Sunday, September 21, 2008

I am in my skinny clothes again!!!


If I was sold on Lifemax in August, now I am crazy about Lifemax. Since the birth of my first son in 2004, I put all of my "pre-pregnancy" clothes in my skinny closet. I used to be a personal trainer, I used to run a weight loss program, I should know how to lose weight, yet have not been able to get back to my old self. So, I hired a personal trainer, for 12 long weeks I let them kick my butt, and yes I lost weight, maybe around 10 pounds but I still couldn't get down to even my pre-second baby weight of 150 lbs, I was stuck at 155. After 3 months on Lifemax, I am down to 137 pounds and ecstatic. Am I working out? No, I know that I should be but my life is just too crazy right now, so how am I losing weight? I put Lifemax in a smoothie every morning, as a result, I eat less all day long and have tons of energy. If I was excited about Lifemax before, now I am really excited, wonder what would happen if I started working out again......

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Food Matters

Why I am using LifeMax??

I like to think of myself as a healthy person, I have read all the right books, I can talk nutrition talk with the best of them, but when it comes right down to it, being a full-time Physician Assistant, business owner, mom and wife, I don’t have time to eat healthy!! I don’t have time to cook healthy food for my family and it kills me. Being in the medical field I know just how important it is to eat a healthy diet. It didn’t matter so much when it was just my husband and I, but now that I have two growing boys, healthy eating has become a priority to me. I am very aware that each day I can’t get my 4 year old to eat his vegetables or whole grain noodles I am failing at my job as a mom (at least I feel like I am). I even bought Jessica Seinfeld’s book Deceptively Delicious to try and sneak healthy foods to my children in their meals. I was so excited while cooking my butternut squash, carrots and cauliflower getting them ready to puree and hide in fantastic foods. Well guess what, my eldest son caught on real fast! As a result, he no longer eats his favorite spaghetti sauce because he thinks I have hidden something in it----AGGGHHH!!! All those hours of baking, pureeing, and scraping vegetables into baggies for nothing!

When my youngest brother called me and asked me if he could tell me about LifeMax, I first told him no. I hear enough about magic lotions and potions while I am seeing patients during the day, I figured that he had been roped in by someone. After I told him no a few more times(because he just wouldn't give up) I finally told him that I would do some research on it just to get him to stop talking about it.
I started to do some research that evening and found out that Mila has:

MORE OMEGA-3’s than Salmon

MORE DIETARY FIBER than Flax Seed

MORE PROTEIN than Kidney Beans

MORE FOLATE than Asparagus

MORE CALCIUM than Whole Milk

MORE MAGNESIUM than Broccoli

MORE IRON than Spinach

MORE ANTIOXIDANTS than Cultivated Blueberries

MORE SELENIUM than Flax

MORE POTASSIUM than Bananas

WOW! I realized that this was something that I could get my family to eat. With no odor and no taste, they can’t tell when I sprinkle it in their oatmeal, yogurt or even their orange juice- what a miracle!!

This product has so many benefits I really don't know where to start. Not only is it healthy for my kids' growing bodies, it has also helped my husband, Javier in a surprising way. Multiple clinical studies have shown that Omega 3s help with depression. Javier started taking Omega 3s approximately one year ago after his physician recommended it for depression. There is no doubt about it, they help. I thought I would try them as well knowing that they are good for the heart. This is especially important to me because I have a long family history of heart disease. So, I started taking the typical supplement for Omega 3s that Javier was taking - fish oil. The first morning that I took them, I was burping up fishy tasting oil all morning while seeing my patients- gross!!! Now, with Mila we are both getting our Omega 3s without worrying about mercury in fish, burping up fish oil, or having to worry about getting fish oil from the fish that were grown in the right place. The list of great things about this grain goes on and on. Please contact me if you have any questions about this product. I have done lots of research on this product and the benefits from Mila just keep growing!!