"It's TOO Expensive"

The Dalai Lama when asked what surprised him most about humanity, he said -

Man.

 Because he sacrifices his own health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so Anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present, the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then he dies never really lived.

This really makes me stop and think of my past choices of health.  I only went to the doctor if I was pregnant... sick for an extended period of time each of those times it was bronchitis or pneumonia, and then there is this last time in January... for over 15 years I have had this ridiculous pain when I would eat... a pain that radiated under my rib cage from one side to the other and extended up into my chest across my shoulders - normally I would just contribute it to indigestion... that landed me in the hospital for emergency gall bladder surgery.... 20 plus years excluding my pregnancies I probably had been to the doctor 5 times tops... not because I am that healthy but because I would just weather through whatever ailment came over me. I didn't value myself and I certainly did not prioritize my health... EVER! This was no ones doing but my own. 

Then I made the decision 2013 would be the year I start to wake up and love life again (while i didn't know that @ the time) what else did I have to lose? I was over 380 pounds, disgusted with myself on the inside and wearing a fake smile most days on the outside.... We tend to invest in the things we love, we enjoy, things that are tangible, that give us pleasure, that make the ones we love happy, we have NO problem whatsoever in investing in those things. I followed my cleanse coach for over a year and a half before deciding maybe JUST maybe this isagenix stuff will work for me.. 

We value our purchases, brand name clothes, foods, cars, areas that we live in, jewelry, body art  etc - while we purchase generic things sometimes, honestly there is a difference it's a matter of what we ourselves are willing to sacrifice or compromise - a lot of those things aren't even necessities!!! They are just WANTS - so when someone says to me my chosen product sounds expensive or is expensive,  -

• My Sleep is priceless, without a good nights sleep I am worth nothing to the things that need to get done and those who need me! I sleep solid now!!! My sleep is restful, deeper than ever, when I wake up I am awake because for the first time ever I feel like I am actually sleeping! 
• My overall well being should be the most important thing to me!  Without it I am running on empty.  My blood pressure is Excellent no more medication needed, borderline diabetic is no longer a label, fatty liver disease bye bye, heavy irregular menstrual cycles are a thing of the past, circulatory issues of legs and feet swelling are also non existent, inflammation is a thing of the past, Excessive weight is coming off! My energy is through the roof no more mid day naps for this mamma and my favorite I haven't been sick ONE time since cleansing!!!! I was that person if one person got sick I got it the longest and hardest - While Isagenix does not claim to heal ailments, you are taking in some of the most nutritious foods possible and omitting the things that are not good for your beautiful body! The above are side effects that I read about daily!!!  ... 
• Results - My weight loss results are incredible and are also priceless and guaranteed, that's right guaranteed.  What? Yes in 10 months I have lost 140 lbs - this stuff is priceless! I thought I was one of those people that couldn't possibly afford this ongoing much less the first purchase, after being on Isagenix one week I KNEW I had found my vessel to nutrition and a healthier me which means a healthier wife, mom, daughter, sister, friend and servant! 
• My relationships are up there with my overall well being! Without relationships we stop existing to some extent. Who we are inside comes out on the exterior, I loved those around me, however I disliked who I was it affected years of my marriage and my children's life as well as my own, my relationship with my husband - I never wanted to attend various company gatherings due to my appearance, or spending time with other couples for the same reason - I let me appearance sabotage a lot of opportunities, family photos.... there are very VERY few photos of my and our children and husband as a group, I hated photos... it was a confirmation of what I had become and feeling like I had no ability to control it was another kick in the teeth..., outings with my children and husband were limited this included their extracurricular activities either I didn't want to draw attention to myself by cheering them on, or I was limited in doing things because of my weight as far as mobility and endurance - Today all of those things are NON EXISTENT - I love the woman I am becoming, more so the wife, mom, friend and so much more, photo's bring them on! Outing's, yes please! I am living for this first time ever as an adult my children and husband have a team player who is in the game not on the sidelines!                                                                                                                  
• My lifestyle... well I am a pretty simple girl with some huge vision, Isagenix is allowing that vision become a reality isagenix has a pretty impressive compensation plan, not only can you get your health and vitality back but you can use it as a financial vessel that has no limits, invest in yourself, your family, friends and others, your rewards are endless! We have always been a very humble pay check to pay check family and sometimes robbing Peter to pay Paul... I believe in this company and the anticipation of wealth and financial freedom is up for grabs!!! I am taking mine!!! 
• Serving and loving others!!! I have always been someone who loves to serve and get involved in helping others, Isagenix has taken that to a whole other level!!!  I have always loved to give and help, so even though I do not consider myself a saleswoman - I am someone who wants to help others, with Isagenix I can do that and it would be selfish of me not to share what it will do for anyone health wise and financially!

