Well hello everybody, it's me -- once again back from the brink. I warned you when I began this blog that my problem with depression (Bipolar Disorder) would interfere with my communications to you, and to my regret -- my true regret -- it has. I am so sorry -- but the clouds are lifting and I believe that the worst is over. Without Herbalife I cannot imagine having lived through the last year.
Depressed people don't eat -- or they eat too too much. If you have anyone in your life that is going through hard times -- and so very many of us are -- Herbalife offers solutions that are inexpensive and easy to find. Don't let anyone try to tell you that our meal replacements are expensive -- if you think paying about $1.75 for a meal that is utterly restorative, uh -- you might want to re-think that!
I amuse myself (for I am beyond embarrassment) by telling people that when I started on Herbalife last year, I was in a total, all-out bed-ridden depression. My only form of exercise was rolling from one side of my bed to the other!! hahahaha! And I will tell you further that I rolled through 3 pairs of flannel pajama bottoms in that horrible winter when I lost my life savings and fell into the pit of despair.
Enter Herbalife -- 5 weeks later I'd lost 15 pounds and at least could go out of the house without feeling I needed and WANTED a burqua! Some of you know how this is. 5 months later I'd lost 35 pounds, as some of you know. But I've suffered a relapse YES SUFFERED A RELAPSE and as this is an honest blog, it is confessional time!
What happened? How could I go backwards?
I didn't have my miracle products -- it's as simple as that. I had adapted to a diet of Formula One shakes with extra protein powder, the addictive candy/protein bars -- which feel like sin but do the body good as they have 10 protein grams and only 4 grams of sugar -- and my favorite energy treat: a combo of HL energy drink LiftOff, their electrolyte balancing, energizing drink H30 Fitness Drink, and finally either the Mango Peach or the Wildberry Beverage Mix, which has 15 protein grams!
Now this little recipe is mine -- I like combining things, and I found that this particular combo satisfies me on many levels -- I take some dehydrating meds and the H30 really helps me with that. The Beverage Mixes are tasty and so easy to knock back, as a client said. Finally, I don't drink coffee but I DO like an extra boost,
and that's what the LiftOff provides. Be careful though -- two tablets in a day keeps me awake longer than I should be.
You should be aware that each of these is meant stand on its own, but I find the combination delightful, refreshing and energizing. It also helps me fulfill my protein requirements -- most women need about 75-100 protein grams a day to maintain lean muscle mass. We'll talk about that another day!
When I relapsed and gained back oh sheesh about 15 pounds -- I did not have my products. I had the shakes, which are great, but on my own I just don't get the protein I need, and my sweetie likes to bring me pastries and all the wrong foods to cheer me up. Men don't get it -- most women don't want to be fattened up like the prize pig at the county fair, oh no we don't.
I was off the program for several weeks -- we were having a very hard time financially and I couldn't even afford my own stuff! We didn't have heat, can you believe it -- the recession has bitten us in the backside, I can tell you that! No heat in this house for two years! Ah well, better days are at hand. I have crawled out of my bedroom to find that life is really rather glorious after all.
Anyway, I'm back on track, and despite my fear of the scale, I can tell I'm going down again. It happens -- don't lose heart. So many people that have tried Herbalife freak out after a month or two and don't let it work its magic, which makes me sad. Herbalife rocks -- 30 years in the best laboratories working on ways to make nutrition work on a molecular, cellular way. They've achieved near-miracles, and I cheerfully invite you to join me on this path to better health! I lost mine at age 17 -- I don't suppose you would believe me if I told you that at age 62 (sigh, yes, it's true) I feel better than I felt in my 20's, but it is absolutely true.
So -- if Herbalife can help me, one of the sickliest people (from birth) (mommy smoked & drank but she didn't know any better) -- I believe it can help you too, whether your goal is to lose weight or to gain it -- or simply TO FEEL BETTER.
My heartfelt advice to anyone who wants to feel more healthy is to investigate these products and drink a shake a day for the rest of your life. In one year I have 60% less gray in my hair -- that's impressive. My sweetheart was brought back from the brink of death and rejuvenated. This company and its products are not just about weight loss -- they are about global well-being! Herbalife is now in almost 75 countries -- which, considering import & export laws, is absolutely mindblowing.
Next blog -- I'll stop now as I've gone on long enough -- will be about a lovely new client that found us on the Yellow Pages online -- he was introduced to HL in RUSSIA, tried it -- whoops, I'm giving away my story already. I'll stop now and bid you a pleasant evening. If you want to check out our site, it's at http://herbal-nutrition.net/julieandpatrick --
Happy Trails for now! And thanks to twitter client "amomslove" for giving our site a shout-out today through feedjit!
julie and patrick
Showing posts with label weight gain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weight gain. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Thoughts About Letting Go, Weight Included!
