announcing the winners of the first ever Venus Index Transformation contest and Open Contest.

(click here for the system they used to get there)

Congratulations to all that entered, you all did a great job. So lets get to it!

Venus Index Transformation Contest Results

1st Place: Alisha M

Alisha McGinn Venus Index Transformation Winner

Alisha M Venus Index Transformation Winner

Alisha McGinn First Venus Index Transformation Before

Alisha Before

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2nd Place: Caroline S.

Caroline 2nd Place

Caroline Before

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3rd Place: Maro K

Venus Index Transformation Maro K

Venus Index Transformation 3rd Place Maro K

Venus Index Transformation 3rd Place Before Maro

Maro Before

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4th Place: Karen C

Venus Index Transformation Contest 4th Place Karen Check

Venus Index Transformation Contest 4th Place Karen C

Venus Index Contest Before Karen

Karen Before

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5th Place: Laura

 

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6th Place: Leann H

Venus Index Transformation Leann

Venus Index Transformation 6th Place Leann H

Venus Index Transformation Before Leann

Leann Before

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Venus Index Open Contest

1st Place: Naomi S

Venus Index Open Contest Winner Naomi Sandoval

Venus Index Open Contest Winner Naomi S

Venus Index Contest Winner Naomi Sandoval

More of Naomi

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2nd Place: Kimberley D

Venus Index Open 2nd Place Kimberley Dransfield

Venus Index Open 2nd Place Kimberley D

Venus Index Contest Open 2nd Place Kimberley

More of Kimberley

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3rd Place: Kris W

Venus Index Open 3rd Place Kris

Venus Index Open 3rd Place Kris W

Venus Index Open Contest 3rd Place Kris

More of Kris

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Everyone did an amazing job and I hope that everyone will be available for interviews!

This was a huge success, you all showed up and kicked some serious butt!

Congratulations and I’ll be contacting each of you personally in the next few days.

We did a short podcast about the contest selections as well.

JB

PS- If you want to be one of winners in the next transformation contest, the first step is getting the workout –> VENUS INDEX WORKOUT

LISTEN:

Venus Index Contest Rules and Regulations

You must be a Venus Index customer to be eligible to compete in the contests.

About previous contests

Contest Rules And Regulations

The contest judges will evaluate final entries based on the following factors; weight loss, muscle gain, Venus metrics, and presentation. The judges need to see these changes in the pictures so it’s important that both before and after pictures are in focus and taken at appropriate angles and with good lighting.  Take the time to to use a camera with a timer or have someone with a steady hand take the pictures.

Clothing for contest pictures: a bathing suit/bikini, or something that shows off your waist, shoulders and hips (some sort of workout shorts will also do)…just remember we’re trying to judge overall change, if you hide your body in this picture it might work against you if you make it difficult for us to judge how much you change.

There are 4 required pictures at the start AND at the contest end.

1) Front – Facing camera with arms at your side

2) Side – 90 degrees to the camera with your arms at your side

3) Back – Facing away from the camera, with your arms at your side

The pictures need to be full body head to toe. It is very important that for your front, side, and back poses your arms are down at your sides but not covering your waist and that they are full body head to toe pictures.  Do not crop out your face or your feet.

4) Newspaper picture –   This should be a current issue of the national newspaper in order to validate the day you took the picture. You need to take a picture in this same group of pictures with the current day’s newspaper in your hand and the front page visible.

Here is a perfect example of a contest entry;  Full head to toe, hands at sides, and newspaper picture.

Here is a perfect example of a contest entry; Full head to toe, hands at sides, and newspaper picture.

 

Take the following measurements per page 175 in the Venus Factor Fat Loss Manual:

  • Shoulders
  • Waist
  • Hips
  • Weight
  • Height

At the end of the contest all of the above requirements are needed as well as an essay

End of contest Essay – 250 Word Essay on “My experience with the Venus Factor system”.

Cover model pictures  – In addition to the front, back, and side pictures please submit additional cover pictures.  These will be used in judging the “presentation” of your transformation.

Transformation contest prizes

The Transformation Contest place has prizes for placements:

  • First place: $500
  • Second place: $350
  • Third place: $250
  • Fourth place through tenth place: $200

Cover and Calendar girl category

With each contest there is a Cover and Calendar girl category for previous contest winners or any Venus customer who is close to their Venus Ideal shape and wants a chance to be in our calendar or on one of our covers.  Submit a picture at the beginning of the contest before the deadline so that we know who is in the running.  There are no prizes for this category.  The “before” pictures will not be used for judging or shared with anyone; they are merely for entering the contest.

Be creative and have fun with this category.  Pictures do not have to be bikini model or fitness model pictures – but they can be if you want!  These may be used on workout covers.

You can model a favorite dress or outfit, jeans and T-shirt, sports or hobbie clothing, creative fashion modeling, whatever your style; just have some fun showing off your new beautiful Venus shape.

 

Additional rules and regulations

All entries become the property of the Contest Sponsor and will not be returned.

Contest Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies assume no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, illegible, incomplete, postage-due, garbled or misdirected entries or entries that have been submitted through illicit means, or do not conform to or satisfy the Contest Rules or for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any entry to be received or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the contest.


The Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend this Contest should an external circumstances arise which are beyond the reasonable control of the Contest Sponsor. The Contest Sponsor is not responsible for any errors or omissions in printing or advertising this Contest.

The Contest Sponsor collects your personal information for the purposes of registration, program evaluation and to keep you informed about contest. The Contest Sponsor may, if consent was given during registration, also contact you from time to time with information about other ways you can lose weight.

The Contest Sponsor will not share any personal data about entrants with any other party. The personal data collected for this Contest will not be used for any other purposes unless entrants provide explicit permission as indicated on the entry form.  Please also see our privacy policy.

By entering this Contest, entrants agree to release and hold harmless the Contest Sponsor and their respective employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, successors, assigns, advertising and promotional agencies from any liability for any loss or damage of any kind to the entrant or any other person in connection with this Contest or participation in any Contest related activities, including but not limited the taking of a urine test or, if declared a winner, the use or misuse of a prize or any portion of a prize including personal injury, death or property damage.

This Contest will run in accordance with these Contest Rules, subject to amendment by the Contest Sponsor. Contest Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, amend, modify or terminate this Contest or the Rules at any time in its sole discretion and without notice.

Entrants must comply with these rules, and will be deemed to have received and understood the rules if they participate in the Contest.

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