The 7 Minute Workout System
Things are getting exciting! Our Beta Testers have had so many great success stories on their weight loss, inches lost and increase in strength and well being. 7 Minute Workout CEO Joel Therien and CoFounder Chris Reid along with the tech support from the GVO programming team are about to enter the public prelaunch phase, scheduled for June 20th at Noon EST.
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I have had some profound changes since starting this program, both physically and emotionally. Finally, I have found a system that I can stick with!
My journey to end sleep deprivation
With my new found energy as a result of committing to my new fitness program, an internal switch has suddenly been turned on. Almost three weeks ago, I declared to my husband of ten years that I was done being sleep deprived and wanted a king size memory foam bed. I had read that poor sleeping habits can inhibit weight loss and I can sure tell you especially since going through menopause, a sound night’s sleep has eluded me for now over 10 years! We decided to evaluate beds and after a week of research had narrowed it down to a Tempurpedic bed or another brand.
In the meantime, I needed to figure out where I was going to put all the stuff I had stored in my existing headboard as it has two large drawers, a cabinet plus storage all along the space directly behind the mattress! I mentioned it to my sister, who was in the process of getting her home ready to put on the market and her advice was “throw out the junk!” Little did I know that my need for sleep would send me on a journey to start decluttering my home in earnest. A chain reaction ensued… first I had to reorganize my bureau to make room for some of the things I needed from my headboard storage. I started two piles, one to donate and one to throw away. Before I knew it, I had completely emptied three out of 9 drawers!
Then I went through all the stuff in my headboard storage.. I was amazed at the junk I had been holding on to! Next was my closet where I finally parted with things I’ve had for over 12 years and never worn. When I was finished, I had 4 huge garbage bags of clothes.. 3 to give away and one to toss! I have to say it was liberating! I moved on to the linen closet and then, the dreaded back hall closet which was stuffed to the brim with odds and ends that we said we would go through “later” (ten years ago!).
I’m on a mission to go through the house room by room and rid myself of the things I no longer need. I had heard that clearing out the old allows for new opportunities to come in to your life, and boy is that the truth! Once the decision to get a new bed was made, it was time to search for a new headboard. My husband had a fundamental objection to spending over $600 for a plywood box and metal frame for a memory foam mattress, so we started the search for a platform bed. We were resigned to spending over $800 for a king size bed frame and went to nearly every furniture store within a 30 mile radius and couldn’t find what we wanted. Since Costa Rica is still in our long term moving plans, we were hesitant to spend a great deal of money on a wood frame since it would likely break down in Costa Rica’s tropical climate. We were heading towards The Room Store to check out their offerings, and something told me to check out a store we have here called Big Lots, which sometimes has some incredible deals on furniture. We walked in the store and lo and behold, as soon as we entered, to the left on display was the perfect platform bed, complete with two drawers at the foot of the bed. The price tag? $199.99!!!! I couldn’t believe our luck; it was better than anything we had seen at the known furniture stores in our area for a fraction of the price. We had spent a great deal of time looking for bed frames online, and this bed looked familiar to me, so I whipped out my trusty Iphone, and googled the bed manufacturer and name. When I found it, my jaw dropped… the very bed that was in front of me was “on sale” online for $1200!!! After contacting a good friend with a truck to arrange to transport the bed (assembly required), we bought the bed and brought it to the house.
The next week consisted of breaking down the old (and heavy) headboard system, moving it out of the way and assembling the new frame. Again, if it hadn’t been for my participation in my new fitness program, I never could have helped my husband move all that furniture. I couldn’t believe the strength I had in my upper body! My bedroom seems enormous now that that huge piece of furniture is no longer covering the wall.
The good news is our new mattress (we did decide on a Tempurpedic Cloud Supreme) arrived earlier this week and I am now sleeping better than I have in years! I’ll be anxious to see if my ability to lose weight improves now that I’m getting a full night’s rest. Stay tuned for results!
<—— That’s Raven, my 12+ year old Rottie girl… she LOVES the bed… good on her now arthritic hips. 
Getting in shape – it’s never too late!
My older sister came to visit me last year and we got to celebrate her 60th birthday together. I hadn’t seen her in a couple of years and couldn’t help noticing what great shape she was in; in fact I hadn’t seen her in this shape since we were teenagers! She told me that after her second occurrence of breast cancer, that she decided it was high time she put a real value on her own well being. A seed was planted for me, but it took me another year before the seed really took hold in me and sprouted!
I have had a life long battle with weight and fitness in general. Being a “sickly” kid, I was not able to join in a lot of physical activities for long periods of time and it set up a life long pattern of inherent physical laziness. Over the years I dieted off and on, either through an organized system like LA Weightloss or South Beach Diet or Atkins, etc etc.. I dabbled in various fitness activities, like aerobics, joining the Y, Ladies Workout Express, Curves, etc. I’m sure you get the picture. 
I’m not saying any of these programs or activities are bad, they just didn’t work out for me long term. Yes I had success but it was all temporary and I always found myself eventually getting frustrated and going back to my old familiar eating and (lack of) exercise habits.
Last October, I learned about a fitness program that was in development and now that program is about to launch to the public. I am not at liberty to go into very much detail about it yet, since it’s not quite ready, but I CAN tell you that I’ve been participating as one of the Beta Testers of this program and I CAN share with you my thoughts about it.
I have been an active participant of this new program for one month. In that month I’ve lost 7 pounds and over 10 inches. The program can be done by anyone at any age in any shape.
You don’t need any special equipment and you can do it from the comfort of your home. The system involves exercise but it doesn’t take a lot of time (less than ten minutes once you know the actual exercises and every other day) -this aspect of the program is what really got my attention. There is also a great deal of support, training, both on the exercises and nutrition in general, and for the first time in my life, I finally have experienced the “high” that you always hear athletes talk about! To put things in perspective, I’m in my mid 50′s and my overall weight loss goal is 40 pounds (now 33). I’ll be keeping a weekly log of my measurement and weight progress here on my blog as well as providing more detailed information on the program when we are closer to public release. In the meantime, if you’d like to be on my Early Bird notification list, please fill out the form on the right.
