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I know it seems like I have dropped off the face of the earth because I haven't posted in so long but I do want to let everyone know I am still a distributor for FORM and FIXX.
I found out just recently I'm expecting our 6th child and so that has put a damper on my weight loss efforts (of course). I was doing so well and losing a consistent 2-4 lbs a week when things changed and I found out I was expecting AGAIN. It seems like I just had Sadie (8 months) and it also seems like I just had Madison (19 months) and now I'm due in May with baby numero sixo. :) So having said that you can only imagine how much havoc three pregnancies in a row can have on ones body... how much weight on top of weight on top of weight I will have to lose after this baby is born. I was just 25 lbs away from my goal when this pregnancy happened.
The main difference with this pregnancy is that I have peace of mind and NO STRESS when I think of how I'm going to lose the weight afterwards. I'm actually looking forward to the challenge just like I do with every pregnancy but this time I have a whole new outlook and I know it will almost be effortless.
With this pregnancy I plan on continuing with the FIXX shake in the morning (which is interesting because with previous pregnancies the thought of Slimfast made me so sick even thinking about it). I love the FIXX shake and it fills me up and the flavor is wonderful and I love how it has just 100 calories. I will also take the FORM pill as consistently as I can because I KNOW it will prevent me from gaining the normal amount of weight my body seems to LOVE putting on each pregnancy.
So right now I am not really a "shrinking mommy" but I will be again in May. :)
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
FORM Works Best with Pure, Room Temperature Water
I had heard from a few people that FORM didn't work for them and that really surprised me. FORM isn't something that will work for some and not for others. This product should work for everyone who tries it as long as they follow the directions.
I learned that FORM is most effective with pure, room temperature water. When I told this to one of the persons it didn't work for, she retried it and I got a text from her with GREAT results.
Read the post below for more details... I just received it from the O3 World Dream Team and it just reiterates what I learned just a little bit earlier last month.
I learned that FORM is most effective with pure, room temperature water. When I told this to one of the persons it didn't work for, she retried it and I got a text from her with GREAT results.
Read the post below for more details... I just received it from the O3 World Dream Team and it just reiterates what I learned just a little bit earlier last month.
FROM MYO3WORLD DREAM TEAM
It has come to my attention that there are a few characteristics about the O3World Form product that need clarification. We’ve been hearing about the great results that people have been experiencing across the boards, however, if we educate people about the actual physical process that gives Form its amazing properties, it will allow people to better utilize this revolutionary product.
The following are a two guidelines for optimal results, with accompanying explanations. I know it always helps me make better decisions about how to use a product when I actually understand the reasons behind the usage recommendation. So, without any further Adieu:
1: Form should be taken on a relatively empty stomach. Do not eat or drink anything for at least 45-60 minutes before taking Form.
Explanation : Form is a in a class of compounds known as Super Absorbent Polymers, or SAPs. The vast majority of these compounds can only absorb extremely pure water. While Form is designed to be more tolerable of impurities in the water, it still helps to have the purest water environment possible for optimum expansion. Also, if there are more liquids present than the Form can absorb, it will remain in a fluid, or semi-fluid state, thus detracting from its hunger-reducing properties. If one were to have food in the stomach, it would contain material that would dissolve into the water, and detract from the Form’s expansion performance. Also, if one had excess liquids in the stomach, it would create an environment where the Form would not be able to absorb enough to congeal, and bring about the intended effect.
2: Form should be taken with the purest possible water, preferably warm.
Explanation: Once again, Form is happiest in a pure water environment. The reason for this is because each Form microbead is like a tiny, tiny sponge, with a bunch of microscopic holes in it. We’re going to paint a mental picture for everyone to help them understand this principle.
