Hey, I'm Famous (Sort OF)!

If you get the chance, check out a LifeStyle magazine. There on page 18 you will find an article and photograph about a 53-year-old lady who feels twenty years younger. Me!!!

I truly believe that everything that happens to us during our lifetime, happens for a reason. Why was it that I had to spend so many years battling low blood sugar? Why was I always so light-headed and weak? Why did my hormones have to rage so? An why did I have arthritis that was changing every movement that I made? Why the pain? Why was it always so hard for me to control my weight?

I know why now. It was so that Reliv could come into my life. Reliv has given me my health back. I ate 'healthy' and I got a decent amount of exercise but it wasn't enough and I felt so bad that I was open-minded enough to listen to information that I would have closed my mind to earlier on. Why is it that we have to hit the bottom before we can look up?

I have the answers to many health-related questions now. I am a sponge and love learning more about how the human body works. It really is a fascinating vessel and I get so much pleasure sharing what I have learned so that others can feel as good as I do. That is the 'why'! Life is so short and we need to enjoy the ride. The ride is fantastic but especially so when we can do it in good health.

Look at your parents health history and the ailments that they have battled. More than likely you will follow their path as well, so if you could change that path, would you?

A strong and healthy body can battle genetics and when you can achieve that in such a tasty and simple way......well, you decide.

Our Children Are Our Future And That Scares Me!

Go to any public place and look around.....now, look down. Look at the children. How many do you see that are overweight? How many children get constant colds or are battling diseases that used to only affect adults even a generation ago? Things like Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and depression. How many children have trouble sitting still or concentrating in school?

By and large, we as Americans are very lucky. We have grocers who stock the shelves with every imaginable tasty delight. Foods that bring pleasure and foods that are quick and easy to prepare. But look at the labels on most of those tempting foods and you will find that they are full of empty calories and very little nutrition. We are the most overfed, undernourished people on the planet and it is totally under our own control!

It's never too late to make the changes that will affect your children for the rest of their lives. You can start slowly by encouraging your kids to get away from the computer and tv and get outside. Go 'play'! Move! Have fun!

Next, it is up to us as parents to control what our children eat. They don't buy the food and can only consume what we allow them to, so we need to do what is best and what is right for their proper development, don't we? We can be an example for them by showing them that nutritious food is something to enjoy. It helps them grow up strong and gives them energy. We can set an example for them. Your kids pay attention to you, they really do!

Teach your children that good health depends on the right balance between what they eat and how much they move. It's never to late! Small steps make a big difference.

Sharing meals is an ideal way for the family to spend time together. It is a time that your children will look back on with fond memories when they grow up. I can remember sitting down to dinner with my family and everyone talking about what went on in their day. The food was what brought us to the table but the conversations kept us in tune with each other. Those were great times.

Studies have been done that say that the tv should be shut off during meals and snack time. The reason being that you need to focus on what you eat so that you make wise choices and don't over or under-indulge. Try it and see what happens!

Also, restrict your chidrens access to the refrigerator and snack cupboard. Reward them with praise and fun activities rather than with food. Involve your kids in meal planning and preparation. They are more likely to eat what they have helped to make.

A lot of these changes require time, I know. Time to shop more effectively. Time in meal preparation and time to supervise play. But all of this time may save your children from poor scores in school, teasing from thin friends and, more importantly, save them from ailments and diseases that will affect them for the rest of their lives. Isn't it time well spent?

We all love our children and I know we all want what is best for them but sometimes there just isn't enough time to do what is right by them. You can supplement them with vitamins but only 15-30% of any tablet actually absorbs into their system and the rest gets 'flushed away'. Vitamins have a daily recommended dosage on them and those standards were set back in the 30's when ricketts was what people were most concerned about getting. Now there is so much more. The fruits and vegetables that we do eat do not hold full value in their nutritional content because of the way that they are grown. The soils are depleted and they are picked before they are ready so that they don't spoil in shipping. Our meat are full of injected hormones. What is a mom to do?

By providing your children with a tasty Reliv shake a day you can not only meet, but exceed, all of their nutritional needs. Enzymes are included that help with healthy brain development and supports cellular development for clarity, memory function, learning and cognitive function. Antioxidants protect against cell destroying free radicals and the kids love the creamy shakes that fuel their day.

