Since getting serious as a Beachbody coach in August 2014, I have heard several coaches speak during national and team training and added several of them as Facebook friends. One of the coaches on The Dream Team, Katy Ursta, has an amazing story which was featured in January 2015 during Super Saturday.
As mentioned in the video, Katy went to the doctor to have a lump in her armpit looked at and after it didn't go away with a round of antibiotics, she thought it was mastitis. However, when she returned to the doctor for an ultrasound on the area an immediate biopsy was taken and she was told she likely had cancer! Katy was ALONE in the doctors office for a routine visit....Can you imagine that moment and what was going through her head as she sat there trying to absorb the information?!?!? I know I can't!!
Instead of feeling sorry for herself, Katy faced the cancer straight on and decided to #punchcancerintheface and sweat for something bigger! When life got hard or a treatment knocked her down...she sweat! She sweat out cancer as that was the one thing SHE could control in the journey! And without surprise, her sweating and journey inspired others.
Katy endured a lot of hardships in 2014... She did 12 rounds of intense chemotherapy and still completed Piyo, T25, and various other Beachbody Workouts. She drank shakeology every day and DIDN'T lose her hair...isn't that AMAZING!?!? She became an Elite Coach for Team Beachbody for the 2nd year in a row which is the top .01% of the company! She is currently a 9 Star Diamond Coach, she left her full- time teaching job to be a full-time Beachbody Coach, she was asked to tell her story in Scottsdale Arizona at the Beachbody Leadership Conference and she was on the Beachbody Super Saturday Video for Team Beachbody in January 2015. Katy is currently in remission from cancer and she has been nominated for the Woman of the Year in Pittsburgh to raise funds for the LLS.
From everything I have read on Facebook, heard on team calls and seen in videos, Katy is a STRONG woman and when I first heard her story I was most amazed to hear that she didn't stop working out, eating healthy, or coaching others when she got this horrible news. I am also inspired by the confidence Katy has shown in her Facebook, blog posts and videos...and can't wait to met her at the Beachbody annual Summit conference in Nashville in July!!
WOW...what an inspiration!! It's no surprise that Katy has been nominated for the Woman of the Year in Pittsburgh which is a 10 week campaign where each nominee fund raises for 10 weeks for the LLS. The individual who raises the most money is the winner!
The Beachbody Dream Team...the Beachbody #1 team in 2015...wants to help Katy with her campaign! Every dollar raised goes towards families and individuals who are diagnosed with Leukemia or Lymphoma. It helps pay their medical bills, funds research to find a cure and better treatments and truly does help people in need! The LLS has been a great support to Katy and her family and she is doing everything she can to return the favor!
Want to know more about Katy Ursta and her story....head over to her blog! One Fit Fighter
So what is The Dream Team doing to help with the fund raising???
For the entire month of March our theme is EVERY SWEAT MATTERS. I am asking YOU to think of Katy Ursta everytime you workout and use the hashtag #everysweatmatters. March is about sweating for something bigger. Everyday when you put on your workout clothes and tie your shoes...its not just about you...every workout selfie you take, post and share is out there inspiring someone to sweat for something bigger! I challenge you to take action and SWEAT FOR SOMETHING BIGGER because YOUR sweat DOES count!
The Beachbody Dream Team is fundraising across the United States and Canada. Coaches are hosting spaghetti dinners, doing fit clubs in honor of Katy, donating proceeds of their commissions to the campaign, and hosting events! As a team our goal is to raise $10,000 for this cause and we could totally use your help!
How can you help?
1. You can donate to our specific link which is directly linked to the LLS and Katy's campaign. http://www.mwoy.org/pages/wpa/pgh15/mmitro
2. You can order a Team Beachbody T-shirts and tanks with the hashtag #everysweatmatters. If you would like to get a T-shirt and support the cause you can order yours here! Wear it and tag me on social media. If you are attending a Super Saturday in April please wear your shirt to raise awareness for this cause.
3. You can join my March Madness Challenge Group as $2 for every Challenge Pack purchase will be donated to the campaign.
So are you in! Will you help us raise awareness for the LLS and participate in our campaign!!! Each week I will update you on the money raised and how close we are to our goal! Let's make it count!!!!
To make a tax deductible donation to the Woman of the Year Campaign click here!
If you are interested in joining a Challenge Group, create a FREE account & view Beachbody Challenge on my website. Then complete this form to be contacted about the next fitness support group and to verify which program is best for you!!
Ashley S. Tabb
Independent Emerald Beachbody Coach
Facts about Blood Cancer:
Leukemia causes more deaths than any other cancer among children and young adults under the age of 20.An estimated 1,129,813 Americans are currently living with blood cancers.
Every four minutes someone is diagnosed - more than 149,900 new cases are expected this year.
Every 10 minutes, someone dies from blood cancers - an estimated 54,630 deaths are expected this year.
Leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma are cancers that originate in the bone marrow or lymphatic tissue as the result of an acquired genetic injury to the DNA of a single cell, which becomes malignant and multiplies continuously. This abnormal accumulation interferes with the production of healthy blood cells.
Facts about Leukemia and Lymphoma:
In the United States 310,046 people are living with or in remission from leukemia.The five-year relative survival rate for a child under the age of 15 with ALL has improved from 3% in 1964 to 92% today.(lymphoma)
There are 731,277 people today living with lymphoma: 172,937 have or are in remission from Hodgkin lymphoma; 558,340 have or are in remission from nonHodgkin lymphoma (NHL).
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is the seventh most common cancer in the United States, and its age-adjusted incidence rose 89-percent from 1975 to 2010.
The five-year relative survival rate for patients with Hodgkin lymphoma rose from 74-percent in 1975 to 88-percent in 2009.
Many LLS supported therapies not only help blood cancer patients, but are also now used to treat patients with rare forms of stomach and skin cancers and are in clinical trials for patients with lung, brain, breast, pancreatic and prostate cancers. And LLS funded drugs like targeted therapies and immunotherapies are now saving thousands of lives every day.
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