Let’s think about these tiny holes as doorways that are three feet high, and two feet wide. Now let’s think about each water molecule as a five year old girl who wants to hold hands with everyone she can. Water, like five year olds, can behave in very interesting ways. Our water molecule has the ability to “hold hands” with a very large number of other substances. This is what happens whenever anything is dissolved in the water. Sugars, Salts, acids, bases, minerals; All these substances all have the ability to bond with water molecules, and move about the solution in tandem on the molecular level. Ok, back to the “tiny door” analogy. The water molecule, the five year old, holds hands with whomever she can. When water comes in contact with Form microbeads, and its tiny doorways, water wants to walk through them. However, if she’s “holding hands” with someone, she must try to bring them through the door as well. Now, if a water molecule is a five year old, every other molecule that can hold her hands are huge, fully grown adults. Picture our tiny little water molecule, holding hands with her 250 pound father, walking through a 3 foot by 2 foot doorway. It’s just not going to work very well.
This is the situation if there are sugars or salts dissolved in the water. Form will only expand 65-80% if the water it is absorbing has too much dissolved in it. Hence, Colas, Coffee, Juices, and pretty much anything except pure water is not optimal for use with Form. It also expands much more rapidly in water that is close to body temperature.
Something to remember is that bottled water is not necessarily pure water. Some bottles waters add minerals and electrolytes that will slow the absorbing process. It should still work with basically all bottled waters, but if there are “flavor enhancing minerals” in the water it will just take a little longer for it to do its job.
I hope these explanations give you a little better reason about why we make these Form recommendations. Thank you for your interest!
The following are a two guidelines for optimal results, with accompanying explanations. I know it always helps me make better decisions about how to use a product when I actually understand the reasons behind the usage recommendation. So, without any further Adieu:
1: Form should be taken on a relatively empty stomach. Do not eat or drink anything for at least 45-60 minutes before taking Form.
Explanation : Form is a in a class of compounds known as Super Absorbent Polymers, or SAPs. The vast majority of these compounds can only absorb extremely pure water. While Form is designed to be more tolerable of impurities in the water, it still helps to have the purest water environment possible for optimum expansion. Also, if there are more liquids present than the Form can absorb, it will remain in a fluid, or semi-fluid state, thus detracting from its hunger-reducing properties. If one were to have food in the stomach, it would contain material that would dissolve into the water, and detract from the Form’s expansion performance. Also, if one had excess liquids in the stomach, it would create an environment where the Form would not be able to absorb enough to congeal, and bring about the intended effect.
2: Form should be taken with the purest possible water, preferably warm.
Explanation: Once again, Form is happiest in a pure water environment. The reason for this is because each Form microbead is like a tiny, tiny sponge, with a bunch of microscopic holes in it. We’re going to paint a mental picture for everyone to help them understand this principle.
Let’s think about these tiny holes as doorways that are three feet high, and two feet wide. Now let’s think about each water molecule as a five year old girl who wants to hold hands with everyone she can. Water, like five year olds, can behave in very interesting ways. Our water molecule has the ability to “hold hands” with a very large number of other substances. This is what happens whenever anything is dissolved in the water. Sugars, Salts, acids, bases, minerals; All these substances all have the ability to bond with water molecules, and move about the solution in tandem on the molecular level. Ok, back to the “tiny door” analogy. The water molecule, the five year old, holds hands with whomever she can. When water comes in contact with Form microbeads, and its tiny doorways, water wants to walk through them. However, if she’s “holding hands” with someone, she must try to bring them through the door as well. Now, if a water molecule is a five year old, every other molecule that can hold her hands are huge, fully grown adults. Picture our tiny little water molecule, holding hands with her 250 pound father, walking through a 3 foot by 2 foot doorway. It’s just not going to work very well.
This is the situation if there are sugars or salts dissolved in the water. Form will only expand 65-80% if the water it is absorbing has too much dissolved in it. Hence, Colas, Coffee, Juices, and pretty much anything except pure water is not optimal for use with Form. It also expands much more rapidly in water that is close to body temperature.
Something to remember is that bottled water is not necessarily pure water. Some bottles waters add minerals and electrolytes that will slow the absorbing process. It should still work with basically all bottled waters, but if there are “flavor enhancing minerals” in the water it will just take a little longer for it to do its job.
