Making a Re-Living

I'm going to do it. I'm going to sell this stuff!! I started as a distributor in March, just paying a $25 'membership' to get 20% off all products. I've since worked up the scale, with word of mouth and our own purchases, have moved up to 25% then 30% off. Today, my parents came in as my down line, and Milo and I are now considered "Master Affiliates". I'm intimidated, but excited to see where this new venture will take us. I've never had a desire to sell anything (dabbled in Amway for about 15 minutes the first year we were married - no thanks!), so this has been the result of a LOT of praying and learning about what an incredible company this is. Full of integrity and possibility. I've now seen so many people get such great results that I feel confident that I can help others by spreading the word!

My first Information Night

i am SO glad that i had annette and some friends over today - i learned more and it was so interesting hearing things again, and listening from a 'newcomer's' perspective. i realized tonight how much i'm replacing with this product - no more daily vitamins for any of us, no more dozens of supplements for this and that. . . i'm no longer burdened with freezing feet and hands - i don't even know when that happened, and didn't realize it was much of a problem. it was milo who pointed that out - my feet don't freeze him out at night anymore! so, so interesting. . . still waiting for my face to get better, though!!!

My New Reliv Discoveries

vivien - since the beginning of the school year - has been having a hard time focusing on her work. she's good in class, but she almost never finishes her tasks. renee (her kindergarten teacher) has talked to her tons about it, as have we. renee began writing the minutes it took vivie to complete her work (as far as she got, anyway) on her papers and send them home. it was always right, meticulously neat, but just not all finished. *anyway*. 2 fridays ago, renee called me to tell me that vivien had been finishing her work during the given time for the past few days. . . and then she called me LAST friday to tell me that she's now one of the first to finish her work - and it's still very neat and correct. renee asked me what we were doing differently b/c she could see a big difference in vivs. *WOW*!!!! honestly, there's so much going on at home, that i hadn't up until then noticed that she really was doing better there, too - better bedtimes, better listening, less defiance and whatever. and the ONLY thing different is her taking a shake a day! annette kept telling me how it does wonders for mental clarity and focusing - how there are studies about how much it helps people with add/adhd - and while vivs wasn't that severe, it's really showing that she's improving! and then ella - she's pooping every day!!! i know that sounds ridiculous - but this is a *miracle*. she's used to taking all of these vitamin pills to help her be regular - and she still wasn't. sugar would also make that worse for her - and i've been SO lenient about the sugar lately. . . she even was taking prescription diuretics for a while, for pete's sake. she has never - since she was about 3 years old - had a bowel movement *every day* that wasn't painful or forced (me sitting her there with her ds or a book and telling her she can't get off until she goes.) she's going BY HERSELF, EVERY SINGLE DAY. and she told me yesterday that it doesn't hurt anymore. bowel movements have hurt her since she could talk!!!! again - we're not doing anything different with her except for one shake a day!!! as for madison and lillian - i haven't seen anything that's caught my attention yet as a result, but i'm more excited now about it, and definitely continuing on - hopefully i'll start to see my face improve at some point!

We've got a WINNER!

my face is not good right now. i told annette that and she said 'that's great!! isn't that what my friend told you? that it has to get worse before it gets better!'. hmmmm. how i hope that's true. i am seeing a few things that i'm thinking are attributed to the reliv. i'm sleeping *great*. like, really good. even on days that i'm afraid i'm not going to fall asleep for whatever reason, it still only takes me a short while. and more often than not, i fall asleep within minutes. MINUTES. that's completely unheard of for me. i don't even take a book to bed with me anymore. that's hardly happened in **years**. i'm waking up a little easier, too. not much, sadly, but i stay awake after my alarm and just lie there, instead of fully falling asleep between the alarm and 'snooze'. . . something else - while my mouth is still swollen, and actually, my teeth on my right side have really been bothering me, i've been able to eat salad *EVERY DAY* for almost a week. this is another thing that's huge, as salad is one of the hardest things for me to eat - if my teeth touch all the way while chewing, i'd be in so much pain, since lettuce is so thin that i'd inadvertently bite all the way down. . . i often try a salad, only to give it to milo b/c i just can't stand the pain. every *single* time we ate this weekend, i got a salad. and enjoyed every single one of them until they were gone. *SIGH*. lovely. last thing - i'm pretty much over my middle of the day-wish i could take a nap- thing. (however, by 7:30, i'm done!!!) normally, when it's time to get the girls from school, i'm exhausted, so this is definitely an improvement - i'm sure due at least in part by my sleeping better! but my face, not good. and my weight - sucky!! i'll be asking annette tomorrow if i could be gaining weight from reliv since i'm taking so much of it every day. if that's the case - that's stinky!!

I want results faster!!!

i told annette yesterday that i'd promised myself to do all i could with reliv until the end of march, but that i was disappointed that i hadn't seen enough results for me to be convinced it was helping. she is encouraging me to start my 3 full months from when i started taking the 4 shakes a day instead of the original 1. . . so that would put me into the beg. of may. part of me feels like i don't want to give up on something just before it works - like if i could just see the big picture and how crazy would it be to stop taking something that in just one more week it would have broken into whatever barrier my body's got going on, you know???? anyway - at this point i'm going to the end of march, but i think i see the reasoning of going longer. . . she's forwarded me a couple of emails about people that it took a long time to get results - here's one, just so that you know what i'm talking about:

Hilary, here is one message that was sent to me. Do not give up!!!! I got home way too late to get you on a 3 way call and am running to my meeting. Talk to you tomorrow

Lots of love,

Annette

Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 10:40 AM

Subject: [SPAM] [RelivDistributors] Long time results

Yes,Yes sometimes it does take a long time to see results. You have to be patient, perservere and be commited to becoming better health wise. I suffered from debitating MS [multiple sclerosis] and my quality of life was not worth a plug nickle. I started taking the basic 3 as directed on the cans for the first week then felt strongly that I needed more so gradually over the next week I increased it to 6 double shakes a day, one every 2 1/2 hours plus plenty of water. Nothing and I mean, NOTHING happened, in fact I got worse. It took 3 months and 1 week before I made a break through. And then over the next 6 weeks absolute miracles happened. I have had NO symptoms of MS. 6 1/2 years and counting. My complete story can be heard on recorded calls 24/7
1712-775-7299 pin 319321# [2nd story]`
and on 1218-339-4699 pin 103465# Encourage your people with everthing your have got to keep taking the product...some will take longer but it is sooooooo worth it. I HAVE A LIFE TODAY BECAUSE OF RELIV. Judy

Clear face

Annette sent me a before and after picture of her friend who had severe rosacea. She looks AMAZING. She suggests drinking tons and tons of Innergize. It took her 6 months to get clear skin by doing this. I'll do it! Crossing my fingers.

Persevering. . .

this reliv thing is getting me down a bit. . . annette just keeps on me about all these people it's helped, including me in on calls so that i can personally hear people's stories - but while i'm experiencing a lot of 'detox' symptoms, i'm not really feeling any progress. . . just don't know. still taking it.