Well hello everyone -- I have been AWOL from this blog for quite some time. We could not get the Weight Loss Challenge going before the holidays, but we are about to start again. I've been spending these lovely rainy days wondering how best to communicate with people about joining up in one of our Challenges, especially when the rain is coming down so hard that it's absurd to think of posting anything! When my girls came home for the holidays we threw our hands up in the air and decided to start up again in the New Year.
A sunny day will come and we shall poster again, and meanwhile I know there are many, many people out there facing the "battle of the bulge" post-holidays! We'd like to help, and will be letting you know when we intend to begin the first Weight Loss Challenge in Marin in 2010. Come one, come many!
I hope you all had a great time over the holidays! If you've any questions about what it is that makes Herbalife so special, feel free! I'm going to be talking about that in any case very soon. I'll leave you with these special words:
1. "targeted cellular nutrition"
2. Julie (that would be me) lost 30 pounds in 6 months to her utter shock!
3. Julie now has at least 60% less gray hair than she did before last April.
4. Patrick has recovered from two life-threatening illnesses and he's got his health back!
5. People who haven't seen us for some months are truly surprised at how
good we look! That's a great experience at any age, but especially now!
Naturally, it follows as night follows day that we have developed a great and undying loyalty to the products that have saved our lives as well as our love-life. I literally cannot imagine not being able to use these super-foods.
Well all right! I'll be back soon. I plan on including a lot more research in the months to come. We need to discuss what part protein plays in weight loss. We need to examine what molecular nutrition means. There's a lot to discuss. I look forward to 2010 -- I've found health, and it's a great place to live. I'd like to bring as many of you as I can to that neighborhood. Talk to you soon!
Cheers, dears!
Julie
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Registration Open for Weight Loss Challenges!
Well, I am thrilled to say that we've booked space for our first official Herbalife Weight Loss Challenges -- and we've registered, as of this morning, our first (very excited) participant. We've got about 10 days before "showtime" and I must admit to a teeny case of nerves (to put it mildly!). We're doing our flyers in the next few days, getting in supplies, studying our materials and generally getting ready to put our best selves into this.
It's taken a while to build to this point. Honestly, with the bad rap Direct Marketing has gotten over the years, we wanted to be utterly certain that these products were all that was advertised. If one wants to be certain, the only way you really can be is to use the products yourself -- and judge for yourself.
Some of you will have seen posts about our results before -- but I will re-cap briefly. Patrick and I have been drinking Herbalife Formula One shakes since April -- other than that we have been carrying on as usual. Nothing else has been different -- although I have been exercising less frequently than desirable, particularly for a person who wanted to lose weight.
My issues were the 35 extra pounds I'd packed on after spinal surgeries and quitting smoking. Yeow!! Also my continual lack of energy and sense of wellness -- I've never been healthy -- because of thyroid issues I lost my energy when I was about 17. After six months of this incredible product I am a good 30-35 pounds lighter and I feel better than I've felt since I was -- 17. I am several decades past that point, but barely feel like it! And in six months I have lost about 60% of the gray in my hair -- and my hairdresser Rita will attest to that. When she saw what had happened to me she wanted the products for herself -- NOW!
And all I did was to add a yummy, delicious shake to my diet every day. That is literally the only change I made ... besides the protein bars I am addicted to, that is!
Patrick's issues were quite different. He too added a shake to his daily diet -- but NOT for purposes of weight loss. He doesn't need that at all. What he did need was a way back from two near-death experiences in the last few years. He almost died twice -- of an overwhelming array of infections in his bloodstream due to gum disease, and a year later of pneumonia that did not respond to the first antibiotic. His health was shot. Six months later he is totally rejuvenated -- and our sex life, which was dead in the water for 5 years, miraculously returned after two months on this product!
Has any of this gotten your attention? It certainly has ours -- experiences of radical rejuvenation as we both have experienced are not common in our over-fed and under-nourished society. However, they are normal as can be over in Herbalife-Land.
