Let's be honest, I'm lazy! I'm busy! I am a full time mommy, full time dōTERRA wellness advocate, a college student, and I dabble in quite a few holistic side hobbies! My life is hectic. I have been taking the vitality pack every day, I am in love, my hair and nails look amazing, I'm not taking photos yet, but once the growth is long enough I will! I can definitely tell a difference in my body and how I feel each day. I'm also taking the trimshake once a day, and it helps me stay full and not have intense cravings, I'm not weighing myself because I was, and either I lost a ridiculous thirty pounds, or my scale is drunk, so I threw it away... then after I decided to clean out my closet I realized that my jeans don't fit(I have recently been wearing leggings... I have a lularoe addiction, so size doesn't really matter much anymore). Anyway, I have gone from a size 26(yes American) to almost a twenty, and by almost I mean I can definitely button them and zip them up (with my lula leggings on underneath) and without having to hop around on my bed or ask for help, but there is some serious love handles and muffin top going on. Needless to say... I'm not wearing jeans... and I'm not quite a size twenty... but i definitely don't fit into my regular jeans so yay!
The dōTERRA verage line is... ahhhhhh-mazing. For real! If you have not tried this you NEED to. I feel like I'm in a spa. My skin is amazing, and it feels hydrated and refreshed and I smell wonderful! It's fab.
I also have recently purchased the entire spa line. No complaints, other than I can now fit in my bathtub, so I have been regularly taking doterra baths and they are wonderful. You ladies need to remember to pamper yourselves, and when you do this using any dōTERRA products (essential oils or spa line products) you will never want to stop treating yourself. I am literally soaking in my tub right now, it's like heaven. The soaps are wonderful, the body wash is amazing, the deodorant is everything I could want and more. The only thing I'm not into is the shampoo and conditioner. Here is why.
I use no-poo, it's complicated. I make my own "shampoo" and basically distribute y hairs natural oils using a brush and I add essential oils into the mix. My hair has thickened and become lively wavy and supermodel ready with little effort. My hair used to be greasy, flat and refused to do anything. It was gross. I took out sulfates and my hair thickened. I took out silicones and it stopped being flat... I took out shampoo and it stopped being greasy... I tried dōTERRA's shampoo (which has silicones) and my hair was wonderfully soft and smooth, and smelled great, but it was flat and although it shined and felt amazing, I couldn't get past the fact that my bouncy flows sexy thick hair had just turned into a floppy pancake. However, if you don't have super thin, super fine hair, and you aren't using a low poo or a no poo this will work wonderfuly for you. I have many friends who use it and swear by it. Especially curly haired gals! And my husband loves this (he has thick bouncy amazing hair) so we are keeping it, it just didn't work for me.
My hormones are regulating. I have had less facial hair growth. I can go three days now without a shave, this is a huge plus. I'm pretty thrilled.
Anyway that's my update! Maybe I will update mate later, or not. Haha!
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Thursday, January 19, 2017
First experience.
So, I started off taking one of each of the vitamins in the vitality pack, and one mito max. It was late at night, and I also want to see any subtle changes that's occur, so I will be gradually adding them up to a full dose. I feel ok, mostly normal. No significant changes, but then again I am pretty certain immediate changes aren't going to occur.
This evening I tried the Verage skin care line. I started with the cleanser, than toner, than the immortelle syrum and last the moisturizer. My skin feels amazing. I suffer from dry skin and I was hesitant to use the timer because it may have dried out my skin. I am pleased to report that I feel like my face is very moisturized. In fact it is comparable to Mary Kay's line forndry skin if you add a moisturizing day/night creame and a slightly more intense moisturizer for the face. I am very pleased. I think it might be a fun idea to do before and after shots in the morning!
This evening I tried the Verage skin care line. I started with the cleanser, than toner, than the immortelle syrum and last the moisturizer. My skin feels amazing. I suffer from dry skin and I was hesitant to use the timer because it may have dried out my skin. I am pleased to report that I feel like my face is very moisturized. In fact it is comparable to Mary Kay's line forndry skin if you add a moisturizing day/night creame and a slightly more intense moisturizer for the face. I am very pleased. I think it might be a fun idea to do before and after shots in the morning!
The First Step
This is me, every morning, I wake up and see this face. I have a medical condition called PCOS, otherwise known as poly cystic ovarian syndrome. It is an endocrine disorder that basically messes with my hormones. I gain weight because my body cannot process sugar, even intense amounts of exercise won't help, I can't have bread or sugar or I gain weight like crazy. It's rough. Other side effects are facial hair, mood swings, infertility, and a whole slew of hormonal issues such as the inability to ovulate etc.
In the last year, I have done some amazing things and met amazing people. Without these people, I wouldn't have been brace enough to show you this photo, you see, I have to shave my face daily. I go out in public, and people stare at me and no joke walk up to me and have asked why I have a beard. It's embarrassing and combined with my weight gain and infertility issues of the past, helped to contribute to my feeling severely insecure, and not feminine at all.
