Diamond Mines in Development

This is part of my Team. Two of my other team members are away serving our country overseas, so I can't post their info, but they know who they are. We are growing strong. I'm learning about being a leader. We had the best time this past weekend. It started Friday night until Sunday afternoon. 3 days of self development. We all have very busy lives, we each are different personality color, but we are a perfect fit. We have fun together, especially when one of us does something silly. When I joined the It Works business and decided I want to actually have a team under me, I prayed about it. Then I started following other leaders, what they do, how they treat their entire team, reading articles, attending various training classes, etc. I've had people turn me down, ignore my messages, delete me, block me, talk about me and more. But that's okay, because when I asked God to grow me into a Black Diamond, I knew it would take time, patience and disappointment at times. I've had my feelings hurt a couple of times, but I keep pursuing my dream of complete financial freedom. I don't know all the answers, but I know how to do the research and ask questions. Remember the only stupid question is the one not asked. I would love everyone I know to get into the It Works business with me or use the products or both. Yet, I know it's not for everyone and that's okay. I asked HIM to send the right ones, the ones that have been praying for a change, the ones that want to make a difference in others lives, the ones that will trust HIM to believe I'm the right leader for them. So as I grow to Black Diamond, one changed person at a time, I thank HIM for all the no's, the not now's, maybe later, the deletes, the ignores, the canceled credit cards, because all that means to me, HE doesn't want those people to be a part of the blessings HE will be pouring into my life, and the lives of my team members. Watch us or join us, but please don't ever hate on us for pursuing our dreams and desires of complete financial freedom, and getting healthy along the way, because it works, it really does.

The Unexpected

Yesterday, December 31, 2015, something unexpected happened. My two year relationship came to an end. I was quite surprised, but not really, just surprised it happened yesterday the way it did.

I have dealt with a lot of things (a lot) from this man, but I hung in there, giving us my best. Even at my age, the disappointments I have lived through, I still believe the best about people. So when the tripped out comments started yesterday, I thought, I can't do this sugar honey iced tea anymore.

He set the rules for the relationship and I followed them. Only because when things went left, he would only be able to blame himself. So yesterday when I informed him of one of his rules I would be using, he played the victim. WTH!!! He's the victim after everything he has done??? I'm confused, it was his rules.

Anyway, I'm good. I have no regrets. I don't feel like I wasted my time, because this was something I wanted to try, to see if we could work. But we can't. I won't blame the distance, it was way more than that.

They say a woman will put up with a lot of BS for the man she loves, but something little and stupid will cause her to walk away and not look back, if she does, there's no regret. So....Lenora put up with a lot of broken promises, disrespect for my feelings, being taken for granted, and it was a stupid text about him being the pepperoni in my pizza, heck I don't eat pork, that made me finally say I'm done.

I'm An Entrepreneur... Again!

In an effort to find a way to get my shape back after fibroids and endomitosis distorted it, and surgery left me swollen, I attended an It Works Wrap Party. The presentation of a the fabulous products was wonderful. So I joined as a Distributor, just to get the discount on the wraps and make a couple of hundred dollars. That soon changed as I slowly saw my body transforming back to normal for me.

So I started trying more products. The Greens, Fat Fighters, ProFit, Green Chews and It's Essential Energy Weight Loss Bars helped get me back on track to working out and running again. My energy has been so low since my surgery, I was drinking so much coffee and eating other junk to stay awake at work. But with drinking Greens daily, my energy level started increasing. Recovery time from running and my gym workouts started improving.

As people became interested in the It Works products, I became a product of the products. My hair wasn't growing, I started taking Hair Skin Nails. Then I ordered the entire line of the facial products. The dark circles under my eyes are fading. My guy friend said he didn't know who was putting that glow on my face, but he wishes it was him. My nails are growing too, but since I've never really been a finger nails chick, I keep breaking them.

I use the ENERGY drinks as my road trip drink to replace the mountain dew I used to drink.

To help get my body ready for my upcoming marathon in March 2016, I started the Fab Four Challenge. The Fab Four is ThermoFit, Fat Fighters, Greens and the Wraps. I take 2 ThermoFit at breakfast and one at lunch. I drink Greens one to two times per day. I use the Fat Fighters for those days I blow it by not maintaining an 90% healthy diet. I wrap every third or fourth day. I'll be done with the challenge the end of November.