I have seen children improve their performance in school, get off of medications and become happier and healthier members of their own little societies. Life is good if you have the health to enjoy it! I truly enjoy working with families to achieve their healthy goals. Can I be of help to you?

Colorado or Bust!

My Toyota Camry is seven years old but she serves me well and loves the open highway. She had been to the carwash and given the deluxe treatment so, with tank filled, was ready to take me on another new adventure....

My daughter-in-law, Angela, is my newest Reliv distributor and her family lives in the quiet little town of Windsor, Colorado. Windsor was devasted by a Class IV tornado a year ago but has rebuilt herself and settled back into its normal way of life. The town is clean and wholesome and a place where people can safely and happily raise their families. We drove straight through from Phoenix to there and arrived in the wee hours to a mother who was anxiously anticipating her daughters arrival. The next day was spent in celebration of lost time, over bbq burgers and soda. Children were playing, dogs were chasing and laughter was everywhere and it made for a very good day.

We came to Windsor to share our Reliv experience and in a quaint little coffee shop we told the folks what these products have come to mean to us. Angela has gone from a greatly affected Type I diabetic to nearly normal insulin levels. From 120 units of insulin a day to 15. The neuropathy in her feet and legs is gone and she has lost 27 pounds. I have gone from low blood sugars, hot flash-hell, arthritis and 40 pounds of excess weight to someone who suffers none of those things now.

When the health conscience people of Windsor listened to our stories and read the information we had brought they accepted our offer to help them with their issues as well and it made for a very satisfying evening, knowing that we were able to address so many people. After all, that is what Reliv is all about.

We did mix business and pleasure. It was a good thing. My little Camry carried us home through wind and rain and brought us back to life in the big city. We went to sleep that night in blissful dreams knowing that all was right and lives will be changed for the better thanks to 'our two little shakes a day....' I love my Reliv!

Parkinson's Shmarkinson's

My dad was a mid-western farm boy and basketball player. He has spent his whole life being active and living a healthy lifestyle and two years ago, at age 71, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. We had suspected as much a lot sooner but he is not one to go to doctors so it wasn't until he was forced into reality that he had a name to go with his condition.

The progression of the disease has my father where he has a tremor on half his body, he shuffles when he walks, has difficulty with balance and swallowing poses a real problem as he says that his mouth is always dry. The medication he must take causes severe constipation. It gives him hallucinations as well so sleep is difficult and with prostate problems too, he has to get up multiple times during the night. His body never does get complete rest so he is tired all day....tired and weak. He had lost a considerable amount of weight and he no longer went out for morning walks with his buddies. I was watching my once vibrant father wither away and I felt like there was nothing that I could do.

By now you all know that Reliv came into my life. It had done such wonderful thing for my health that I convinced my dad that he should give it a try. After all, what did he have to lose? Along with his Parkinson's he has a pacemaker and arthritis (bone on bone) so he is dealing with multiple issues. With even the slightest bump he bruises terribly too. Those awful black marks that so many elderly people get.

Well, I put him on Reliv's basic nutrition and then added ProVantage (for his weakened muscles), Reversage (it covers SO much) and Arthaffect. That is quite a lot of product to be taking but he wanted to feel better so rather than complain, he mixes it with ice cream and really ENJOYS his two shakes a day!!! The results to date, and it's been four months,are that his energy is way up and his balance is restored. He no longer bruises as he used to, the color is back in his cheeks, he is swallowing better and has gained 4 pounds and he is back walking with his park buddies again. Now Reliv does not claim to cure anything, but my dad has a quality of life that he did not have a few months ago. At this stage of the game, that is everything.

If you give the body the 'food' that it needs, the body works with all of it's power to try to heal itself. Sometimes the body is too far gone to reverse the damage, but in this case, it helped. If you ask my dad, he is happy again. That is huge!!!!

Why do many people wait until their health is so far gone? Why, when we are in our middle years, do we ignore what our bodies are telling us? When there is something that we can do to prepare our bodies for the aging process, why don't we? You tell me. I can help and I get great pleasure from doing it.

No Need For 'Weed'

After watching his wife's health come back to where she was a healthy and happy woman again, JD decided that maybe these little shakes she was taking might not hurt him either. He is a construction worker who had damaged his shoulders in a bad fall a few years ago and maybe this "stuff" could help?