September 19, 2009
Just came home from seeing one of my two beautiful daughters off on a great journey. She is on an airplane to London for a year of extremely intense training as a classical Shakespearean actor. She will be studying in a highly regarded Master's program at Drama Centre, part of. She is well-prepared for this moment; I wouldn't deprive her of it for the world. My other beauty is a brilliant free-lance journalist living with her love in Paris -- working on her third (fourth if you count Hindi) language. They are amazing creatures, and I am so proud of them.
A rather large part of me I will confess wishes I had my darling girls back with me in their younger days when nothing was more important than -- me. Sigh -- that's what it all comes down to, doesn't it? But your children are not your pets; that wonderful unconditional love matures into something different and equally precious, if you're lucky. Letting go is an essential part of life.
Letting go of weight comes along with that. Sometimes the weight represents an area of life we do not want to deal with. I have read -- and seen in my life -- that victims of sexual molestation can pack on the pounds as a subconscious way of signaling "don't touch me!" I've also noticed that young women who feel uncomfortable with their sexuality and the way it is reacted to in our society can tie themselves into all sorts of unhealthy knots around food and weight gain.
And then there are the eating disorders. Whew -- we're a society that's both obsessed with food and obsessed with body image -- I don't think our habits and attitudes necessarily serve us. I spent a lot of useless time feeling like food was my enemy earlier in life. I didn't know I had a thyroid disorder (we're going to go into THAT in one of these posts -- a huge, under-reported problem in our country), and I felt like a bad person for eating ANYTHING at all.
If I had known about bulimia in those days you can bet I would have tried it. Yes, I know exactly how crazy that sounds. My body was out of control and I didn't know what to do. That's one of the reasons I decided to go into this business -- there are so many people struggling with this one issue. I've been through it myself, more than once, and I am very much interested in being of support to others who need some assistance in the consideration of what it takes for each individual -- and we are all so different -- to attain the level of weight and fitness they desire.
That's what Herbalife is all about -- conquering obesity one person at a time. I'm one! They can count me! 25 pounds in 5 months, whoo hoo!! All right, that's enough gloating from me (laughing at self) -- I'll be back soon!
Just came home from seeing one of my two beautiful daughters off on a great journey. She is on an airplane to London for a year of extremely intense training as a classical Shakespearean actor. She will be studying in a highly regarded Master's program at Drama Centre, part of. She is well-prepared for this moment; I wouldn't deprive her of it for the world. My other beauty is a brilliant free-lance journalist living with her love in Paris -- working on her third (fourth if you count Hindi) language. They are amazing creatures, and I am so proud of them.
A rather large part of me I will confess wishes I had my darling girls back with me in their younger days when nothing was more important than -- me. Sigh -- that's what it all comes down to, doesn't it? But your children are not your pets; that wonderful unconditional love matures into something different and equally precious, if you're lucky. Letting go is an essential part of life.
Letting go of weight comes along with that. Sometimes the weight represents an area of life we do not want to deal with. I have read -- and seen in my life -- that victims of sexual molestation can pack on the pounds as a subconscious way of signaling "don't touch me!" I've also noticed that young women who feel uncomfortable with their sexuality and the way it is reacted to in our society can tie themselves into all sorts of unhealthy knots around food and weight gain.
And then there are the eating disorders. Whew -- we're a society that's both obsessed with food and obsessed with body image -- I don't think our habits and attitudes necessarily serve us. I spent a lot of useless time feeling like food was my enemy earlier in life. I didn't know I had a thyroid disorder (we're going to go into THAT in one of these posts -- a huge, under-reported problem in our country), and I felt like a bad person for eating ANYTHING at all.
If I had known about bulimia in those days you can bet I would have tried it. Yes, I know exactly how crazy that sounds. My body was out of control and I didn't know what to do. That's one of the reasons I decided to go into this business -- there are so many people struggling with this one issue. I've been through it myself, more than once, and I am very much interested in being of support to others who need some assistance in the consideration of what it takes for each individual -- and we are all so different -- to attain the level of weight and fitness they desire.
That's what Herbalife is all about -- conquering obesity one person at a time. I'm one! They can count me! 25 pounds in 5 months, whoo hoo!! All right, that's enough gloating from me (laughing at self) -- I'll be back soon!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Introduction -- the Why of the Why
This post by Julie: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary what in the world I was going to do with my life, I decided to ask my computer. Do a little magical gazing, as it were.
What? You did -- what?
I decided to ask my computer. I love my computer more than anything outside of the people/animal kingdom, but I'd always thought of it as a distraction. It never occurred to me to use this thing I love so much to make money. I'd come to a dangerous dead-end in my life. I'd raised my children so well that they actually felt independent enough to -- leave me. I didn't foresee the emotional devastation of the "empty nest syndrome".
