This, like most all Lean Cuisine meals I’ve tried, is delicious and satisfying. Doesn’t taste like ‘diet’ food and doesn’t leave you feeling cheated of a proper meal.

I spent the past several years laying on the couch, suffering from depression, fatigue, severe joint pain, and obesity. When my aunt died this year from cancer, the same thing that has my father is now in the terminal stage, the same thing that took my mother and her sister in the last decade, I decided I was going to get fit so I would stand a better chance of surviving to see my kids have kids and see them grow up. For someone with a sedentary lifestyle who’s creeping very close to her 40th birthday, the art of Budokon was a pretty ambitious goal, but the Budokon Weight Loss program is a good beginning place. Cameron Shayne is a patient and gracious teacher who really keeps you engaged even through the tough parts. I’m already a lot more flexible than I was when I started and my strength is much much higher. Who would have thought I could manage to hold a plank position, much less lower myself into a controlled vinyasha from that position? My body is shaping up in ways I never imagined, and the workouts are challenging but so fun I tend to pout when it’s a rest day and I’m not supposed to do the full workout. For the first time in my life I feel strong and eager to get even stronger.

Yerba maté is an excellent replacement for coffee in the morning. You’ll gain an energy boost that lasts for hours, it tastes great and natural, and it helps to preserve the rainforest because it comes from the rainforest.