At first it was hard for him to remember to mix his shake before going to work but as he became more diligent, he found that his shoulders were feeling better. He was able to carry heavier loads and handle his tools with less strain. Little did he know that there was more healing going on than he could imagine.

You see, JD had been diagnosed with a chemical imbalance as a young man and 22 years later he was using weed to help himself feel better. He didn't like the way the prescriptions he was given made him feel and it messed with his performance in the bedroom. So, JD smoked cigarettes and drank Red Bull at work and smoked pot in the evening to get through the day. You can only imagine how his head and his body must have been feeling.....

After two weeks on Reliv his shoulders started feeling better and he noticed that his cravings for cigarettes was diminishing. He said that his Red Bull started tasting "funny" to him and he was not using as much pot as he was used to. Now three months later, JD no longer feels the uses energy drinks and he has cut back from two packs of cigarettes a day to a half pack! But the best part, to him, is he no longer has the need for weed!!!!!

When your body is healthy and your chemicals balance themselves out you won't find yourself reaching for the unhealthy things that have made you feel better. Better to fix the problem than just put a 'bandaid' on it, don't you agree?

The Weight Is Over!!!!

Today is a very good day. I took one of my "FAT" photos and had it screened onto a tee shirt and the guy at the printer just stood there with his mouth wide open. He said, "Is that really you?" Now, the way he said it, you would have thought that I would be offended but I wasn't. You see I am losing weight and I don't even look like that person any more....

All of my life I have felt like there was something wrong with me. When I was growing up I ate the same as everyone else in my family and in modest amounts, but I always carried more pounds than they did. My dad called me 'Fat Albert' and at the time I didn't know who Fat Albert was, but when I found out, it broke my heart. I looked into the mirror and I didn't think I was that fat. I wasn't. NO!

Every bite that went into my mouth was something that I was very conscience of. I have always tried to eat 'healthy' and if I had something that could be considered unhealthy I felt terrible pangs of guilt. I shouldn't eat those things. After all, I was fat. I have gained and lost so many pounds. I don't even want to think about it. I have tried every diet and even succeeded at some, but I felt angry, deprived and usually very hungry. It was torture! Why? Why? Why was this happening to me?

It took 54 years but I finally have an answer and, really, it is a very simple one if you think about it. You go to the doctor with a problem, but doctors don't put the pieces to the puzzle together unless you force them too. They are busy and they just don't have time. I used to work for doctors so I know. My problem was that I am (was) hypoglycemic. When you have chronic low blood sugar you are reaching for food every few hours so that you aren't fuzzy headed, weak or shaky. If you wait too long you pass out. That was life for me. 24 hours a day 7 days a week. I thought that this was just the way it had to be.....but I was wrong.

Other health issues caused me to desperately search for answers to my dilemma. I found Reliv which is TOTAL nutrition in the form of a shake. I take it twice a day and it fills in all of the gaps that my body has that are not 'normal'. Everyone's gaps are different, but because it is 'food' it doesn't matter. It just fills them in! Now that my body is healthy it work right. Now that it works right I find that I can lose weight. I am doing that with Reliv too, because it is healthy, simple and IT WORKS!

Three months ago I weighed 173 pounds. This morning I stepped on the scales and I giggled out loud when it said 139.2!!!! I have 8 more pounds to go but I can do it because I am strong now. I am healthy. I am skinny! Oh, how I love my Reliv!!!

Zippity Do Da

Yesterday Paul and I did our Reliv training in the morning and then headed on out to vist my folks in Congress. My dad has Parkinson's Disease and takes his shakes faithfully to help with all of his symptoms. He was looking pretty good too and had even been out trimming his citrus trees and picking grapefruit. Mama was having trouble with her computer again so got that back on track and it made for a very nice afternoon. She had baked a lemon meringue pie for a treat and after having been on a diet (and losing 35 pounds) it tastes especially good!! My folks have been helping us sell our ATV and since they live in a little retirement community they had us come park it out there for a week to see if we'd have any luck. Well, no takers, but it did give us an excuse to visit a few more times and was not a problem to bring it home and try selling it on Craig's List from here. My dad still likes to get out and have fun and yesterday was no different. Getting that quad in the backend of our truck takes some doing and, zippity do da, they did it!!!

So grateful for any time spent with my loving folks. Life is short so capture each and every moment we can and hold it dearly.....