Friday, quick update...

My cousin is ordering Herbalifeline! He tore his ACL a few weeks ago, he visited last weekend in pretty bad shape. He left able to bend his knee at about 45 degree angle. It needs to bend to 90 degrees so he can return to work!

Wednesday, quick update...

It feels like summer in Chicago! Here's a nice cool way to keep cool this week!

Summertime smoothie


About 1/2 cup frozen pineapples
3-4 pieces of frozen mango chunks
2 teaspoons personalized protein powder.
2 or more capfuls of herbal aloe concentrate ( plain or mango)
1/2 teaspoon herbal tea concentrate
4 oz or more of pomegranate juice

Add all of these ingredients to your blender. If your shake is too think for you add more pomegranate juice. Enjoy!

Healthy decisions! Recipes inside!

 I haven't been able to get to Farmers Market as much as I wanted to and I have to make up for the last trip I didn't blog about as well! So, I'm going to start with my last trip which was about 3 weeks ago. This was also the week I prepared a full meal with what I purchased. Here's the photo

 This trip brought me a lot of good and yummy things to eat! This was the first week my boyfriend and myself were able to make a completely organic salad. With all of the vegetables anyone could see why I was delighted to have an organic salad for a week. I bought chicken breasts as well for quick meals. And I bought a pork roast along with organic breakfast sausage. While I enjoyed all of the individual foods I bought I enjoyed what they became even more. So, here's a recipe for the pork roast I made. It was delicious!

Slow Roasted Pork Roast

1 Pork Roast, mine was about 3 -4 lbs
Seasonings, I used a combination of dried herbs I bought at Farmers' Market
1 onion, sliced
3-4 mushrooms, sliced
Pink Salt
Garlic

Heat oven to 325 F. Clean any meat you buy! Especially if it's bone in like this piece of meat. Dry it off and prepare it. Add some of the mushrooms, onions and garlic to the bottom of the pan. I  like to prepare my meat in the roasting pan instead of making extra clean up for myself. Add the preferred spices and seasonings generously on top and bottom of the roast. Add the rest of the mushrooms. onions, and garlic to the top of the roast. Now, it's ready for the oven! In three hours the roast should be done, use a meat thermometer to check the temperature.

With this I prepared the broccoli. I boiled it for about 5 mins then with a slotted spoon, I scooped up the broccoli into a serving bowl and added about 1/2 tablespoon of butter.

Even though I didn't buy potatoes at the market, I did make sure they're organic. I made Dill Potatoes as well to go with the roast.

Dill Potatoes

1 lb of golden potatoes
2 tablespoons of butter
2 Tablespoons of fresh, dried Dill
1 garlic clove, minced

Clean the potatoes before cutting them up. Dry them, then quarter them. Some of the potatoes might need to be cut again based on size. Prepare a Skillet on medium high heat, add the butter allow it to melt. Once it's melted add the garlic. Cook just until you can smell it, then add the potatoes. Stir them for a few minutes before adding the dried dill. Continue stirring the potatoes periodically because you don't want to burn the garlic! The potatoes are ready when you can stick a fork in them and they fall off of it.

On today's trip!

This morning's trip was not supposed to happen. I thought I had everything I needed from a store that claims to be organic. I saw a video expose on the store this morning after I'd been at Farmers Market. So maybe it was a good thing. These are just a few things that I cannot cook without. Thankfully, Just because fall is coming I don't have to give up some of my favorite veggies! Mushrooms are obviously my favorite because they're in almost every photograph I've posted with these blogs. I love the honey that comes from the market as well! It's a great companion to my Herbal Tea Concentrate. The best morning pick me up anywhere. Way better than coffee. The taffy apples I bought this morning didn't last, one went to my mother even though she did something that she should not have done yesterday. She flushed the salad I made for dinner the night before down the toilet yesterday morning. You gotta laugh to keep from getting upset right? Well, I laughed, but I'm still upset because now I have to pay for a plumber.

I can say my transition into going organic is almost complete. But if anyone knows how to obtain any seafood that is in fact organic, I'm very much interested.

Stay Healthy!

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My decisions, perfect or not let's not fight about them.

Instead of turning something into a fight. I'm going to talk about some of my health preferences and reasons for them.

