Fat-loss vs. Weight-loss
Let’s get this straight! Our total weight is made up of fat, muscle, bones, organs ect. Muscle takes up less space, but its much more heavier than fat. Fat takes up a lot of space and quite frankly, we don’t want any. Though, we do need a healthy amount of fat, but we sill want to fit in the cloths we wear and the size we want.
It’s not about weight-loss folks: It’s about fat-loss. Our success should be measured by the inches we loose, not the pounds we loose. The pounds we loose in a typical diet is 50% fat and 50% muscle. We want lean muscle. We want the muscle. We want to be toned. Right? We just don’t want fat, and what we really want is to look good! Looking good in the cloths we wear and looking fantastic naked!
Diet and exercise is fantastic in getting back to shape. Eating the right calories (it’s not about eating less, but eating the good calories: eating right!). A good form of exercising is going to the gym, yoga, pilates, walking! You know, taking walks with your mate or spouse is not only good for your energy & waist-line, but good for your relationship.
Additional support may be needed also, but watch out for colon cleanses disguised as true weight-loss products, and watch out for dehydrating drugs. Go natural why don’t you! Natural is the way to go. Effective natural products.
Vitamins and Minerals
Health by definition is simply the absence of disease. I am not going to talk about just health, I am going to talk about Wellness! Vibrant Optimal Wellness! About feeling absolutely great every single time we wake up in the morning until we are ready to go to bed at night. Now, we talked about how important Omega 3’s are to our wellness, as well as Antioxidants and Plant Sterols. We need these things to feel great! Now, let’s talk about vitamins and minerals as this is important for nourishing our cells. Remember, if our cells are healthy, we are healthy. HEALTHY CELLS = HEALTHY BODIES. Vitamins and Minerals play an important role.
Yes vitamins are very popular and there are many to choose from. So which one should we choose? Well, let’s look at what is out there in the marketplace. The most common and the most popular are still First Generation Vitamins and Minerals. They are synthetic and pretty much derived from what is not used from oil and gas: petroleum distillate. Now, this doesn’t sound nourishing, but basically, the molecules are tweaked to make chemically based vitamins. However, the design of nature is that the plant takes up the nutrients from nutrient rich soil, and then digest and organizes those nutrients into a food-matrix and then we eat the plant or fruit. We are not really designed to take in synthetic v&m, though we still can absorb synthetic, but natural is the way to go and the most efficient for our bodies. Also, the minerals that is in the first generation v&m are finely ground minerals. For instance, a calcium supplement are basically finely ground up limestone. But plants eats rocks and dirt and we eat the plant. We are not really designed to eat rocks and dirt. Right?
Now the Second Generation Vitamin and mineral is a little bit better. It typically comes from a single plant or fruit, but no single plant or fruit has all the nutrition we need in order to live well. And the minerals they put in there are still ground up rocks and dirt.
Now the Third Generation Vitamin and Mineral is truly the most natural supplement out there. Mannatech, Inc. developed a product called PhytoMatrix, the worlds first Third Generation Vitamin and Mineral. The way it was developed is through a patented hydroponics technology in which they grew an Indian Mustard Plant in nutrient and mineral rich water, and as the plant grew to its maturity, absorbed the nutrients, then the plant is stabilized, and pulverized into a mustard colored caplet called PhytoMatrix. Our bodies recognizes this as real food. It won’t even upset our tummy’s even if we take it in an empty stomach. It’s that natural. Check out the link below if you want to know more about Mannatech’s PhytoMatrix.
Learn more about Mannatech’s PhytoMatrix here!
Look at this: PhytoBurst: It’s a delicious chewable supplement
Plant Sterols
Since we are to be starting 2011, I thought of talking about health and wellness and how important Plant Sterols are to our overall good health. One study showed that consuming two grams of phytosterols or plant sterols a day could benefit your heart health by 25%. See our health is our wealth. Without health, we really won’t have energy to do much and energy is what drives us to succeed in life and to fulfill our goals, aspirations and the LifeStyeLiving we truly want to live.
