A USANA C.A.T. meet-up

Our friend Joy N. started her road to USANA-hood and had asked for us to meet up with her about the whole biz. Eka, Mea and were supposed to be there. But Eka couldn't get a sitter for her baby. T_T I need to remember to include her baby to the kiddies I would give dolls and doll dresses to. ^.^ 

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Mea's sis had been on Herbalife *facepalm* and when she saw me, who was using Nutrimeal and essentials, we told her that she should make her sister stop that. We got to meet one of Joy's mentors, and she talked to us about the business side first. 

I have of course gotten most of the information from my brother and was already a living testament to what the few products could do. Proflavanol helped with the stuff on my legs, I feel more energetic because of the Essentials and 83 kgs to 77.2 kg (as of my last weight in last September 7) is something to brag about. 

In fact, all the peeps in my hometown who told my brother that if he could make me lose weight they'd buy from him ended up buying essentials first then maybe when they see that they feel better and are sold to the idea, they'd get into the nutrimeal habit as well. I went home after the whole meeting, missing the padasal for my lolo (sorry lolo, I love you nevertheless) and the rainy trip to Eternal Gardens. 

I got to talk to Mea whom I haven't seen in two years. Thus, we were able to grant the group wish to see each other during the year. Though the 4214 meeting got moved to October 8 from September 17. ^.^ I hope we can do something similar with the CATs. Mea and Kate work in Makati. I live in Makait. But they want to meet up somewhere in between their house. T_T I don't know if I know how to go there. ^.^ Oh well. 

Still don't know if Makis is going to move soon since she's incomunicado. We tried to contact her that Saturday but I have yet to meet up or talk to her since the last time she contacted me about the wi-tribe thing. I would appreciate it if she took some time to contact me. I keep imagining her in a basement tied to a chair. Seriously I am. 

On a side note, my mom tried to put her foot down about my work too. But I told her I have a different passion and plans. I have plan A, Project Manuscript and Plan B Project Morgan. There are two possibilities. Hopefully things would work out either way. But I am hoping it's Plan A. 

I consulted with my brother if he was going to tap Canada and he said that it might be hard to send stuff to that part of the world and I told him that there is a market in Canada for USANA as well. pabo. But I think the things that are happening in his life professionally and otherwise is actually too much for him to handle. So he doesn't have the time to go full-time on this racket. 

So I told Joy that I would contact my aunt for her. I hope things would work out. Joy has a different drummer and some of her mentors would learn that about her. You can't rush Joy. ^.^ But she'll get where she needs to go using her own steam. 

Note to self: Reversal of dress sizes. Mind-blowing. And I love Mea's hair. Her curls are not trying hard unlike some other person I know. 

Day 1 USANA 5-Day Reset

Date:  090511

Weight : 78.4
Height: 5 ft 6.11 inches

What my brother recommended that I do  (5-Day Reset)

Breakfast

nutrimeal + fruit/veggies
1 set essential
2 proflanavol

Lunch

nutrimeal + fruit/veggies
1 set essential

Dinner

nutrimeal + fruit/veggies
1 set essential
2 proflanavol

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Day 1 Meals :

Breakfast - 5:05 a.m.

nutrimeal + (some cut apples from 7-11 as munchies)
1 set essential
2 proflanavol

Note:
*No bad effects
** Felt a litle sleepy after since I was a bit full.
*** Feeling of fullness stayed for more than three hours - usually I would be starving by now if I didn't eat anything in the morning.

Lunch - around 08:50 a.m.

nutrimeal + ginataang kalabasa (with sitaw etc)
1 set essential

Note:
* I didn't finish the whole nutrimeal since I was already a bit full from the kalabasa and still a bit full from breakfast.
** Drank the rest of the nutrimeal when I became hungry again

Dinner - *will update later*

nutrimeal + (banana)
1 set essential
2 proflanavol

Note:
 ***to be updated***

Snacks: Cut apples from 7-11


**will post pictures of the stuff later**

found this while browsing the internet http://nutrimeal2health.wordpress.com/

Personal note: I don't know about that avoid strenous exercise bit and athletic activity. My brother bought a bike and he bikes around the campus when he feels too energetic. If the weather was nice enough I think I can talk that 20-30 minute walk at the Ayala Triangle. So I hope it doesn't rain later.

