Join Marilu.com and get Fiscally Fit and Fabulous in April!
Get your financial life in order starting Monday, April 11th.
Spend ten weekdays with Coach CindyR, our finance and budget expert. Cindy has helped hundreds of people make sense of their finances – if you need help, this class is a great place to start.
Get tips for fiscal well-being in this class. Save your money so you can invest in your health – perhaps attending Kripalu with Marilu in July, or gifting a friend a membership here at Marilu.com (so you can take classes together), or buying your own Vitamix, or taking a vegan cooking class, or attending Dr. Furhman’s Health Getaway with Marilu, or… well, we could list a lot of other ways to invest in your health. Take the class and you’ll get the skills to allow you to make the choice!
This class will have three levels – you can see them all, and participate where you fit best.
The first level is for people who want basic financial information and advice.
The second level is for people who are interested in budgeting and being a little more aggressive with their money management.
The third level is for people who are interested in getting their finances under control, paying down debt, and making a detailed plan.
Coach CindyR can assist you at the level you choose.
Become fiscally fit and fabulous!
Members are automatically enrolled in class – check your inbox on April 11th for the class email.
Not a member? Sign up now and you’ll have access to the members area and classes right away!
Yes, here at Marilu.com we can help you lose weight, but it’s going to be a reasonable pace, and it’s going to be because you’re eating food that nourishes your body. No health robbers that keep you wanting more, or gimmicks that cost extra money. No chemicals, no magic pills. And… well, you’ll meet your goals faster if you actually break a sweat every day.
We can also help you improve your health. Most of those numbers that measure your health are at least partially within your control. Why not give them a chance to be better?
When you compare “diet plans,” Marilu’s Total Health Makeover® makes sense. There may be steps that seem odd or different, but that’s probably because the reasons behind them are new to you. You can take the steps at your pace – try one at a time, or several in combination, or all 10 at once. You can commit to the steps at different levels.
And best of all, here at Marilu.com, you can join a group to go through the program, and get daily personal coaching from people like you who have been selected by Marilu to help you. Our coaches don’t just give you a canned message once a day – they’re available to answer your questions and help you make decisions that will work for you.
You can lose weight; you can improve your health. THM works. And that’s no April Fools’ joke.
Join now and get started on YOUR Total Health Makeover®!
We’re mixing it up for spring in the current online class here at Marilu.com (join now and you’ll still get in on the class!).
In the spirit of mixing it up, we’re sharing one of our favorite songs of all time (yes, really – we’ve loved it since it was first released in the 1970′s!). This song is just crazy-fun. Sure, you can exercise to it, or clean to it, or dance to it. But we just sing along badly and laugh, and that’s good, too.
Mix It Up with Marilu, Lyrical, and Chef Ryan for ten weekdays, starting Monday, March 14.
Kick it up into high gear, and get fresh and sexy for spring.
PLUS * Win a VitaMix! Invite a friend to join and let us know your friend’s name. When she (or he) joins for a year, your name is entered in the drawing! Participate in class each day to get your name in the drawing again. It’s easy – and you’ll have fun sharing classes with your friends at Marilu.com!
Marilu is giving away a Vitamix! The world’s best blender, a Vitamix can help you make amazing blended meals, like smoothies and soups.
Beginning February 14, every member who refers a friend to Marilu.com will receive a Vitamix contest entry for each person who purchases a full year membership. (There is no limit to the number of entries a member may earn.)
If you’re not a member,join now, and get your friends to join with you! You get an entry for every friend you refer, even if you become a member today. Plus, our February online class just started, and you’ll become part of that class right away, too.
Email marybeth@marilu.com with the names of friends who have purchased memberships. When they have completed registration, the referring member will be entered in the Vitamix drawing. If another friend registers from your referral, another entry goes in. Anyone who registers even one friend has a chance to win a Vitamix. Register more than one and you have an even greater chance.
The Vitamix Contest will run through the month of February.
