I WANT to LIVE my LIFE feeling EMPOWERED!
It's just a thing with me. I spent too much of my life feeling stressed, depressed, undervalued, un-liked, and uneducated. Well, I'm done with that negative self-talk!
My first step to EMPOWERING myself:
I didn't know how to cook, so I watch cooking shows. My favorite is America's Test Kitchen / Cooks Country on the PBS channel. I would watch them cook every Saturday until I knew how to cook everything that I wanted to be able to cook. I even bought their cookbook! I also made my own. I would take recipes and alter them to be more healthy. For example:
- replace canola/vegetable oils with Olive oil and Coconut oil
- replace processed white sugar with honey and organic cane sugar
- replace white processed table salt with Redmond Sea Salt and/or pink Himalayan Crystal salt
- replace white bleached processed flour with sprouted whole grain flour (and Yes, my bread products taste great!)
- replace tap water with Alkaline Ionized water (Clean water with antioxidants in it)
- replace store bought eggs with pasture-raised eggs
- replace store bought beef for pasture-raised beef
- replace processed foods, especially sugar products, with homemade foods.
The next step was:
What supplements are the best? Which brand? What will nourish my body and my poor brain?
I tried several different lines of nutritional supplements. They were good, but I still struggled with my health. I need the right fit for me. So I prayed and prayed. One day I was visit with my mom about my struggles and she told me that she had just discovered EMPowerplus Q96, a micronutrient multivitamin by Q Sciences. She gave me some money and told me to buy 2 bottles of it. So I did!
After 3 days of taking it, I started to feel happier, lighter, well nourished and not depleted. I slept better. I didn't feel that out-of-control anxiety and stress. I had finally found the right multivitamin for my family and for me.
The next supplement I was looking for was a good quality Probiotic. I had made Kefir and yogurt for years. I had tried capsules as well. My problem is that what ever works for me, only works for a little while before I am back to the way I felt before. I have an autoimmune disorder and it loves to stop things from working for me to better my health. Anyway, feeling discouraged about finding the right probiotic for me, I tried Q Sciences, Q Biotic. Wow!!! What a difference that made for me and my health! No graphic details, sorry!
Q Biotics is shielded by a moisture-activated gelatin shell activated once inside the body. Each dose contains 2 billion live probiotic bacteria. Each tablet has been engineered to release over a 12-hour period for maximum steady absorption in the intestines. There you go!!! This has been the best way to EMPOWER myself with healthy intestines so that they can absorb to the maximum my nutritional intake.
Next was a quality Omega-3 softgel. I actually take 2 different kinds: Q Omega and cod liver oil. Q Omega has mackeral and salmon. I wanted all 3 kinds in my diet because of my autoimmune issues with dryness.
I feel EMPOWERED with the Nutritional Supplements that I need to keep my body healthy!
Then next way that I explored to EMPOWER myself was: Which exercise is right for me?
I loved Zumba and spending time with my friends. Then I went and broke my ankle in the middle of a zumba move. Nice.... After taking a year to recover, I went back a few times with ankle braces on, but my heart wasn't in it anymore. I didn't feel secure that I wouldn't hurt myself again. So I just walked or jogged or biked. It was ok, but I was alone and I really have never enjoyed straining my legs. Also, it took so much time out of my busy day that I couldn't keep up on my housework.
Then I discovered Q Sciences method of exercise: The CELLERCISER!!!! I LOVE my Cellerciser! It's a mini-trampoline specially designed for exercise. Click HERE to read more about it.
For reals, this is the best method of exercise for me!
- I only need to bounce for 10-20 minutes a day to get a full exercise in for the day.
- It's right next to the bathroom! Yes, I have to stop at least once during my bouncing time.
- I use it indoors so there's no having to deal with adverse weather.
- I don't have to carry a water bottle. It just sits on my dresser and I can drink from it there.
- I really feel like it tones and strengthens ALL of my muscles; it's been the best thing for strengthening my abs and my pelvic floor, Ladies!
- It has helps to keep my backbone aligned. I use to have to go to the chiropractor often, but I haven't since I started bouncing every day over the past year! It really helped with getting rid of my sciatica pain.
- And best of all, I have strengthened my Ankles! I can walk securely now!
- Lose weight - Tone - Tighten
- Stimulates Lymphatic System
- Clean Toxins from the cells
- Increases production of Red Blood Cells
- Builds Muscle - Increases Circulation
- Stimulates the Metabolism
- Boosts white blood cell activity
- Increases Mental Performance
- Fights Fatigue - Hope you sleep better
- Brings more oxygen tot he Tissues
- Reduces Headaches and Back Pain
- Improves Digestion and Elimination
- Non Impact exercise
- Increases Balance
I feel physically EMPOWERED, stronger, tighter, and more toned throughout my whole body!
I have spent my whole life drinking Reverse Osmosis water. Although this is better than tap water, much better, it's dead water. No bad stuff, but also no good stuff. I also recently discovered that RO water is acidic. So no matter what I do to eat healthy foods that are alkaline, I've been washing it all down with acidic water.
So, we took the 'plunge' and switch to ALKALINE IONIZED WATER. We now drink 8.0 pH water.
What are the benefits of Alkaline Ionized water? Well, I'll point out a few:
- negative ORP rating (oxidation Reduction Potential)
- decreases inflammation
- increases hydration
- pH balances the body in all it's different areas
- reduces the risk of cancer
- neutralizes free radicals
- very high in antioxidants
- reduces the intake of toxins
- helps to detox the body by eliminate toxins
Here is the link to my blog about the HQO Machine:
http://q96mom.blogspot.com/2015/11/alkaline-water.html
Here's the link to my company website: amyheaton.myqsciences.com/HQO
Finally, I want to share with you my journey of socially EMPOWERING myself:
Over the past decade + of being pregnant and nursing, I didn't get out much. I was in a routine of making food, doing dishes, cleaning the house, doing laundry, and taking care of and loving my kids. All of which is good and the best thing for me to do at the time. But, I can say that I didn't really do much socializing. We did go to a play group at the park every Tuesday and that was good! I had a best friend/sister-in-law that I talked with regularly. Then they moved and she got involved with her schooling. Then my youngest went to school! YAY! So here I am, no close friend and no kids at home. I seriously needed something else in my life!
That's when I found Q Sciences. My Q Sciences family has been the answer that I was looking for, that I needed for socializing with like-minded people who truly care about me! We are a family and we all love each other whether they are in your upline, downline, crossline or no line. It feels so good to be apart of something! The best part is that we get to help people and be the answer to other people's prayers.
Now that I feel better about myself mentally and physically and am apart of something, I feel better about myself socially and have been able to reach out to others in my neighborhood and in my church. I can help others and try to uplift them.
I finally feel EMPOWERED with GREAT friends in my Q Sciences family and in my neighborhood and in my church.
Find Your Passion and EMPOWER Yourself!
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