My Story

I’ve always been on the thin side my entire life, without having to diet or go to the gym. I was an active person who was involved in sports and cheerleading/dance throughout childhood and into College. I never really watched what I ate ever! I was always told by my friends and family “Oh just wait until you hit 25 you will have to start going to the gym” but it wasn’t until I hit 28 that I started to notice that each year that went by I was gaining about 2 pounds that wouldn’t go away! When I hit 30, I started to exercise a little but still didn’t really watch what I ate. Then at 31, I realized that I would go almost all day without eating and then grab fast food on the way home and then snack on junk food and alcohol while watching TV! All in all, I ended up gaining about 10 pounds and was really starting to get frustrated that my jeans wouldn’t fit!

In September 2010 my husband and I moved from California to Florida and this was when I was first introduced to these amazing products. I didn’t sign up right away because I decided that I was going to find a place to take Zumba fitness classes for a workout since I’m not the type of person who can spend all day on the treadmill or elliptical to see if I could lose the weight that way. So I starting taking Zumba classes 2 times a week and watched what I ate. It was going great except that I had only lost 2-3 pounds in 2 months and my jeans still didn’t fit!

The holidays rolled around and you know how that goes…the parties, food and the family get togethers! Both my husband and I were miserable and then I remembered the products that I was introduced to back in September “Loose 9 pounds in 9 days”…hmmm. So as a New Year’s Resolution to do something about our weight I e-mailed the lady that I had met and signed up my husband and me each for the 30 day program.

Within the first 5 days of starting the program I had lost 6 pounds and my husband had lost 5 without spending any extra time in the gym. From that point on we were hooked. By the 11^th day I had lost 8 pounds and my husband had lost 11. I had however gone from taking 2 Zumba classes a week to 3 because the gym offered another day for Zumba and I started to incorporate a Pilate’s class.

By the end of the 30^th day I had lost 11 pounds and an overall total of 16 inches! My husband had lost 18 pounds and a woping 20.5 inches! Needless to say my jeans fit me again perfectly with room to spare. We are both currently on a track to maintain our weight by incorporating these products, with healthy meals and our regular exercise routine. I’ll keep you posted on how things go over the next few months!

Updates

March 10, 2011: It's now been officially 1 month since my husband and I have finished our 30 day program and we both have lost 3 more pounds to date, making my total weight loss 14 pounds and my husband's 21 pounds! We accomplished this by incorporating 2 shakes a day with a healthy meal (lunch or dinner) with snacks throughout the day. We have increased the amount of calories we are in taking by making sure we are eating something every 2-3 hours. We have also been drinking 2 oz. of the Cleanse for Life drink every night before going to bed instead of doing a full day of cleansing. We still are keeping the same exercise routine, however with my husband traveling a lot he only gets to the gym maybe 2 times a week, so this just goes to show, you don't need to spend a lot of time at the gym to lose weight with this program :) 

April 10, 2011: It's now been 2 months since my husband and I have finished our 30 day program and we are both still going strong. We are continuing to drink 1-2 shakes a day and drinking 2oz. of the Cleanse for Life drink every night before we go to bed. I would say out of the last 30 days probably 1/2 of those were spent having a shake for breakfast and then having a somewhat healthy lunch and dinner as we had family, friends and guests in town. We were being wined and dined for most of the month, so there wasn't a whole lot of time to fit in our exercise routine. I still ended up losing 2 more pounds, even without my normal workout regimen of my Zumba and Pilate's classes! My husband however remained completely the same with only working out 2 times this month! He had no weight gain whatsoever! I'm definitely convinced by this point that these products are a winner in my book and we will keep doing them from here on out :)

May 10, 2011: It's now been 3 months since my husband and I have finished our 30 day program and I am proud to tell you that, I'm back to my wedding weight! I have lost 1 more pound making my total weight loss to date 17 pounds! I couldn't be happier with the results! Not only do my clothes fit again, but I feel amazing. This has been the easiest weight loss program for me to follow and keep up with. This month, I only had 1 shake a day, with 2 healthy meals and snacks every 2-3 hours and still ended up losing 1 more pound. I have gone back to incorporating a glass or 2 of wine with my dinner a couple of times a week and don't feel guilty about doing it! I haven't had that much time to work out this month, only once or twice a week! I firmly believe that drinking 2oz. of the Cleanse for Life drink every night really does make a difference. It almost seems to cancel out everything that I've eaten poorly that day. There were a couple of events that I went to this month that incorporated a lot of alcohol and desserts and I didn't deny myself any of it! My husband has again stayed completely the same weight as the previous month as he's been on the road traveling a lot for work and hasn't had the option to eat healthy all the time but has managed to take the shakes and cleanse along with him so that he's doing at least 1 shake a day with drinking 2oz. of cleanse at night and he only worked out 1 time this month! So as you can clearly see over the past few months these products are continuing to deliver amazing results! I'll continue to keep you posted with updates every few months or so, but I know I'm going to have something positive to report in each update :)

July 10, 2011: It's now been a whopping 5 months since my husband and I completed our Isagenix 30 day program! We are amazed at how these products continue to make us feel :) We have both stayed on course with having 1 shake for breakfast and drinking our 2 oz. of cleanse every night before we go to bed and semi watching what we eat during the day. Our gym closed down in June and we have had to find other means of exercise! Walking our dog around our housing track has been our primary source of exercise while we are in the process of finding another gym to attend :) I thought by not working out I would definitely put some of the weight back on, but to my surprise day in and day out every time I weighed myself it was always fluxuating between 1-3 pounds, no weight gain and no weight lost :) I can't wait to see what the next few months bring as my husband and I will continue to be a supporter of these products :)

January 10, 2012:  It's now been officially 1 year since my husband and I started doing Isagenix! And what a year it has been. I won't go into all the details but I will tell you that I still have kept off about 10 pounds that I originally lost with Isagenix and that's with falling off the bandwagon! For the last 6 months I kept up with doing 1 shake a day for breakfast for the most part and that's about it. I kind of fell into my old habits with getting a new job and finding it hard to make nutritious choices for snacks especially around the holidays! I gorged myself on cookies, fudge, rich foods, alcoholic drinks and tons of chips and dips! I was not eating every few hours like I had been so when I ate I ate a lot! I was also not drinking my 2oz. of cleanse every night. I would take it sometimes but more often than not went to bed without it. I just recently started back up with making sure I have 1 shake for breakfast and 2oz. of cleanse before bed this week and I already feel 80% better. I'm less bloated and have more energy. My husband however got bored with this system around August and gained almost all the weight back that he had lost and when he felt miserable he started on a low-carb diet which actually only helped him lose 2 pounds over the course of a month and a half then started back on Isagenix and immediately lost 5 pounds over a week :) We both haven't really had a chance to go to the gym and work out, but I try to keep at least 1 cardio dance class a week and my husband is doing the couch to 5K iPhone app that gets him out and running a few times a week. I'll report back soon on our progress but I will still say that I will never give up on doing Isagenix!