Allergies

Along with a season full of fun in the sun and wanting to look good in a bikini Allergies and Sun burns are a big part of the spring and summer fun! I have found that when I use my herbalife products I have less issues with the allergies! And with the Aloe gel the sunburns are bearable. I use the cor products Formula 1, 2, and 3 as well as N.R.G. Tablets, Schizandra, and Niteworks to tame my allergies! Those of us who are cursed with allergies have to deal with an ongoing struggle to deal with the agonizing torture we go through every year. For the last 3 years, my allergies seemed to get worse as I started to get severe sinus pain on my left side of my face in addition to all the other symptoms I had. After taking the products faithfully I realized that something was different this year. I noticed that this spring I did not have as many bloody noses and or as much sinus pressure as I had in the past. I know it is the Products because I have not taken any allergy meds and there is more pollen in MO than Las Vegas. Then I ran out of one of the supplements and started to get those symptoms back and then it was obvious which one was helping! It was the Niteworks which is a powder drink mix that and it had the right stuff to help clear up my allergies. Now, not everyone’s allergies are the same. What worked for me, may not be what will work for you. Just supports more reasons why I will be with Herbalife the rest of my life! Here is what a few others have said: Sami Botelho- Seattle, WA, USA samib2001@hotmail.com In 1997 I had a knee injury at work that put me on crutches for 7 months. With the inactivity, I gained 40-50 lbs. I already had many years of chronic sinus problems: monthly bouts of sinusitis, frequent infections, sinus headaches and constant congestion or runny nose, PLUS I had numerous allergies that seemed to bother me constantly. Suddenly I started having difficulty breathing...just getting a full breath became problematic for me. Doctor's diagnosis - adult onset Asthma, due primarily to a large and rapid weight gain from an incapacitating knee injury. Over the next few months, I was given a series of steroid medications and inhalers to try to find the best relief: asthmacort, albuterol, beconase, ventolin - all of which gave me some relief, but had horrid side-effects. I reached the point where I was using an inhaler 3-4 times a day just to be able to breathe for a few hours. When I started Herbalife's Ultimate program for weight loss, added Herbal Aloe Drink for digestive health, and Schizandra Plus for overall health, I noticed after a few days that I didn't have to take the inhaler as much and I could breathe easier for longer periods of time. Within a month I was completely off the inhaler and other sinus and allergy medications I'd been on forever. Now, almost four years later, I've only had 3 asthma attacks (triggered by others' smoking) - instead of 3 daily! - and continue to be medication free! (And, I moved to Seattle in Nov 2001 where everyone complains of sinus and allergy problems, and I DON'T!!!) Thank you Herbalife! Susan Minnis After just three months of being on the ultimate green program and taking Schizandra Plus, allergy season hit and, although, I was not being bothered as much as usual, I still had some symptoms. I then added the Rose Ox twice a day and began a Vitamin C regimen. I am glad to say the symptoms are under control in just one month! The 32 lbs. I lost and the energy I now have are nothing to be forgotten either. Herbalife is great! Jennifer Thilman ahealthylife4u@yahoo.com Five years ago I was diagnosed with an allergy to mould. I had 5 sinus infections that summer (working in office buildings has LOTS of down sides!). I resolved myself to having to take Claritin D every day from March through November until I found Herbalife. I now take a Schizandra in the morning and one at night. I also take RoseOx with my dinner meal. I no longer have any allergy problems or sinus discomfort and I save money because with no prescription coverage the Claritin would cost almost a $100 a month. These are just a few if you would like to see more let me know and I will add them to another post!

