Inspiring Change Through Health, Wellness and Fitness!

Who Needs a Gym: Using Social Media for Weight Loss, teaches people how to effectively lose weight and keeping it off using technology. This book includes the following: how to obtain free online healthy eating and weight loss support, simple and delicious recipes, healthy grocery shopping lessons, workouts, and mental strategies with detailed charts and resources. In addition, there are several success stories of people who have used social media on their weight loss journey. Health Coach and author, Zhivi Williams, has a passion to assist people in obtaining their weight loss goals. Understanding that not everyone can afford a gym membership and a personal nutritionist, Who Needs a Gym allows people to reach their goals without breaking the bank. No time for the gym? Williams provides several workout alternatives that are available with just a click of a button- anytime. No more spending hours in the gym and spending several hundreds of dollars on its membership, Who Needs a Gym feasibly simplifies one’s weight loss journey. Time is money and no one has a lot of either to waste. We live in a society where everyone strives to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle. People start their weight loss journey with purchasing a gym membership. However, a hectic schedule can cause one to lose sight of their weight loss goals and lack the time to hit the gym. Because people lack accountability on their exercise regimen and food intake, they become discourage on their weight loss journey. Thus, money is wasted on an unused gym membership and there is no time to devote to a healthy lifestyle. Ironically, people spend hours daily on social media to connect with friends, receive current event updates, and tutorials on various subjects. What if there was a way to merge your weight loss goals with your social media time all for FREE? Author and Health Coach Zhivi Williams brilliantly conveys how to incorporate social media into your weight loss journey. The best part is that you can access this information at any time and for FREE! Who Needs a Gym successfully tackles and resolves several problems that people face on their wellness journey. Williams teaches how to effectively connect with likeminded, health-conscious people through social media. She highlights social media’s top fitness and health gurus that have proven results. Williams takes it a step further and provides examples of successful individuals who have followed social media health and workout plans that documented journey. No longer can you use the excuses that you: 1. Fear being fat-shamed at the gym; 2. Lack an accountability partner; 3. Lack food education and healthy recipes; 4. Lack an exercise regimen; 5. Lack the finances to hire a personal trainer, purchase a gym membership, or hire a nutritionist. Williams eliminates all excuses and roadblocks that may prevent you from obtaining your health goals. Instead, she shows how social media can offer a community that offers FREE advice, encouragement, motivation, recipes, and suggested workouts. No longer will you receive judgement on your failures. Instead, you will receive advice on how to improve. Health and fitness is a lifestyle. It is important to incorporate something so important into your daily schedule. Who Needs a Gym teaches how to live a healthy and balanced life without feeling overwhelmed and guilty. If you’re looking to make your new year’s resolution of losing weight a reality this year, this book is for you.

Zhivi Williams is the CEO of Leading by Example and Passion Driven, in Charlotte NC. Leading by Example’s mission is to inspire change through health, wellness and fitness. Passion Driven’s mission is to promote women’s health and wellness through educational events. She is a, motivational speaker, author, Accountability Coach, NASM certified Women’s Fitness and Nutrition Specialist She has over 30 years of experience in fitness and remained on the cutting edge of the health, wellness and fitness industry by developing training programs to help people improve their lives, writing magazine articles, blogs, books, and developing strategic partnerships to help individuals increase their personal health. She is host of the free Women’s Health & Fitness Day in Charlotte, NC held every year in March. The Women’s Health & Fitness Day included vendors, interactive fitness classes and educational seminars highlighting the importance of living a healthy lifestyle from fitness and health experts. Each event raises money for one of the non-profit organizations in Charlotte, NC.