If you don't LOVE your job or are looking for something else, this is for you

I love this guy! This is an excellent video of a small part of one of our weekend trainings. If you don't LOVE your job, or if you just want to learn about another opportunity, it is worth a watch. He is funny and a great speaker.

If you like what you see, please join me here ~ Personal Training included!

"I loved hearing Pat. He is one of the funniest people I've ever seen. I'm glad I didn't have to follow him. He's extraordinary...he's amazing! He gave you the truth...and he did it brilliantly!

- Anthony Robbins

A Conversation with Roger Barnett, CEO Shaklee Corporation

How important is the leader of your company? I think it makes the company and I LOVE our leader and CEO, Roger Barnett!

Why soak almonds and walnuts?

Since losing my weight 3 years ago, I have been eating roasted almonds every day. Recently I keep hearing Dr. Oz talk about eating walnuts, and soaking them, but he never says why or for how long, so I started to search around to find out whether I should be soaking my almonds or not. What I learned was that raw almonds, soaked, will probably be better for me. I choose almonds over walnuts because they have a better balance of protein/carbs/fats that fit with my Shaklee 180 but walnuts are good for getting Omega 3's. I make sure I get those with Vitalizer and OmegaGuard.

Here is some of what I found on veghealthguide.com: 

To Soak or Not to Soak... 
Although eating nuts and seeds, even when roasted, can be very healthy, it may be beneficial to purchase your nuts and seeds raw and then soak them in clean water for a few hours before eating them. Soaking raw nuts and seeds stimulates the process of germination, which increases the vitamin C, B, and carotenes (pre-vitamin A) content. It may also neutralize phytic acid, a substance present in the bran of all grains and seeds that can inhibit some absorption of calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, and zinc. Raw nuts and seeds also contain enzyme inhibitors that are neutralized by germination.
If you choose to soak your nuts and seeds, please follow these general guidelines:

1. Getting ready: Use raw, preferably organic, nuts and seeds. Make enough for three days only. Use a glass or stainless steel bowl or jar (plastics may contain toxins). Rinse your nuts or seeds (purified or distilled water is generally preferred).
   
   
2. Soak them: Place your nuts and seeds in in the bowl or jar and then cover it with something breathable, like a towel or pantyhose. Let them soak according to the following schedule (all times approximate).
   
   
   • Almonds, germination time 8 – 12 hours at room temperature
   • Cashews, whole, germination time 2 – 2 1/2 hours at room temperature
   • Sesame seeds, germination time 8 hours at room temperature
   • Sunflower seeds, germination time 2 hours at room temperature
   • Walnuts, germination time 4 hours at room temperature
   • All other nuts, germination time 6-24 hours at room temperature
   Over the course of the soaking, drain and rinse the nuts or seeds two (2) or three (3). Each time you do this, make sure you rinse them until the water drains clear. This is especially important with nuts and seeds that soak for longer amounts of time.
   
3. Afterwards: After you've soaked them, you may want to do a final rinse with grapefruit seed extract or organic apple cider vinegar, as these can will clean them of bacteria without being absorbed. You now have germinated nuts and seeds! You're ready to eat them. You can store the leftovers in the refrigerator for up to three (3) days.

If the idea of soaking your nuts and seeds seems too time-consuming an endeavor for you, don't worry—many nutrients cannot be heated out of foods, like protein, vitamin E, and fiber, which are found in ample quantities inside nuts and seeds of all kinds, both cooked and uncooked.
Resources

• "Back to Basics: Nuts and Seeds" by BBC Food
• The New Four Food Group by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
• "Nuts and Seeds – Nature's Powerhouses" by Allison Anton
• World's Healthiest Foods List by the George Mateljan Foundation
• Vegan Food Pyramid by ChooseVeg.com

The Spread of Obesity in Social Networks

Be careful who you hang out with!!! Be my friend and I will help to influence you in a good way! :)

Shaklee Get Clean Review

I love Shaklee Get Clean. I have been using these products for 30 years. I raised my kids with them. I am so, so, so grateful that I learned about Shaklee when I was in my mid 20's. I have used the products ever since, for most of my life. I did not expose my children to toxic cleaning chemicals growing up, and for that I am very grateful. 53 years later, this is the kind of fabulous reviews the Shaklee Get Clean products are receiving!