I hope these explanations give you a little better reason about why we make these Form recommendations. Thank you for your interest!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
What Does a Woman Want?
What does a woman want? To feel good about the way she looks is a huge deal for most women. So here I am at the What a Woman Wants show and my booth is smack right next to a liposuction booth... haha! Across from me is ANOTHER liposuction booth... I thought that was pretty funny.
Losing weight is a huge deal for most people because most people are not the ideal size thanks to convenient quick meals in the fast food industry or even in grocery markets. There is also a huge problem with the size of meals served in most restaurants. It's all about making food quick because we all leave such busy lives, and when we do get to sit down at a restaurant, we're served double or triple what a normal meal should be. Do these huge or quick meals help us in our efforts to live a healthy lifestyle? NO WAY.
When I found out about FORM I was working my buttocks off (literally) trying to shed the baby weight I had so conveniently and consistently gained with my 5th pregnancy. A HUGE goal for me after every pregnancy is to work that weight off ASAP and I'm pretty darn good at it if I do say so myself. :) Well, 5 pregnancies later and of course I'm not getting any younger... the weight was not coming off so easily this time. I swore by SlimFast (even though I was so HUNGRY just taking the shakes two meals a day), and working out. Those two things combined helped me shed the weight after 3 previous pregnancies. Well, this time around it was slow going and I was getting anxious to find something else.
Rich's friend was telling him about FORM and how it works and I was listening to the conversation (thanks to speakerphone in the car). I couldn't stop thinking about this new product and this new idea in weight loss. I told Rich I wanted to try it.
So I signed up and have been THRILLED - ABSOLUTELY THRILLED - to have found something that works 100% of the time! I've been losing a consistent 2-4 lbs a week and will be down to my goal weight in no time at all. I don't feel hungry AT ALL. I don't feel deprived either because I can eat what I want, I just won't eat as much of it. It's all about portion control when you want to lose weight - taking in less calories than you're working off. That's what it says in "Weight Loss for Dummies"... haha! YES, I did buy that book and it's great! :) But I believe it completely and it's obvious to me in all my weight loss efforts after each pregnancy.
So I put a little plug in this blog about FORM and FIXX from O3World and people gained interest and started signing up. That of course, put me in a position I wasn't really considering when I first signed up as a customer. I am happy to say that I am getting my product for free and it's only uphill from here.
I spent this past weekend doing the What a Woman Wants show in Sandy and had a really good time talking to people about this new idea in weight loss. We had people enter a drawing and everyone who entered at least gets a sample so they can try the product. We sold little packs of 6 pills for people who weren't quite interested in buying a whole bottle, and sold bottles of FORM as well as packets of the FIXX shake. It was great. I love the idea of helping people get healthy. I found something that works for me and so many others and it's been fun comparing stories. My friend Lena has lost 11 lbs in 2 weeks... Julianna has lost 10 lbs since starting, etc. It's a good thing and I'm glad I found it.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Walking from Obesity - Myrtle Beach, SC
Heather,
Marty and I are going to join the WALK from OBESITY event this Saturday in Myrtle Beach, SC.
I have links on my blog if anyone would like to donate.
Funds generated from the event support the ASMBS Foundation and its research and professional education initiatives, and the patient and general public educational and advocacy programs of the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC).
We all know someone who is touched by the disease of obesity. Please reach out with a KIND hand.
On another note. I am on my second day of using FORM.
I cannot believe how full I feel.
I intended today to take one capsule before lunch and 2 before dinner however I was so full, one before each meal was enough.
Marty and I are going to join the WALK from OBESITY event this Saturday in Myrtle Beach, SC.
I have links on my blog if anyone would like to donate.
Funds generated from the event support the ASMBS Foundation and its research and professional education initiatives, and the patient and general public educational and advocacy programs of the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC).
We all know someone who is touched by the disease of obesity. Please reach out with a KIND hand.
On another note. I am on my second day of using FORM.
I cannot believe how full I feel.
I intended today to take one capsule before lunch and 2 before dinner however I was so full, one before each meal was enough.
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