We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Anita Arredondo a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Anita, thanks for joining us today. Let’s start with a story that highlights an important way in which your brand diverges from the industry standard.
You’ve probably heard on the radio, TV, and all over social media about the prescriptions for the GLP1 shots (aka Ozempic / Semaglutide) which are good for assisting individuals with weight loss. However, they do not provide the tools and knowledge for sustainability. That’s where we step in. It is extremely important to have a good understanding of healthy choices, the importance of a quality protein and a Moxifit coach to support & guide you for long term results. Be Healthy Tampa wants to create the opportunities for you to achieve all of you health, and weight loss goals but most importantly we are here for the toughest part of all MAINTENANCE. Learning a diet is easy but learning to live takes time and a Moxifit coach!
Be Healthy is the only proud provider of MOXIFIT in the Tampa area!
Anita, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
I had always had a struggle with weight loss. I was not the healthiest I could be. I am a breast cancer survivor and a melanoma survivor. I knew I had to find a way to get healthy and Be Healthy. I was a health coach for a protein provider and saw that clients kept coming back in after they lost the weight and never kept the weight off because of the lack of education. I researched and found Moxifit. The Moxifit program is phenomenal. It is a Cognitive Behavioral based program that utilizes a proven coaches playbook. It is also about Acceptance. We are about allowing each individual to be who and what they want to be. Our coaches help you lose weight while creating better wellness habits. We also provide you the tools to help define what is important while learning how to live the life you desire. Our program looks at you as a whole person not just a number on a scale. We also have a 3D Body Scanner which provides a big picture not only on weight, inches, body fat etc., but on your health and risk of disease. We pride ourselves on helping people get healthy and keep the weight off for good.
Any advice for managing a team?
I always have an open door policy for all my coaches. I encourage one-on-ones with each coach. I always ask for ideas and feedback from my coaches. I train them to become better coaches and empower them to grow personally and professionally. I show all my coaches appreciation in little ways to make sure they feel that they are valued. But most of all….we have FUN! Like the saying goes….“If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.”
Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?
My story is filled with many challenges as well as many blessings. I was a single parent for 8 years and struggled. I met the love of my life (on an online dating site), we married and wanted to expand the little family I had given him with my eldest daughter from a previous marriage. We had 2 miscarriages and while we were still trying we were crushed by the news of my mothers cancer diagnosis. During her illness we were blessed to have our rainbow baby. Two daughters and and an amazing husband. I thought my life was one out of the story books. Twenty-two months after my daughter was born, my mother passed on July 4, 2006. It was unexpected and a shock to everyone. I felt like my world had ended. I picked myself up and carried on as she would have wanted. In 2010, we lost my father. Although he was my Step Father, he was married to my mother for 31 years and was the best Dad ever. 5 months after losing my father, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had a double mastectomy and a year of chemotherapy and multiple reconstructive surgeries. I could have crumbled, I could have bailed on everything. But I didn’t. I picked myself up and forged on, knowing people needed me and I needed to be there for them and myself! There was reason I made it through and I felt the need to find a way to pay it forward and help others too.
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