I read a better version of what I want to write about in this article

Apparently there are three phases and I am just in Phase I - the 5 day reset. Phase II is what I need to do to reach my idea weight. And Phase III is what I can do when I have already reached my ideal weight which for me might just be 60-66 kg. I don't really want to go back to my 55kg self. Pretty scary looking.

This is ideal if I had a lot of money. But I don't. Poor me. So I will do the 5-day reset then do essentials after. If push comes to shove I might just do the essentials for the rest of the month and try Phase II next month.

 BTW, I am loving the wild strawberry Nutrimeal. I am such a strawberry fiend.

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Day 4- 7 USANA Essentials

Weight : 78.4

Height: 5 ft 6.11 inches

Existing conditions:

Skin Asthma - with help of regular meds : gone (new ones coming out but dying out easily)
Menstual Cycle (no cramps no major problem)
Insomnia (didn't act up)

Apparent physical traits :
Skin condition is not as severe but relatively few changes
Double Chin (still here but not as toady)
Tadpole Belly (still here but not feeling as bloated as before)

Day 1 
Day 2
Day 3

I took the rest during work time. I took them in the morning before my day started. And I noticed that throughout the day, I was for lack of a better term, not as irate as I was before. I could handle my mood swings which was supposed to be dangerous around that time since I was in the middle of my period.

After the 7 day thing:
I discovered that I should have really checked my weight before I started. I would have discovered sooner that I was 83+ kg heavy. But that would have plunged me into a deep depression. But when I checked my weight again I was only 79 kg. I know I lost weight I could see and feel it.

So I went to the Mercury store to check with their machine. I took my old information there so I might was well do the same now.

I am 78.4 kgs! That is 172lbs and 11oz! My ideal weight is around 56.4 to 70.3 kgs! So I have to loose 6 kgs to be normal. But of course, I don't want to stop there. I am starting the 5-day reset today. But because of financial issues after I do the reset I would go back to just the essentials. Watch out for my 5-Day reset entries!

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Day 3 of 7 USANA Essentials

Day 3 of 7 USANA Essentials

Same conditions as Day 1
Weight: didn't check

I had forgotten to take the essentials earlier. I was busy trying to edit a video for my team's presentation. After dinner, I finally took it and I was able to feel the same contrast effect with my vision. *I am typing as of press time* I didn't change anything on my computer's settings but a couple of minutes after taking the essentials it happened again. So now I know that was not a fluke. I didn't feel the tummy ache anymore and no headaches this time too. But I am still on my blue days so it might be getting masked by the fact that I am having the general discomfort ladies feel around this time. Still no itchiness which mean no allergic reaction to the meds.

I am still glad that I don't have to swallow a massive pill just to block anything from being absorbed by my body. No offense to the friends that I have in other pharma-things but I still have the big pills that taste like paper somewhere in the zip lock that you gave me. And after trying to take it one time just to block out carbs in my body, I decided that pills like those are not for me.

I tried the Chinese kind too. And I understood why those who take it feel like committing suicide. ALL FOOD WOULD HAVE NO TASTE. And for someone who loves food and was raised to include food in her life, it was the worst time of my life. So I stopped. That bottle is somewhere in my stuff and I will throw it out as soon as I sort it out of my crap.

So if you are thinking, oh, this is just another one of those people who don't know what the hell she's talking about. You have another thing coming. I went through those crappy, expensive and almost impossible to be through things. Heck, I was willing to buy a very expensive cream to rub on my tummy with an overpriced technology just to lose weight. So you best not troll what you do not understand. *I am still willing to do that machine thing but really I can't afford it and in good conscience recommend it to those as poor as yours truly*

I hope things work out with this USANA thing. Note to self: I really need to check my weight. So far, my double chin is still here. ^.^ Maybe boys just lose weight faster than boys. Or that I am seated longer than my brother. Who knows?

DAY 2 of 7 : USANA Essentials

DAY 2 of 7 : USANA Essentials

Same conditions as DAY 1
Weight:  didn't check

Well, on the second day it was rainy and I didn't feel like getting up to do anything. But since I had planned to clean my room that day, I decided to have brunch, took the essentials and get down to it. Usually I play a movie to be able to tell how long I have been cleaning. I played HITCH for this one. Usually around the middle part of the movie I loose steam. I haven't been that athletic in the past three years and I smoke on and off during that time so I am paying for the vices that I let loose, skin allergies and lack of stamina. I notice that whenever I take the essentials, my eyes get better. It's like the contrast of the picture that I am looking at increases. I don't know if other people with bad eyes like me who are talking the essentials get the same feeling but there you go, I think I forgot to mention that last time. There wasn't the same stomachache just that brightness that I could see things a bit clearly even without my glasses on.