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Healthy Pregnancy

Today I have decided not to go over my weight loss because I do not want to be boring and say the same thing over and over... Today I think, because I know so many women that are pregnant right now, I will share with you what Herbalife has done for people to ensure that they have healthy pregnancies! These testimonials are amazing! I found Herbalife when my daughter was 2 years old she will be 3 in August. Since I have started the Herbalife program I lost 51 lbs and my daughter uses the Kindermins and the children's shakes and she has never been healthier! Debra Bendt - Port Washington, Wisconsin, USA When my husband & I first found out we were pregnant, we were ecstatic. It had been 6 years since our first child. But I was also a little skeptical because I was so sick with the first pregnancy (for the first 3 months - not on Herbalife yet). Well guess what? I was sicker with our second one and bedridden for the first 3½ months. I was throwing up at least every 45minutes. No exaggeration! I could not keep any food or water down. I had more trips to the doctor because of that than I have ever had before. I continued taking my products but adding Aloe Drink diluted with water. This helped with balancing the acids that were produced in my stomach. These products were incredible, because this is the only thing that would stay down. I lost 9 pounds anyway. Not by choice - the doctor said it would have been much more if it wasn't for Herbalife products because I could not get enough calories in. But my doctor was so excited that the products would stay down. I went on to gain 32 pounds in the next 6 months and gave birth 2 weeks early to a 8lb 7oz and 22” baby girl. The doctors said they had never seen a stronger baby at birth like my little girl. I know that was Herbalife products! Her favorite flavor is ½ chocolate and ½ vanilla, that is what I drank for those 3 months! The best part is I lost all my pregnancy weight with in 2 weeks after the birth. 32 pounds!! Yes, I was also nursing. I was not trying to lose weight. Nor was I on any accelerators such Thermo Complete or yellows. The products I used while I was pregnant and nursing was Formula 1,Formula 2, Formula 3, Rose Ox, Aloe drink, Xtra-Cal and (**Herbal Complex only) in the third trimester. I did not take my prenatal vitamins - they wouldn't stay down but our Formula 2 did! Autumn McNew - Chambersburg, PA, USA mcnew@comcast.net Just wanted to share my story with everyone. I began taking Herbalife when I was 5 months pregnant. Before Herbalife I was tired, had no energy and was very sick due to the pregnancy. I had miscarried right before becoming pregnant again, and was headed in the same direction, we feared, until Herbalife. Immediately the first day taking basic nutrition I was feeling GREAT! I was able to eat regular food again, and after 5 months of tea and crackers that's a huge deal. But most of all I knew that I was getting, and still am, the right nutrition for me and my son, not to mention a ton of energy. The rest of the 4 months went wonderful, only gaining about 25 lbs, and losing 41 lbs. so far in 4 months on Basic Nutrition, which I took while nursing. I just began the Ultimate after finishing nursing, and have already lost8 lbs and 6 inches. We love these products. We love HERBALIFE!! Autumn McNew, Mike McNew, Darien McNew, HERBALIFERS!! Pregnancy Nutrition Mandy Eads - Tampa, Florida, USA mandy@tampabay.rr.com Mandy used every possible product during her pregnancy and had a far easier time with Brandon then she had 4 years earlier with Jordan. For example, without HL she gained 55 lbs. and Jordan only weighed 6 1/2lbs. With the HL products she only gained 30 lbs. and Brandon weighed 8 ½ lbs. and scored a 9.9 Aptgar test!! Daily Usage · Formula 1 – 2 x day (2-4 shakes per day) · Formula 2 – 1- 3 x a day · Formula 3 – 3-3 x a day · Aloe Juice as needed 8 – 20 ounces per day · (**Rose Ox) Plus – 2 – 3 x a day · Refresh Thermo Complete - 2 Green with 1 Beige – 2 x per week or less (not really needed) · Herbalifeline- 2 – 3 x a day · (**Herbal Complex)- 2 –3 x a day · Yellow - 2 at bedtime · Rose Ox – 1 – 3 x a day · Florafiber- 1 – 3 x a day · * – 1 per day · *- 1 per day · Ultimate Ginkgo – 1 per day · Mega Garlic Plus – 1 per day · Vitamin C – 1 per day · Ocular Defense – 1 per day · Echinacea – 1 – 2 a couple times per week · * – 2 – 3 x a day · Calcium – 2 - 3 x a day · A.M. – 2 in the morning – 1 at lunch – 1 at dinner · NRG tablets – 1-2 per day · NRG tea – approx. 1 teaspoon per day · Herbal Concentrate- approx. 