Our Story
- Blog By Susan @ Fit Girl Ceos
- May 28, 2015
- 3 min read
If this is the only magazine cover we ever grace, it is a memory we will have f.o.r.e.v.e.r, as we had one heck of a good time being a part of it!
We remember this moment like it was yesterday. (And it's also kind of hard to forget because the magazine company gave us this cardboard cut out of the cover! :)) So, eventhough it was about 8 years ago, today we stood above it with the best of memories. :)
How could we not remember this day, as the shoot was set to take place on the most beautiful farm with green pastures in the most gorgeous barn we've seen.
And-it-was-hot.
The best part: The photographers wanted our hair to blow black, however to their dissapointment there wasn't a fan in site. But ... A-HA ... there WAS a grass blower near by!
We could so tell the photgraphers weren't sure if we were going to be game for that idea...but we were all for it...as it was truly a brilliant idea!
And, mission accomplished! Our hair blew back alright, and the scent of grass that lingered on us all day...um...interesting! lol! :)
Well, fast forward to today and at the same time that this moment pictured here seems like just yesterday, it also feels like eons ago because this is when the journey of our career in health began.
It began from my sisters greatest pain, which is when we discovered the food/body connection.
We finally realized first hand that food is medicine.
The crazy part was that this discovery/ realization for us came thru total instinct.
Having zero knowledge at that point on the power of food, Stacey instinctively gave up grains and wheat. That seemed to be what she was eating the most of at the time and with stomach pains at an all time high (along with her weight being at an all time high), she gave wheat and grains up and to her astonishment not only lost 20 pounds in 2 months, but was pain free! (She was pain free even during her cycle which was nothing less than a miracle after 20+ years of, month after month, gut-wrenching, ibuprofen-popping, pain.)
That's when we knew we had struck gold.
It was insane just how often she was getting stopped by others and being asked by total strangers as to what she was doing to feel and look so good. Everything began to change from her skin, to her mood, to the food on her plate. So much so that she wrote an E-BOOK called 'I'll Have What She's Having'... and it was the start of a journey that was to say the least, life-changing!
Next thing you know we were hungry for anything we could get our hands on that would teach us more!
Add to that, we some how, some way, wanted to make this 'new way of living' our life, and so we did! We hired a raw food coach out of the United Kingdom to train us for a year on how to start our own health business and from that 'The Raw Body Twins' was born.
We had Coaching Programs to help women turn from the standard american diet to the raw food diet...and while it was a totally awesome experience, it wasn't quite balanced enough for what we were comfortable living out. While we 100% believed in the power of raw food, we also wanted to live our lives and experience foods that were not raw. Basically, our desire shifted and grew as our knowledge grew. We found what worked for us and that was staying clean 80% of the time. Life, and our personalities were just to spirited to not allow ourselves the enjoyment of a cocktail, or an occasional cookie, or even our parents homemade dinner every now and again!
We sought after and attended trainings from Maui to New York. I guess you could say we had our own little EAT LOVE & PRAY experience as we went to New York to EAT clean food, then to Maui to PRAY and we had a whole lot of LOVE meeting everyone while absorbing the incredible life-altering experiences along the way!
Thank you for being a part of what of what makes our lives go round. If it wasn't for our readers, our monthly challenge members, and those on our team, our life would not be the same, for sure! THANK YOU!
Susan & Stacey
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