Be Active, Be Smart

It is summer time and with summer time comes heat. Staying hydrated is one of the most important things you can do for yourself! It gets really hot outside were we live so I can’t even imagine what it is like in other places.

Today I went out to mow the back yard. I drank water prior to going out and I drank water during the mowing part. I also wasn’t very smart and didn’t pick a very good time in the day to mow the lawn. You know when it is 90 degrees out and you decide noon is the best time of the day to mow the lawn.

Well even with all of my hydration I still had some issues when I was done. I had to come in and cool off with an ice pack, water, fan and some YL Peppermint EO.

I did get a great workout in today. Our yard did get finished with my part of the mowing today.

Next time though I will be smart do it either early in the morning or later at night!

If you are going to stay active this summer and it is going to be outdoors – be smart and get your hydration in before you go outside, hydrate while you are outside and don’t wait until you are feeling like you have heat stroke to take care of yourself. At that point it is to late!

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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

*We only recommend one brand for ingesting essential oils. Young Living has a Seed to Seal commitment and promise. They are a pure therapeutic grade essential oil. Always be sure to read the label for directions on usage for each individual essential oil.

*We only recommend one brand for whole food nutrition. Juice Plus+ is very selective with their suppliers of the fruits and veggies and vineyard selections. We want to make sure if we are with a company that they have our best interests in mind! Always be sure to read the nutrition label for directions on usages of each whole food nutrition capsule.

Juice Plus – 3 Months

Right before I started Juice Plus I had my annual physical. Most people know that along with that comes blood work. I wasn’t really looking forward to it because I was pretty certain some things were going to be high and some things low.

You see since I was pregnant with my baby girl, Bella, my A1C has been elevated (it slowly worked its way from 5.6 to 5.7 in 2015). For those who are wondering what that it: it is a three month assessment of your average blood glucose levels. Normal range is 4.1-5.6. So while 5.6 wasn’t high it was at the edge of being considered pre-diabetic.

Here are what my results were at that appointment:

Looking at those photos it really hit me how miserable I was. I hated photos of myself. I rarely took them and when I did, the only people who saw them were those who asked how my face was doing or how I was doing. I sat here tonight in shock at how sad I look in this photos, but photos don’t really lie. Especially when you have so many where you look as bad as this!

Then I debated on asking my Dr. if she would put off my lab’s for another month but decided since I was excited to see where things were that I would get them done. This is what the lab results were and also the changes I have noticed:

While it may not seem like huge changes to you I would like to point out my A1C has never gone down since it started to rise. It has been monitored between 3 months, 6 months and 12 months depending upon what it was doing. I would also like people to know that even though my doctor gave me high doses of Vitamin D to take for 8 weeks (50,000 mg) I decided to hold off on that because of starting the Juice Plus. I wanted to see if it would make a difference on it’s own with the sunshine.

Last but not least, if it is to hard to go back and forth between the two images here is one with the results to compare them:

I am still on a wild ride and this journey is no where near finished. I still use my essential oils daily and now I am using my Juice Plus daily. I can’t ever imagine me stopping them because they have changed my life in so many ways!

I would love to talk to you! Is there something you would like to change in your life? How can I help you get started today?

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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

*We only recommend one brand for ingesting essential oils. Young Living has a Seed to Seal commitment and promise. They are a pure therapeutic grade essential oil. Always be sure to read the label for directions on usage for each individual essential oil.

*We only recommend one brand for whole food nutrition. Juice Plus+ is very selective with their suppliers of the fruits and veggies and vineyard selections. We want to make sure if we are with a company that they have our best interests in mind! Always be sure to read the nutrition label for directions on usages of each whole food nutrition capsule.

Resting Heartrate

Really excited to share an update with you! I am just about at the 3 month mark on Juice Plus and my resting BMP is dropping!

So back in 2015 in June/July I was exercising but not eating the greatest.

In November I was eating better (had surgery at end of July) but not exercising.

In March of this year I had made some major changes in lifestyle but it still wasn’t doing much for my resting BMP.

Now on March 13th we added Juice Plus+ to our daily plan and just under 3 months later my resting BMP is at 66!

I have had even more exciting things happen in those three months but they are going to be for another day!

What do you think wholefood nutrition can do for you? What do you think fruits and veggies can do for you?

To be honest I wasn’t really sure what it would do for me and lowering my heart rate wasn’t one of the things I was even hoping for! Most of the things that have been happening in the past 3 years and now 3 months have been huge bonus’ for our family!

I just get so excited!

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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

*We only recommend one brand for ingesting essential oils. Young Living has a Seed to Seal commitment and promise. They are a pure therapeutic grade essential oil. Always be sure to read the label for directions on usage for each individual essential oil.

*We only recommend one brand for whole food nutrition. Juice Plus+ is very selective with their suppliers of the fruits and veggies and vineyard selections. We want to make sure if we are with a company that they have our best interests in mind! Always be sure to read the nutrition label for directions on usages of each whole food nutrition capsule.