Plant sterols or Phytosterols are basically plant hormones. Let’s not mistake human hormone, or certainly not animal hormone, but plant hormones. (on a side note, plants too have blood, yeah, it’s called chlorophyl). Anyhow, plant sterols support your body’s endocrine (hormonal) system. The endocrine system is your Body’s Command Central. When functioning well, its glands direct operations by producing vital hormones that send signals to keep you ready for anything and help your body stay balanced. Your endocrine system controls every aspect of your body even blinking your eye is an endocrine response. Feeling happy is an endocrine response as well. Plant sterols supports your glands normal function. That’s it! Normal function is key to keeping you happy and healthy as oppose abnormal function; right? A good source of plant sterols come from wild yam. But who’d eat wild yam?
A good plant sterol supplement is from Mannatech, Inc. and they call it Plus. Mannatech’s Plus provide specific nutrients, including plant sterols to support your gland’s natural function. It is designed to support Breast health, Prostate health, Bone health, Colon health, Immune health, and Heart Health. It is gluten-free, naturally sourced, Manufactured in conformance with federally established GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices), it is cutting edge technology and certified by NSF International (an independent third-party organization that develops standards and certifies products in more than 100 countries) so you can feel safe when using Plus. It’s non-toxic and you can take this on an empty stomach. It won’t upset your tummy. That is how you really know something is natural when it doesn’t upset your stomach. This product truly delivers the nutrients your body needs in order to support your body’s endocrine system and for your well being.
Antioxidants
Since we are to be starting 2011, I thought of talking about health and wellness and how important Antioxidants are to our overall good health. Personal health is so important because our good vibrant health helps us be more productive in life and it certainly helps us feel great! Not just, “I feel okay”, but feeling absolutely fabulous!!!
See, stress, smoking, pollution, processed foods, even normal bodily functions like eating and breathing produce free radicals in our bodies. These free radicals cause oxidative stress, which may lead to challenges like:
Cell Damage
Premature Aging
(no one wants to age faster then they need to)
Attack on DNA
Low Levels of Energy
(Energy is so vital)
Overall Poor Health
Even the healthiest person produce free radicals attacking their cells an estimated 10,000 times every day. It is so important to take in Antioxidants. Typically antioxidants come from the fruits and vegetables we eat, but nowadays our food doesn’t have the nutrients and the antioxidants we need in order to live in our highly toxic environment. That is why we really need to supplement with a good antioxidant. My personal favorite brand is Mannatech’s Ambrtosoe AO and AO stands for Antioxidants. Two small capsules of Ambrotose AO have been clinically shown to provide 200% greater antioxidant protection than an additional five servings of fruits and vegetables a day (today, who eats 5 servings of fruits and veggies?). It’s all natural and it gives you the best antioxidant protection to protect your cells from free radical damage and helps you anti-age.
Omega-3
Since we are to be starting 2011, I thought of talking about health and wellness and how important Omega-3’s are to our overall good health. If you look up on Google, there are many articles about Omega-3 and many health benefits when taking them. See our health is our wealth. Without health, we really won’t have energy to do much and energy is what drives us to succeed in life and to fulfill our goals, aspirations and the LifeStyeliving we truly want to live
Anyhow, your body doesn’t produce Omega-3, so you have to get it from the diet. We used to get omega-3 from free range cows, pork, chicken and fish. But now, our meats and poultry are farmed and fed grains and hormones, with very little omega-3 in their diet. See, animals get their omega-3 from the plants they eat. Hence why free range meat is much better than farmed meat. And us humans, we process omega-3 (essential fatty acids) from meat more efficiently than from the plants. Omega-3 are rich in fish that is why Omega-3 is typically found from a fish-oil supplement. One problem though, we do live in a very toxic environment and fish can have mercury and other toxins in them which is poison to us. So, we need a very clean and pure Omega-3 supplement.
A good Omega-3 supplement should be ultra pure (meaning the purest no contaminant fish oil) and contain the right kind of Omega-3 which are EPA/DHA. The best brand is from Mannatech, Inc. Their Essential Source Omega-3 is naturally sourced, ultra pure and gives you the Omega-3 you need for good brain and heart health. It’s back by a 100% satisfaction guarantee as well. So it is great!