2-3 teaspoon’s per day · Zinc & Echinacea Lozenges & Throat Spray as needed.- (very little) · Protein Powder- 2 tablespoon’s per day Fraser's Herbalife journey started in the womb. His mother, Cynthia, took the Formula 1,2,and 3, Tang Kuie, Florafibre, Herbal aloe, Schizandra, and NRG, throughout her entire pregnancy. After Fraser was born she lost the 24 lbs., that she gained, in 3 weeks. She then added the Thermo Bond and went down another 11 lbs. to my grade 9 weight of 113lbs and maintained it for 2 and 1/2 years till she got pregnant again. Fraser was born a healthy 6.13lb. was breast fed for 2 years and when he was 4 months old started on Kindervites, then at 7 months he started on 1 tsp. Formula 1 and by the time he was 10 months had graduated to 1 Tbsp. per day and all along has consumed Herbal -aloe. Fraser is now 2yrs. 7 months and consumes anywhere from 4 to 8 Tbsp. of Formula 1 everyday. Fraser has never been to the Dr. for any kind of childhood illness. He got his first cold last week which is really remarkable in this day and age with the many viruses that plaque our society. Fraser is a complete vegetarian, has never consumed any dairy products, eggs, meat of any form or any type of store bought formula, he gets all his nutrition through his Herbalife vegetarian diet. Here are a few of Fraser's favourite recipes for formula 1: *shakes with soy milk and juice and any fruit *any flavour powder on toast with margarine *shakes made into popsicles *any flavour powder added to his favourite breakfast cereals *straight off the spoon, so keep it out of reach!!! July 12, 1995, Pregnant again and taking everything except Thermo products and have substituted Act. Fibre, did take thermo yellow for the first couple of months but I do not have a need for weight loss. Jan. 14, 1995 Delivered Noelle on Sept.17, 1995, she weighed 9lbs. 1 oz. I had a total weight gain of 29 lbs and lost it all in 5 weeks taking CNP, all the targeted products plus Thermo Beverage 2x daily, green and beige 1x daily and Thermo yellow 2 daily. I am still nursing Noelle and she gained 4 lbs the first 6 weeks of life! Pregnancy Testimonial Jennifer Robinson I first started taking Herbalife’s products when I was in my last trimester of pregnancy, so I was basically tired, achy, and cranky all the time. I also had backaches, allergies, and indigestion, but because I was pregnant, I didn't want to take any medicine. Within a few days of being on Herbalife’s Nutritional Program, not only was I feeling great, but I felt incredibly rested. I started waking up every day before the alarm – I had never even done that before I was pregnant! I also had no more backaches, no more allergies, no more indigestion, my skin even improved, and I had tons of energy! The best part is that I lost 50 pounds in 3 months after having my baby! I love these products! I basically took every product I could (which is all of them except Green, Beige, Yellow, or Gold - just because when you're pregnant you're trying to gain weight, not lose weight). Here was my daily regimen: Pregnancy Weight Gain Program: · Formula 1 – 1 to 3 times a day, as snacks · Formula 2 - 1 tablet, 3 times a day w/ meals · Formula 3 - 3 tablets, 3 times a day - you need all the absorption you can get! · * - 1 tablet, 3 times a day - need protein absorption when pregnant! · (**Herbal Complex) - 1 to 2 tablets, 3 times a day - a life saver that last month of pregnancy when the water weight tries to bloat you down! · LipoBond - 1 to 2 tablets, 3 times a day - no more pregnancy constipation!!! · Herbalifeline - 3 tablets, 3 times a day - Omega3 fatty acids make that little baby’s brain grow smart!!! · Joint Support - 1 to 2 tablets, 3 times a day -no more back, hip, knee, or ankle aches from carrying all that belly weight! · Herbal Aloe Juice - AT LEAST 4oz, 2 to 3 times a day - no more pregnancy indigestion, constipation, or nausea! · RoseOx - 1 tablet, 2 times a day · (**Rose Ox) - 1 tablet, 3 times a day - I had real bad allergies and took the (**Rose Ox) and RoseOx so that I wouldn't have to take any medicine - it worked! That was my daily routine. And let me tell you, the difference between my pregnancy before being on Herbalife and then my pregnancy after being on Herbalife does not even compare! I will be on these products the rest of my life... ESPECIALLY my other future pregnancies. The #1 most important time you need THE BESTNUTRITION is when you are pregnant or nursing - and HERBALIFE has the BESTNUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS on the market! And I can give you the names of lots of other mothers out there who agree with me!

