Fit, fabulous, and oily

I've struggled with body-image most of my life, even when I was tiny I wasn't happy with myself. Now, I've had a child and my weight has bounced around as I've gotten older ... boy oh boy, is it hard to keep a positive self-image sometimes!

My main focus by adding Young Living's essential oils and products was overall health.  I'm sure you've heard that you can't just diet and lose weight ... that you have to also workout.  It's just like that.  You can't add pure essential oils to cut-out toxins, but still eat junk food and not workout.  

If I want to be fit and trim...

If I want to be a good example to my son ...

If I want to have a positive body image ...

If I want to be comfortable in my own skin ...

I HAVE TO BE HEALTHY!  Sorry, I have to yell that at myself sometimes.  ;) 

Y'all, I have seriously lost weight and gotten myself in check using multiple things.  Again, this is not a post about "to lose weight just drink ___", these are ways that I support my health and manage weight, in addition to eating healthy and moving more!

I drink Young Living's Pure Protein Complete for breakfast every morning.  This stuff is delicious!  Tastes like chocolate milk to me, and I think most protein powders taste like chalk.  This has allowed me to avoid poor food decisions.

I LOVE to drink Lemon, Peppermint, and Grapefruit essential oils in my water.  A couple of drops of each supports digestion.  (For some, these are too powerful of a flavor to drink in water and they'll put them in vegetable capsules.)

Young Living has entire lines of products dedicated to being "Healthy & Fit" so check it out!

For overall health, I drink a shot (1-2 ounces) of NingXia Red every morning.  (I started drinking this for energy too, so be sure read the previous blog post on that subject!)

From YoungLiving.com....

NingXia Red® combines the extraordinary wolfberry superfruit with pure Orange, Yuzu, Lemon, and Tangerine essential oils, along with blueberry, aronia, cherry, pomegranate, and plum juices to deliver a whole-body nutrient infusion. This powerful formula includes wolfberry, which is touted for its health-supporting benefits, while ongoing research continues to reveal exciting new properties on this ingredient. Enjoy NingXia Red daily to energize, fortify, and revitalize the body and support overall health and wellness, from head to toe.

KEY BENEFITS:

• Sustain energy with the combination of select wolfberries and other superfruits. Contains powerful ingredients which are involved in many antioxidant processes and may help prevent against oxidative stress.
• Balanced ingredients make NingXia Red a whole-body nutrient infusion for health and wellness support
• Delivers citrus essential oils containing d-limonene, a powerful component in citrus oils.
• Halal and Kosher certified in 750ml bottles (Halal Certified in 60 ml sachets)
• Powerful formula includes wolfberry which is touted for its health benefits

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Get up and go!

I work STRANGE hours. I get up at 2 AM, work 9+ hours a day and then come home to a toddler.

Who doesn't need more energy!?! 

This has been multifaceted for me. More QUALITY sleep, energy boosts, plus overall nutrition. 

Quality Sleep

I started diffusing at night. Many have great luck with Lavender and Cedarwood.  Stress Away is another popular choice. I personally love Peace and Calming. This particular blend helps me quiet my thoughts and get a more restful sleep. I could even use the sleep tracker on my jawbone to see that I was more settled at night!

Getting better sleep ✔️

(More sleep?  Maybe when my kid graduates high school. Lol)

Get up and go

After not enough sleep, I'd still be sluggish for a couple of hours. It just took me too long to get my mind and body to wake up at 2 in the morning!  I added En-R-Gee and Brain Power essential oil blends to my morning routine.

I apply 1-2 drops of En-R-Gee to the bottoms of my big toes right after waking up. (Google Vita Flex points!)  In our large oily support FB group, others have found success applying it to the back of the neck. I can tell a difference in no time with this blend!!

I apply a drop of Brain Power to the back my neck for mental alertness and focus. Great before work!!

I drink 1-2 ounces of NingXia Red in the morning. This is Young Living's proprietary nutrition drink that is chock full of antioxidants!  Think fruit fusion drink with a big ol' boost! 

Morning energy boost ✔️

Afternoon slump

I was drinking a pot of coffee a day!  Seriously a whole pot!  I've gotten that down to two cups a day, but sometimes that afternoon slump hits and I just need a boost. 

I keep NingXia Nitro on hand. I use this for that "gotta keep going" point in the day. Think healthier energy drink, since I can actually understand the words in the ingredients list on this one!  Lol
My husband is a soccer coach and he LOVES Nitro.  He described it as an energy boost while he's up and moving, but when he needed to settle down it didn't keep him wired.  

Quick pick me up ✔️

If energy is where you'd like to start your focus on wellness with Young Living, you could get the NingXia Starter Kit!  Heatherspain.myoilsite.com to order

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