You’ll never be able to walk again

At fifteen years old, Monique was already being presented with life-changing news. But, with the support of her friends & family and some good old fashion willpower, she’s proven the doctors wrong and proven time and time again that a positive attitude, a curious mindset, and a desire to help others is all it takes to succeed.

In this episode, Kiki and Monique discuss:

What drives Monique
How she approaches client success and
The role Meal Garden plays in her success plans

Another fun and exciting story from the Making it Real vault that will provide you inspiration, courage, and tested-and-true engagement and success strategies to help your clients achieve their goals.

How Monique Got Here

Like many of us, Monique is passionate about health and fitness and spent a lot of time in the gym and after taking a chance at teaching herself how to successfully run a marathon, she decided she should do some learning. As she started learning she realized that many people could benefit from what she’s learned <BETTER WAY TO SAY THIS>>

Interestingly, Monique’s background is hospitality, specifically running her own restaurant, and right before the pandemic, she sold it <phew>. During the pandemic she decided to pursue a certification, she did <timing> 2:50

Which came first, Fitness or Nutrition?

A great part of the conversation, and a great piece of advice for anyone new, MEET YOUR CLIENTS WHERE THEY ARE, <Insert Quote>

<QUOTE: I try to focus on both, but really work to align myself with their goals and to build trust. Once we’ve got trust, we can explore how nutrition and fitness really work together to create long term success>

How to help your client reframe their goals

QUOTE: Crash diets work, but they don’t work for the long term

Teach people how to eat vs. providing a plan

How do you use Meal Garden?

using MyFitnessPal just didn’t work.

Quote: 5:04

managing recipes
Many tools aren’t built to share
Recipe collections —> super helpful and instantly send, people really like that
Easy to use Marco’s to guide the meal plan developed

QUOTE: I mean cookbooks without pictures are just not the same

Uses it as part of her coaching programs also, as an example <quote> 7:50

Marco Myths

Don’t eat enough for bold goals

Tracking her own goals, she realized that we just don’t know what we are eating.

It’s not about the diet, we can work it out.

it’s about protein and fiber

I don’t need help with nutrition, I already eat really healthy, but what is really healthy and is that really healthy getting you to your goal or not?

Data Driven Approach

What’s 2021 look like for Monique?

She’s working towards full-time coaching and aiming to start an outdoor bootcamp, because this works well and will help people get off to the right start.