Social Media Monday Hop 05/21/2012

Social Media Monday Hop 05/21/2012

Day 2 of next step in my journey

Well today is a great day!  Not only am I down to 193.6 lbs  but I have been able to explain which products might help with menopause to a friend. I was also able to give the guys that were cutting down an uprooted tree some samples. What a great day!

I feel good and for those of you wondering here is what I told my friend:

Another question to answer is about menopause (Herbalife Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease However when the body is getting complete nutrition at the cellular level amazing results can occur!!)
Formulas 1 Shake,2 multivitamin,and Cell Activator are the base core products, so they are used for each and every situation. Then for menopause add the Women's Choice, Niteworks, Xtra Cal and/or Tang Kuei. you can take a look at my site for prices and packages.

Leave me a message or comment with a question about anything and I will be happy to answer it!

Day 1 new weight loss journey

Well Last night I did not make it back on to give an update but that is ok. Yesterday went well. Not as healthy as I had planned but still good! Of course I did my shake in the morning and some string cheese as a snack. Lunch was supposed to be grilled mushroom burgers but hubby changed his mind so it turned into hot dogs. That is ok though. For my evening snack I had another shake and Dinner was better. Dinner was a chicken breast cooked in the super wave oven and some garlic sauteed carrots, yellow squash, zucchini, and red bell peppers and mashed garlic potatoes and gravy.

Today started with a berry and pear shake. Doing lots of water today. Snack is cottage cheese. I have not decided on lunch yet but we will see.

Stress today is through the roof. Orders have slowed down this month and husband is not working so bills are piling up and I am going nuts. I have faith though and we will just have to see what the day has in store for us.

New to This!!

Well I broke down and did it! I do not know much about blogging but I thought it would be good to not only share my weight loss journey from this point on with all of you! I think I will first share how I got to this point and from there I will go through my daily trials, tribulations, and triumphs! I am thinking of throwing in recipes that I will be trying or even my favorite recipes and also sharing with you what some of my clients have experienced as well as some other coaches.

Today I will start with how I got to where I am today! I started out at about 245lbs not because I would over eat or eat a ton of junk but because I have PCOS. I even resorted to doing unhealthy things like eating once a day and doing every diet imaginable. If you name it I probably tried it except for Bulimia and Anorexia but very close.

In high school I was about 115-125lbs and then when I hit 17 my weight just steadily increased no matter how active I was. At the age of 23 I was officially diagnosed with PCOS. I would go to the doctor for the PCOS and they would tell me "The symptoms would not be as bad if you would lose some weight." I would tell them how I changed my diet and increased my exercise but they would tell me "maybe you need a personal trainer." When I would ask what I could do to lose weight with a disorder that causes uncontrollable weight gain they would just say that I was not doing enough and needed to exercise more. (By the way have you noticed that the doctors telling you to lose weight are in need of weight loss themselves?)

Well after trying every diet pill and program I could find I came across an ad on craigslist for a weight maintenance program. I though well if I can't lose maybe it will help me not gain. I went and met with my wellness coach and listened to a spill about how great all these other people with other health issues did and all I could think was "Yeah, That's great for them! BUT they do not have this horrible syndrome." I figured what do I have to lose. I signed up for the business end of it at the same time because I needed a discount on the products.

I lost a total of 51 lbs and over 48inches in 10 Months with 2 Herbalife formula 1 shakes (one as a meal the other as a snack), 1 protein snack, and 2 healthy meals along with a gallon of water a day and my vitamin and supplements 3 times a day. This is not the conventional way that the shakes are done but it is what works for me especially since I have a family that needs to eat all or most of their meals.

                                                    This is me before Herbalife @ 245lbs.

This is me at 194.2 with Herbalife

 I will be back later tonight to let you  know how the day went.