3 Year Anniversary ~ Maintaining My Weight Loss

I was reminded tonight that this month is my anniversary of losing 25# and 27.5" and keeping it off for 3 years! :) Here's my story and how I did it.

IMO, Cinch is NOT a diet. It is a healthy way to lose fat and keep your muscle. You lose your unwanted weight in the process :) Which is what we all want, right? Who wants to be on a diet? No one. Who wants to lose all their fat and inches and look and feel great? Everyone! :)

12.5" of Snow in Dallas, TX 2/11/10

Who woulda' thunk it? We broke at least 4 records in Dallas, TX on Feb. 11, 2010 for our snow fall. Here are some of my many pictures. I hope you enjoy.

Whole Foods Market "Organic" food made in China !!!!

Who can we trust besides Shaklee anymore? Shaklee is better than organic!

Babies Recently Treated With Lotion, Shampoo, And Powder More Likely To Have Phthalates Chemicals In Urine

What products are you using on your babies? Would you rather be safe than sorry? I am so glad I started using Shaklee products before my babies were born and have now used them for 30 years! I am comforted in knowing that at least I had control over my baby's shampoos and baby washes as well as the products that I cleaned our home with, including their sheets and clothes!! Did you know when you use a safe laundry product you don't have to use something different for your babies and children? For baby powder, I used regular corn starch in a washcloth, put a rubber band around it to make a ball, and patted the baby's behind with that! It was harmless and worked like a charm! At least I don't have to worry about stuff like this now or later in their lives: Babies Recently Treated With Lotion, Shampoo, And Powder More Likely To Have Phthalates Chemicals In Urine.

If you want to check out the products you currently use for their safety, or find better products, I recommend the Cosmetic Safety Database. Here are the ShakleebabyTM products they rate on their site and here is a cool ShakleeBabyTM video for your information and entertainment. 

And, I know Mom and Dad also want to keep the chemicals out of their lives and use SAFE products so their children don't have to take care of them in a nursing home later because of an overload of chemicals in their lifetime! Not when we have a choice! I urge you to do what is right for your health and start changing to safe products today, if you haven't already.

Social Media

I've been so busy posting to Twitter, Facebook and my Personal Website that I've neglected my blog. Not that I have nothing to say! It's all on my "other" media right now. I hope you go visit! Thanks :) That's all for now....maybe I'll go watch that movie I've been putting off....

I made it in our Company's weekly newsletter! :)

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Marcia
Director, TX

“This year, thanks to Cinch®, I will be celebrating being 25 pounds and 27.5 inches healthier!† I hope to inspire others to know that they too can get their extra weight off and feel good! Because of the ease and convenience of Cinch I was even able stay healthy and fit through a nine month period of not being able to walk, run or use the elliptical machine, after injuring my Achilles in January 2009. I have begun walking again but Cinch helped me keep FIT during that time!” 


† Results not typical. In a 12-week pilot study, participants lost an average of 1.5 lbs per week.

New Opportunity Video for 2010

Need a new opportunity? Why don't you take the time to watch this 20 minute video that might just be the answer that could change your life, make it better, while helping others make their life better, too? Please take the time to watch the whole thing and if you want what we offer, please contact me. If you don't, please forward to a friend who might. Thank you.

Dr. Oz's 2010 Critical Vitamin Checklist

Ok, Dr. Oz, I am one of your biggest fans, have not missed a show yet and love 99% of what you say, but sometimes I've got to come here and rant! I think telling people to take a cheap Multi-vitamin that might cost $2.40/month and holding up a RED Multi-vitamin is quite irresponsible.

After all, a Multi-vitamin should contain everything we need in our day and come from all those fruits and veggies you had on the table, right? Only one or two of those were red, so where does that FAKE Multi get it's color from? Certainly not fruits and vegetables. Probably chemicals (artificial colors), which on most shows, including today, you tell us to use natural products, right? Why not recommend natural when it comes to vitamins that we are ingesting into our bodies for our very basic health and survival?! What do you take? I can almost guarantee that you do not take what you had on the show yesterday!