Any questions please feel free to e-mail marybeth@marilu.com. This is a win/win if ever there was one. You can share the gift of good health with someone you care about and receive a great gift that will help you keep your own menus healthy and delicious! What’s not to love?
Marilu’s Total Health Makeover® is easily adaptable for vegans, and many of our members here are vegans. But many are not – though they probably eat a lot less animal protein than they did before following THM®.
Yesterday on Oprah, Kathy Freston (author of Veganist) helped the staff and their families take the vegan challenge. Kathy said her husband calls himself “veganish” – which is a great word. So many of us are happy to eat vegan most of the time – but then big family celebrations or holidays or unwilling partners get added to the picture, and it becomes impractical (or the beginning of an epic battle), and it’s not worth that. So we are “veganish” – mostly vegan. Vegan at home, perhaps. Or vegan on our own. Or vegan most days of the week.
And that’s okay. The most important thing is to keep eating the best food available – fresh, organic, nutrient-dense, local, etc – and to choose your food consciously. Know what you’re eating. Learn the process of how it got to you. Prepare it with care.
If you naturally transition to a “veganish” diet over time, it’s likely (with your good choices) to make you healthier, too.
If you’re looking for vegan recipes, click on our index tag over there on the right. All the recipes we post on Mondays are vegan.
If you want to lose weight and get healthy, we have a great 30-day program with vegan recipes and meal plans, and daily personal coaching to answer all your questions and provide support. Join now to take the class (starts each Monday).
Remember our member Kim in IN who shared the directions for making a hula hoop?
Kim is industrious. And smart. She’s created a Healthy Life Bag, which is basically a portable fitness program with reminders on healthy eating and healthy habits.
During vacation season we get a lot of questions about taking healthy living and the Total Health Makeover® on the road. Or in the air. Or on a boat. Or to a campground. You get the idea. Healthy traveling is not hard; it’s just different from what you may be used to. Look over Kim’s bag – what would work for you? What would you change to make it work for you? (No excuses – look for ways to make it work – thank you Tim Gunn – not ways it won’t work.)
In Kim’s bag, which is a yoga mat bag *
Yoga mat
Resistance bands
Jump rope (doubles as a yoga strap)
MP3 player (with her own exercise playlists)
Reminder cards (see below)
Reminder cards *
10 steps of the Total Health Makeover® (avoid chemicals, avoid caffeine, avoid sugar, avoid red meat, avoid dairy, food combine, eat healthy fats, exercise, sleep, gusto!)
Personal healthy living habits (these are often discussed in classes – Kim’s list includes skin brushing, flossing, drinking enough water, taking her supplements, a 12-hour food fast from dinner to breakfast, prayer and meditation, and Bible reading)
Power plate (what Kim eats in a day – “eat a rainbow” reminder, fruit x1-2, veggie x5-9, nut/seed x2, bean x1-2, grain x2-3, plus 1 mini-Luna bar – your list may vary)
Daily exercise (30 minutes of walk/bike/hike + mini-workouts of yoga, push-ups, jumping jacks/jump rope/rebounder, hula hooping, stairs – your list may vary)
Lower body strength training for Mondays and Thursdays (the exercises change every two months for variety)
Upper body strength training for Tuesdays and Fridays (the exercises change every two months for variety)
Core strength training for Wednesdays and Saturdays (the exercises change every two months for variety)
Now get busy and make your own Healthy Living Bag. You’ll be ready for any travel adventure, and you’ll have everything you need in reach even when you’re home.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ Confused about the 10 Steps?Check this out, and ask questions on our message boards. If you need help implementing the 10 steps, we have a great 30-day online class with amazing coaches to help you each day. All recipes and menus provided, along with tips for healthy living. Become a member and take the 30-day class any time.
This month Marilu.com Members are enjoying a program called Summer Fit and Style ~ A THM® Wardrobe Class. It’s all about revamping your wardrobe and redefining or defining for the first time, your own personal style. And it’s a lot of fun!
Marilu’s on the set right now and she’s defining her new character’s personal style with her wardrobe. Check out this all new video shot in her trailer!