So with all of that why would I choose anything else but the best, why would I settle for less? I am worth every penny of this product, my body loves it and so do I - imitation products or products in the same industry are TOO expensive even if they financially cost less... they cost us over years of trading one product for another trying to find one that will work, doing damage to our bodies from yoyo'ing or putting un-necessary things into our bodies, deprive us nutritionally....  all the while still searching for that perfect solution... Stop searching by price and start looking at the company that backs their product up, real results, real VALUE!

Your Why, My Why & Why it's so Significant.

I was asked this less than a year ago... honestly I wasn't sure what it meant... I didn't have this nice picture above to point out some of the many why's that are a possibility but after hearing the question many times over the last several months my Why on this journey was originally about becoming healthy and fit... the WHY FACTOR, my beautiful family - we are blessed with 3 daughters 24, 15 and 14 and 2 sons 21 and our 3 yr old (almost 4) adopted son - plus the children we foster... However something happens when you are buried for so many years under layers of fat, when it starts to fade something so beautiful starts to surface... MY WHY has expanded greatly!

I love Isagenix, I love that I am overcoming one of my biggest obstacles and that nothing I have ever done has worked to the extent of this product!!! So truth is when you find your WHY claim it as yours and run after it, never taking your eye off of it! My WHY today is still my family but even more, serving others - helping them reach their potential, My husband he has always been a blue collar guy... My heart hurts for him, he busts his Butt for us ... I want to help with more than just the laundry!!! Our children's future - Did you know if you work as an Isagenix consultant your name/position can be left to a loved one? Talk about a legacy! Experiences - I want the children that we take care of to have real experiences in culture, fun, celebrating life etc, My Church, Our Farm we have an animal sanctuary for unwanted or abused livestock, My children's summer camp Messiah's Ranch - it's where my son found his salvation and brought it home and shared it with us, this place is priceless to us - and I would like to contribute to what it does regularly as they are non profit. I could keep going and that's not a bad thing! My WHY is endless.... and I am blessed to be right here, right now - allowing me to teach others about the benefits of Isagenix both health and wealth!!!- I am sure you have a why too, won't you share???

Til next time <3

Slow Progress and My Favorite Isagenix Breakfast Shake

Good Morning Friends!!! Today my instagram consisted of this below....

Fact we have all given up on something we wanted seemed impossible or too hard to obtain! #truth your ability to overcome obstacles is YOUR biggest obstacle ... We can make excuses we can enable each others failures or we can build each other up and hold each other accountable to be nothing less but our best!!! #notgivingup#investinyourself #beyourbestthenbebetter #youcandothis #Isagenix #beastmode#fitnotskinny #transformation #lanaredmond #progress #125lbsdown#accountability #blog250lbsandsomechange #winner #inspiresomeonetoday#presson #philippians4:13 #1corinthians6:19~20 #1corinthians10:31 so whatever you eat, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God! Ready for your transformation?? Get @ me training others for better health and wealth today! #isagirl72 <=== My Instagram name in case you want to follow ;) 

This above quote holds so many ugly truths for me in the past with EVERYTHING - it can be applied to anything and everything marriage, education, finances, housework, our goals in general but today folks (well most days) we are talking about our health goals... I am @ 257.8 as of this morning my scale has been teetering back and forth between 256 and 261 - What??? Who cares my inches are still dropping! I am lifting weights and doing cardio now and I know that attributes to the gain since muscle weighs more! I am getting curves instead of lumps and rolls ha! Don't get me wrong I still have a pretty good pudge going on and my legs are stubborn - but the above quote is TRUTH there is progress A LOT of progress!!! Are you stuck? Are you like me, having tried what seems like everything under the sun to lose weight and get fit? 135 lbs since 2/18/13 is nothing to turn a head down @ I lost my 14 year old (not really she is @ school right now) but weight wise I shredded her full physical form and then some!!!

Meet Noel our youngest daughter weighing in @123 on most days at 5'3 - I have lost that much weight!!! It's a whole person I know I know I am repeating myself but when you wrap your head around that - it's crazy! My hope is to be able to help others reach their goals, I love what I do now, Isagenix is helping me the best me I can be and setting my family on a path to financial freedom, if either of these things encourage you and you want more information please let me know and I will help you!

Now on to the yummy stuffs!!! This my friend below is my most favorite shake in the morning especially after a cleanse! It's the IsaLean Shake this one is Vanilla, I add 2 scoops of the Want More Energy... and you get a concoction that taste like a creamsicle! YUMMMM 

The Vanilla is an incredible base for so many creations there are tons of recipes out there we share many in our group currently I have over 420 people who are cleaning under me or learning how to start their own journey! Come on over and join in and find out how you too can get started today! Repeat after me and follow the link!!! I want to be healthy and wealthy

Until Next Time -

Live Bold & Loud - Live & Love - Inspire Someone Today!