I suppose if a company puts thirty years of research into the science of nutrition -- how to make the body, down to the very most basic cellular building blocks, receive optimal nutrition in the best way possible, eventually people will take notice. Targeted cellular nutrition -- works. In fact from the perspective of an always-ill woman who feels better than she has felt since her teens -- this has been nothing short of miraculous. And for Patrick, who has regained both health and virility -- again, miraculous. We are infinitely grateful, and want to spread the word.
For further info on the science of Herbalife, do visit www.herbalife.com.
For residents of Marin County CA that would like more information on our Weight Loss Challenges -- email us at julieandpatrick@live.com. We'll be happy to answer any questions!
Patrick just ran up the stairs, saying "baby, how's this one: 'HERBALIFE: FOOD FOR THOUGHT, FUEL FOR ACTION!'" I like it!
It's taken a while to build to this point. Honestly, with the bad rap Direct Marketing has gotten over the years, we wanted to be utterly certain that these products were all that was advertised. If one wants to be certain, the only way you really can be is to use the products yourself -- and judge for yourself.
Some of you will have seen posts about our results before -- but I will re-cap briefly. Patrick and I have been drinking Herbalife Formula One shakes since April -- other than that we have been carrying on as usual. Nothing else has been different -- although I have been exercising less frequently than desirable, particularly for a person who wanted to lose weight.
My issues were the 35 extra pounds I'd packed on after spinal surgeries and quitting smoking. Yeow!! Also my continual lack of energy and sense of wellness -- I've never been healthy -- because of thyroid issues I lost my energy when I was about 17. After six months of this incredible product I am a good 30-35 pounds lighter and I feel better than I've felt since I was -- 17. I am several decades past that point, but barely feel like it! And in six months I have lost about 60% of the gray in my hair -- and my hairdresser Rita will attest to that. When she saw what had happened to me she wanted the products for herself -- NOW!
And all I did was to add a yummy, delicious shake to my diet every day. That is literally the only change I made ... besides the protein bars I am addicted to, that is!
Patrick's issues were quite different. He too added a shake to his daily diet -- but NOT for purposes of weight loss. He doesn't need that at all. What he did need was a way back from two near-death experiences in the last few years. He almost died twice -- of an overwhelming array of infections in his bloodstream due to gum disease, and a year later of pneumonia that did not respond to the first antibiotic. His health was shot. Six months later he is totally rejuvenated -- and our sex life, which was dead in the water for 5 years, miraculously returned after two months on this product!
Has any of this gotten your attention? It certainly has ours -- experiences of radical rejuvenation as we both have experienced are not common in our over-fed and under-nourished society. However, they are normal as can be over in Herbalife-Land.
I suppose if a company puts thirty years of research into the science of nutrition -- how to make the body, down to the very most basic cellular building blocks, receive optimal nutrition in the best way possible, eventually people will take notice. Targeted cellular nutrition -- works. In fact from the perspective of an always-ill woman who feels better than she has felt since her teens -- this has been nothing short of miraculous. And for Patrick, who has regained both health and virility -- again, miraculous. We are infinitely grateful, and want to spread the word.
For further info on the science of Herbalife, do visit www.herbalife.com.
For residents of Marin County CA that would like more information on our Weight Loss Challenges -- email us at julieandpatrick@live.com. We'll be happy to answer any questions!
Patrick just ran up the stairs, saying "baby, how's this one: 'HERBALIFE: FOOD FOR THOUGHT, FUEL FOR ACTION!'" I like it!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Goal Weight Achieved! Have I Mentioned This?
Ho ho ho ha ha ha hee hee hee -- this is the cackling of a demented woman who had given up on achieving anything like -- oh, fitting into 7/8 of my clothes again, that sort of thing. The delighted sounds coming from a closet near you are the sounds of me slithering back into my jeans again. It has been a while. Ah, my clothes -- I missed you so!