Oh Look At Me!!!

It has been a month since I have done a face update so I figured it was time. Hard to explain how happy I am with my face! My skin is truly clearing up more and more.

I know it is not really easy to see in photos but my skin is getting so much smoother! The redness is starting to really go away.

There are not enough words to say to say how thankful I am for everything that is going on with my body! I would not be where I am today if it wasn’t for adding Juice Plus+ to our lives!

Not only is it changing my body and skin it is changing our lives financially. I will be forever grateful for God placing such outstanding things in our lives!

So tell me, what are you thankful for today? I know what I am thankful for!

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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

*We only recommend one brand for ingesting essential oils. Young Living has a Seed to Seal commitment and promise. They are a pure therapeutic grade essential oil. Always be sure to read the label for directions on usage for each individual essential oil.

*We only recommend one brand for whole food nutrition. Juice Plus+ is very selective with their suppliers of the fruits and veggies and vineyard selections. We want to make sure if we are with a company that they have our best interests in mind! Always be sure to read the nutrition label for directions on usages of each whole food nutrition capsule.

Setback or Growth

One of the changes I have been making is to sit each morning and read from my Bible. Not only do I read from it, I underline in it, I write what I am thinking, I doodle, I color and I just make it what I am hearing from Him.

I do not have any set pattern with how I read. I open it up and just kind of browse through and find something that sticks out to me. Or if I am feeling lead to head to a place, I go there. Just like yesterday I was feeling lead to Proverbs 31 but in the end I ended up on Proverbs 30 and was lead to pray about someone else. So yesterday God lead me someplace I had never been. This has been a very personal journey for me and to write in my Bible and to pray for someone else in there; was never something I would have done in the past. I would have pulled paper out and written there but instead I did what I was lead to do.

Today I woke up in a very big funk. The past few days have been hard for me. I have been doing so well with self-control and being lead by Him and by Sarayu, that I have felt that I have been living in the Spirit. Yet these last few days have been self-lead and it has been bad.

In Galatians 5 it talks about living in the Spirit. It talks about love, joy, peace, kindness, forbearance, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. It talks about when you live in the flesh you are living for yourself. You are seeking out sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy, rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and it is talking about living for you.

I know you can’t always avoid living in the flesh fully but I do know that you can always call out to God. I do know you can always ask for Sarayu to intercede for you. I do know that you can always ask for help from Christ.

Christ Died For ME! For ME! So why is this (living in the Spirit) so hard for me? So why am I living in the flesh these last three days? It is so frustrating!

Do you know how long it takes for something new to stick with you? Six weeks of being consistent and doing it daily. Do you know how long I have been doing good with the small changes? February 14th and March 10th are the two key dates! That means 12 weeks and 8 weeks, so why am I falling back into the old flesh ways? Because it takes people who have lived in the flesh all their lives (so all of us) moments to slip back into what we were.

Call out, cry out, beg for help, scream for interceding for yourself because YOU are worth it! I am worth it!

So has the last few days ruined me? No I just need to focus on Sarayu. I just need to focus on the Spirit, God and Christ. I just need to know that sometimes those setbacks are just what are needed for the best growth; growth that is about to happen!

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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

*We only recommend one brand for ingesting essential oils. Young Living has a Seed to Seal commitment and promise. They are a pure therapeutic grade essential oil. Always be sure to read the label for directions on usage for each individual essential oil.

*We only recommend one brand for whole food nutrition. Juice Plus+ is very selective with their suppliers of the fruits and veggies and vineyard selections. We want to make sure if we are with a company that they have our best interests in mind! Always be sure to read the nutrition label for directions on usages of each whole food nutrition capsule.

Lisa’s Story

Let me tell you all about Lisa. She is an amazing lady I have had the pleasure of getting to know thanks to our woman’s Bible study! She found us one day when it was a bad day for her. I would have said a long time ago, she found us on accident but the truth is she found us just when she needed us. God lead her to us and for that we are very thankful!

She started to have some health issues a while ago. She went to see her doctors and then her doctors started to send her to specialists. About a year ago she was finally diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

We had hoped as her church family that getting a diagnosis would help. It seemed though that her treatments and the MS were causing her more complication. She ended up having to stop working.

The second half of last year she spent more time in the hospital than out, or so it seemed. She was losing her eye sight. She was having issues walking.

The beginning of this year seemed to start much the same way that the end of last year closed. She started another symptom and the doctors were not sure what was going on. It was swelling and painful to touch. Looked to me like she had shingles on her head and face and eye (I have had shingles before and so I felt super sorry for her). She ended up having to go to the U of M to figure out what was going on because it seemed her Doctors were stumped. Turned out a good portion of the symptoms she was having were from a treatment she was on.

