You Eat Healthy: Do You Need to Take a Vitamin?

VITAMIN CHALLENGE:

Go grab your vitamin (if you take one).  Drop it in a glass of warm water & start a timer.  See how long it takes to dissolve without shaking or stirring.  You may need to leave it sit overnight.  If it hasn't totally dissolved in a couple of hours; stir it with a spoon.  

Does it have an odor? your vitamin is...rotten 

Does it have a foul taste? your vitamin is rotten

Are there...chunks? your vitamin is not being absorbed by your body

If you answered "yes" to any of those questions: it's time to start looking for a good multivitamin.  

Before being introduced to It Works I had no idea what a huge impact a good multivitamin can make on your energy, diet, and weight!  Basically:  I didn't know what I was missing!  Sure I always heard my mom say those infamouse Mom Words of Wisdom: "Make sure you're taking your vitamins!"   Chhhhyeah.  Whatever!  I blew it off thinking....

what's the point?  I eat healthy.

HOWEVER

Even if you eat healthy: you still NEED a good multivitamin!!!

Q: Why?  

A: The world's population has grown so much over the last 40 years that in order to meet the growing food demands of food the soil is being exhausted of nutrients. Much of the food that isn't certified "organic" has been grown using harmful chemicals including fertilizers and pesticides.  Today you would have to eat 4 apples to get the same amount of nutrients that 

1 apple 40 years ago contained..... so you can see where I'm going with this!  No matter how healthy you think you're eating:  your body is still lacking nutrients.  You would have to constantly eat (not to mention blow your entire paycheck on food) just to take in the nutrients your body needs in a day.

Q: How can you tell what a "good vitamin" is?

A:  The CEO of IT Works -- Mark Pentecost -- asked his doctor the same thing.  Mark was shocked when he received this answer: I don't know...but I wouldn't take a cheap one!  So what did he do?  Mark asked the It Works Product Formulator -- Luis Mijares -- to come up with a quality multivitamin that contained phytonutrients, essential vitamins & minerals, as well as antioxidants.  A good multivitamin is one that can be easily absorbed by the body (has a high bioavailability), is fresh, and contains no fillers. Hate to say it but I'm willing to bet 90% of the vitamins on the store shelf are total crap!  All of the "name brand" ones we've put to the test so far have not even come close to It's Vital.  

Q:  What will It's Vital do for you?

A:  Give you more energy, help you maintain a healthy weight, give your body the proper nutrients so you can effectively lose weight, and most of all keep your immune system powered up!  It will also give you the peace of mind that you're fueling yourself and your family with the highest quality ingredients and offering them the healthiest life possible! 

Top 3 Post-Workout Faves

                               

Defining Gel 

IT's Vital (multivitamin)

Ultimate ProFIT

FIT Tip : Mayo Alternative

tip: for a more moist consistency, add 1/2 to 1 Tbsp. olive oil with the mashed avocado.  Add pepper to taste and use like mayo!

WHEN RIPE AN AVOCADO WILL FEEL SLIGHTLY FIRM, BUT ABLE TO BE PRESSED IN EASILY.  
not baseball firm. 
not squishy.  

Want a great avocado recipe?  Check out Avocado Toast on FITworks!  I know it sounds weird...but I promise: it's delish!

ProFIT Recipe: Fried Ice Cream Alternative

Have you ever had Fried Ice Cream from an authentic Mexican Restaurant?  (If not: put that on your bucket list!)  The town I grew up in had a little family-owned restaurant called "Segovia's"and they had the most delicious fried ice cream ever...

In lieu of ditching old habits for newer, healthier ones I've been searching for alternative recipes & doing some experimenting.  This morning I stumbled on the perfect alternative...

View it on Instagram

FUN  FACT: 

Cinnamon is a natural blood sugar stabilizer.  Consuming this spice in the morning can help reduce or eliminate "crashes" in the afternoon!

(Re)starting My Business!

     

So here's the first post on the new blog...this has been a long time coming!  I have to say a huge thank-you to all of my customers and distributors -- you guys are wonderful!  If you don't already know this: I have 2 boys (Christopher age 3.5 and Ryan age 1.5) and my husband is active duty military.  When I first signed up last spring to be a distributor my sweet little Ryan was still going through extreme colic -- as in he was attached to me in a baby carrier between 16 and 22 hours / day -- and my husband had left for 3 months to go to Phase 1 of "bombsquad" training at Fort Lee, VA.  It was extremely bad timing but I made the best of it by doing some online marketing and using the products on myself  : )  See my before / afters here .



There was a chance my husband wouldn't complete Phase 1 of training because EOD school (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) is extremely challenging academically and mentally, and even if he did pass he would be going to Phase 2 of training at Eglin AFB, FL which is even more difficult.  Only 1 in 3 individuals makes it through the training.  But he passed Phase 1 so we scrambled to find a house in Florida.  His days started at 4:30 and often went until 6:30 or 7 at night.  When he "failed" tests he had one shot to re-take them. (Failing in the EOD world is pretty much anything below 95%.  Their motto is: "Initial Success or Total Failure" and if you think about it ...it's eerily true.  You don't get a second chance to defuse a bomb and there is no room for mistakes)  When he failed a second time on the tests he had to appear in front of the board (instructors) and state why he should be allowed to stay and given another chance.  I think he went to the board 3 times. 

March was the peaking point for stress -- my husband was going through the hardest part of his training and my dad also started to have some health problems so I decided to take the boys and drive up to Wisconsin and stay until Rob was closer to graduating. It was nice to see family but I had limited phone and internet access....which is really difficult when you run your business primarily online! Overall I made two trips from Florida to Wisconsin between March and July with just myself and my boys!  (In case you're wondering its a 24 hour drive 1 way....YUCK!)  But I left blitz cards at the gas pumps and in the gas stations when we stopped.

Rob graduated from EOD school on July 13th with 8 other students from his initial class of 25+.  So proud of him!  It was a long year and such a relief to finally come to the end!  On Sunday, July 16th the boys and I drove 14 hours to MO so we could get our dream house.  Everything worked out!  We toured the house, put the deposit down, and then drove back to FL less than 48 hours later.  Talk about travel lag!  The last few days between getting back to FL and the movers arriving were spent arranging the house and packing everything up & of course -- enjoying The Gulf one last time...

I hated to leave Florida in the rearview; but as soon as we got settled in here everything is starting to fall into place.  I realized that you absolutely cannot be successful when part of your life is unbalanced.  I'm excited to RE-start my business and share the wonderful opportunity and life-changing products that I've found with others!

I believe the key to success is determination.  The person that gets knocked down but keeps on getting back up will be successful.  I may have had a slow start and had to overcome some obstacles...but now: WATCH OUT!  
Girl's on fire   ; )





Thanks so much for reading -- 
Much love and success!
-Sara-
insanelysara@gmail.com