Scattered and Crazy!

Well it's Tuesday friends November 5th, last month I challenged myself to get into the 240's by my 41st birthday...that is 10 days away OI! I am doing a 9 day cleanse and just finished a dbl cleanse day leaving me to weigh in this morning at 259.4 - I haven't had a 10 lb release in a week in a long time but darnit I am sure going to press on and try!!! Some of you have written me on facebook, email, youtube, instagram etc - telling me how inspirational my transformation has been for you, let me say all of ya'lls words of kindness are INSPIRATIONAL!!! They keep me accountable because I know you are watching! :) Seriously I would love to start a wellness Epidemic - and show people together we can do it! If you would love to cleanse along for purging toxins, losing weight building lean muscle, energy recovering, better sleep etc. - feel free to join my facebook group @ IsaFitForLife where there are 400+ people learning to cleanse nutritionally with awesome results! 

Scattered - I am all over the web... and I am trying to narrow everything down so that I can be visible to everyone who is following my journey and wants to learn more... If you want to follow me - I can be found on most social networking sites!

100 Pounds Down!

Let's just start with what everyone would want to know... the picture first -

I am Floored - I really haven't realized how much weight I have really lost... I mean yes my scale says I have lost this much... the tape measure says I have lost this much... but looking at myself daily I didn't see it until I lined up my photos from the beginning of this what seems like a life long journey (and it has been) I have just been consulting in the wrong travel agent.... lol - In honestly I never took full length pictures EVER, I made excuses of why I couldn't or wouldn't - there are no family photos of us as a group and my oldest child is 24... WHY? Because I was disgusted with myself and ashamed in denial of how large I really became, so when my sponsor told me to take a picture of myself I thought what in the world??? However I realized I have lived my life behind one excuse after another, and hid from what could be my potential...I needed to do something differently this time I needed to get this right - SO I took those darn pictures - Good grief look what 6 months of change did for me!!! Do you see it? Yes some of it you do, but what you can't see is a woman waking up with a desire to change things, do more, be more, LIVE more. For the first time in my life I feel like I have control - I am inspired to live this journey Bold and Loud in hopes to help others and sponsor them as well as encourage them along their journeys! Feel free to join my group if you want to seek your potential at it's fullest, if you want to do something aside dieting, If you are ready to say how do I start please  click here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/442381235839667/

Short but to the Point

A month ago I injured my toes from walking in shoes that were to small lol - Yes I know most people go for knees or ankles... I went big and injured both big toes :) ... it took almost a month for them to heal and they still look pretty icky.. this week was the first time I was able to walk again for a good speed and distance... even though my numbers have declined on the scale my inches are kicking butt - this is a picture from last month vs last night... Take tons of pictures - they are the seeing is believing when your scale looks @ you cross eyed ;) - I also had to hold on because of the exertion... no more!!! I love my Isagenix and I can help you get to your goals!! I have been inspired by so many others I want to pay it forward!! Leave me a message or visit me on facebook or if that is to personal feel free to visit IsaFitForLife :D a wonderful group that will share daily results, recipes, encouragement and more!!! 

The group addy is https://www.facebook.com/groups/442381235839667/

and to add me as a friend on facebook... https://www.facebook.com/LanaRedmond

and of course seeing is believing!! #isagirl72

How Did I Get Here

I saw a post yesterday on facebook it was a friend commenting on another persons photo a person like me severely obese... and it said something along the lines of how can someone let themselves get so big, surely there is some stopping point of enough is enough. 

 Let me explain being fat to you from my perspective... I think it's close to any lifestyle that may be negative - when you compare it to gambling, drugs, alcohol, sex addicts - most people think that they have this under control and can stop @ anytime the truth is they can't.... not alone - and even so that perfect plan is still a struggle... and there are falls whether it be losses, stress, pain, anger, celebrations, boredom whatever that may be a trigger.. and one may turn to those things for a temporary fix/pacification... and then when it's met and we have a chance to look @ ourselves - the guilt sets in and a few things happen from there .... we convince ourselves that we are fine we have this or that for an excuse for the way we are and embrace it not willingly but enough to accept it as what it is.  We build walls up around us, limit the people we allow to touch our lives and pretend to enjoy where we are at... it's much easier then failing again @ trying to succeed. We even believe that our situation isn't that bad - I remember about 15 yrs ago seeing a woman coming out of a Ryans Steak House Buffet .... her tummy hung to her knees... I thought to myself I would never let myself get like that... as I went in and ate to my delight ... out of tasty foods ... not from hunger - and I ate and ate. I haven't been eating like that for over 10 years as it would make me sick... however it did lead to where I am @ today so I packed on all this weight over time and it just sat - I made southern home cooked meals that were DELICIOUS but were definitely not something you would be eating if you were trying to lose weight, or in general watch your health etc.... 