I did it! Or -- it did me! It doesn't seem fair to say I did anything, because all I did was add Herbalife Formula One Shakes to my diet. As mentioned before in this space, I was at the time too depressed to exercise, and I watched in astonishment while the pounds melted away despite myself. While it's true that I don't eat a lot, I never really have. My body was holding onto weight while I tried to starve it into submission. That behavior no longer was successful after menopause. Only Herbalife had what it took to change my physical patterns; to smash into smithereens a lifelong imaginary rulebook of "do's and don'ts" that I'd evolved into some sort of dietary strategy which had failed me utterly.
Something else thrilling has been happening lately -- 14 visitors from the Ukraine to this website in the last week! What a wonderful world this can be! This thrills me almost as much as the 25 -30 lost pounds, because this big old world will be a lot happier when we all hold hands together across it.
The only reason that I do not say that the interest of international visitors thrills me more than my own weight loss is that few women in the world would believe me. I'd rather we kept things on an honest basis between us right from the start!
But WELCOME, to all of you -- from the Ukraine, the UK, India, China, Iran, Moldova, the Russian Federation, Brazil and Vietnam. I don't think many things could make me much happier than the way people have found this little site. The fact that we have such extraordinary types of technology to help us find one another across the world of words is nothing short of magical and miraculous, in my opinion.
I would also think that the appearance of visitors from around the world is another indicator that people are literally searching EVERYWHERE they can think of for answers to their questions regarding fitness, appropriate eating patterns and WEIGHT LOSS, which is a gigantic industry both on and off the Internet. Obesity and the problems that accompany it -- diabetes, heart disease, sexual dysfunction, high cholesterol -- and on and on -- are growing as rapidly as -- we are. We all know this has got to stop, but usually we prefer to wait until after dessert.
Next week's dessert.
Sound familiar? Well, it certainly does to me, as I have struggled with my body and its size and my image of its size throughout my life. If you've got something to say about your own life in the body, please know your comments will be welcome.
I've decided to moderate the posts so that people can feel safe to say whatever they might need to say without the fear of someone being inappropriate or rude or insensitive. It's something that is generally advised in order to prevent spam-bots from attacking sites -- the monitoring of posting, I mean! So if you feel you've anything you might want to chat about, start up a conversation! Surprisingly, people around the world ARE listening!
I did it! Or -- it did me! It doesn't seem fair to say I did anything, because all I did was add Herbalife Formula One Shakes to my diet. As mentioned before in this space, I was at the time too depressed to exercise, and I watched in astonishment while the pounds melted away despite myself. While it's true that I don't eat a lot, I never really have. My body was holding onto weight while I tried to starve it into submission. That behavior no longer was successful after menopause. Only Herbalife had what it took to change my physical patterns; to smash into smithereens a lifelong imaginary rulebook of "do's and don'ts" that I'd evolved into some sort of dietary strategy which had failed me utterly.
Something else thrilling has been happening lately -- 14 visitors from the Ukraine to this website in the last week! What a wonderful world this can be! This thrills me almost as much as the 25 -30 lost pounds, because this big old world will be a lot happier when we all hold hands together across it.
The only reason that I do not say that the interest of international visitors thrills me more than my own weight loss is that few women in the world would believe me. I'd rather we kept things on an honest basis between us right from the start!
But WELCOME, to all of you -- from the Ukraine, the UK, India, China, Iran, Moldova, the Russian Federation, Brazil and Vietnam. I don't think many things could make me much happier than the way people have found this little site. The fact that we have such extraordinary types of technology to help us find one another across the world of words is nothing short of magical and miraculous, in my opinion.
I would also think that the appearance of visitors from around the world is another indicator that people are literally searching EVERYWHERE they can think of for answers to their questions regarding fitness, appropriate eating patterns and WEIGHT LOSS, which is a gigantic industry both on and off the Internet. Obesity and the problems that accompany it -- diabetes, heart disease, sexual dysfunction, high cholesterol -- and on and on -- are growing as rapidly as -- we are. We all know this has got to stop, but usually we prefer to wait until after dessert.