My money, which I'd thought would last for the rest of my life, was about to run out. Our heater exploded for the last time that fall, and early in January 2009, on his birthday, my partner fell in a ditch, breaking a bone in his right hand and two ribs. We were cold, hungry, miserable, in pain and scared to death.
One night I was at the computer, thinking about my particular gifts and opening myself up to the possibility of finding something I would want to do with passion. That was the night I found Herbalife and Global Home Business Systems (GHBS).
I knew nothing about Herbalife when I first came across the website. But the moment I made the connection, that I saw the word "Herbalife" something in me shouted "THIS IS IT!!" and I literally began jumping for joy on the spot. I do not exaggerate -- I felt like I had found something amazing! That was around March, and the things I have experienced and seen have been astonishing. Yes, you heard me -- I said ASTONISHING.
Yes, it is true, and I freely admit it. Ladies and Gentlemen: I am an intelligent woman of sound mind ready to tell you I have never believed in the conception of cellular regeneration until I'd had three months on the Herbalife products. But I absolutely do now. Why? Because they work, they really actually work. and they work in ways more wonderful than I had ever imagined possible. This is my own personal story, and my husband's. Our experiences, and those of the people who find us here.
What could have happened that would inspire this kind of devotion in two people who have been involved in the natural food/slow food movements for years? Changes -- undeniable, unbelievable changes. I lost over 15 pounds in 8 weeks, and I haven't been able to lose weight for years. I have a great deal of self control, but my metabolism had slowed down for several reasons, and my strategy for coping was poor -- I ate less and less and felt more and more weak. I couldn't stand eating and I couldn't move. Within a week of adding 2 Herbalife shakes a day to my diet (I wasn't replacing anything because I wasn't eating anything) I started to lose weight. It has been unbelievable. I have gone from the heaviest I've ever been to about half of the way to my goal weight, AND I'm still on the way down. That is INCREDIBLE, and I want to help people have the kind of success I've had. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in our country, and there's a way out! Come with us on our Herbalife Adventure!
I've talked a bit about my experiences. My husband Patrick has also had a deep and positive response to adding Herbalife shakes and vitamins to his daily regimen. For the entire 7 1/2 years we've been together, Patrick's health had been declining, and an unseen killer was teeming in his bloodstream. He had an advanced case of gum disease, and bacteria were on the verge of overwhelming his fragile body. He went to sleep at 7 pm and would arise at noon the next day, never feeling refreshed. As I was the sole support of the family at this point, he didn't want to tell me about the problem because his dentist quoted him a figure of $8000. A year later the figure had ballooned to $20,000, and this doctor wasn't about to treat people who needed to pay over time. Interestingly, he only ever spoke in terms of dollars -- he NEVER TOLD ME that Patrick could be in danger from this condition, and only by grace and the miraculous did I put information together in time to get Patrick on antibiotics before his heart was overwhelmed -- I know in my being that I could have lost him -- that I almost in fact did..
He recovered, but not completely. A year later he got a job as a food demonstrator (not very satisfying for an artist/geographer) and within a few weeks had a nagging cough. He was diagnosed with pneumonia and went on antibiotics. He seemed to get better but several weeks later we were up in the mountains and I realized that Patrick still had pneumonia, and we were nowhere near medical help. He survived, but again did not thrive. There had been such continual attacks on his system that, according to one doctor, his entire hormonal balance was thrown off. I could have told them that his testosterone count was low.
Despite an intensely passionate relationship, after only two years and seemingly overnight, our sexual connection virtually ended. He was barely over fifty, and had never ever had a sexual problem. In fact, the opposite had always been true -- he's said "if I could be stricken down, ANYBODY could". So for over five years we lived together pretty much platonically. We kissed a lot and stayed close, but nothing worked. There was barely a sign of life, no matter what we did. And I lost hope. And while I lost hope I gained weight, because -- what difference did it make?
Fortunately, our devotion to one another was great, and we had enough discipline to avoid ripping one another to shreds over -- everything. So why in the world bring the details of our personal suffering up in this sort of forum? The best sort of reason -- we found a family of food supplements that completely changed our lives -- from my hitherto IMPOSSIBLE weight loss to the beautiful healthy color of Patrick's skin. After only two months of using the Herbalife products on a daily basis, my sweetheart is back and our lovelife is back on track again -- after 5 and one half years, people!! I had completely given up hope.
If you'd like to research our products, go to "http://cellularhealthmart.com. For info on the online weight loss challenges, go to "http://weightlosschlg.com". If you are interested in working from home, online, either part or full time, go to "http://wrkathomeonline.com" -- because of our particular economy, the time is right for this sort of work. More on that later!
What? You did -- what?
I decided to ask my computer. I love my computer more than anything outside of the people/animal kingdom, but I'd always thought of it as a distraction. It never occurred to me to use this thing I love so much to make money. I'd come to a dangerous dead-end in my life. I'd raised my children so well that they actually felt independent enough to -- leave me. I didn't foresee the emotional devastation of the "empty nest syndrome".