Those of you who know me, know how upsetting it is, how the few times I've waxed, we still never got out all the hair and it grew back and was red and raw and just a hassle, so painful, and hurt emotionally as well as physically. A woman isn't supposed to have a beard. Why do I look like a man? It has sent me to my room crying often ashamed of how I look. I hated myself. But no more. I struggled with my weight and I yoyo a lot, mostly because of the hormones and when I do lose I usually end up pregnant which messes with my body, and then, I have saggy skin and still hated how I looked, even when I was thin, I hated myself.
Last year my New Years resolution was to love myself more, to do something for myself, this has made the world of a difference. I still have insecurities but as I have been working on loving myself, I have been taking better care of myself. I found something that worked for me, to help manage symptoms of pcos and other issues I had like depression. Through aromatherapy I have been better able to manage my moods and relax and treat myself. This year I feel confident enough to share with you my plans.
I am going to take better care of myself, love myself fully as I am. Because how can you love yourself as a thin person if you don't love yourself as a soft person? This year, I am going to start something BIG! I have heard so many people close to me talk about how life changing it will be, but as I continue to work on myself outside, I want to work on myself inside. My hopes are, that as my health improves, maybe some of my symptoms of PCOS will be a little less noticeable.
So, what is my plan? I of course, am starting on the doTerra lifelong vitality pack! I also am going to start the skincare line and try this out, and use the slim and sassy Trimshake along with the slim and sassy essential oil to at the least help with health and any cravings I desire. And I am going to document any changes I see. I am not going to weigh myself, and my goal isn't a tight toned body, it's just, to be happier and healthier than I have ever been before. Baby steps. When you love your body, you want to take care of it. So if anyone out there is struggling with something, like weight or anything else. Remember something important:
"None of us come to this earth to gain our worth, we brought it with us." -Sheri Dew.
I am super excited to go down this path. I am so nervous about sharing this side of myself and the feedback I may receive. I hope that this might inspire someone else to learn to love themselves. It is so hard to love yourself in a world where we are constantly told we aren't good enough, in a world of impossible standards. I can only hope that my story, helps someone, maybe you, and to me that is enough! I have heard amazing things about these vitamins alone so I am really excited to try them! Wish me luck!
In the last year, I have done some amazing things and met amazing people. Without these people, I wouldn't have been brace enough to show you this photo, you see, I have to shave my face daily. I go out in public, and people stare at me and no joke walk up to me and have asked why I have a beard. It's embarrassing and combined with my weight gain and infertility issues of the past, helped to contribute to my feeling severely insecure, and not feminine at all.
Those of you who know me, know how upsetting it is, how the few times I've waxed, we still never got out all the hair and it grew back and was red and raw and just a hassle, so painful, and hurt emotionally as well as physically. A woman isn't supposed to have a beard. Why do I look like a man? It has sent me to my room crying often ashamed of how I look. I hated myself. But no more. I struggled with my weight and I yoyo a lot, mostly because of the hormones and when I do lose I usually end up pregnant which messes with my body, and then, I have saggy skin and still hated how I looked, even when I was thin, I hated myself.
Last year my New Years resolution was to love myself more, to do something for myself, this has made the world of a difference. I still have insecurities but as I have been working on loving myself, I have been taking better care of myself. I found something that worked for me, to help manage symptoms of pcos and other issues I had like depression. Through aromatherapy I have been better able to manage my moods and relax and treat myself. This year I feel confident enough to share with you my plans.
I am going to take better care of myself, love myself fully as I am. Because how can you love yourself as a thin person if you don't love yourself as a soft person? This year, I am going to start something BIG! I have heard so many people close to me talk about how life changing it will be, but as I continue to work on myself outside, I want to work on myself inside. My hopes are, that as my health improves, maybe some of my symptoms of PCOS will be a little less noticeable.
So, what is my plan? I of course, am starting on the doTerra lifelong vitality pack! I also am going to start the skincare line and try this out, and use the slim and sassy Trimshake along with the slim and sassy essential oil to at the least help with health and any cravings I desire. And I am going to document any changes I see. I am not going to weigh myself, and my goal isn't a tight toned body, it's just, to be happier and healthier than I have ever been before. Baby steps. When you love your body, you want to take care of it. So if anyone out there is struggling with something, like weight or anything else. Remember something important:
"None of us come to this earth to gain our worth, we brought it with us." -Sheri Dew.
I am super excited to go down this path. I am so nervous about sharing this side of myself and the feedback I may receive. I hope that this might inspire someone else to learn to love themselves. It is so hard to love yourself in a world where we are constantly told we aren't good enough, in a world of impossible standards. I can only hope that my story, helps someone, maybe you, and to me that is enough! I have heard amazing things about these vitamins alone so I am really excited to try them! Wish me luck!
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