My IsaJourney: Day 27: Happy New Year

This morning I received a fantastic email from the woman that started it all for our Team Victory in Isagenix. It made me smile thinking about all of the people out there who think nothing of whining about the situations they are in. Regardless of their situation, they whine. It's not that they are in a bad "spot" all of the time, they just haven't realized you can't keep "waiting" for things to get better, or looking ahead saying "when I have _____ (fill in with whatever: money, lost weight, etc.), I'll be happier."

We have to make it happen for ourselves. There are solutions to these "problems".

As Lynne wrote in the email this morning: We still live in a world that's filled with opportunity. In fact, we have more than an opportunity -- we have an obligation. An obligation to spend our time doing great things. To find ideas that matter and to share them. To push ourselves and the people around us to demonstrate gratitude, insight, and inspiration. To take risks and to make the world better by being amazing.

I'm full of gratitude to my friend Lisa. She has given me the GIFT of health. There is no doubt in my mind about that! She has given me the opportunity to give this GIFT to others, because she trusted that Isagenix would transform me. There was no doubt in her mind. The belief in her health and what Isagenix did for her was all I needed.

Now I am sharing it with others. People are skeptical. I'm from New York, I am just naturally pessimistic, but in 2011 I decided to be more open to things. Really go at things with a positive outlook, instead of always assuming people were total bullshit. Be skeptical, but don't turn your nose up right away when something NEW is shown to you. It's the fastest way to miss out on the very thing that could save you from poor health, DEBT and YOURSELF!

If I had hung up on Lisa look at all that I would have KEPT in that one second of STUBBORN New York bullheaded behavior:

1. I'd still be exhausted all the time. Isn't that what everyone wants?
2. I'd be the same moody b*tch I had become over the last few years, instead of just the regular tough b*tch that doesn't take garbage from others.
3. I'd still be lugging around all that extra weight.
4. Still be busting out of the my bra snaps every day. Or not wearing one because it hurt so much to wear it, piling on more clothing to hide the fact that I wasn't wearing one, because I've got Double D's and people would notice.
5. My body would be in pain - chronic shoulder, neck and back pain.
6. My daily headaches would still be hitting me every morning, like they always did, for three years....good times. Who would want to give that up? 
7. My kids would still be walking on eggshells wondering when mommy would "explode" and have to scream into a pillow in her bedroom to release stress.
8. Oh, I'd still have the overwhelming feeling I had every day that I didn't have enough time to get everything done in one day, then be paralyzed in fear and decide to push everything off to tomorrow, so I could get up early and tackle the whole list with a longer day.........
9. And I still be wondering why my logic from number 8 wasn't working.

I don't think I need to continue. I think you understand that hanging up on Lisa would have been the death of me. I wasn't going to be able to go much longer with my lifestyle of eating crap from the freezer section, when I remembered to eat, plus running myself into the ground every day without getting any sleep at night to recover.

Can you say "Staci was a HOT MESS?" I can. I was a HOT MESS. And now, I'm just hot. HAHAAAAAAA. In my own mind, anyway.

So today, it's my 27th day into the 30 day system. I'm having dinner with my family - a pork roast I believe. Tomorrow is my cleanse day, then a couple more days until my final day of the 30 day system, where I will take measurements again, weigh in and report on everything.

After this I start with my Pillars of Health system, see if that's the right system for me to maintain and still lose a little bit at a time. Or if I have to hit the 30 day again in February to get to that goal weight I have in my head of 110 lbs. (I'm 5'3", 110 is probably as thin as I can go without looking like Clarista Flockhart - she's the one that was on that lawyer show, right?)

My Dad will be starting the 30-day in January. I'll have to keep on him to do it right, because he's home all day and might sneak a bit, or go off the tracks a bit. But with men, it's sometimes easier to lose the weight, without all those crazy girl hormones screwing with them!

I'm excited for my Dad to do this, because he's always tired and he's got a lot of chronic pain. I can't wait for him to feel the difference. He did get a little wacky about the price, but what he wasn't understanding was ONE: It's worth it. TWO: He won't be eating all that crap Mom buys him when she goes grocery shopping, so that bill will decrease a lot. THREE: This system actually works! FOUR: If you don't like the taste of something, ALTER IT. Don't get caught up in the flavors of things when you can hide it! I hide the Ionix all the time, still cannot stand the taste of it, but I won't go a day without it......it's the best stuff on Earth!

Take 30 days out of your life, it will be the best thing you can do to make that life better.

To health and wealth in 2012.