My money, which I'd thought would last for the rest of my life, was about to run out. Our heater exploded for the last time that fall, and early in January 2009, on his birthday, my partner fell in a ditch, breaking a bone in his right hand and two ribs. We were cold, hungry, miserable, in pain and scared to death.
One night I was at the computer, thinking about my particular gifts and opening myself up to the possibility of finding something I would want to do with passion. That was the night I found Herbalife and Global Home Business Systems (GHBS).
I knew nothing about Herbalife when I first came across the website. But the moment I made the connection, that I saw the word "Herbalife" something in me shouted "THIS IS IT!!" and I literally began jumping for joy on the spot. I do not exaggerate -- I felt like I had found something amazing! That was around March, and the things I have experienced and seen have been astonishing. Yes, you heard me -- I said ASTONISHING.
Yes, it is true, and I freely admit it. Ladies and Gentlemen: I am an intelligent woman of sound mind ready to tell you I have never believed in the conception of cellular regeneration until I'd had three months on the Herbalife products. But I absolutely do now. Why? Because they work, they really actually work. and they work in ways more wonderful than I had ever imagined possible. This is my own personal story, and my husband's. Our experiences, and those of the people who find us here.
What could have happened that would inspire this kind of devotion in two people who have been involved in the natural food/slow food movements for years? Changes -- undeniable, unbelievable changes. I lost over 15 pounds in 8 weeks, and I haven't been able to lose weight for years. I have a great deal of self control, but my metabolism had slowed down for several reasons, and my strategy for coping was poor -- I ate less and less and felt more and more weak. I couldn't stand eating and I couldn't move. Within a week of adding 2 Herbalife shakes a day to my diet (I wasn't replacing anything because I wasn't eating anything) I started to lose weight. It has been unbelievable. I have gone from the heaviest I've ever been to about half of the way to my goal weight, AND I'm still on the way down. That is INCREDIBLE, and I want to help people have the kind of success I've had. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in our country, and there's a way out! Come with us on our Herbalife Adventure!
I've talked a bit about my experiences. My husband Patrick has also had a deep and positive response to adding Herbalife shakes and vitamins to his daily regimen. For the entire 7 1/2 years we've been together, Patrick's health had been declining, and an unseen killer was teeming in his bloodstream. He had an advanced case of gum disease, and bacteria were on the verge of overwhelming his fragile body. He went to sleep at 7 pm and would arise at noon the next day, never feeling refreshed. As I was the sole support of the family at this point, he didn't want to tell me about the problem because his dentist quoted him a figure of $8000. A year later the figure had ballooned to $20,000, and this doctor wasn't about to treat people who needed to pay over time. Interestingly, he only ever spoke in terms of dollars -- he NEVER TOLD ME that Patrick could be in danger from this condition, and only by grace and the miraculous did I put information together in time to get Patrick on antibiotics before his heart was overwhelmed -- I know in my being that I could have lost him -- that I almost in fact did..
He recovered, but not completely. A year later he got a job as a food demonstrator (not very satisfying for an artist/geographer) and within a few weeks had a nagging cough. He was diagnosed with pneumonia and went on antibiotics. He seemed to get better but several weeks later we were up in the mountains and I realized that Patrick still had pneumonia, and we were nowhere near medical help. He survived, but again did not thrive. There had been such continual attacks on his system that, according to one doctor, his entire hormonal balance was thrown off. I could have told them that his testosterone count was low.
Despite an intensely passionate relationship, after only two years and seemingly overnight, our sexual connection virtually ended. He was barely over fifty, and had never ever had a sexual problem. In fact, the opposite had always been true -- he's said "if I could be stricken down, ANYBODY could". So for over five years we lived together pretty much platonically. We kissed a lot and stayed close, but nothing worked. There was barely a sign of life, no matter what we did. And I lost hope. And while I lost hope I gained weight, because -- what difference did it make?
Fortunately, our devotion to one another was great, and we had enough discipline to avoid ripping one another to shreds over -- everything. So why in the world bring the details of our personal suffering up in this sort of forum? The best sort of reason -- we found a family of food supplements that completely changed our lives -- from my hitherto IMPOSSIBLE weight loss to the beautiful healthy color of Patrick's skin. After only two months of using the Herbalife products on a daily basis, my sweetheart is back and our lovelife is back on track again -- after 5 and one half years, people!! I had completely given up hope.
If you'd like to research our products, go to "http://cellularhealthmart.com. For info on the online weight loss challenges, go to "http://weightlosschlg.com". If you are interested in working from home, online, either part or full time, go to "http://wrkathomeonline.com" -- because of our particular economy, the time is right for this sort of work. More on that later!
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