I stopped going to the doctor a few years before I found Herbalife. I don't have health insurance and I cannot afford the expense of going to see one either. I made my decision based on those facts and the fact that I cannot go to the community wellness clinic without someone assuming I am pregnant. Because most of the girls at my age were pregnant or getting pregnant, it felt assumed that I was pregnant without having any symptoms or even bringing it up.

I am not saying that I cannot get pregnant, but if that's not what I came to you about. Then you shouldn't be checking for that. If for whatever reason I thought I was that would be the first thing to come out of my mouth. For instance, I had the stomach flu and everyone knows all the gory details of that illness. The doctor actually stood there and told me that she thought I was pregnant and should leave a urine sample.

The doctor I was going to before never, under any circumstances, brought up pregnancy with me unless I brought it up myself.

I also have stopped watching the news because of the margin of error in a lot of the reporting. Specifically because I wanted to see the bigger picture. What was really going on? What's the real deal behind the crap they feed you on all mainstream outlets. This might anger some of you. I don't believe in going to the doctor anymore. I'm not saying anyone under Doctor's care should stop seeing their doctor because if you have severe health problems that you are already seeing a health care professional continue to see that person. All Dr's are not trying to shove a pill down your throat. Some good Dr's will give their patients advice on diet and exercise because it helps. Medication alone doesn't do the trick. If it did, I wouldn't know so many people who need to take insulin because they didn't put in the extra effort to heal the body.

The right diet and exercise can possibly bring down those high numbers from lab results. So continue with your health regime, but please don't disrespect the decisions of friends and family. What may work for you might not work for me.

There is a difference. Fancy that?

There is a real difference in the foods I've tried from farmers market and the ones I buy at the grocery store. I cannot believe it.

I know I haven't been staying updated with my progress. I've sort of hit a bump financially. So I had to go to the grocery store for a little bit of time. But this past weekend I got right back on track! And I've noticed that I cannot eat the so called fresh fruit and veggies that come from the store anymore. Everything tastes better when it's been grown until it's ready to be picked, not being picked before it's all fully mature.

When your veggies and fruits taste better, the way you cook them tastes better. It's the truth! Better ingredients start with the freshest ingredients. And how much more fresher can farmers market be? Even the meat from farmers market is way more flavorful than what you buy from the store.

With that said, I've eaten almost everything available at my nearest farmers market. And every with every trip I become more and more surprised and inspired! Here's my latest inspiration.

Veggie Pasta

1 small rainbow bell pepper (any color you choose), diced
1/2 onion, diced
1 or 2 oz of fresh broccoli
Rotini pasta (make sure the listed ingredients are wheat flour)
3 small mushrooms
Garlic
Cream of mushroom (optional)
Chicken Broth

Start with the box of pasta. Cook according to directions on the box. Now once the pasta is done, start with browning onions and bell pepper. Remove from skillet and add mushrooms until they're brown. Add the mushrooms to the onions and bell pepper.

Start by heating up the cream of mushroom soup, watch it so it doesn't burn. Add chicken broth, a couple tablespoons at a time until desired consistency. Then add pasta, bell pepper, mushrooms and onions to simmer. Then slowly add the broccoli. The broccoli should turn bright green. If the broccoli starts to fall apart, don't worry. Now the dish is done and you're ready to eat!

You can enjoy this recipe with baked chicken, fish, or you can make this a one dish meal by adding your favorite meat to it. Quick and Easy!

Until next week!

Tastes like summer!

Recently, I purchased the seasonal Formula 1 Shake flavor Orange Cream. I didn't purchase this shake last year because it was my first year in the business and I had plenty of other Herbalife products to enjoy and try out. But since this flavor has just recently been released once again I've given myself the opportunity to try out this seasonal product. And it was amazing! I've been drinking it everyday. It tastes just like a dreamsicle! I love it and I cannot wait to buy more when I place my next order.

As I stated earlier, I have been an Independent Herbalife Distributor for a year. At least this Saturday will mark a whole year for me. I've made mistakes, been scared and worry whether or not I'll make progress.

But I'm getting better, becoming influenced, and I'm ready to crack that shell that I've been keeping myself in for quite some time. This weekend I'll be participating in my first Health Fair! I'm hoping that I will gain new opportunities and new customers as well. I know it might be much to expect, but I do feel something good is going to happen.

Til Saturday!