Next week's dessert.
Sound familiar? Well, it certainly does to me, as I have struggled with my body and its size and my image of its size throughout my life. If you've got something to say about your own life in the body, please know your comments will be welcome.
I've decided to moderate the posts so that people can feel safe to say whatever they might need to say without the fear of someone being inappropriate or rude or insensitive. It's something that is generally advised in order to prevent spam-bots from attacking sites -- the monitoring of posting, I mean! So if you feel you've anything you might want to chat about, start up a conversation! Surprisingly, people around the world ARE listening!
Monday, September 21, 2009
Tying Up A Few Loose Ends
Hello out there!
Well, hmm. Before I go any further, I should catch you up on what happened with our adventure -- and it really was one -- with the Burning Man tribe. I have always known that good ideas are best launched when you have enough time to put them into play -- and so it was with us.
We made some -- mistakes. Only one, but it caused us some problems. My dear friend Troy posted something that looked suspiciously like an ad in his Lake Tahoe Hoopsters/Burners theme camp email list (tell you truly I have NO idea what happened, but they did not like it!) Suddenly we were "spammers" which is just NOT what you want to have a reputation for at a place like Burning Man -- it's just anathema to the basic principles of the Event, and nothing we would have EVER wanted. Accidents will happen -- and our ability to get a local permit was quashed.
In order to get some help with the local permit process, Patrick wrote his old friend "Danger Ranger", one of the two founding fathers of Burning Man, whom he's known for a few decades. Danger wrote him a scathing letter accusing him of being a heathen spammer. Patrick was crushed. After a few days I wrote Patrick's friend myself, explaining the situation properly and all was well. We'll be well prepared for next year -- our two boys got free tickets to the Burn this year and had a wonderful time, and all worked out harmoniously. We'll most likely be in Gerlach next year with a big truck and our survival paks, permit included.
Our momentum, though, was seriously messed up. We're just now getting it back.
I had great fun launching the B-Man Nutrition Pak website. We're going to have to come up with a better name for this new concept of ours: Herbalife energy foods for hikers, campers, athletes, festival goers, etc. -- the concept of "branding" is EVERYWHERE these days, and it is important.
We are very much open to suggestions relative to naming our nutrition survival paks, and in fact have decided to have a product-naming contest! OR -- if you think "Nutrition Survival Paks" is okay -- Patrick and I would like to hear about it. Details will come later!
Now you may wonder how we know anybody's reading this blog at all! Well, I have this wonderful little gadget called "Statcounter" at www.statcounter.com which allows me to see how many people see my site each day, how long they spend here, and where they're from -- I love that! I was so incredibly excited last week as 7 people from Ukraine visited this place! That thrills me -- the fact that people from as far away as India, China, Iran, Brazil, Moldova, the UK -- etc. come here makes me happy, and I would welcome dialogue with anyone who comes from a sincere and gentle space -- very much so!
This post is admittedly a little "rambly" as there were a few loose ends I wanted to tie up for anyone who might be paying attention. Now we are turning our attention to Local Weight Loss Challenges in our Marin Neighborhood -- after what has happened with my body and health -- and Patrick's in a different way -- I want so much to help people attain a greater state of wellness.
I've been sickly all my life and I've never felt better. I KNOW greater physical well-being is possible with PATIENCE AND THE RIGHT ATTITUDE AND HERBALIFE PRODUCTS!! I have been both frustrated and amused by the number of my friends that have tried the products for a few weeks or a month -- "it's not working!" "It's taking too long!" "I like food too much!" -- it's a little hard to be detached and patient when you know what can be achieved with -- like I said earlier, patience, the right attitude (which is "I WILL SUCCEED at improving my health and losing weight!") and these magical Herbalife products.