So I had my family - they loved me and I convinced myself that's all I needed in life, however it's incredible how well we can deceive ourselves... I omitted myself from things like visiting my kids @ lunch ... because I didn't want their friends picking on them with fat jokes about their mother, all of the photo's over the years... are of the kids and dad my excuse was - well I was the one who was always taking the picture... truth is .. I didn't want to see myself in those photos... :( who was I hurting here? Amusement parks - I couldn't enjoy... I couldn't ride anything with my kids I still took them but as an observer... not a participant - and then the water park this past summer I sat in the kiddie pool with our adopted 2 yr old while our teen daughters and foster kids went on all the slides, they would ask me to go... but the steps to get to the top I knew would be excruciating on my knees and ankles.... not to mention being out of breath - and most of the slides I exceeded the weight limit - thank God I have not had to ride on an airplane because I already know... that would be another slap that would sting silently inside.

I don't know why every other fat person is fat... I don't know why they do not do something about it - I can only answer for myself - and that is I never found something that worked consistently... something that fit me - not only am I losing weight but have been inspired to help others reach their potential for health whether it be weight loss, building lean muscle, gaining energy and detoxing along the way... if you came across this, maybe you too have had the similar experience or moment where you just want to... but it's so hard for one reason or another - please join my facebook group and we can talk about your goals and how to get there!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/442381235839667/ 

Just to show you how successful Isagenix has worked for me here are my latest results from my 9th week!

I have a long way to go... but I am okay with that everyday my body feels stronger and healthier, my hair strangely is returning to it's natural blonde color ... without chemicals - never thought that was possible - my skin is vibrant and so soft- no more mid-day power naps with the toddlers.... I can work a whole day and not dream about laying down... when I sleep - I am ASLEEP! I have energy to keep up with all my children - right now that's 6 but can be as many as ten @ times. The best part about isagenix is that it's 100% guaranteed or your money back!

Kicking Butt and taking names!!!

Ha well you know I feel amazing !!! So I am about to show you my small but huge transformation in only 6 WEEKS!!!! I still have a long way to go but I am 40 lbs closer!!! I want to inspire others on this journey and help them get there the way I have been helped, losing weight alone can be hard or even discouraging, but when I set my skepticism aside and plunged into this... well It's not hard I have tons TONS of support - i mean it;s ridiculously unlimited, several new friends, it just doesn't in - I feel like I am running a marathon and the crowd??? They are cheering ME ON, ME???!!!! So here goes, If you are a fellow fatty like me I want to help you detox that body! YOU are worth it!!! It doesn't have to be hard and you certainly do NOT have to do it alone! on that note...Check me out!!!

 Look at the rolls on my back!!! and my tummy Oh my goodness, I have a beer belly and I don't even drink beer oh wait... nooo I HAD a beer belly ;o) - So you see the pictures and the numbers, but I can't even begin to show you or explain how incredible INCREDIBLE I feel - it's uuuuuhhhhMAZING! I have so much energy I feel like I am going to pop with excitement! I am excited for the potential of someone else being lost as me, settling for being fat, or well this is just who i am, or here's one I have a large frame - whatever!! ANYONE that is done talking about their excuses hit me up! So we can get you going - this is not about losing weight - it's about Detoxing your body and with that the fat gets released!


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6 week goal met!

So here I am 6 weeks later, and I am 40 pounds lighter!!! What's more important is I feel incredible, everyday I wake up I am at it - ready to take on whatever comes my way and believe me with over 400 animals to maintain and 6 kids in the house, a lot of things can happen ;)!

I have to say one of the most things I love about the weight I have lost is not my body on the outside (although it's nice) is what it's doing for my insides... I have lost my need for blood pressure medicine.... my heart is on the way to self repair as I was having left ventricular hypertrophy issues at a mild stage, my left leg and foot no longer swollen is telling me that I am moving in the right direction!!! My energy is above normal, I feel high on life - I am able to wake up @ 5 am and run to 10 pm doing full blown activities with all of my kiddos, and at the end of the day yes I am ready to power down, but only to catch enough winks so I can do it all over again the next day. My kids are ecstatic, my husband is cheering me on - and my hugest support group is my friends I have met along my short journey thus far that are all users of isagenix!

I want to help others meet their goals, if you are interested please visit me on my Facebook group page , or my weightloss fan page and if you just want to be friends find me  Here! I love meeting new people! . Later today I will be updating my stats and adding pictures! See you later!

At it again!

So it's been almost 2 years... TWO Bleeping Years since I posted and I am still fat ... actually I am not to far from where I left off when I was doing HCG - So just to knock some dust off this baby... I am now doing Isagenix and because this is so short... I will just tell you being on this for 4 weeks - I lost ... well lets say I lost the weight of my 3 year old and more than that in inches on him... come back soon and I will share the details!!!