Then of course there is the whole huge issue of no one having proof that what they say is in their vitamins are actually in them and even if it does say "natural" it only has to be 15% natural to be labeled as such.

I think the common person does not even know that NO supplements sold OTC, vitamins, herbs, etc. are regulated by the FDA, or anyone for that matter!! Why don't you tell your audience the truth? Why don't you tell them they are the guinea pigs if they go and purchase something that's never been tested on humans before they purchase it? The only time the FDA steps in is when people start to get sick or die (remember the Cambridge Diet or more recently ephedra ban?).

There is only ONE company in the U.S. that has PROOF that their vitamins work and that the people who took them for over a 20 year period had "markedly better health" and that is the #1 Natural Nutrition Company in the U.S., the oldest and largest, The Shaklee Corporation. This video will show you the Shaklee Difference and here is that Landmark Study PROVING the products work. They are the ONLY company with over 100 clinical scientific papers on their products, with 90 of them published. 

So why, Dr. Oz, since everyone listens to you, why don't you tell them the REAL truth about vitamins? I believe it is your responsibility. And besides, if you take Shaklee's Multi-vitamin/Multi-mineral, you get all the Vit. D you need in it and you don't have to take a separate Vit. D!!!!!! :)

Thanks for listening and I hope you do something to let the people know the very poor quality of most vitamins on the market today, especially when there is a better choice. As a matter of fact, that Landmark Study also proved that in some cases, it was better to take nothing than to take a brand that was not Shaklee!!!!!! For .38 a day you can actually get a Multi that is proven to work. Omegaguard (fish oil) is .86 per day.

Would you rather spend $1.24 per day on something that is guaranteed and proven to work, or .50 per day on something that has not been overseen by anyone, probably not tested, not proven to work, probably full of artificial ingredients, might help you, but might harm you as well? I think America deserves to know there is a choice and a difference and if given the right information, we are smart enough to choose the right thing.

Thank you!

Weight Loss Camp: Family Makes Losing Weight Priority, Pound By Pound - ABC News

Happy New Year!

I just watched the Nightline segment on the Weight Loss Camp and here is my take on it.

Nightline Fact: 2/3 of Americans are overweight or obese which means that only 1/3 of Americans are NOT overweight!

Ok, so this woman spends $7900 on her credit card for 2 weeks so her and her son can learn everything that Cinch also teaches: 10,000 steps a day, record your food to become aware of what you are eating, more exercise, etc. They could have BOTH lost 100# over a years time for that same money and learned the same things with Cinch. Actually, learned better things because these people at the camp use artificial sweeteners in their program!!!! The clients are left to their own to go shopping ~ while looking for food items with low fat and low calories, they were choosing things with artificial flavors, sweeteners and probably preservatives. These come with their own sets of health problems, either now, or later in life! I called them "things" because some of it is not even food, just things made to look like food.

My two problems with this program are the added credit card debt and the artificial ingredients. Neither of those represent real health. Don't get me wrong, otherwise this program looks good and is a good jump start, but for the same money, Cinch is 100% Natural, and easier to follow, because after 2 weeks you would not be left to your own to find what to eat. It's all included in the plan! You learn the same things that people who attend this camp are paying a LOT of money for!

Many people will be trying to lose weight this year and there are some good plans out there but MOST are NOT healthy or good for you. I'm so glad I found one that is and I'm so glad I don't have to have a resolution to lose weight anymore, thanks to Cinch! Here is my story. I have kept it off just shy of 3 years now and that is with an Achilles injury where I could not walk or run for 9 months in 2009!!

My congrats to the mother and son as they are continuing their weight loss. I hope they keep it up. Weight Loss Camp: Family Makes Losing Weight Priority, Pound By Pound - ABC News

Amazing Offer ~ FREE month of Cinch Inch Loss in 2010!!!!!

Get your New Year off to the right start, with an offer that is great for your waistline and your wallet!

Purchase three months of Ultra CinchTM on AutoShip and receive the fourth month FREE!!!!! Please contact me for all the details and to help you order to be sure you get your FREE month of Cinch, a $353.75 retail value!! Order from Jan. 1 - Jan. 16 and receive a FREE membership ($19.95 Value) as well! Membership will be deducted at the final step of your checkout, until Jan. 16 only!