I was able to finish my cleaning without breaking that much of a sweat. Laziness wanted to kick in once in a while but I was able to get through it with energy to spare. Usually I would be tired as hell arranging things and hauling my stuff. During that time, my wound was a little painful. It's still fresh and I really shouldn't be doing anything on it. But I think the energy that I got let me do things through the pain. This is saying a lot since I have a low threshold of pain. Ask anyone I know and they'll tell you how irate I can get when I am in pain.

I decided to finish clearing the clutter and sorting things out. I could do other details in the next few days. My new roommate was coming in the middle of the week. So I could wait for them to clear all the dust in the tiny corners. My wound was not something that I could ignore after all. And my blue days was adding insult to injury.

Verdict: Wouldn't have been able to get through the cleaning without the essentials. Hoping this is not a placebo effect.

Day 1 of 7 : USANA Essentials

Day 1 Essentials 7 Days before 5-day reboot

Existing conditions:

Skin Asthma (some wounds are being treated with antibiotics and some wounds are healing up)
Menstual Cycle (on the third day – flow is minute ; second period of the year : irregular condition)
Insomnia

Existing Diet or Exercise Routine:

- On the 45 No Rice Challenge so has not been eating rice for 9 days but still no apparent physical changes are seen.
- No Exercise except walking to work

Weight : 83+ Kgs
Height : 5 feet 6.11 inches
Pants size: 36-40 (low rise/regular)

Apparent physical traits :
Large pores
Pimples
Double Chin
Tadpole Belly

Reactions to the Essentials:

When I took them, the white one before the greenish one (minerals before the vitamins), my brother told me I should feel something within fifteen minutes. I wasn't going to wait for a headache to topple me over since my left knee was still not good because of an infected wound on the side of it. So I laid down for the first try. All I felt was a little pressure in my head like someone pressing on the temples and a tiny stomachache. I was having my period so I checked if it might be the rare cramps that I could get. But the location was not where a cramp should be. You see, my mother rarely has dysmennorhea and God bless her, I inherited that from her. So on the rare times I do get cramps, I remember the pain well enough to know the difference.

My brother told me the next day that it might mean an ulceration (lesion) in the lining of the stomach or duodenum (upper large intestine). And as he said and I experienced, it went away after a few minutes. I wasn't writhing in pain or anything. And this is from a woman who has a very low threshold of pain. So believe me it wasn't that much of a big deal. I think any pansy can take it.

As for the headache, he said that according to the book (yes, there is a book they are not getting this information out of their asses or some powerpoint presentation. The guy who made this all happen is a microbiologist and God knows how much those people like making books about their discoveries.) there might be some clogged arteries in my head. But if it goes away then that means my health is improving. There isn't any remains of that headache anymore, I think, I just woke up so I might not be feeling all of it yet. But all in all, when I woke up I was energetic. Usually I roll over and sleep till noon. I woke up at 5 and had wanted to get up but true to my lazy nature, it's just 7:59 now. I woke up at seven and had to do some morning stuff before I could write about how I feel.

The really good effect was that I slept well. No dreams that I could remember. No wakefulness feeling in the middle of the night. This is the main problem for me. Even if I am able to sleep and not get my insomnia get the best of me, I still can't sleep continuously unless punch out drunk or tired to the bones. And even at times like those I have conjure my sleepiness by reading a book, watching a boring movie or the great sedative “exercising” that puts most women to sleep after. I really don't have to tell you what that is, there are children here.

So there it is. No life-changing events occurred while I took the first pair of essentials. I didn't burst into an itch which according to my dermatologist would be a sign that my body is rejecting any medication or any stuff that I ingest. So it's not like I am allergic to these *medication*. I can't really call them supplements now since as for the next batch of bottles my brother would get, the would remove the no thereupetic claims tag removed since USANA is now on the MMS. (the MMS is the thing that lists all medicine that doctors can perscribe,generic or otherwise) Pretty cool, huh. My brother has always wanted to be a doctor but we never got around to having enough money for that. So this way he can help the people in our family be healthier and well, augment his income as well.

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