Learn more about Mannatech’s Essential Source Omega-3 Here
Watch Mannatech’s Essential Source Omega-3 Video Here
THE BASICS
“How to Build a Large Successful Multi-Level-Marketing Organization”
This is such a good book. For anyone who wants to succeed in Multi-Level Marketing, this is a very important read. Just as important as reading Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill and Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki among other books.
This is an easy read as well. It took me one evening to finish the book. It is that easy to read. This book helps you answer and differentiate Direct Selling, MLM and Pyramid Schemes. This book also teaches you how to be effective. One highlight I want to point out is one of the napkin presentation #5 which is “Ships at Sea,” it explains 3 ships: The Gold Ship, The Silver Ship and the M.T. Ship (M.T. for empty). In many cases, I am guilty for doing this, I have worked with the M.T. Ship (people who don’t really work in MLM). It says that we should focus our efforts in working with Gold Ships with the cargo heavy with Success.
There are many tidbits in this book and I myself will apply this towards how I develop and run my organization. This is great for doing 1 on 1’s. 1 on 1’s in my opinion are far more effective than doing big meetings when initially introducing the Products & Business Opportunity. This book gives us the ability to have posture and give us a correct map to developing organizations. Yes, we are passionate about the products we represent, that is why we do the business, but that alone will not help us develop organizations. The Basics will teach us how to develop a successful MLM business.
Furthermore, from all the self-help books and motivational audios I have been listening, it all points out to Multi-Level Marketing as a great opportunity to get us LifeStyle Living Entrepreneurs get us where we are currently to where we want to be.
Multi-Level Marketing allows us the education and training to be winners in Life. And as Robert Kiyosaki puts it, It’s a Perfect Business!
Greenhouse gases threaten human health
The US government has declared that greenhouse gases threaten human health. Finally! Wake-up Time. This is not new news actually. It has been known that this is a health concern. Although, the only solution is to cut carbon emissions altogether, but is that really possible in our society today? Honestly, in my opinion, it won’t happen anytime soon.
It would be nice to see more electric vehicles on the roads today and more efficient ways to produce and use energy. Also, a more environmentally friendly way of doing things every day is very important. That is a couple solutions to our toxic problems.
But in the 21st century (today), the only way to survive in our toxic planet is to build up our bodies’ ability to cope with the amount of pollution we eat, breath and absorb every single day. Antioxidants play an important role in surviving in a toxic planet because it helps protect us from free-radical damage and helps us anti-age. Furthermore Nutrition plays a big role on how we can survive on a toxic planet. Nutrients like vitamins & minerals in their most natural form, phytosterols, omega-3 in their purest form and especially glyconutrients. All these nutrients is what each individual cells need to be as healthy as it can be and have it function optimally. This is LifeStyle Living in the 21st Century.
Winning In Business – Art Williams
90%+ of WINNING is nothing but being EXCITED! – Art Williams
Loverage
Loverage is a term I got from the book, The One Minute Millionaire by Mark Victor Hansen. The book stated that in order to become rich, do what you love to do and do what you are passionate about. Thomas Edison said it best: “I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all fun.”
That is LifeStyle living folks, doing what we love to do and getting paid for doing it. Tiger Woods plays golf, NBA players love to play basketball and they earn a ton of money doing it, actors love to perform, and entrepreneurs provides good products and services the masses can use and get paid a lot for doing it. Entrepreneurs love to make money!
I had an aha moment the other night. We had an early Thanksgiving meal and of course we were asked what we were thankful for. Certainly, I am thankful for the really blessed life I am living right now and I realized that for the first time in my life, I have a clear direction of what kind of life I want to live, the kind of LifeStyle I want to live and I build it by doing something I am so passionate doing; I’m in the business for people who love helping people. I help people and I get paid doing it. Now that is Loverage!!!!
What are you passionate about doing? And how can we make money doing what we love to do? In the words of Art Williams, just Do IT!
