I released 16lbs in 30 days!

Alright ladies, gents and well, anyone else that is going to end up reading this :)

With the help of an amazing sponsor, I set out to try yet another weight loss diet. Oh wait a minute, did I use the word diet? What I meant was I was pretty sure that that was exactly what I was doing, that it was just another 'fad' program available to make the rich richer and the poor...well still fat. This product is NOT a diet. It's not a fad. It isn't anything but a complete NUTRITIONAL CLEANSE and REPLENISHMENT system. Replenishment is probably the best thing you want to read about when you are seeing the word "cleanse" in anything.

I have spent many years, and countless amount of money, sweat and tears on programs and solutions and 'the best thing on the market' to try to combat my ever expanding waistline to the point that I ended up on lots of medications and have had plenty of dark moments in a corner.

In walks...

Anyhow I first heard about Isagenix through facebook of all places. I was bitching about being fat (still) and someone had gotten ahold of me and said hey I have this wonderful product etc (it was at this point I pretty much stopped listening). I have heard every line in the book about this is the best, this works, this is guaranteed (which in fine print always says as long as you hand over your first born child) and really the list grows and grows. I thanked her for the information, basically telling her there was NO way in hell I could afford any of it (not with my debt) and carried on about my way.

For the next few months I was hearing the name Isagenix over and over again throughout the internet, a few conversations and then a very good friend of mine brought it up again. Someone who has struggled with weight for a very long time, know to pretty much everyone as "Big Mama" caught me on text one day with a "Girl we need to go for coffee" so after some reschedules etc I finally was able to go see my Big Mama (oh how I miss the days when my real friends were around me all the time). So we will fast forward all the basics but I seen her after not seeing her for awhile and almost died right there on the spot. My "Big Mama" is a "Big Mama" only in heart now. She was down 60 CENSORED WORD pounds!!!! I almost walked right passed her. After a bunch of ear piercing dog crying gibberish girly "talk"(?!) she told me her secret. Isagenix.

WTF there was the brand AGAIN!

I confessed that I was contemplating it but so tired of being tired and she kept with the "Trac, I'm TELLING you, Isagenix. No joke."

Sooooo I came home, totally over the moon ecstatic for her. She deserves to be happy and love the way she looks and feels and if losing 60lbs (and I'm fairly certain more by now) is what it takes then girl, if you are out there reading, WORK IT!?!?!

I then spent the next chunk of time researching this product. I compared it to other brands that are well known from years and new up and coming fast fads which are so focused on sales it's pathetic, however I'm not going to dog the company, just say that if you are smart then research the actual ingredients you are ingesting into your body before you go around telling everyone that you are the best of the best.

So I do the work, find some answers to my questions and set out to find the girl that had once spoken to me before, only I couldn't find her. SO I put out an SOS call on facebook and the gods bless Angie, she responds.

We spend the next 2 weeks going through everything and working out some details and she completes hooks me up, like COMPLETELY (I love her to ridiculous bits).

Well I figure what do I have to lose right? I look at all ingredients, I see nothing horrible and the best part of all? ITS NOT A DIET!!!! Sweeeeeeet. I like the sound of that.

I had been contemplating a "cleanse" for a long time as well. I have several friends that have gone to Shoppers, bought some "stuff" and ended up horribly sick or couldn't actually complete it etc so I thought yeah that doesn't exactly sound appealing but if it's going to give me this little 'jump start' I need then maybe it's a good idea. I am SO thankful I was too afraid to actually give one of those 'cleanses' a go.

Not only did I find my answer with Isagenix I will let you in on a little secret. I worked out for a total of...wait for it...40 minutes! :) One time during this whole 30 days. I ended up with an ear infection/cold (thanks Z, mommy loves you) and couldn't jump around to the cardio so I just said screw it for now. I'm almost thankful for that because I was able to spend 30 days being completely set on just my food intake and preparing my lunch etc...and I STILL managed to misplace 16lbs :) Can I complain??? Not a chance. This next month brings exercise and a goal of sit ups for me so we'll see you back here in a month to hear more :)

Some other great things:
I sleep about 75% better than I used to (I'll TAKE it)
I'm not sluggish everyday all day
I'm more alert and able to focus better

Best one of all? I think I'm going to be able to do the "Pants Falling Down" dance with Theresa soon.

As much as I could rant about this product ALL DAY LONG I'm going to leave you with that. You want more information? Visit Isagenix or contact me and we'll yap about it all you want. There are MANY questions, I understand this, but this post was mostly meant as a BRAG because I can, I will and I will continue to do it again and again and again. This is by far the cheapest, less stressful, most rewarding and beneficial for my health and body system I have EVER seen. It will take quite a bit to get me to change my mind about any of it at all.

PS..watch the clip at the right of my page. At 0:42 is Susan Sly, she my team leader along with Chris and probably one of the most incredible women around. This is hands down no joke!!!

Sisterly Love Jacket by Peekaboo Beans

I was approached a bit back and asked if I would like to host a review of a children's clothing line. Normally I tend to check out the site and usually opt out of the review for a variety of reasons. However upon visiting Vicky's website and taking a look at the Fall 2011 catalogue for Peekaboo Beans, I simply couldn't help myself.

Now, I'm very much NOT a girly girl, but I do have 2 very VERY girly girls ages 3.5 and 5. Being that I would prefer to grab myself a sweater and a pair of sweat pants, this Fall line is edgy, it's hip, it's fun and I'll tell you right now, washes like a champ!

So going through we chose to go with the Sisterly Love Jacket in the Lilac (because we all know if I ordered Bark -- or anything resembling a brown -- my daughter would go on strike from speaking to me). We went ahead and picked this selection and waited for it to arrive via mail.

Finally it arrived! It was like early Christmas for Moose and she was very excited. So let's talk about this jacket. Not only does it come is sizes 1-8, but it features include the full zipper, a french terry material, front pockets (because let's face it, a jacket without pockets is not meant for little ones), binding detail and the BEST feature of all...THUMBHOLES!!! Why does this feature rock the most? Because I have to manually make holes in my sweaters to hold the sleeves down etc and this jacket comes equipped. Even Moose thought this was the coolest part about the jacket.

She has managed to take it off...long enough for me to machine wash and dry it for the mom test, and now she is wearing it again. It does get a little cool here and there, but as long as she's got her sweater on underneath she's good to go.

It also doesn't hurt that I've been asked 2 times where I got the jacket as they hadn't seen it before. My kid was the cool kid!!!

So take a few minutes, head over to Peekaboo Beans and see what she has going on. If you have little boys OR girls, you will most likely find something that you just HAVE to have...err that they want I mean!!!

Disclosure: I received the above product for review purposes free of charge. All opinions expressed are honest and my own, NOT influenced in any way.