Thirty years in the most sophisticated laboratories to produce the most absorbable, complete nutrition imaginable. Targeted -- vitamins, minerals, herbs and proteins all easily taken into the body in exactly the places necessary. Sounds good to me.
For those of you who are interested -- I won't push you, but I'd love to discuss diet and health with you. Herbalife literally saved my Patrick's life, and I am proud to distribute it.
Well, hmm. Before I go any further, I should catch you up on what happened with our adventure -- and it really was one -- with the Burning Man tribe. I have always known that good ideas are best launched when you have enough time to put them into play -- and so it was with us.
We made some -- mistakes. Only one, but it caused us some problems. My dear friend Troy posted something that looked suspiciously like an ad in his Lake Tahoe Hoopsters/Burners theme camp email list (tell you truly I have NO idea what happened, but they did not like it!) Suddenly we were "spammers" which is just NOT what you want to have a reputation for at a place like Burning Man -- it's just anathema to the basic principles of the Event, and nothing we would have EVER wanted. Accidents will happen -- and our ability to get a local permit was quashed.
In order to get some help with the local permit process, Patrick wrote his old friend "Danger Ranger", one of the two founding fathers of Burning Man, whom he's known for a few decades. Danger wrote him a scathing letter accusing him of being a heathen spammer. Patrick was crushed. After a few days I wrote Patrick's friend myself, explaining the situation properly and all was well. We'll be well prepared for next year -- our two boys got free tickets to the Burn this year and had a wonderful time, and all worked out harmoniously. We'll most likely be in Gerlach next year with a big truck and our survival paks, permit included.
Our momentum, though, was seriously messed up. We're just now getting it back.
I had great fun launching the B-Man Nutrition Pak website. We're going to have to come up with a better name for this new concept of ours: Herbalife energy foods for hikers, campers, athletes, festival goers, etc. -- the concept of "branding" is EVERYWHERE these days, and it is important.
We are very much open to suggestions relative to naming our nutrition survival paks, and in fact have decided to have a product-naming contest! OR -- if you think "Nutrition Survival Paks" is okay -- Patrick and I would like to hear about it. Details will come later!
Now you may wonder how we know anybody's reading this blog at all! Well, I have this wonderful little gadget called "Statcounter" at www.statcounter.com which allows me to see how many people see my site each day, how long they spend here, and where they're from -- I love that! I was so incredibly excited last week as 7 people from Ukraine visited this place! That thrills me -- the fact that people from as far away as India, China, Iran, Brazil, Moldova, the UK -- etc. come here makes me happy, and I would welcome dialogue with anyone who comes from a sincere and gentle space -- very much so!
This post is admittedly a little "rambly" as there were a few loose ends I wanted to tie up for anyone who might be paying attention. Now we are turning our attention to Local Weight Loss Challenges in our Marin Neighborhood -- after what has happened with my body and health -- and Patrick's in a different way -- I want so much to help people attain a greater state of wellness.
I've been sickly all my life and I've never felt better. I KNOW greater physical well-being is possible with PATIENCE AND THE RIGHT ATTITUDE AND HERBALIFE PRODUCTS!! I have been both frustrated and amused by the number of my friends that have tried the products for a few weeks or a month -- "it's not working!" "It's taking too long!" "I like food too much!" -- it's a little hard to be detached and patient when you know what can be achieved with -- like I said earlier, patience, the right attitude (which is "I WILL SUCCEED at improving my health and losing weight!") and these magical Herbalife products.
Thirty years in the most sophisticated laboratories to produce the most absorbable, complete nutrition imaginable. Targeted -- vitamins, minerals, herbs and proteins all easily taken into the body in exactly the places necessary. Sounds good to me.
For those of you who are interested -- I won't push you, but I'd love to discuss diet and health with you. Herbalife literally saved my Patrick's life, and I am proud to distribute it.
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!
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