Next I'll focus on muscle development by taking New You. New You serves a dual purpose, muscle development and a good night of sleep. Menopause has robbed me of my sleep. Some nights I fall asleep in my clothes with all the lights on. Other nights, I could go 24 hours with no sleep. Not anymore. When I notice it's an insomnia night, I take two New You, and a good night of sleep, waking up refreshed and new.

Let me know if you want to get started on a more healthier lifestyle. It Works products might just be what you have been searching for.

Dream Trip to Puerto Rico

For most of my adult life I have wanted to go to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Well, I finally was able to fulfill my dream vacation, and run a half marathon. Twice I had to postpone this trip, once because I couldn't afford to go and I didn't have anyone willing to go with me, the pitfalls of being born couple of weeks before Thanksgiving. The other time, I was recovering from surgery.

So last year I set my goal on going to San Juan for my pre-birthday celebration and to participate in Run Like A Diva Half Marathon. Two of my running buddies agreed to go too.

The island was more beautiful and bigger than I expected. There are 70 cities on the island. So we only saw a portion of the island. We stayed in San Juan at the Conando Lagoon Villas at Caribe Hilton Resort. An amazing place. We had an ocean view studio, in which we were able to look at another city. There was an indoor tropical garden that had more lizards and iguanas than I like to see. One time I was standing next to one and didn't know it. Trying to get a good look at the ducklings, I stood right by it. Then I saw it, I scared, couldn't catch my breath, lol!

Let me back up, we arrived on the island on Thursday evening. It was hot. We got dropped off at our first hotel, but we went into the wrong building. We went into some condos, our hotel was next door. It had started raining, which we found out later that it was the rainy season, raining daily for spurts of 10 minutes. Umbrellas are a must have.

The hotel was old, no elevator. I had two heavy suitcases. We had an actual key, no card, but a key. The AC was a window unit attached to the wall. The water was luke warm for our shower. But we were surrounded by several restaurants.

Friday we checked into the resort, which just happened to be a 2 mile walking distance from the first hotel. A good thing because our favorite restaurant was this place called Punks Bistro and Bar.

We tried to walk to the famous fort but the heat and rain made us turn around. We found out during our race, we were only two blocks away before we turned around. We did so much walking, several times I reached over 15,000 steps.

Saturday was race expo and beach hangout day. The view was amazing. Sunday was race day. It was our running tour of some the island. There was no community support, a first.

Monday we visited the El Unique Rain Forest. Our guide was the best. He gave us a history lesson on everything. We had to walk 98 steps to the top of this observation tower. We would have been able to see St. Thomas is it weren't so cloudy. The clouds were the courtesy of South Africa, something was going on in that continent. We did a little rock climbing to reach this waterfall. Again, amazing. I was so nervous going in, I panicked a little.

Tuesday was our rum tasting experience and touring of Old San Juan. The GPS said a 45 minute walk. NOT!!! It took us one hour and 30 minutes. Talk about hot and sweaty. But the things we were able to see was so worth the walk. We received a great history lesson about rum and tasted some very good rums. Let's say Baracadia isn't my favorite, I got two new favorites. Neither are sold in the US.

One intriguing thing, the blue bricks from Spain. The Spaniards used the bricks as trade for the sugar cane. Several areas of the hilly streets were built with the blue bricks, which are very slippery, to prevent mud from accumulating during the rain. We finally got to taste Monfongo, one of the native foods. Talk about delicious! I have got to get the recipe.

Wednesday was our goodbye to the island day. We had a grand time, some things and several things will be left on the island...what happened in Puerto Rico, stays in Puerto Rico. Next time, no running, just exploring.

The White Panty Dilemma

So the new body doesn't like me exercising commando. My doc said to wear white cotton panties. I'm a thong girl and Hanes and Fruit of the Loom only sale packs of all white briefs. Yuck!! And the multi colored packs of bikini, hi cut and boy cut only have one white in each pack. That's a lot of money just to get one pair of white panties. So I bought the briefs. Talk about uncomfortable. It felt like something was digging into my body. But I didn't have any irritation in the southern sector. Now I can exercise again. This new body is going to take a lot more time to get use to.