Dr. Oz recommends USP seal?????

Ok, I must be honest, yesterday, after Dr. Oz told us not to buy a product that did not pay for the USP seal on their vitamins, I was thinking....well, I know that Shaklee vitamins are pure, safe, effective AND, proven to be so, so why would we need that seal? We do 100,000 tests per year on our own products (including third party testing), nobody else does that. Watch this short video to learn about the Shaklee Difference.

Then, just as I usually do when I hear about another product or something concerning nutritional supplements, I started to do my own research (like I believe anyone putting anything into their body should do) so I went to the USP's website myself. When I found this line, one of their very strict criteria: "does not contain harmful levels of specified contaminants", I realized that Shaklee doesn't need this seal because we are BETTER than that! They allow contaminants (we do not!) as long as they are within FDA guidelines! That's all I needed to know. Shaklee is still, and probably always will be, the best natural supplements money can buy, seal or no seal!

Here is a recent quote from our President and CEO, Roger Barnett: "In fact, Shaklee is the only company in the WORLD that has proof of what our products can do over a 20 year period of time, to help people stay healthy, with patented natural products."

Nuf said! :)

Dr. Oz Show ~ BUYER BEWARE when it come to Health Claims!

I LOVED the Dr. Oz show today and I just want to say I agree, except for one small part. Anyway, please do your research when purchasing your health products! Go with a reputable company who has PROOF that their products work and are safe. After all, you are putting them in YOUR body, not to mention spending YOUR hard earned money! Please don't take something that might hurt you, or is a SCAM, or at the very least, doesn't work at all, just because you are in a hurry or pulled in by a fake ad! BUYER BEWARE!

Thank God the products I use are ALWAYS SAFE, ALWAYS WORK and are ALWAYS GREEN! 100% PROVEN and GUARANTEED for 53 years! You can't beat that, and that is why I use Shaklee and only Shaklee. And that is my REAL picture and here is my REAL success story!!!

Chase Communtiy Giving ~ Vote for your favorite Charity

Chase Community Giving is donating $5,000,000.00 to charities around the USA. Facebook users are voting for the recipients! I just voted for the charity, Shaklee Cares. Shaklee Cares was founded after the devastation of Hurricane Andrew to address the needs of families and communities struggling to recover from a natural disaster or emergency. Shaklee Cares partners with other nonprofits such as Habitat For Humanity, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Hands On New Orleans, and others, for work in disaster areas. Vote for your favorite charity, too! You can vote for up to 20 charities!

Avoid Holiday Weight Gain!

Wishing you a Happy & Healthy Holiday Season!!! 

If you eat too much (or if you just want to get a jump on your resolutions!), remember you can lose 5-10#'s with Cinch before the New Year, if you start NOW!!! And it tastes mmmmm so good!

Another suggestion, drink Cinch Shakes for 2 of your meals on Thanksgiving, and every day after that that you have a party to attend or may be tempted to overeat, so you won't feel so bad (stuffed) when you eat what you want at the dinner or the party! Try a little bit of everything, not a lot of anything. It's about portion control.

Then move around, go outside and play games with the kids, get up and WALK, do something besides sit on the couch watching football! Take a few people outside with you to get moving, and then get in there and help clean the kitchen when you return from your walk or run!

Need more help, just ask! I lost 25# from Aug. to Feb. '06 and have kept it off for almost 3 years. If I can do it over the holidays, SO CAN YOU!

Couples getting sick together ~ Dr. Oz show

I have to take a moment to write about Dr. Oz again. I LOVE watching the new Dr. Oz show. Tonight I just finished last Friday's show about couples who keep getting each other sick and I just kept thinking: I wish they all knew that if you take Shaklee vitamins you hardly ever get sick! I wish people knew that, and of course, I'm on a mission to let everyone know that, that I possibly can. After seeing the show I'm also thinking, we can keep 2 people well here!!!!! I know of hundreds, if not thousands, of people who use Shaklee natural nutritional supplements who just do not get sick anymore. It's amazing. Watch this short video to see why we stay generally healthier.