Beachbody is recognized for outstanding ethics and professionalism in our email marketing practices as one of 65 out of over 1,000 organizations surveyed in a 2004 Email Best Practices Study.

• Message Boards Post of the Month
• Do You Have a Good Post of the Month?
• Chat Live with Debbie and Tony!
• Tip of the Week: The Gift of Fitness
• Fitness Fact: Krebs Cycle
• Recipe of the Week: Pita Pizza
• New Year, New You! Win CASH and Other Cool Prizes!
• WOWY™ Now!

"There is only one thing more powerful than all the armies of the world, and that is an idea whose time has come."

Victor Hugo

This month's best post is from Seattlemike. Congrats, Mike, and have a great snowboard season!

"I started Power 90, ninety-four days ago. When I started, I weighed 195 lbs. and felt out of shape. I have not missed one scheduled workout day in the 94 days I have been on the program (that's six days a week—no matter what!). Even when I went out of state for four days to go to my sister-in-law's wedding, I took the program with me and had relatives out of state track down some weights to borrow while I was there. I didn't miss a day. Since beginning the program, I have lost 37 lbs., weighing in at 157 lbs. today. I am 5' 7" tall, 34 years old, and I am wearing a pair of 501 jeans that I wore in college (12 years ago), with a 32" waist, which are now beginning to feel too loose on me.

Four months ago, I was wearing a snug-fitting 36" pair of jeans and I was about to buy a pair of 38" pants. I just finished going through all of my clothes and giving away about 60 percent of my wardrobe. I feel better than I have ever felt in my entire adult life and I am definitely in better shape than ever in my whole life. In two weeks I am taking my wife and kids on a vacation to Mexico, where for the very first time in my life I will feel confident walking the beach without a shirt on. I owe a great deal of thanks to Beachbody for giving me the tools to get where I am today. I love the diet plan—I love the workouts—and I love the results. I am not going to say that it was ever easy, because there were days that I tried to make excuses not to work out or to eat that piece of birthday or wedding cake, or to have a huge Mexican dinner, but it was the Message Boards, the newsletters, my own personal drive, and, of course, Tony, that kept me Pushing Play and pushing forward.

Now that winter approaches, I am looking forward to the best snowboarding season I have ever had. At 35+ lbs. lighter, after all of those squats and lunges, and with my newfound stamina, I know I am going to kick up some snow and take
it on.

Thanks Tony! Thanks Beachbody! And thank God I watched that infomercial four months ago! My wife and kids have a healthier, stronger, happier husband/daddy now. And I feel great. I recommended Beachbody to my brother, my friends, and anyone who has asked me, "How did you do it?" And when I tell them, I always say, "It is up to you—you can do it—all you need are the proper tools and the tools are at Beachbody.com."

Thanks again—you guys ROCK!!!

Check out Mike's thread on the boards.

Introduce yourself to the one and only Queen of Lean, Debbie Siebers, in the Beachbody Community Chatroom this Thursday, December 9th, at 9:00 PM ET, 6:00 PM PT. Get expert advice from the creator of Slim in 6^®, Slim Series™, and Thin Thighs Guaranteed!™, among other great workouts!

And then catch Tony Horton—creator of Power 90^®, P90X®, Power Half Hour™, and other invigorating and entertaining workouts—the following week, on Wednesday, December 15th, at 5:30 PM PT, 8:30 PM ET. Get the lowdown on the latest muscle-sculpting techniques from the Master of Motivation himself!

Go to the Community Chatroom for more details.

With the holidays knocking on the door, how about giving the gift of fitness this year? Of course, you might want to avoid giving people you care for gym memberships, the Fat Flush Plan, or other indicators that you might consider them overweight. Instead, how about an entry to a race, an organized bike tour, hike tour, or other event that will prompt them to get into shape? Instead of telling them they're fat, you're giving them a fun life experience—the upside is that they'll need to get into shape in order to experience it best.

We're not promising anything but there's a very good chance this fact could help you win something in the New Year, New You! Fitness Quiz . . .

The key to anaerobic training (meaning without oxygen) requires understanding of something called the Krebs cycle and the relationship between adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and creatine phosphate (CP). All energy comes from the formation of ATP, which lasts only around 1.2 seconds in duration. CP recharges ATP. At high outputs, this cycle will last approximately 8 seconds. Next is a glycolytic cycle, during which your body uses blood glycogen and oxygen to repeat the
Krebs cycle.

Discover this delicious merging of the Mediterranean and Middle East—introducing a combination of low-fat foods loaded with flavor! Try this delectable, easy-to-make dish with a catchy name for lunch or dinner. Mangia bene!

Ingredients:
4 pieces of pita bread
1 cup low-fat mozzarella cheese
1 small onion
1 green pepper
1 cup fat-free spaghetti sauce
Dash of oregano and/or dried red pepper

Top each pita with 3 Tbsp. fat-free spaghetti sauce, low-fat mozzarella cheese, onion, pepper, or other vegetable. Season with oregano and/or dried red pepper. Microwave 1 to 2 minutes. Serve with fresh fruit.

Yields 4 servings: fat 1 g, fiber 2 g, calories 190, abdominals—still on track for your bathing suit!

If you have a recipe you think is both healthy and delicious, send it on over to us at recipes@beachbody.com. If we publish your recipe, we'll send you a free Beachbody T-shirt!

New Year, New You! Win CASH and Other Cool Prizes!

We want to help make your New Year's resolution a reality. That's why we created a motivating New Year, New You! Web page where you can post your resolution, play games and win prizes, get diet and fitness tips, receive special offers, and much more!

Just click here now to post your 2005 resolution online and WIN great prizes. Plus, you'll receive a Special Reward just for posting!

WOWY (Work Out With You) is the amazing online gym that helps you succeed by enabling you to make commitments to work out with others at a specific time ("I'll WOWY at 6 AM"). Believe us, it's hard to skip a workout when your Success Buddy in New York is expecting to see you online for a scheduled WOWY workout!

Log on, select the program you're doing, and see how many others are working out with you all across the country! Click here to check it out, join a WOWY group, and see who's WOWY now!