A little over a month ago she started taking Juice Plus capsules. She enrolled her daughter in the Children’s Health Study; which meant she had to purchase the parents portion. This was all for her daughter, not for Lisa. Her daughter deals with headaches and has other things going on so we were hoping it would help give her some relief.

Today she got the best news she could ever get! She is able to go back to work part time! Her treatment was reduced some today. Her levels are within normal range. Her typical treatment lasts for 6 hours and today it was 3 hours!

She actually reached out to me to see if I could go and pick her up because her ride was still at work. It was the best thing ever!

Lisa is working on healing her body from the inside out! She is feeling better. She has more energy. She is able to accomplish more on a daily basis. She even shared with me when I picked her up that she hasn’t had to take a nap in the afternoon!

God is so good for putting health and wellness in our lives! He has given me the ability to share with others and He is using me for His purpose!

I will be forever grateful for the means He has been using to get our family health, happy and how He has been providing for us!

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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

*We only recommend one brand for ingesting essential oils. Young Living has a Seed to Seal commitment and promise. They are a pure therapeutic grade essential oil. Always be sure to read the label for directions on usage for each individual essential oil.

*We only recommend one brand for whole food nutrition. Juice Plus+ is very selective with their suppliers of the fruits and veggies and vineyard selections. We want to make sure if we are with a company that they have our best interests in mind! Always be sure to read the nutrition label for directions on usages of each whole food nutrition capsule.

Simple Way To Get Steps In

One change I have been making is to get my steps in. It isn’t always great weather. We no longer have a gym membership, so this is what I have been doing.

One of the best things is when I am doing it earlier enough a lot of the times the two youngest kiddos will join me.

Now after I have done any kind of workout my body is always fighting me. I have some autoimmune issues and my body isn’t a fan. So I use these three Young Living Essential Oils to help.

After I get done I apply these to my muscles to help them feel alive, rejuvenated, relaxed and ready to go the next day!

Simple things, small things, do them for a while and they become your life style.

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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

*We only recommend one brand for ingesting essential oils. Young Living has a Seed to Seal commitment and promise. They are a pure therapeutic grade essential oil. Always be sure to read the label for directions on usage for each individual essential oil.

*We only recommend one brand for whole food nutrition. Juice Plus+ is very selective with their suppliers of the fruits and veggies and vineyard selections. We want to make sure if we are with a company that they have our best interests in mind! Always be sure to read the nutrition label for directions on usages of each whole food nutrition capsule.

 

We Have A Winner!

Super excited to be able to announce that we have a winner for the April Giveaway! These days are the days I just love!

I am very  happy for you and thank you for responding so quickly! It makes things so easy!

Be on the look out for the package to be coming your way! Congratulations again!

CLICK HERE –> APRIL GIVEAWAY WINNER

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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

*I only recommend one brand for ingesting essential oils. Young Living has a Seed to Seal commitment and promise. They are a pure therapeutic grade essential oil. Always be sure to read the label for directions on usage for each individual essential oil.

Are You a Slave To Your Feet?

Change is hard.

Change takes determination.

Change takes dedication.

Change is not quick.

Change that is real, takes time.

Well currently speaking, I am a slave to my feet. Being active in April has been what I am attempting to improve. Which means being on the feet more. Which means my feet have been screaming at me more. Which means it makes me want to throw in the towel and call it quits. Which means I had to find a solution to help!

So do you have your feet screaming at you by the end of the night? Do you wake up and wonder how long it is going to be before you want to cut them off? Do you wonder if it is ever going to get better?

Well it can get better! Here are some things you can try to see if they work for you!

Roller Recipe:
2 Drops Copaiba
2 Drops Lemongrass
2 Drops Majoram
2 Drops R.C.
2 Drops Wintergreen
Fill rest of 10ml roller bottle with Carrier Oil

Roller Recipe:
2 Drops Copaiba
2 Drops Lemongrass
2 Drops Majoram
2 Drops Peppermint
2 Drops R.C.
2 Drops Wintergreen
Fill rest of 10ml roller bottle with Carrier Oil

Apply Daily For Two Weeks (1 in AM, 1 in PM)
1 Drop Valor
1 Drop Wintergreen
1 Drop R.C.
Apply from heel area along plantar fascia ligament

Apply Daily for Two Weeks (1 in AM, 1 in PM)
1 Drop Valor
1 Drop Peppermint
1 Drop R.C.
Apply from heel area along plantar fascia ligament

Since I have been playing around to find what works for me I have been having much better days! I am not wanting to throw the towel in. I am making it while being Active in April! I am making it to my step goal (almost daily).

Change does take time and I am very aware of this! If I can do this and work towards getting healthy, anyone can do it!

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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

*I only recommend one brand for ingesting essential oils. Young Living has a Seed to Seal commitment and promise. They are a pure therapeutic grade essential oil. Always be sure to read the label for directions on usage for each individual essential oil.